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Death rate from suicides ghe by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
30.44
Lesotho
Lowest
0.39
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
7.54
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from suicides ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 30.44 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.39 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.54, and the mean is 8.8.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 78.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 97.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 93.1%).

Death rate from suicides ghe: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 30.44 2021 up 8.1% rising
2 South Korea 27.5 2021 down 22.1% rising
3 Eswatini 27.47 2021 up 43.5% rising
4 Nauru 25.66 2021 down 19.1% falling
5 Guyana 25.14 2021 down 13.3% rising
6 Uruguay 24.71 2021 up 46.8% rising
7 Lithuania 22.28 2021 down 41.9% falling
8 South Africa 22.27 2021 up 26.3% rising
9 Suriname 22.16 2021 down 7.6% rising
10 Russia 21.36 2021 down 38.3% falling
11 Ukraine 21.03 2021 down 11.7% falling
12 Micronesia (country) 20.33 2021 down 9.8% falling
13 Solomon Islands 19.11 2021 down 7.7% rising
14 Slovenia 18.88 2021 down 12.4% falling
15 Mongolia 18.52 2021 down 16.6% rising
16 Belgium 18.36 2021 down 13.6% falling
17 Monaco 18.05 2021 up 6.2% flat
18 Japan 17.47 2021 down 25.6% falling
19 Zimbabwe 17.36 2021 up 21.4% rising
20 Kiribati 17.23 2021 down 19.2% flat
21 Marshall Islands 16.79 2021 down 26.5% falling
22 France 16.65 2021 down 8.0% falling
23 Hungary 16.46 2021 down 34.8% falling
24 Thailand 16.39 2021 up 77.6% rising
25 Croatia 15.77 2021 down 3.5% falling
26 Belarus 15.72 2021 down 54.5% falling
27 Vanuatu 15.63 2021 down 6.8% falling
28 United States 15.46 2021 up 16.1% rising
29 Latvia 15.39 2021 down 32.6% falling
30 Estonia 14.91 2021 down 15.2% falling
31 Serbia 14.85 2021 down 22.5% falling
32 Tuvalu 14.73 2021 down 19.2% rising
33 Sri Lanka 14.58 2021 down 19.9% falling
34 Finland 14.57 2021 down 17.9% falling
35 Austria 14.49 2021 down 10.8% falling
36 Kazakhstan 14.39 2021 down 45.9% falling
37 Cape Verde 14.29 2021 down 3.6% rising
38 Moldova 14.24 2021 down 8.9% falling
39 Switzerland 14.03 2021 down 4.2% falling
40 Niue 13.94 2021 up 0.9% falling
41 Sweden 13.82 2021 down 1.7% falling
42 Cuba 13.78 2021 down 2.3% falling
43 Poland 13.67 2021 down 24.6% falling
44 Palau 13.59 2021 down 11.2% falling
45 Czechia 13.32 2021 down 17.2% falling
46 Trinidad and Tobago 13.23 2021 up 18.7% falling
47 Norway 13.19 2021 up 1.5% flat
48 Eritrea 13.14 2021 down 0.8% flat
49 Australia 13.09 2021 up 13.1% rising
50 Germany 12.91 2021 down 2.6% falling
51 India 12.61 2021 down 20.6% falling
52 Samoa 12.47 2021 up 6.2% rising
53 Iceland 11.92 2021 up 3.4% falling
53 New Zealand 11.92 2021 up 4.7% falling
55 Netherlands 11.51 2021 up 14.1% rising
56 Portugal 11.33 2021 down 7.9% rising
57 Montenegro 11.29 2021 down 20.7% falling
58 Mozambique 11.13 2021 up 16.7% rising
59 Cook Islands 10.47 2021 up 3.4% flat
60 Denmark 10.46 2021 down 15.9% falling
61 Mauritius 10.21 2021 up 8.5% falling
62 Nepal 10.12 2021 down 2.5% rising
63 Slovakia 9.93 2021 down 19.1% falling
64 Central African Republic 9.91 2021 down 15.4% falling
65 Bulgaria 9.76 2021 down 11.8% falling
66 United Kingdom 9.57 2021 up 14.1% rising
66 Romania 9.57 2021 down 21.2% falling
68 Canada 9.44 2021 down 21.5% falling
69 North Korea 9.34 2021 down 5.8% rising
69 Togo 9.34 2021 down 3.4% rising
71 China 8.93 2021 down 10.2% falling
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.72 2021 down 17.4% falling
73 Spain 8.69 2021 up 22.4% flat
73 Namibia 8.69 2021 down 3.3% falling
75 Botswana 8.64 2021 down 42.6% falling
76 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.61 2021 up 8.2% rising
77 Ireland 8.54 2021 down 32.8% falling
78 Venezuela 8.52 2021 up 37.2% rising
79 Cameroon 8.46 2021 up 3.9% rising
80 Singapore 8.44 2021 down 10.3% falling
81 Burkina Faso 8.41 2021 down 1.8% flat
82 Rwanda 8.36 2021 up 4.2% falling
83 Uzbekistan 8.3 2021 down 24.5% falling
84 Luxembourg 8.24 2021 down 31.2% falling
85 Fiji 8.2 2021 down 16.7% falling
86 Costa Rica 8.14 2021 up 23.1% rising
87 Somalia 8 2021 up 15.1% falling
88 Djibouti 7.92 2021 up 21.1% rising
89 Angola 7.91 2021 up 17.4% falling
90 Argentina 7.9 2021 down 8.6% falling
91 Haiti 7.81 2021 down 0.6% flat
92 El Salvador 7.71 2021 down 14.0% rising
93 Burundi 7.68 2021 up 5.8% falling
94 South Sudan 7.66 2021 up 59.3% rising
95 Chile 7.64 2021 down 35.0% falling
96 Ecuador 7.56 2021 down 8.6% rising
96 Vietnam 7.56 2021 up 3.3% rising
98 Brazil 7.51 2021 up 37.8% rising
99 Guinea-Bissau 7.5 2021 up 6.7% falling
100 Malawi 7.46 2021 up 12.9% falling
101 Gabon 7.31 2021 down 20.5% flat
102 Cote d'Ivoire 7.18 2021 down 16.1% rising
103 Benin 7.13 2021 down 5.3% rising
104 Andorra 7.11 2021 down 26.5% falling
105 Mexico 7.02 2021 up 33.5% rising
106 Italy 6.99 2021 down 6.2% falling
107 Zambia 6.98 2021 up 21.6% falling
108 Turkmenistan 6.96 2021 down 6.3% falling
109 Equatorial Guinea 6.73 2021 up 0.7% falling
110 San Marino 6.7 2021 down 46.4% falling
111 Congo 6.63 2021 down 12.8% falling
112 Kyrgyzstan 6.47 2021 down 42.0% falling
113 Malta 6.45 2021 down 9.4% flat
114 Paraguay 6.38 2021 up 20.8% rising
115 Madagascar 6.23 2021 up 3.0% flat
116 Sierra Leone 6.15 2021 up 6.2% rising
117 Ethiopia 6.11 2021 up 8.7% falling
118 Senegal 6.05 2021 down 5.9% falling
119 Liberia 5.96 2021 down 3.4% rising
120 Comoros 5.93 2021 down 1.2% flat
121 North Macedonia 5.75 2021 down 4.8% falling
122 Malaysia 5.64 2021 up 28.8% rising
122 Pakistan 5.64 2021 down 10.0% falling
124 Saint Lucia 5.3 2021 down 23.5% flat
125 Ghana 5.23 2021 down 1.5% rising
126 Chad 5.21 2021 down 5.3% flat
126 Tanzania 5.21 2021 up 18.4% falling
128 Uganda 5.15 2021 up 3.0% falling
129 Georgia 5.11 2021 up 97.3% rising
130 Libya 4.98 2021 down 23.1% rising
131 Guatemala 4.96 2021 up 2.9% falling
132 Colombia 4.94 2021 up 31.0% flat
132 Nigeria 4.94 2021 down 1.0% falling
134 Tonga 4.91 2021 down 2.0% flat
135 Bhutan 4.88 2021 down 3.7% falling
136 Guinea 4.79 2021 down 5.7% rising
137 Greece 4.73 2021 up 8.7% rising
138 Cambodia 4.67 2021 up 1.7% rising
139 Qatar 4.65 2021 down 47.0% falling
140 Laos 4.61 2021 down 5.7% falling
141 Kenya 4.58 2021 down 19.8% rising
142 Gambia 4.52 2021 down 2.6% falling
143 Bahrain 4.4 2021 down 20.3% falling
144 Israel 4.36 2021 down 22.8% falling
144 Niger 4.36 2021 up 2.1% rising
146 Yemen 4.31 2021 down 13.1% falling
147 Dominican Republic 4.28 2021 down 1.4% rising
148 Nicaragua 4.25 2021 down 31.6% falling
149 Belize 4.21 2021 down 37.6% falling
150 Mali 4.13 2021 down 0.2% flat
151 Bolivia 4.1 2021 down 26.5% falling
152 Seychelles 4.09 2021 down 42.4% falling
153 Iran 4.03 2021 down 17.6% falling
154 Dominica 3.88 2021 down 10.6% flat
155 Afghanistan 3.63 2021 down 1.1% falling
156 Barbados 3.57 2021 down 16.6% falling
156 East Timor 3.57 2021 down 7.3% rising
158 Philippines 3.55 2021 up 6.6% rising
159 Panama 3.28 2021 down 16.3% falling
160 Sudan 3.21 2021 down 16.4% falling
161 Bahamas 3.17 2021 down 12.9% rising
162 Cyprus 3.05 2021 down 29.9% rising
162 Honduras 3.05 2021 up 3.4% rising
164 Iraq 2.97 2021 down 17.0% falling
165 Morocco 2.91 2021 down 26.9% falling
166 Bangladesh 2.89 2021 down 13.5% falling
166 Myanmar 2.89 2021 down 10.2% falling
168 Albania 2.85 2021 down 59.1% falling
169 Mauritania 2.78 2021 up 4.1% flat
170 Brunei 2.74 2021 up 97.1% rising
171 Turkey 2.64 2021 down 14.6% rising
172 Tajikistan 2.46 2021 down 15.8% falling
173 Armenia 2.4 2021 down 64.4% falling
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.21 2021 down 16.6% falling
175 Algeria 2.19 2021 down 13.4% falling
176 Kuwait 2 2021 up 78.6% falling
177 Tunisia 1.85 2021 down 32.5% falling
178 Papua New Guinea 1.82 2021 up 5.8% rising
179 United Arab Emirates 1.71 2021 down 34.7% flat
180 Jamaica 1.69 2021 up 11.9% rising
181 Maldives 1.55 2021 down 42.4% falling
182 Azerbaijan 1.54 2021 down 43.0% falling
183 Peru 1.51 2021 down 28.8% rising
184 Antigua and Barbuda 1.44 2021 — volatile
185 Grenada 1.22 2021 down 25.6% volatile
186 Indonesia 1.21 2021 down 31.6% falling
187 Saudi Arabia 0.95 2021 down 17.4% falling
188 Oman 0.91 2021 down 55.0% falling
189 Sao Tome and Principe 0.85 2021 up 3.7% falling
190 Lebanon 0.7 2021 down 17.6% falling
191 Egypt 0.63 2021 down 37.0% falling
192 Jordan 0.6 2021 down 31.0% falling
193 Syria 0.59 2021 unchanged falling
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.39 2021 down 93.1% volatile

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Indicator
Death rate from suicides ghe
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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