Australia

Suicide rate in Australia

Suicide rate in Australia: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates.

Latest, 2017
11.1 per 100,000 people
Since 1990
−1.8 per 100,000 people
Rank, 2017
69 of 195
counting from the highest
World, 2017
10 per 100,000 people
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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Suicide rate in AustraliaSuicide rate in Australia: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates. The highest was 13.5 per 100,000 people in 1998, the lowest 10.3 per 100,000 people in 2006.
Estimates, IHMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 13.5 per 100,000 people in 1998, the lowest 10.3 per 100,000 people in 2006.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearAustraliaWorld
201711.110
201611.110.1
201511.310.2
20141110.3
201310.510.5
201210.510.7
201110.711
201010.811.2
200910.711.4
200810.711.6
200710.511.7
200610.312
200510.412.5
200410.712.6
20031112.8
200211.413
200111.813.4
200012.414.1
19991314.5
199813.514.7
199713.415.1
199613.115.4
199512.815.9
199412.716.1
199312.316
199212.615.8
199112.715.5
199012.815.4

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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