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Nigeria vs South Africa: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Nigeria's Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) was 4.99, compared to South Africa's 22.30. That makes Nigeria's value 77.6% lower than South Africa's.

Nigeria

Rank #123 of 185 globally

Nigeria trend
Latest (2021)
4.99
Year-over-year
+9.4%
10-year change
+1.0%
Peak
5.26 (2004)
Trough
4.36 (2017)

South Africa

Rank #6 of 185 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2021)
22.30
Year-over-year
+5.7%
10-year change
+29.0%
Peak
22.30 (2021)
Trough
14.60 (2002)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.STA.SUIC.P5), CC BY 4.0.