What is the difference in male vs. female suicide rate between Kazakhstan and Norway?

0.4 deaths per 100,000 population, with Kazakhstan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Norway?

34 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Male vs. female suicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kazakhstan vs Norway: Male vs. female suicide rate

Kazakhstan

14.54 deaths per 100,000 population

in 2023

Norway

14.14 deaths per 100,000 population

in 2016

Kazakhstan rank

34th

Norway rank

35th

Male vs. female suicide rate over time

Kazakhstan
Norway

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 14.54 deaths per 100,000 population against 14.14 deaths per 100,000 population in Norway, a difference of 0.4 deaths per 100,000 population.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Kazakhstan has been ahead every year.

Kazakhstan ranks 34th and Norway ranks 35th of 111 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kazakhstan	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1980s	36.84 deaths per 100,000 population	20.28 deaths per 100,000 population	16.56 deaths per 100,000 population	Kazakhstan
1990s	46.12 deaths per 100,000 population	18.31 deaths per 100,000 population	27.81 deaths per 100,000 population	Kazakhstan
2000s	48.54 deaths per 100,000 population	15.15 deaths per 100,000 population	33.39 deaths per 100,000 population	Kazakhstan
2010s	32.37 deaths per 100,000 population	13.87 deaths per 100,000 population	18.5 deaths per 100,000 population	Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher male vs. female suicide rate, Kazakhstan or Norway?: Kazakhstan, at 14.54 deaths per 100,000 population against 14.14 deaths per 100,000 population in Norway as of 2023.
What is the difference in male vs. female suicide rate between Kazakhstan and Norway?: 0.4 deaths per 100,000 population, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Norway?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2016.
How do Kazakhstan and Norway rank globally for male vs. female suicide rate?: Kazakhstan ranks 34th and Norway ranks 35th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Male vs. female suicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kazakhstan vs Norway: Male vs. female suicide rate. Statizoid, drawing on WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/suicide-rate-male-female-who-mdb/kazakhstan/norway/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/suicide-rate-male-female-who-mdb/kazakhstan/norway/">Kazakhstan vs Norway: Male vs. female suicide rate</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Male vs. female suicide rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 population
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 4,803 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Reported annual death rate from self-inflicted injuries per 100,000 people, based on the underlying cause listed on death certificates. To allow for comparisons between countries and over time, this metric is age-standardized.