Somalia vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.9 per 100,000 people in Somalia and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 1.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.12 times that in Somalia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Somalia ranked 82 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	Somalia	South Africa	World
2017	9.9	11.2	10
2016	10	10.9	10.1
2015	10.1	10.8	10.2
2014	10.1	10.8	10.3
2013	10.2	11.1	10.5
2012	10.3	11.9	10.7
2011	10.4	12.9	11
2010	10.5	14.6	11.2
2009	10.5	16.3	11.4
2008	10.6	17.9	11.6
2007	10.6	19.2	11.7
2006	10.6	20.6	12
2005	10.7	21.5	12.5
2004	10.9	22.5	12.6
2003	11.1	23.1	12.8
2002	11.3	23.1	13
2001	11.6	23	13.4
2000	11.9	24.3	14.1
1999	12.2	22.4	14.5
1998	12.5	21.6	14.7
1997	12.6	20.9	15.1
1996	12.6	19.1	15.4
1995	12.6	18.6	15.9
1994	12.3	18.6	16.1
1993	12	18.3	16
1992	11.6	19.2	15.8
1991	11.1	18.6	15.5
1990	10.8	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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