South Sudan vs Zambia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12 per 100,000 people in South Sudan and 13.1 per 100,000 people in Zambia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Zambia, by 1.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.09 times that in South Sudan.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, South Sudan ranked 54 and Zambia ranked 42 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	South Sudan	Zambia	World
2017	12	13.1	10
2016	12	13.1	10.1
2015	12	13.1	10.2
2014	12	13.1	10.3
2013	12.1	13.1	10.5
2012	12.2	13.2	10.7
2011	12.3	13.4	11
2010	12.4	13.4	11.2
2009	12.5	13.4	11.4
2008	12.6	13.6	11.6
2007	12.7	13.7	11.7
2006	12.7	14.1	12
2005	12.5	14.3	12.5
2004	12.6	14.7	12.6
2003	12.5	15.2	12.8
2002	12.4	15.7	13
2001	12.6	16.3	13.4
2000	13.2	17	14.1
1999	13.5	17.7	14.5
1998	13.9	18.4	14.7
1997	13.9	18.7	15.1
1996	14.4	19	15.4
1995	14.3	18.9	15.9
1994	14	18.5	16.1
1993	13.7	18.1	16
1992	13.3	17.6	15.8
1991	12.9	17.1	15.5
1990	12.8	16.5	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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South Sudan vs Zambia: Suicide rate

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