What is the difference in reported suicide rates by age between Egypt and Jamaica?

0.1855 deaths per 100,000 population, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jamaica?

16 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2014.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Reported suicide rates by age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Jamaica: Reported suicide rates by age

Egypt

0.1855 deaths per 100,000 population

in 2019

Jamaica

0 deaths per 100,000 population

in 2014

Egypt rank

92nd

Jamaica rank

95th

Reported suicide rates by age over time

Egypt
Jamaica

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.1855 deaths per 100,000 population against 0 deaths per 100,000 population in Jamaica, a difference of 0.1855 deaths per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Jamaica ahead.

Egypt ranks 92nd and Jamaica ranks 95th of 110 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.354 deaths per 100,000 population	1.17 deaths per 100,000 population	0.8189 deaths per 100,000 population	Jamaica
1980s	0.0429 deaths per 100,000 population	0.1849 deaths per 100,000 population	0.1421 deaths per 100,000 population	Jamaica
2000s	0.0994 deaths per 100,000 population	0.3689 deaths per 100,000 population	0.2695 deaths per 100,000 population	Jamaica
2010s	0.2656 deaths per 100,000 population	0.1434 deaths per 100,000 population	0.1222 deaths per 100,000 population	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reported suicide rates by age, Egypt or Jamaica?: Egypt, at 0.1855 deaths per 100,000 population against 0 deaths per 100,000 population in Jamaica as of 2019.
What is the difference in reported suicide rates by age between Egypt and Jamaica?: 0.1855 deaths per 100,000 population, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jamaica?: 16 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2014.
How do Egypt and Jamaica rank globally for reported suicide rates by age?: Egypt ranks 92nd and Jamaica ranks 95th of 110 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Reported suicide rates by age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Reported suicide rates by age
Unit: deaths per 100,000 population
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 110 places, 4,766 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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