South Africa vs United Kingdom

South Africa vs United Kingdom: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa and 7.4 per 100,000 people in United Kingdom, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 3.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.52 times that in United Kingdom.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

South Africa vs United Kingdom: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa and 7.4 per 100,000 people in United Kingdom, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 3.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.52 times that in United Kingdom.
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What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, South Africa ranked 62 and United Kingdom ranked 128 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 AfricaUnited KingdomWorld
201711.27.410
201610.97.410.1
201510.87.310.2
201410.87.110.3
201311.17.210.5
201211.97.110.7
201112.97.211
201014.67.511.2
200916.37.611.4
200817.97.711.6
200719.27.611.7
200620.67.712
200521.57.412.5
200422.57.612.6
200323.17.912.8
200223.18.113
2001238.313.4
200024.38.514.1
199922.48.814.5
199821.68.914.7
199720.98.815.1
199619.1915.4
199518.6915.9
199418.68.916.1
199318.39.216
199219.29.115.8
199118.69.315.5
199018.69.415.4

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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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