Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.3 per 100,000 people in Singapore and 5.1 per 100,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Singapore, by 2.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.44 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Singapore ranked 129 and United Arab Emirates ranked 160 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	Singapore	United Arab Emirates	World
2017	7.3	5.1	10
2016	7.4	5.1	10.1
2015	7.6	5.1	10.2
2014	7.8	5.2	10.3
2013	8.1	5.2	10.5
2012	8.4	5.2	10.7
2011	8.5	5.1	11
2010	8.7	5.1	11.2
2009	9	5.1	11.4
2008	9.5	5.1	11.6
2007	9.7	5.3	11.7
2006	10	5.3	12
2005	10.4	5.3	12.5
2004	10.6	5.3	12.6
2003	10.7	5	12.8
2002	11.4	4.7	13
2001	11.6	4.7	13.4
2000	11.7	4.8	14.1
1999	11.8	4.8	14.5
1998	12.3	4.7	14.7
1997	12.6	4.6	15.1
1996	13	4.6	15.4
1995	13.6	4.6	15.9
1994	13.7	4.6	16.1
1993	13.7	4.6	16
1992	14	4.5	15.8
1991	14.3	4.4	15.5
1990	14.6	4.3	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

Singapore vs United Arab Emirates

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Deaths in conflictsSingapore: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022