Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland and 5.1 per 100,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 4.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.84 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Switzerland ranked 96 and United Arab Emirates ranked 160 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	Switzerland	United Arab Emirates	World
2017	9.3	5.1	10
2016	9.4	5.1	10.1
2015	10	5.1	10.2
2014	10.3	5.2	10.3
2013	10.8	5.2	10.5
2012	10.9	5.2	10.7
2011	11.1	5.1	11
2010	11.6	5.1	11.2
2009	12.3	5.1	11.4
2008	12.7	5.1	11.6
2007	13.3	5.3	11.7
2006	13.8	5.3	12
2005	14.2	5.3	12.5
2004	14.6	5.3	12.6
2003	15.2	5	12.8
2002	15.7	4.7	13
2001	15.8	4.7	13.4
2000	16.3	4.8	14.1
1999	16.1	4.8	14.5
1998	16.8	4.7	14.7
1997	17.1	4.6	15.1
1996	17.4	4.6	15.4
1995	18.6	4.6	15.9
1994	19.9	4.6	16.1
1993	20	4.6	16
1992	20.7	4.5	15.8
1991	21.2	4.4	15.5
1990	20.6	4.3	15.4

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates

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Conflict

Deaths in conflictsSwitzerland: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022