What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between High income and Uruguay?

10.46 per 100,000 population, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Uruguay?

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

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

High income vs Uruguay: Suicide mortality rate

High income

14.29 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Uruguay

24.75 per 100,000 population

in 2021

High income rank

3rd

Uruguay rank

5th

Suicide mortality rate over time

High income
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 24.75 per 100,000 population against 14.29 per 100,000 population in High income, a difference of 10.46 per 100,000 population.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.7 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was High income ahead.

High income ranks 3rd and Uruguay ranks 5th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	High income	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
2000s	17.83 per 100,000 population	16.12 per 100,000 population	1.71 per 100,000 population	High income
2010s	15.68 per 100,000 population	19.21 per 100,000 population	3.53 per 100,000 population	Uruguay
2020s	14.17 per 100,000 population	23.76 per 100,000 population	9.59 per 100,000 population	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide mortality rate, High income or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 24.75 per 100,000 population against 14.29 per 100,000 population in High income as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between High income and Uruguay?: 10.46 per 100,000 population, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Uruguay?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do High income and Uruguay rank globally for suicide mortality rate?: High income ranks 3rd and Uruguay ranks 5th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
Unit: per 100,000 population
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).