Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population) by country
Countries reporting
184
Highest
36.7
Lesotho
Lowest
0.2894
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
8.19
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,334
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; the lowest is 0.2894 in Saint 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 (up 124.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 94.8%).
Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 36.7 | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 2 | Eswatini | 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 (country) | 20.83 | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 9 | South Korea | 20.58 | 2021 | down 28.3% | flat |
| 10 | Eritrea | 20.16 | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 19.79 | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 12 | Mozambique | 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 | Russia | 17.9 | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 17 | Ukraine | 16.97 | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 18 | Lithuania | 16.76 | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 16.63 | 2021 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | 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 | 13.41 | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 37 | Zambia | 13.25 | 2021 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 38 | Slovenia | 13.2 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 39 | Cote 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 | 12.46 | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.17 | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 44 | Latvia | 11.95 | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 45 | Moldova | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 10.68 | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 63 | Chad | 10.68 | 2021 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 64 | Croatia | 10.58 | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 65 | Equatorial Guinea | 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 | Czechia | 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 | 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 | 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 | 9.14 | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 80 | Tanzania | 9.05 | 2021 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 9.05 | 2021 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 82 | Venezuela | 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 | 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 | 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 | North Korea | 7.61 | 2021 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 102 | Slovakia | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | 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 | 5.32 | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 124 | Guatemala | 5.27 | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 125 | Yemen | 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 | Laos | 4.99 | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 4.86 | 2021 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 132 | Saint 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 | 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 | 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 | East Timor | 4.15 | 2021 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 144 | Iran | 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 | 3.06 | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 154 | Morocco | 2.96 | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 155 | Bahamas | 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 | 2.8 | 2021 | up 124.4% | rising |
| 160 | Cyprus | 2.67 | 2021 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 161 | Turkey | 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 | 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 | Sao Tome and Principe | 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 | Syria | 0.6627 | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2894 | 2021 | down 94.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sur 22.48
- High income (World Bank) 11.85
- Africa (WHO region) 11.45
- Mus 9.56
- Low income (World Bank) 10.47
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 10.08
- Europe (WHO region) 10.08
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 9.44
- Americas (WHO region) 9.19
- World 8.89
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 7.52
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 6.95
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 3.98