Rwanda vs Senegal: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11 per 100,000 people in Rwanda and 12.9 per 100,000 people in Senegal, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Senegal, by 2 per 100,000 people, or 1.18 times that in Rwanda.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Senegal has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Rwanda.
In 2017, Rwanda ranked 72 and Senegal ranked 44 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Year	Rwanda	Senegal	World
2017	11	12.9	10
2016	11	13	10.1
2015	11.2	13	10.2
2014	11.4	13	10.3
2013	11.5	12.9	10.5
2012	11.7	12.8	10.7
2011	11.9	12.6	11
2010	12.1	12.5	11.2
2009	12.6	12.5	11.4
2008	13.2	12.5	11.6
2007	13.9	12.6	11.7
2006	14.6	12.6	12
2005	15.4	12.7	12.5
2004	16.1	12.7	12.6
2003	16.9	12.7	12.8
2002	17.8	12.7	13
2001	18.9	12.8	13.4
2000	20.2	12.8	14.1
1999	21.7	13	14.5
1998	23	13	14.7
1997	24	13	15.1
1996	24.3	13.1	15.4
1995	24.5	13.1	15.9
1994	24	13.1	16.1
1993	23	13	16
1992	23	13	15.8
1991	22.7	13	15.5
1990	22.2	13.1	15.4

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Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Rwanda vs Senegal: Suicide rate

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