Senegal vs Uganda
Senegal vs Uganda: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 12.9 per 100,000 people in Senegal and 11.5 per 100,000 people in Uganda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Senegal, by 1.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.12 times that in Uganda.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Senegal has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Uganda.
- In 2017, Senegal ranked 44 and Uganda ranked 58 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 | Senegal | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 13 | 11.6 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 13 | 11.9 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 13 | 12.3 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 12.6 | 13 | 11 |
| 2010 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 12.5 | 13.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 12 |
| 2005 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 12.7 | 16.9 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 12.7 | 17.3 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 12.7 | 17.8 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12.8 | 18.1 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 12.8 | 18.1 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 13 | 17.8 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 13 | 17.6 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 13 | 17 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 13.1 | 16.7 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 13.1 | 16 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 13.1 | 15.4 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 13 | 14.8 | 16 |
| 1992 | 13 | 14.1 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 13 | 13.8 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 13.1 | 13 | 15.4 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Senegal vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySenegal: 68.7 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySenegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySenegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSenegal: 26.7% in 2022Uganda: 18.7% in 2022
- DepressionSenegal: 3.37% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
People
- PopulationSenegal: 18.1 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSenegal: 2.33% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSenegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSenegal: 55.8% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSenegal: 19.1 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSenegal: 3.6% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSenegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSenegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSenegal: $533M in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personSenegal: $30 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSenegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSenegal: 19,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSenegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSenegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSenegal: 79 million TIV in 2024Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSenegal: 3 million TIV in 1976Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016