Papua New Guinea

Suicide rate in Papua New Guinea

Suicide rate in Papua New Guinea: 29.1 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates.

Latest, 2017
23.1 per 100,000 people
Since 1990
−6 per 100,000 people
Rank, 2017
10 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 Papua New GuineaSuicide rate in Papua New Guinea: 29.1 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates. In 2017, Papua New Guinea ranked 10 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, IHMEWorld

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearPapua New GuineaWorld
201723.110
201623.310.1
201523.510.2
201423.710.3
201323.910.5
201224.210.7
201124.411
201024.511.2
200924.711.4
200824.911.6
20072511.7
20062512
200525.112.5
200425.112.6
200325.112.8
200225.113
200125.213.4
200025.314.1
199925.614.5
199825.914.7
199726.215.1
199626.715.4
199527.115.9
199427.516.1
19932816
199228.515.8
199128.815.5
199029.115.4

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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