What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between Euro area and Lesotho?

16.78 per 100,000 population, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Lesotho?

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

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Euro area vs Lesotho: Suicide mortality rate

Euro area

11.88 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Lesotho

28.66 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Euro area rank

2nd

Lesotho rank

1st

Suicide mortality rate over time

Euro area
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 28.66 per 100,000 population against 11.88 per 100,000 population in Euro area, a difference of 16.78 per 100,000 population.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 2.4 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Euro area ahead.

Euro area ranks 2nd and Lesotho ranks 1st of 2 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Euro area	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
2000s	13.19 per 100,000 population	15.68 per 100,000 population	2.49 per 100,000 population	Lesotho
2010s	12.07 per 100,000 population	26.45 per 100,000 population	14.38 per 100,000 population	Lesotho
2020s	11.79 per 100,000 population	31.02 per 100,000 population	19.23 per 100,000 population	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide mortality rate, Euro area or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 28.66 per 100,000 population against 11.88 per 100,000 population in Euro area as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between Euro area and Lesotho?: 16.78 per 100,000 population, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Lesotho?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Euro area and Lesotho rank globally for suicide mortality rate?: Euro area ranks 2nd and Lesotho ranks 1st of 2 groups.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 20 August 2026

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