What is the difference in reported suicide rates by age between Kuwait and Syria?

0.3038 deaths per 100,000 population, with Kuwait ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Syria?

13 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2010.

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.

Kuwait vs Syria: Reported suicide rates by age

Kuwait

0.3942 deaths per 100,000 population

in 2023

Syria

0.0904 deaths per 100,000 population

in 2010

Kuwait rank

90th

Syria rank

93rd

Reported suicide rates by age over time

Kuwait
Syria

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.3942 deaths per 100,000 population against 0.0904 deaths per 100,000 population in Syria, a difference of 0.3038 deaths per 100,000 population.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 4.4 times Syria's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 90th and Syria ranks 93rd of 110 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Syria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.3701 deaths per 100,000 population	0.235 deaths per 100,000 population	0.1352 deaths per 100,000 population	Kuwait
2000s	0.407 deaths per 100,000 population	0.2276 deaths per 100,000 population	0.1794 deaths per 100,000 population	Kuwait
2010s	0.5064 deaths per 100,000 population	0.0904 deaths per 100,000 population	0.416 deaths per 100,000 population	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reported suicide rates by age, Kuwait or Syria?: Kuwait, at 0.3942 deaths per 100,000 population against 0.0904 deaths per 100,000 population in Syria as of 2023.
What is the difference in reported suicide rates by age between Kuwait and Syria?: 0.3038 deaths per 100,000 population, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Syria?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2010.
How do Kuwait and Syria rank globally for reported suicide rates by age?: Kuwait ranks 90th and Syria ranks 93rd 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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