Libya vs Nigeria: Suicide mortality rate

Libya

5 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Nigeria

4.99 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Libya rank

122nd

Nigeria rank

123rd

Suicide mortality rate over time

Libya currently reports 5 per 100,000 population against 4.99 per 100,000 population in Nigeria, a difference of 0.01 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Libya ranks 122nd and Nigeria ranks 123rd of 185 countries.

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: 06 August 2026

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