United Arab Emirates vs United Kingdom: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 5.1 per 100,000 people in United Arab Emirates and 7.4 per 100,000 people in United Kingdom, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 2.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.45 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, United Arab Emirates ranked 160 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

Year	United Arab Emirates	United Kingdom	World
2017	5.1	7.4	10
2016	5.1	7.4	10.1
2015	5.1	7.3	10.2
2014	5.2	7.1	10.3
2013	5.2	7.2	10.5
2012	5.2	7.1	10.7
2011	5.1	7.2	11
2010	5.1	7.5	11.2
2009	5.1	7.6	11.4
2008	5.1	7.7	11.6
2007	5.3	7.6	11.7
2006	5.3	7.7	12
2005	5.3	7.4	12.5
2004	5.3	7.6	12.6
2003	5	7.9	12.8
2002	4.7	8.1	13
2001	4.7	8.3	13.4
2000	4.8	8.5	14.1
1999	4.8	8.8	14.5
1998	4.7	8.9	14.7
1997	4.6	8.8	15.1
1996	4.6	9	15.4
1995	4.6	9	15.9
1994	4.6	8.9	16.1
1993	4.6	9.2	16
1992	4.5	9.1	15.8
1991	4.4	9.3	15.5
1990	4.3	9.4	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

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Deaths in conflictsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022