What is the difference in suicide rate between Croatia and United States of America?

0.31 deaths per 100,000 people, with Croatia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and United States of America?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Suicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Croatia vs United States of America: Suicide rate

Croatia

15.77 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

United States of America

15.46 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Croatia rank

25th

United States of America rank

28th

Suicide rate over time

Croatia
United States of America

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 15.77 deaths per 100,000 people against 15.46 deaths per 100,000 people in United States of America, a difference of 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 25th and United States of America ranks 28th of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
2000s	18.95 deaths per 100,000 people	11.84 deaths per 100,000 people	7.11 deaths per 100,000 people	Croatia
2010s	16.75 deaths per 100,000 people	14.16 deaths per 100,000 people	2.58 deaths per 100,000 people	Croatia
2020s	15.27 deaths per 100,000 people	15.13 deaths per 100,000 people	0.135 deaths per 100,000 people	Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide rate, Croatia or United States of America?: Croatia, at 15.77 deaths per 100,000 people against 15.46 deaths per 100,000 people in United States of America as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide rate between Croatia and United States of America?: 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and United States of America?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Croatia and United States of America rank globally for suicide rate?: Croatia ranks 25th and United States of America ranks 28th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Suicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Suicide rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from self-harm in both sexes, per 100,000 people.