Burkina Faso

Suicide rate in Burkina Faso

Suicide rate in Burkina Faso: 13.8 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates.

Latest, 2017
13.2 per 100,000 people
Since 1990
−0.5 per 100,000 people
World, 2017
10 per 100,000 people
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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Suicide rate in Burkina FasoSuicide rate in Burkina Faso: 13.8 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates. The highest was 13.8 per 100,000 people in 1990, the lowest 12.5 per 100,000 people in 2009.
Estimates, IHMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 13.8 per 100,000 people in 1990, the lowest 12.5 per 100,000 people in 2009.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearBurkina FasoWorld
201713.210
201613.310.1
201513.310.2
201413.210.3
201313.210.5
201213.110.7
201112.811
201012.711.2
200912.511.4
200812.611.6
200712.611.7
200612.712
200512.712.5
200412.912.6
200312.912.8
20021313
200113.213.4
200013.314.1
199913.414.5
199813.614.7
199713.515.1
199613.415.4
199513.415.9
199413.316.1
199313.316
199213.415.8
199113.515.5
199013.815.4

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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