Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in Brazil
Brazil: Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who was 5.52 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in Brazil, 2000–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 5.52 for death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in Brazil peaked at 5.52 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.42, in 2000.
Brazil ranks 40th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.42 | — |
| 2001 | 3.57 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 3.52 | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 3.56 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 3.87 | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 4.14 | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 4.25 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 4.4 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 4.6 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 4.33 | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 4.57 | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 4.79 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 4.59 | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.76 | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 4.48 | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 4.45 | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 4.4 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 4.39 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 4.39 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.16 | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 5.48 | +31.7% |
| 2021 | 5.52 | +0.7% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 5.52 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.46, 3.8× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 5.52 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.61, 2.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +31.7% | 4.16 | 5.48 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.97 | 3.42 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.5 | 4.16 | 4.79 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.5 | 5.48 | 5.52 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in Brazil?
- Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who in Brazil was 5.52 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 5.52 in 2021.
- What is the lowest death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.42 in 2000.
- How does Brazil rank for death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who?
- Brazil ranks 40th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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