List of countries by suicide rate

A map of global suicide rates, age-standardized per 100,000 population, 2021.

Please note that in some countries and territories, suicide rates appear high because they have populations of fewer than 100,000 people, which causes distortions in the rates.

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The following are lists of countries by estimated suicide rates as published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources.

In many countries, suicide rates are underreported due to social stigma, cultural or legal concerns.<ref>Dattani, Saloni (5 August 2024). "Suicides". Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 January 2026.</ref> Thus, these figures may not reflect actual suicide rates, which are unknown in many countries.

The global total of suicide deaths decreased from an estimated 762,000 in 2000 to 717,000 in 2021, which is 9.1 deaths per 100,000 population.<ref>"World health statistics 2024: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals" (PDF). World Health Organization. 21 May 2024.</ref> In high-income countries, male and female rates of suicidal behaviors differ compared to the rest of the world: while women are reportedly more prone to suicidal thoughts, rates of suicide are higher among men, which has been described as a "silent epidemic".<ref name="WHO2002">WHO (2002). "Self-directed violence" (PDF). www.who.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2022.</ref><ref>Colby Itkowitz (31 August 2016). "Men die by suicide at alarming rates. This hashtag tells men 'it's okay to talk' about their emotions". Washington Post.</ref><ref name="RouIntHand2016">Cutcliffe, John R.; José Santos; Paul S. Links; Juveria Zaheer, eds. (2016). Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Suicide Research. Routledge. ISBN 9781134459292.</ref><ref name="EncGenSoc2009">O'Brien, Jodi, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. SAGE Publications. p. 817. ISBN 9781452266022.</ref><ref name="BCMJ2011">Dan Bilsker; Jennifer White (2011). "The silent epidemic of male suicide". www.bcmj.org. BCMJ.</ref>

In 2021, the global rate of suicide deaths for men was 12.3 per 100,000, more than double the rate for women, which stood at 5.9 per 100,000 population. However, the sex disparity was uneven across regions, with a male-to-female ratio ranging from as low as 1.4 in the Southeast Asia Region to nearly 4.0 in the Region of the Americas.<ref>"World health statistics 2024: Monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals" (PDF). World Health Organization. 21 May 2024.</ref>

In much of the world, suicide is stigmatized and condemned for religious or cultural reasons. In some countries, suicidal behavior is a criminal offense punishable by law. Suicide is therefore often a secretive act surrounded by taboo, and may be unrecognized, misclassified, or deliberately hidden in official records of death.<ref name="WHO2002"/>

— World Health Organization (2002)

As such, suicide rates may be higher than measured, with men more at risk of dying by suicide than women across nearly all cultures and backgrounds.<ref>Schumacher, Helene (18 March 2019). "Why more men than women die by suicide". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.</ref> Suicide prevention and intervention is an important topic for all peoples, according to the WHO.<ref>"Suicide". www.who.int. Retrieved 21 December 2021.</ref>

Countries and territories by suicide rate

Background

Further information: Suicide § Risk factors, and Suicide prevention

Suicide rates vary by country but occurs in all regions of the world. In a 2024 WHO report, 73% of reported suicides were in low and middle-income countries. Mental illness and suicide are linked, though many suicides are impulsive and occur due to crisis. Groups subject to discrimination, including refugees, indigenous populations, and LGBTQ people, experience high suicide rates. Societal and cultural taboos around the discussion of topics of suicide and lack of quality suicide data are impeding factors in suicide prevention. Suicide prevention includes such measures as restricting access to methods, responsible media reporting, and treatment and assessment of suicidal people.<ref>"Suicide". www.who.int. Retrieved 30 August 2024.</ref>

Estimated suicide mortality rates by gender and country, age-standardized, per 100K population, World Health Organization<ref>"Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population)". WHO Data. 18 January 2025.</ref><small> Reflects most recent data</small>

Country	Region	2021
		All	Male	Female	M/F
World		9.2	12.4	5.9	2.1
Lesotho	Africa	28.7	41.4	16.6	2.5
Guyana	Americas	24.8	39.9	10.4	3.8
Eswatini	Africa	27.2	45	10.1	4.5
Kiribati	Oceania	17.5	31	4.8	6.5
Micronesia	Oceania	19.8	31.1	8.6	3.6
Suriname	Americas	22.3	30.5	14	2.2
Zimbabwe	Africa	17.3	23.6	11.7	2.0
South Africa	Africa	22.3	35.4	9.9	3.6
Mozambique	Africa	10.6	15.6	6	2.6
Central African Republic	Africa	9.2	14.7	4	3.7
Russia	Europe	21.4	36.7	8.1	4.5
South Korea	Asia	20.6	28.2	13.6	2.3
Vanuatu	Oceania	15.7	24.7	6.6	3.7
Botswana	Africa	8.4	11.2	5.5	2.0
Lithuania	Europe	22.1	36.7	9.2	4.0
Uruguay	Americas	24.8	39.9	10.5	3.8
Kazakhstan	Asia	14.6	24.4	5.3	4.6
Mongolia	Asia	18.5	32.2	4.8	6.7
Ukraine	Europe	21.2	37.7	6.9	5.4
Solomon Islands	Oceania	19.6	29.2	9.6	3.0
Eritrea	Africa	13.2	19.4	7.2	2.7
Belarus	Europe	15.6	27.7	5.1	5.4
Montenegro	Europe	11.3	17.1	6	2.9
Latvia	Europe	15.2	27.5	4.6	6.0
Cameroon	Africa	8.5	13.5	3.5	3.9
Ivory Coast	Africa	7.4	12	2.6	4.6
Cape Verde	Africa	14.9	25.3	4.2	6.0
Togo	Africa	9.3	14.6	4	3.7
Somalia	Africa	8	9.8	6.1	1.6
Samoa	Oceania	12	17	7	2.4
United States	Americas	15.6	24.7	6.5	3.8
Zambia	Africa	7.1	11.2	3.1	3.6
Burkina Faso	Africa	8.5	13	4	3.3
Slovenia	Europe	18.9	29.9	7.7	3.9
Belgium	Europe	18.4	26.2	10.7	2.4
Namibia	Africa	8.6	13.9	3.6	3.9
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	7	10.2	3.5	2.9
Finland	Europe	14.6	20.5	8.8	2.3
Chad	Africa	5.3	7.4	3	2.5
Gabon	Africa	7.3	12	2.4	5.0
India	Asia	12.6	13.8	11.2	1.2
Sri Lanka	Asia	14.7	24.2	5.9	4.1
Benin	Africa	7.1	11.1	3.1	3.6
Angola	Africa	8.1	12.5	3.9	3.2
DR Congo	Africa	8.8	13.7	3.9	3.5
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	7.7	11.6	3.9	3.0
Sweden	Europe	13.8	18.9	8.7	2.2
Guinea	Africa	4.8	18.9	3.5	5.4
Japan	Asia	14.7	19.6	9.8	2
Moldova	Europe	14.1	24.8	5	5.0
Burundi	Africa	7.7	11.5	3.9	2.9
Estonia	Europe	14.9	25.1	5.8	4.3
Djibouti	Africa	8	9.6	6.4	1.5
Hungary	Europe	16.5	26.2	7.5	3.5
Congo	Africa	6.7	10.1	3.3	3.1
Sierra Leone	Africa	6.1	7.8	4.5	1.7
Australia	Oceania	13.1	19.5	6.7	2.9
Haiti	Americas	7.8	10.6	5.1	2.1
Iceland	Europe	11.9	14.4	9.3	1.5
Kenya	Africa	4.6	6.7	2.5	2.7
Croatia	Europe	15.7	25.1	6.9	3.6
Senegal	Africa	6.8	10.4	3	3.5
Malawi	Africa	7.6	12.5	2.9	4.3
Ghana	Africa	5.3	8.3	2.3	3.6
Uganda	Africa	5.5	8.8	2.3	3.8
Austria	Europe	14.5	23.6	5.7	4.1
Canada	Americas	9.4	14.2	4.7	3.0
New Zealand	Oceania	11.9	17.9	6.1	2.9
Cuba	Americas	13.8	23.5	4.3	5.5
Niger	Africa	4.5	5.9	3	2.0
Norway	Europe	13.2	18.9	7.4	2.6
Switzerland	Europe	9.9	13.9	6.0	2.1
Nepal	Asia	10.1	13.3	7.2	1.8
Pakistan	Asia	5.6	8	3.2	2.5
France	Europe	16.6	24.1	9.5	2.5
Singapore	Asia	8.1	11.1	4.9	2.3
Gambia	Africa	4.8	6.5	3.1	2.1
Fiji	Oceania	8.3	11.2	5.3	2.1
Czech Republic	Europe	13.3	21.2	5.7	3.7
Ethiopia	Africa	6.1	9.1	3.1	2.9
Rwanda	Africa	8.7	12.8	4.8	2.7
Slovakia	Europe	9.9	17.1	3	5.7
Poland	Europe	13.7	24.1	3.8	6.3
Netherlands	Europe	11.5	15.4	7.6	2.0
Madagascar	Africa	6.1	8.7	3.5	2.5
Ireland	Europe	8.5	12.6	4.6	2.7
Brazil	Americas	7.6	11.4	3.9	2.9
Mauritius	Africa	10.5	18	3	6.0
Luxembourg	Europe	8.2	12.1	4.3	2.8
Comoros	Africa	6	7.5	4.5	1.7
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	6.8	10.5	3.1	3.4
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	13.3	22.2	4.6	4.8
Uzbekistan	Asia	8.3	10.6	6.1	1.7
Germany	Europe	12.9	18.4	7.6	2.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	9	13.7	4.7	2.9
North Korea	Asia	9.3	10.5	8.1	1.3
Tanzania	Africa	5.1	7.5	2.7	2.8
Argentina	Americas	7.9	12.6	3.4	3.7
Chile	Americas	7.7	12.3	3.1	4.0
Mali	Africa	4.2	5.5	2.8	2.0
Thailand	Asia	16.6	28.2	5.5	5.1
Serbia	Europe	15.1	23	8	2.9
Seychelles	Africa	4.3	6.3	1.7	3.7
Ecuador	Americas	7.6	12.5	2.6	4.8
Belize	Americas	4.2	6.8	1.5	4.5
Georgia	Europe	5.1	9.5	1.3	7.3
Denmark	Europe	10.5	14.7	6.3	2.3
Costa Rica	Americas	8.1	13.5	2.8	4.8
Liberia	Africa	6	8	3.9	2.1
Romania	Europe	9.6	16.4	3.3	5.0
Morocco	Africa	2.9	3.4	2.4	1.4
Portugal	Europe	11.5	17.7	5.9	3.0
Vietnam	Asia	7.3	10.4	4.3	2.4
Bahrain	Asia	4.7	6.6	1.5	4.4
North Macedonia	Europe	5.8	7.9	3.8	2.1
Yemen	Asia	4.2	5.6	2.8	2.0
United Kingdom	Europe	9.5	14.7	4.6	3.2
Nigeria	Africa	5	8.4	1.5	5.6
Saint Lucia	Americas	5.3	9.3	1.3	7.2
Bolivia	Americas	4.2	6	2.4	2.5
South Sudan	Africa	7.9	12.1	3.9	3.1
China	Asia	8.9	10.3	7.5	1.4
Bulgaria	Europe	9.5	15.2	4.2	3.6
Guatemala	Americas	4.9	7.1	2.8	2.5
Paraguay	Americas	6.4	8	4.7	1.7
El Salvador	Americas	7.6	12.6	3.2	3.9
Turkmenistan	Asia	6.8	10.3	3.5	2.9
Laos	Asia	4.6	6.5	2.6	2.5
Afghanistan	Asia	3.6	4.8	2.4	2.0
Malaysia	Asia	5.7	8.8	2.2	4.0
Cambodia	Asia	4.5	6.3	2.7	2.3
Mauritania	Africa	2.7	3.7	1.7	2.2
Saudi Arabia	Asia	0.9	1.1	0.7	1.6
Malta	Europe	6.5	8.4	4.4	1.9
Tajikistan	Asia	2.4	3.6	1.3	2.8
Mexico	Americas	7	11.6	2.6	4.5
Spain	Europe	8.7	13.1	4.5	2.9
United Arab Emirates	Asia	1.7	2.5	0.4	6.3
Israel	Asia	4.4	6.3	2.4	2.6
Iran	Asia	4.1	5.8	2.3	2.5
Dominican Republic	Americas	4.2	6.9	1.5	4.6
Bhutan	Asia	4.9	6.2	2.4	2.6
Sudan	Africa	3.2	3.9	2.4	1.6
Iraq	Asia	3	4.4	1.5	2.9
Nicaragua	Americas	4.2	6.9	1.7	4.1
Qatar	Asia	4.7	6.2	0.8	7.8
East Timor	Asia	3.6	4.8	2.3	2.1
Libya	Africa	5	7.2	2.7	2.7
Oman	Asia	0.9	1.4	0.2	7.0
Tonga	Oceania	4.7	6	3.5	1.7
Italy	Europe	7	10.5	3.6	2.9
Azerbaijan	Europe	1.6	2.3	0.8	2.9
Bangladesh	Asia	2.8	3.6	2	1.8
Colombia	Americas	5	7.9	2.1	3.8
Albania	Europe	2.8	3.2	2.3	1.4
Greece	Europe	4.7	7.9	1.6	4.9
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	1.8	2.2	1.4	1.6
Egypt	Africa	0.6	0.9	0.3	3.0
Bahamas	Americas	3.3	5.9	0.8	7.4
Cyprus	Europe	3	3.8	2.2	1.7
Tunisia	Africa	1.8	2.5	1.2	2.1
Myanmar	Asia	2.9	4.8	1	4.8
Panama	Americas	3.3	5.6	1	5.6
Lebanon	Asia	0.7	0.9	0.6	1.5
Maldives	Asia	1.5	2.2	0.3	7.3
Peru	Americas	1.5	2.3	0.8	2.9
Armenia	Europe	2.5	4.2	1	4.2
Kuwait	Asia	2.3	3.6	0.3	12.0
Algeria	Africa	2.2	3	1.3	2.3
Honduras	Americas	3	5	0.9	5.6
Indonesia	Asia	1.2	1.5	0.9	1.7
Brunei	Asia	3	5.2	0.6	8.7
Philippines	Asia	3.5	5.2	1.8	2.9
Turkey	Europe	2.7	4.3	1.1	3.9
Jamaica	Americas	1.7	3	0.4	7.5
Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	0.9	1.3	0.4	3.3
Syria	Asia	0.6	0.9	0.3	3.3
Venezuela	Americas	8.6	15.4	2	7.7
Jordan	Asia	0.6	0.9	0.3	3.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	0.4	0.8	0	-
Grenada	Americas	1.3	1.9	0.7	2.7
Barbados	Americas	3.5	6.3	1	6.3
Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.2

Analysis

File:Self-harm world map-Deaths per million persons-WHO2012.svg

Deaths per million persons from self-inflicted injuries in 2012. Countries by income group.

Age-standardized male (top) and female (bottom) suicide mortality rates per 100,000 (2015, WHO)

Suicide rates by income group in 2012 (per 100,000 people)<ref>World Health Organization (2014). "Preventing suicide - A global imperative" (PDF). www.who.int.</ref>

Income group <small>(% of global pop)</small>	Suicides, 2012<br>(in thousands)	Global %	Rate<br>(2012)	Male:Female<br>(2012)
High-income countries <small>(18.3%)</small>	197	24.5%	12.7	3.5 : 1
Upper-middle-income countries <small>(34.3%)</small>	192	23.8%	7.5	1.3 : 1
Lower-middle-income countries <small>(35.4%)</small>	333	41.4%	14.1	1.7 : 1
Low-income countries <small>(12.0%)</small>	82	10.2%	13.4	1.7 : 1
Global <small>(100.0%)</small>	804	100.0%	11.4	1.9 : 1

Male and female suicide rates are out of the total male population and total female population, respectively, i.e. total number of male suicides divided by the total male population. Age-standardized rates account for the influence that different population age distributions might have on the analysis of crude death rates, statistically addressing the prevailing trends by age-groups and populations' structures, to enhance long term cross-national comparability.

Based on age-groups' deviation from standardized population structures, rates are rounded up or down (age-adjustment). Basically, the presence of younger individuals in any given age structure carries more weight. If the rate is rounded up, that means the median age is lower than average for that region or country, and vice versa when rounded down.

Most countries listed above report a higher male suicide rate. Worldwide, there are about 3 male suicides out of 4, or a factor of 3:1. For example, the ratio in the United States was 3.36 in 2015, and 3.53 in 2016.<ref>"Suicide Statistics — AFSP". American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.</ref>

Though age-standardization is common statistical process to categorize mortality data for comparing purposes, this approach by WHO is based on estimates which take into account issues such as under-reporting, resulting in rates differing from the official national statistics prepared and endorsed by individual countries. Revisions are also performed periodically. Age-adjusted rates are mortality rates that would have existed if all populations under study had the same age distribution as a "standard" population. Plain, crude estimated rates are available at here and here. Countries with a population less than 100 000 are excluded.

Countries with large internal discrepancies are complicated to assess. Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016,<ref>Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (28 June 2019). "Suicide among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit (2011-2016): Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 December 2023.</ref> a rate among the ten highest in the world. There are numerous differences in living standards and income that contribute to this phenomenon, classed as an epidemic in Canada.<ref>Canada, Government of Canada; Indigenous Services (11 December 2019). "Suicide prevention in Indigenous communities". www.sac-isc.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)</ref>

List by other sources and years (1985–2023)

Global suicide rates per 100,000 people, 1978–2009.<ref name=varnik2012>Värnik, P. (2012). "Suicide in the World". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 9 (12): 760–71. doi:10.3390/ijerph9030760. PMC 3367275. PMID 22690161.</ref>

In the list below various sources from various years are included, mixing plain crude rates with age-adjusted rates and estimated rates, so cross-national comparability is somewhat skewed.

<big><big>*</big></big> indicates "Suicide in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Mental Health in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Suicides per 100,000 people per year<ref>Unless otherwise stated all statistics are from WHO: "Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year and sex (Table)". World Health Organization. 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.</ref>

Country	Male <!--Data incomplete-->	Female <!--Data incomplete-->	Overall	Sources and year
Greenland (Danish Realm)	75.08	25.18	53.34	2019<ref>Ritchie, Hannah; Roser, Max; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban (15 June 2015). "Suicide". Our World in Data.</ref>
Lithuania	32.2	6.7	18.6	2022<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>"Savižudybių statistika;". 15min. Retrieved 18 August 2020.</ref><ref>"Mirties priežastys;" (PDF). Hygiene Institute. Retrieved 20 March 2024.</ref>
South Korea	35.9	16.2	26.0	2021<ref>"Causes of Death Statistics in 2021" (in 한국어). Statistics Korea. 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.</ref>
Guyana	41.25	10.20	25.52	2017<ref name="NPR.org 2018">"Trying To Stop Suicide: Guyana Aims To Bring Down Its High Rate". NPR.org. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.</ref><ref name=GBD_Results2017>"GBD Results Tool".</ref>
Kazakhstan	40.68	8.01	23.81	2017<ref name=GBD_Results2017/>
Slovenia			18.09	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/>
Sri Lanka	<ref name="Wijesiri 2018">Wijesiri, Lionel (8 September 2018). "Rising suicide rate: too many questions, not enough answers". Daily News. Retrieved 19 July 2019.</ref>		14.6	2018
Hungary	<ref name="Eurostat"/>		17.98	2016
Belarus			20.5	2017<ref>"National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (for 2017);" (PDF) (in русский). Belstat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.</ref>
Taiwan (estimate)			20.1	2018<ref name="衛生福利部 2019">"自殺死亡及自殺通報統計". 衛生福利部 (in 中文). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2017.</ref>
Ukraine			22.4	2016<ref>Хаустова О. О. World_Bank</ref>
Uruguay	37.2	9.9	23.3	2022<ref>"Tasa de suicidios en Uruguay alcanza nuevo récord en 2022, un caso atípico en América". Associated Press News (in español). 21 July 2023.</ref><ref>"En Uruguay los suicidios son la principal causa de muerte entre los 15 y 44 años" (in español).</ref>
Latvia			18.56	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/>
Moldova			15.9	2016<ref>WB</ref>
Serbia	<ref name="Eurostat">"Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Eurostat. Retrieved 19 July 2019.</ref>		13.52	2016
Belgium			17.0	2016<ref>"Eurostat - Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Retrieved 25 May 2016.</ref><ref group="note">Recently released figures by official Belgian authorities suggest a considerably higher rate of 17.0 persons (total) per 100,000 people per annum in 2009 (5,712 cases in a population of 10,749,000 (=10,666,866 as of 1 January 2008 increasing by 0,77% per annum.) as of 1 January 2009)."Toenemend aantal zelfdodingen in Belgie" (in Nederlands). 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)</ref><ref name="eurostat">"Death Due To Suicide". Eurostat. European Commission. 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010.</ref><ref group="note">The number of death in Belgium in 2008 due to suicide "zichzelf schade toebrengen" was reported at 2000 out of a total of 103.760 death. These death comprise 1453 men and 547 women. This puts the suicide rate at about 19 per 100.000. See statbel: http://statbel.fgov.be/nl/binaries/NL%20-%20Tableau%201%2E3_T_2008_tcm325-168456.pdf Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine</ref>
Japan	23.1	10.1	16.5	2018<ref name="mhlw-suicide-statistics-from1899">厚生労働省>白書・統計>各種統計調査>厚生労働統計一覧>1.人口・世帯>人口動態統計特殊報告>自殺死亡統計>12. 統計表>第1表 総死亡数・死亡率（人口10万対）・自殺死亡数・死亡率（人口10万対）の年次推移</ref><ref name="mhlw-suicide-statistics-2018">"厚生労働省>分野別の政策一覧>福祉・介護>生活保護・福祉一般>自殺対策>自殺統計>各年の状況>平成30年中における自殺の状況>第3章 平成30年中における自殺の内訳>33p 補表1-1 年次別自殺者数、34p 補表2-1 年齢階級別自殺者数の推移、35p 補表2-2 年齢階級別自殺死亡率" (PDF). mhlw.go.jp. Retrieved 11 October 2019.</ref>
Taiwan (government data)	21.0	11.6	16.2	2022<ref name="衛生福利部 2019"/>
Croatia			16	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>"Odsjek za mentalne poremećaje s registrom za psihoze i registrom izvršenih samoubojstava" (in hrvatski). HZJZ. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016.</ref>
Bhutan			12.16	2017<ref>"World Suicide Death Rate Rankings (WHO)". 16 December 2018.</ref>
Austria	23.8	7.1	13.69	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/>
South Africa			15.4	2005<ref>Burrows, Stephanie; Laflamme, Lucie (February 2006). "Suicide Mortality in South Africa". Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 41 (2): 108–114. doi:10.1007/s00127-005-0004-4. PMID 16362168. S2CID 123246.. This data is for urban areas only. The data available for the whole of South Africa in 2007 are: men 1.4, women 0.4, total 0.9 (source: WHO)</ref>
Estonia			14.31	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref name="stat.ee">"EU statistics: Death due to suicide, by gender". Statistics Estonia. 2012. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.</ref>
France			13.72	2023<ref>"SN11: SÄÄSTVA ARENGU NÄITAJAD ÜRO EESMÄRKIDE PÕHJAL". PxWeb (in eesti). Retrieved 27 September 2024.</ref>
Suriname	23.9	4.8	14.4	2005
Finland	22.3	6.9	14.26	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>"Number of suicides 1921-2014, Statistics Finland". 30 December 2015.</ref>
EU			10.33	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>Värnik, P (2 March 2012). "Suicide in the World- Table 2 - Suicide by gender and age groups in WHO regions, estimates for 2008". Int J Environ Res Public Health. 9 (3): 760–71. doi:10.3390/ijerph9030760. PMC 3367275. PMID 22690161.</ref>
United States	21.8	6.0	14.5	2017<ref name="Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019">"Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury-FastStats". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.</ref><ref name="Howard 2019">Howard, Jacqueline (20 June 2019). "The US suicide rate is up 33% since 1999". CNN. Retrieved 16 July 2019.</ref><ref name="AFSP 2016">"Suicide Statistics". AFSP. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2019.</ref>
Poland			12.28	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>Lasota, Dorota; Pawłowski, Witold; Krajewski, Paweł; Staniszewska, Anna; Goniewicz, Krzysztof; Goniewicz, Mariusz (2019). "Seasonality of Suicides among Victims Who Are under the Influence of Alcohol". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16 (15). MDPI: 2806. doi:10.3390/ijerph16152806. PMC 6696555. PMID 31390817.</ref>
Russia			13.7	2017<ref>"INFORMATION ABOUT THE MORTALITY OF THE POPULATION FOR THE CAUSES OF DEATH FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - January - December 2017" (in русский). Rosstat. Retrieved 29 January 2018.</ref>
Bosnia and Herzegovina			13.6	2012<ref name=SRNA>SRNA (16 April 2012). "BiH: Prošle godine ubilo se 507 lica, od čega 16 maloletnika". SRNA. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.</ref>
Czech Republic			11.4	2020<ref>"Sebevraždy v České republice - 2011 až 2020". Produkty (in čeština). Retrieved 13 October 2024.</ref>
Germany	<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>"Health - Causes of Death in Germany" (PDF) (in Deutsch). 2013.</ref>		11.29	2016
Cuba	19.0	5.5	12.3	2008
Bulgaria			9.24	2016<ref name="eurostat" />
New Zealand	19.0	5.8	12.3	2014–15<ref>"NZ suicide rates rise for first time in four years". New Zealand Herald. 6 October 2015. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 6 October 2015.</ref><ref>"Chief Coroner releases provisional annual suicide figures for the 2014/15 year". Coronial Services of New Zealand. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.</ref>
Hong Kong	16.2	8.8	12.3	2011<ref>"Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention". Hong Kong. 2013.</ref>
Sweden			11.73	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>"Dödsorsaker 2012" [Causes of Death 2012] (PDF). www.socialstyrelsen.se - 6 August 2013.pdf (in svenska and English). Statistics Sweden. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.</ref>
Portugal			8.95	2016<ref name="eurostat" /><ref>Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia. "Estatística - Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2016.</ref>
Romania			10.13	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/>
Norway			12.08	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/>
United Kingdom			11.2	2018<ref>"Suicides in the UK - Office for National Statistics".</ref>
Canada	16.9	5.3	11.5	2009<ref>"Suicides and suicide rate, by sex and by age group, Canada". 26 November 2020.</ref>
Iceland			12.3	2016<ref name="Eurostat"/><ref>"36 died from own hand". Hagstofa Íslands/Statistical Bureau of Iceland. Morgunblaðið. 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.</ref>
Chile	18.2	4.2	11.2	2007
Switzerland	17	5.8	11.2	2011<ref>statistique, Office fédéral de la. "Développement durable". www.bfs.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2014.</ref>
Netherlands	18.0	6.0	12.0	2015<ref name="eurostat" />
Trinidad and Tobago	17.9	3.8	10.7	2006
India *	13.0	7.8	10.5	2009
Ireland	17.4	3.4	10.3	2013<ref>Central Statistics Office. "Vital Statistics - Fourth Quarter and Yearly Summary - 2013" (PDF).</ref>
Singapore	13.3	7.3	10.3	2012<ref>Samaritans of Singapore. "Suicide Statistics in Singapore" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013.</ref>
Australia	20.1	6.3	13.1	2019<ref name="abs2022">Australian Bureau of Statistics Causes of Death, Australia, 2021</ref>
Slovakia			7.48	2016<ref name="eurostat" />
China	<ref>"Back from the edge - The first of two articles on China's suicide rate looks at the effect of urbanisation". The Economist. 28 June 2014.</ref>		9.8	2014
Venezuela			9.5	2019<ref>"Hecho en socialismo: En 2019 tasa de suicidios rompió récord en Venezuela". 2 January 2020.</ref>
Kyrgyzstan <!-- New WHO data Jun-2010 -->	14.1	3.6	8.8	2009
Turkmenistan	13.8	3.5	8.6	1998
Spain	12.7	4.1	8.3	2013<ref>"Suicides and suicide rate, by sex and by age group, Spain". 27 June 2015.</ref>
North Macedonia	12.6	3.9	8.0	2009<ref name="eurostat"/>
El Salvador <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	12.9	3.6	8.0	2008
Italy	12.7	3.8	8.0	2016
Zimbabwe	10.6	5.2	7.9	1990
Luxembourg	13.2	2.9	7.8	2008<ref name="eurostat"/>
Argentina	12.6	3.0	7.7	2008
Ecuador <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	10.5	3.6	7.1	2009
Mauritius	11.8	1.9	6.8	2008
Costa Rica <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	10.2	1.9	6.1	2009
Thailand	9.7	2.58	6.03	2013<ref>"Suicide Rates: Thailand". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.</ref>
Mongolia	8.6	3.1	5.85	2011
Israel	9.9	2.1	5.8	2007<ref>"Suicide in Israel - 1981-2009 Suicides, Suicide Attempts 2004-2010" (PDF) (in עברית). Retrieved 9 September 2013.</ref> <!-- New WHO data Jun-2010 -->
Nicaragua <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	9.0	2.6	5.8	2006
Panama <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	9.0	1.9	5.5	2008
Turkey	6.34	1.90	4.12	2019<ref>"TÜİK - Statistics Data Portal". www.tuik.gov.tr.</ref>
Colombia <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	7.9	2.0	4.9	2007
Brazil <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	7.7	2.0	4.8	2008
Uzbekistan <!-- New WHO data Jun-2010 -->	7.0	2.3	4.7	2005
Cambodia <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->			4.6	2008
Georgia <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	7.1	1.7	4.3	2009
Albania	4.7	3.3	4.0	2003<ref>"WHO | Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year and sex (Table)". Who.int. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.</ref>
Mexico <!-- New WHO data Jun-2010 -->	6.8	1.3	4.0	2008
Honduras			3.84	2011<ref>"Mortalidad y otros (Mortality and others)" (PDF). IUDPAS. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.</ref>
Bahrain <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	4.0	3.5	3.8	2006
Belize	6.6	0.7	3.7	2008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.4	1.9	3.7	2008
Paraguay <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	5.1	2.0	3.6	2008
Cyprus	5.9	1.3	3.6	2009<ref name="eurostat"/>
Guatemala <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	5.6	1.7	3.6	2008
Barbados <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	7.3	0.0	3.5	2006
Greece	6.1	1.0	3.5	2009
Malta <!-- New WHO data Jun-2010 -->	5.9	1.0	3.4	2008
Iran	3.9	2.1	3.4	2013<ref>"Iranian Legal Medicine Organization". 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014. www.lmo.ir</ref><ref>"Tehran has the highest rate of suicide in Iran" (in فارسی). Bahar Newspaper. 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. via Google Translate</ref>
Philippines	4.5	1.0	2.75	2005<ref>Chief, Barbara Mae Dacanay, Bureau (17 July 2012). "Suicide rate has steadily risen in Philippines for 21 years — report".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)</ref>
Tajikistan	2.9	2.3	2.6	2001
Saint Lucia <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	4.9	0.0	2.4	2005
Dominican Republic <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	3.9	0.7	2.3	2005
Armenia	2.8	1.1	1.9	2008
Kuwait <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	1.9	1.7	1.8	2009
Bahamas	1.9	0.6	1.2	2005
Pakistan	1.45	0.71	1.10	2012<ref>Based on a population of 180.4 million in 2012 (Population Reference Bureau), a sex ratio of 1.06 males/female (CIA World Factbook, 2013) and figures from 'State of Human Rights in 2012 Archived 19 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine' by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan: 1,976 persons committed suicide in 2012 across the country of which 626 were women.</ref>
Peru	1.1	0.6	0.9	2000
São Tomé and Príncipe	0.0	1.8	0.9	1987
Azerbaijan	1.0	0.3	0.6	2007
Maldives <!-- New WHO data Jun-2010 -->	0.7	0.0	0.3	2005
Jamaica	0.3	0.0	0.1	1990
Syria	0.2	0.0	0.1	1985
Jordan	0.2	0.0	0.1	2008<ref>"Suicide rates (per 100,000), by gender, Jordan, 1965-2008" (PDF). World Health Organization.</ref>
Egypt <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	0.1	0.0	0.1	2009
Grenada <!-- New WHO data 2011 -->	0.0	0.0	0.0	2008
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0	0.0	0.0	1995
Antigua and Barbuda	0.0	0.0	0.0	1995
Haiti	0.0	0.0	0.0	2003
Nepal	0.0	0.0	0.0	2003

See also

• Epidemiology of suicide
• Gender differences in suicide
• Suicide in the military
• List of countries by intentional death rate
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of suicide crisis lines

Explanatory notes

• The updated figure of suicide rates in Belgium for 2011 is 2,084 with a total population of 10,933,607, equivalent to 18.96 per 100,000 inhabitants (source: Het Nieuwsblad, 10 April 2014).
• Taiwan is not a member of the WHO. The Taiwanese government adopted the WHO standard in 2007. According to the Taiwanese government's self-released data, the figure is standardized based upon the population within Taiwan.<ref>"Kaohsiung City Government". Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.</ref><ref>"Kaohsiung city government II". Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.</ref>

External links

• Suicide data and rates published by the World Health Organization (WHO).