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Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population) by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
36.7
Lesotho, Kingdom of
Lowest
0.2894
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
8.19
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312

What the numbers show

Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 36.7 in Lesotho, Kingdom of; the lowest is 0.2894 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.19, and the mean is 8.97.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 127.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 124.4%), and the largest decrease in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (down 94.8%).

Age-standardized suicide rates: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho, Kingdom of 36.7 2021 up 4.0% rising
2 Eswatini, Kingdom of 31.77 2021 up 25.5% rising
3 Guyana 26.3 2021 down 16.8% flat
4 Zimbabwe 25.42 2021 up 13.7% rising
5 Solomon Islands 22.48 2021 down 6.9% rising
6 Uruguay 22.04 2021 up 45.8% rising
7 South Africa 21.11 2021 up 14.5% rising
8 Micronesia, Federated States of 20.83 2021 down 12.8% falling
9 Korea, Republic of 20.58 2021 down 28.3% flat
10 Eritrea, The State of 20.16 2021 down 7.6% falling
11 Mongolia 19.79 2021 down 10.7% flat
12 Mozambique, Republic of 18.96 2021 up 8.2% rising
13 Central African Republic 18.7 2021 down 17.0% falling
14 Kiribati 18.69 2021 down 15.4% flat
15 Vanuatu 18.19 2021 down 5.7% falling
16 Russian Federation 17.9 2021 down 40.0% falling
17 Ukraine 16.97 2021 down 14.3% falling
18 Lithuania, Republic of 16.76 2021 down 47.8% falling
19 Cabo Verde 16.63 2021 down 6.9% falling
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15.79 2021 up 8.1% rising
21 Burkina Faso 15.38 2021 down 5.7% falling
22 Thailand 15.38 2021 up 84.6% rising
23 Somalia 15.32 2021 up 7.9% falling
24 Kazakhstan, Republic of 15.19 2021 down 42.7% falling
25 Togo 15.17 2021 down 8.1% flat
26 Burundi 14.77 2021 up 3.1% falling
27 Japan 14.74 2021 down 21.5% falling
28 Angola 14.58 2021 up 13.2% falling
29 Belgium 14.3 2021 down 15.2% falling
30 Samoa 14.26 2021 up 5.1% rising
31 Malawi 14.22 2021 up 18.2% flat
32 United States 14.22 2021 up 18.8% rising
33 Sri Lanka 14.03 2021 down 22.6% falling
34 Cameroon 13.83 2021 down 1.7% flat
35 Rwanda 13.65 2021 up 2.2% falling
36 South Sudan, Republic of 13.41 2021 up 43.3% rising
37 Zambia 13.25 2021 up 9.0% falling
38 Slovenia, Republic of 13.2 2021 down 15.5% falling
39 Côte d’Ivoire 12.67 2021 down 16.2% rising
40 India 12.62 2021 down 23.6% falling
41 Finland 12.59 2021 down 18.2% falling
42 Estonia, Republic of 12.46 2021 down 11.1% falling
43 Guinea-Bissau 12.17 2021 down 1.6% falling
44 Latvia, Republic of 11.95 2021 down 34.6% falling
45 Moldova, Republic of 11.95 2021 down 11.8% falling
46 Benin 11.82 2021 down 6.5% flat
47 France 11.79 2021 down 13.6% falling
48 Sweden 11.74 2021 down 0.5% flat
49 Australia 11.74 2021 up 12.7% rising
50 Belarus, Republic of 11.68 2021 down 59.4% falling
51 Trinidad and Tobago 11.65 2021 up 12.5% falling
52 Uganda 11.6 2021 up 0.1% falling
53 Senegal 11.56 2021 down 0.4% flat
54 Poland, Republic of 11.51 2021 down 23.8% falling
55 Hungary 11.42 2021 down 40.0% falling
56 Norway 11.42 2021 down 1.4% flat
57 Congo, Republic of 11.22 2021 down 17.2% falling
58 Nepal 11.1 2021 down 8.2% flat
59 New Zealand 11.09 2021 down 0.1% falling
60 Namibia 11.06 2021 down 6.0% falling
61 Iceland 10.84 2021 up 2.1% falling
62 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 10.68 2021 down 2.2% falling
63 Chad 10.68 2021 down 9.1% flat
64 Croatia, Republic of 10.58 2021 down 9.3% falling
65 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 10.51 2021 up 3.3% falling
66 Gabon 10.49 2021 down 22.2% flat
67 Botswana 10.39 2021 down 44.0% falling
68 Czech Republic 10.32 2021 down 20.4% falling
69 Austria 10.15 2021 down 16.2% falling
70 Djibouti 10.13 2021 up 8.4% rising
71 Madagascar, Republic of 10.04 2021 down 5.5% falling
72 Switzerland 9.87 2021 down 7.0% falling
73 Sierra Leone 9.7 2021 down 2.4% rising
74 Liberia 9.65 2021 down 6.9% rising
75 Mauritius 9.56 2021 up 6.3% falling
76 Serbia, Republic of 9.37 2021 down 28.1% falling
77 Haiti 9.27 2021 down 5.4% falling
78 Cuba 9.22 2021 down 16.7% falling
79 Netherlands, The 9.14 2021 up 8.4% rising
80 Tanzania 9.05 2021 up 16.0% falling
81 Uzbekistan, Republic of 9.05 2021 down 21.0% falling
82 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 8.95 2021 up 37.8% rising
83 Montenegro 8.94 2021 down 25.1% falling
84 Kenya 8.92 2021 down 19.4% flat
85 Comoros, Union of the 8.86 2021 down 6.6% falling
86 Niger 8.86 2021 up 2.5% rising
87 Nigeria 8.84 2021 down 1.1% falling
88 United Kingdom 8.77 2021 up 16.7% rising
89 Fiji, Republic of 8.52 2021 down 17.1% falling
90 Mali 8.33 2021 up 1.6% rising
91 Gambia 8.29 2021 down 6.3% falling
92 Guinea 8.2 2021 down 4.6% rising
93 Germany 8.18 2021 down 12.3% falling
94 Canada 8.09 2021 down 22.1% falling
95 Ghana 8.08 2021 down 7.4% rising
96 El Salvador 7.82 2021 down 16.0% falling
97 Kyrgyzstan 7.79 2021 down 38.4% falling
98 Ireland 7.68 2021 down 36.7% falling
99 Argentina 7.66 2021 down 9.9% falling
100 Denmark 7.63 2021 down 20.3% falling
101 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 7.61 2021 down 16.7% flat
102 Slovak Republic 7.59 2021 down 24.0% falling
103 Costa Rica 7.56 2021 up 18.7% flat
104 Turkmenistan 7.49 2021 down 4.6% falling
105 Ecuador 7.42 2021 down 11.8% rising
106 Portugal 7.22 2021 down 9.7% flat
107 Romania 7.21 2021 down 27.0% falling
108 Viet Nam 7.05 2021 down 5.6% rising
109 Singapore 6.98 2021 down 10.1% falling
110 Brazil 6.95 2021 up 27.7% rising
111 Mexico 6.86 2021 up 27.1% rising
112 China, People's Republic of 6.83 2021 down 22.8% falling
113 Chile 6.83 2021 down 38.1% falling
114 Paraguay 6.53 2021 up 21.3% rising
115 Pakistan 6.5 2021 down 12.7% falling
116 Bulgaria 6.25 2021 down 21.3% falling
117 Luxembourg 6.22 2021 down 33.9% falling
118 Spain 6.21 2021 up 20.4% falling
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.67 2021 down 29.2% falling
120 Malaysia 5.64 2021 up 15.3% falling
121 Malta 5.56 2021 down 8.3% flat
122 Tonga 5.37 2021 down 7.0% falling
123 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 5.32 2021 down 9.7% falling
124 Guatemala 5.27 2021 down 5.3% falling
125 Yemen, Republic of 5.22 2021 down 14.0% falling
126 Bolivia 5.12 2021 down 21.5% falling
127 Libya 5.1 2021 down 20.8% rising
128 Bhutan 5.09 2021 down 11.6% falling
129 Cambodia 5 2021 down 7.2% falling
130 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 4.99 2021 down 10.6% falling
131 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 4.86 2021 up 6.2% flat
132 St. Lucia 4.73 2021 down 29.8% falling
133 Colombia 4.71 2021 up 23.9% falling
134 Italy 4.64 2021 down 11.9% falling
135 Belize 4.62 2021 down 41.7% falling
136 North Macedonia, Republic of 4.59 2021 down 3.9% falling
137 Georgia 4.55 2021 up 116.7% rising
138 Israel 4.39 2021 down 20.3% falling
139 Dominican Republic 4.35 2021 down 8.6% rising
140 Bahrain, Kingdom of 4.22 2021 down 18.8% falling
141 Qatar 4.21 2021 down 43.7% falling
142 Nicaragua 4.19 2021 down 35.4% falling
143 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 4.15 2021 down 14.4% flat
144 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.08 2021 down 6.3% falling
145 Philippines 4.04 2021 up 5.1% rising
146 Puerto Rico 3.97 2021 down 32.4% falling
147 Seychelles 3.9 2021 down 44.4% falling
148 Sudan 3.87 2021 down 16.8% falling
149 Iraq 3.82 2021 down 18.5% falling
150 Honduras 3.7 2021 down 4.0% flat
151 Greece 3.39 2021 down 2.4% rising
152 Panama 3.27 2021 down 19.8% falling
153 Tajikistan, Republic of 3.06 2021 down 18.3% falling
154 Morocco 2.96 2021 down 27.3% falling
155 Bahamas, The 2.92 2021 down 20.5% falling
156 Myanmar 2.9 2021 down 14.6% falling
157 Bangladesh 2.89 2021 down 18.0% falling
158 Barbados 2.84 2021 down 25.7% falling
159 Brunei Darussalam 2.8 2021 up 124.4% rising
160 Cyprus 2.67 2021 down 29.6% rising
161 Türkiye, Republic of 2.58 2021 down 16.0% rising
162 Algeria 2.32 2021 down 8.2% falling
163 Kuwait 2.16 2021 up 114.5% falling
164 Papua New Guinea 2.14 2021 down 1.2% rising
165 Albania 2.13 2021 down 67.6% falling
166 Maldives 1.96 2021 down 32.2% falling
167 Armenia 1.93 2021 down 66.6% falling
168 Tunisia 1.84 2021 down 31.2% falling
169 United Arab Emirates 1.7 2021 down 23.7% falling
170 Jamaica 1.65 2021 up 2.1% rising
171 Saudi Arabia 1.64 2021 down 7.2% falling
172 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.56 2021 down 42.0% falling
173 Peru 1.53 2021 down 29.2% rising
174 Antigua and Barbuda 1.41 2021 — volatile
175 Indonesia 1.28 2021 down 33.8% falling
176 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 1.25 2021 down 0.2% falling
177 Grenada 1.17 2021 down 26.7% volatile
178 Oman 0.9317 2021 down 46.8% falling
179 Palestine 0.8024 2021 up 2.3% falling
180 Egypt 0.7261 2021 down 33.8% falling
181 Lebanon 0.6983 2021 down 18.2% falling
182 Jordan 0.6723 2021 down 34.6% falling
183 Syrian Arab Republic 0.6627 2021 down 4.6% falling
184 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2894 2021 down 94.8% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 4,312 data points, 2000–2021
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