South Africa vs Uganda

South Africa vs Uganda: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa and 11.5 per 100,000 people in Uganda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Uganda, by 0.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.03 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

South Africa vs Uganda: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa and 11.5 per 100,000 people in Uganda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Uganda, by 0.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.03 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2011, when it overtook South Africa.
  • In 2017, South Africa ranked 62 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

YearSouth AfricaUgandaWorld
201711.211.510
201610.911.610.1
201510.811.910.2
201410.812.310.3
201311.112.610.5
201211.912.710.7
201112.91311
201014.613.411.2
200916.313.911.4
200817.914.411.6
200719.215.111.7
200620.615.712
200521.516.412.5
200422.516.912.6
200323.117.312.8
200223.117.813
20012318.113.4
200024.318.114.1
199922.417.814.5
199821.617.614.7
199720.91715.1
199619.116.715.4
199518.61615.9
199418.615.416.1
199318.314.816
199219.214.115.8
199118.613.815.5
199018.61315.4

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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