Sudan vs Zambia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 5 per 100,000 people in Sudan and 13.1 per 100,000 people in Zambia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Zambia, by 8 per 100,000 people, or 2.6 times that in 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, Sudan ranked 162 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	Sudan	Zambia	World
2017	5	13.1	10
2016	5	13.1	10.1
2015	5.1	13.1	10.2
2014	5.1	13.1	10.3
2013	5.2	13.1	10.5
2012	5.3	13.2	10.7
2011	5.3	13.4	11
2010	5.3	13.4	11.2
2009	5.4	13.4	11.4
2008	5.4	13.6	11.6
2007	5.5	13.7	11.7
2006	5.5	14.1	12
2005	5.6	14.3	12.5
2004	5.6	14.7	12.6
2003	5.6	15.2	12.8
2002	5.7	15.7	13
2001	5.8	16.3	13.4
2000	5.9	17	14.1
1999	5.9	17.7	14.5
1998	6	18.4	14.7
1997	6.1	18.7	15.1
1996	6.1	19	15.4
1995	6.2	18.9	15.9
1994	6.2	18.5	16.1
1993	6.2	18.1	16
1992	6.2	17.6	15.8
1991	6.2	17.1	15.5
1990	6.2	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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Sudan vs Zambia: Suicide rate

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