Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland

Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 2.9 per 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 6.4 per 100,000 people, or 3.16 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 2.9 per 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 6.4 per 100,000 people, or 3.16 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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What the numbers say

  • Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Saudi Arabia ranked 192 and Switzerland ranked 96 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

YearSaudi ArabiaSwitzerlandWorld
20172.99.310
201639.410.1
201531010.2
2014310.310.3
2013310.810.5
2012310.910.7
2011311.111
20102.911.611.2
20092.912.311.4
20082.912.711.6
20072.913.311.7
20062.813.812
20052.714.212.5
20042.714.612.6
20032.615.212.8
20022.615.713
20012.515.813.4
20002.516.314.1
19992.516.114.5
19982.516.814.7
19972.517.115.1
19962.417.415.4
19952.418.615.9
19942.419.916.1
19932.42016
19922.420.715.8
19912.421.215.5
19902.420.615.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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