Rwanda vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11 per 100,000 people in Rwanda and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 0.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.02 times that in Rwanda.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

RwandaSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Rwanda.
In 2017, Rwanda ranked 72 and South Africa ranked 62 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	South Africa	World
2017	11	11.2	10
2016	11	10.9	10.1
2015	11.2	10.8	10.2
2014	11.4	10.8	10.3
2013	11.5	11.1	10.5
2012	11.7	11.9	10.7
2011	11.9	12.9	11
2010	12.1	14.6	11.2
2009	12.6	16.3	11.4
2008	13.2	17.9	11.6
2007	13.9	19.2	11.7
2006	14.6	20.6	12
2005	15.4	21.5	12.5
2004	16.1	22.5	12.6
2003	16.9	23.1	12.8
2002	17.8	23.1	13
2001	18.9	23	13.4
2000	20.2	24.3	14.1
1999	21.7	22.4	14.5
1998	23	21.6	14.7
1997	24	20.9	15.1
1996	24.3	19.1	15.4
1995	24.5	18.6	15.9
1994	24	18.6	16.1
1993	23	18.3	16
1992	23	19.2	15.8
1991	22.7	18.6	15.5
1990	22.2	18.6	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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