Sweden vs United Kingdom

Sweden vs United Kingdom: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Sweden and 7.4 per 100,000 people in United Kingdom, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sweden, by 3.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.51 times that in United Kingdom.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Sweden vs United Kingdom: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Sweden and 7.4 per 100,000 people in United Kingdom, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sweden, by 3.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.51 times that in United Kingdom.
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What the numbers say

  • Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Sweden ranked 65 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

YearSwedenUnited KingdomWorld
201711.17.410
201611.37.410.1
201511.67.310.2
201411.77.110.3
201311.87.210.5
201211.77.110.7
201111.77.211
201011.77.511.2
200912.17.611.4
200812.27.711.6
200712.17.611.7
200612.17.712
200512.37.412.5
200412.77.612.6
200312.37.912.8
200212.58.113
200112.88.313.4
200012.98.514.1
199913.48.814.5
199813.78.914.7
199714.18.815.1
199614.8915.4
199515.6915.9
199415.88.916.1
199316.79.216
1992179.115.8
1991189.315.5
199017.99.415.4

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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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