Australia vs New Zealand: Suicide rates by age detailed who

Australia
16.29
in 2021
New Zealand
16.33
in 2021
Australia rank
36th
New Zealand rank
35th

Suicide rates by age detailed who over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
0102030200020102021

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 16.33 against 16.29 in Australia, a difference of 0.04.

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

Australia ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 35th of 194 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia New Zealand Difference Ahead
2000s 13.68 21.04 7.36 New Zealand
2010s 14.4 18.66 4.26 New Zealand
2020s 16.7 15.77 0.9215 Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide rates by age detailed who, Australia or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 16.33 against 16.29 in Australia as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide rates by age detailed who between Australia and New Zealand?
0.04, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for suicide rates by age detailed who?
Australia ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 35th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Suicide rates by age detailed who. 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

Australia vs New Zealand: Suicide rates by age detailed who. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 November 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/suicide-rates-by-age-detailed-who/australia/new-zealand/

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-rates-by-age-detailed-who/australia/new-zealand/">Australia vs New Zealand: Suicide rates by age detailed who</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Suicide rates by age detailed who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed