What is the difference in number of suicides between Central African Republic and New Zealand?

70.97 deaths, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and New Zealand?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of suicides. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs New Zealand: Number of suicides

Central African Republic

540.62 deaths

in 2021

New Zealand

611.59 deaths

in 2021

Central African Republic rank

99th

New Zealand rank

97th

Number of suicides over time

Central African Republic
New Zealand

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 611.59 deaths against 540.62 deaths in Central African Republic, a difference of 70.97 deaths.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was New Zealand ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 99th and New Zealand ranks 97th of 194 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
2000s	458.21 deaths	520.35 deaths	62.14 deaths	New Zealand
2010s	532.11 deaths	554.35 deaths	22.24 deaths	New Zealand
2020s	549.17 deaths	592.62 deaths	43.45 deaths	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of suicides, Central African Republic or New Zealand?: New Zealand, at 611.59 deaths against 540.62 deaths in Central African Republic as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of suicides between Central African Republic and New Zealand?: 70.97 deaths, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and New Zealand?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Central African Republic and New Zealand rank globally for number of suicides?: Central African Republic ranks 99th and New Zealand ranks 97th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of suicides. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of suicides
Unit: deaths
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from self-harm in both sexes.