South Sudan vs Uganda

South Sudan vs Uganda: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12 per 100,000 people in South Sudan and 11.5 per 100,000 people in Uganda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 0.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.04 times that in Uganda.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

South Sudan vs Uganda: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 12 per 100,000 people in South Sudan and 11.5 per 100,000 people in Uganda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 0.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.04 times that in Uganda.
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What the numbers say

  • South Sudan has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Uganda.
  • In 2017, South Sudan ranked 54 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 SudanUgandaWorld
20171211.510
20161211.610.1
20151211.910.2
20141212.310.3
201312.112.610.5
201212.212.710.7
201112.31311
201012.413.411.2
200912.513.911.4
200812.614.411.6
200712.715.111.7
200612.715.712
200512.516.412.5
200412.616.912.6
200312.517.312.8
200212.417.813
200112.618.113.4
200013.218.114.1
199913.517.814.5
199813.917.614.7
199713.91715.1
199614.416.715.4
199514.31615.9
19941415.416.1
199313.714.816
199213.314.115.8
199112.913.815.5
199012.81315.4

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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