Iceland

Suicide rate in Iceland

Suicide rate in Iceland: 14.2 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates.

Latest, 2017
9.6 per 100,000 people
Since 1990
−4.6 per 100,000 people
Rank, 2017
90 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 IcelandSuicide rate in Iceland: 14.2 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates. The highest was 14.2 per 100,000 people in 1990, the lowest 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2011.
Estimates, IHMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 14.2 per 100,000 people in 1990, the lowest 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2011.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearIcelandWorld
20179.610
20169.810.1
20159.810.2
20149.910.3
20139.810.5
20129.710.7
20119.611
20109.711.2
20099.811.4
20089.811.6
20079.911.7
20061012
200510.212.5
200410.412.6
200310.812.8
200211.113
200111.413.4
200011.714.1
199911.914.5
199812.114.7
199712.315.1
199612.515.4
199512.615.9
199412.816.1
199313.116
199213.515.8
199113.915.5
199014.215.4

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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