Suicide rate by country
Estimated number of deaths from self-harm in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
30.44 deaths per 100,000 people
Lesotho
Lowest
0.39 deaths per 100,000 people
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
7.54 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Suicide rate is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 30.44 deaths per 100,000 people in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.54 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 8.84 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 78.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 97.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 93.1%).
Suicide rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 30.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 2 | South Korea | 27.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 27.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 4 | Nauru | 25.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 5 | Guyana | 25.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 6 | Uruguay | 24.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 22.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 8 | South Africa | 22.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 9 | Suriname | 22.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 21.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 21.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 12 | Micronesia (country) | 20.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 13 | Solomon Islands | 19.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 14 | Slovenia | 18.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mongolia | 18.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 18.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 17 | Monaco | 18.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 18 | Japan | 17.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 17.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 20 | Kiribati | 17.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 21 | Marshall Islands | 16.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 22 | France | 16.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 23 | Hungary | 16.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 16.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 25 | Croatia | 15.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 26 | Belarus | 15.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 15.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 28 | United States | 15.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 29 | Latvia | 15.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 14.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 31 | Serbia | 14.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 32 | Tuvalu | 14.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 14.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 34 | Finland | 14.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 35 | Austria | 14.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 14.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 37 | Cape Verde | 14.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 38 | Moldova | 14.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 39 | Switzerland | 14.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 40 | Niue | 13.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 41 | Sweden | 13.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 42 | Cuba | 13.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 43 | Poland | 13.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 44 | Palau | 13.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 45 | Czechia | 13.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 47 | Norway | 13.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 48 | Eritrea | 13.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | Australia | 13.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 12.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 51 | India | 12.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 52 | Samoa | 12.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 53 | Iceland | 11.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 53 | New Zealand | 11.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 55 | Netherlands | 11.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 11.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 57 | Montenegro | 11.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 58 | Mozambique | 11.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 59 | Cook Islands | 10.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 60 | Denmark | 10.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 61 | Mauritius | 10.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 62 | Nepal | 10.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 63 | Slovakia | 9.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 9.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 9.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 66 | United Kingdom | 9.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 66 | Romania | 9.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 68 | Canada | 9.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 69 | North Korea | 9.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 69 | Togo | 9.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 71 | China | 8.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 73 | Spain | 8.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 73 | Namibia | 8.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 75 | Botswana | 8.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 77 | Ireland | 8.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 78 | Venezuela | 8.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 79 | Cameroon | 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 8.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 82 | Rwanda | 8.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 8.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 8.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 85 | Fiji | 8.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 8.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 87 | Somalia | 8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 89 | Angola | 7.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 90 | Argentina | 7.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 91 | Haiti | 7.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 92 | El Salvador | 7.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 93 | Burundi | 7.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 94 | South Sudan | 7.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 95 | Chile | 7.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 96 | Ecuador | 7.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 96 | Vietnam | 7.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 98 | Brazil | 7.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 100 | Malawi | 7.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 101 | Gabon | 7.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 103 | Benin | 7.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 104 | Andorra | 7.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 106 | Italy | 6.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 107 | Zambia | 6.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 6.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 109 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | San Marino | 6.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 111 | Congo | 6.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 113 | Malta | 6.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 114 | Paraguay | 6.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 115 | Madagascar | 6.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 6.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 6.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 118 | Senegal | 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 119 | Liberia | 5.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 120 | Comoros | 5.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 5.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 122 | Malaysia | 5.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 122 | Pakistan | 5.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 5.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.5% | flat |
| 125 | Ghana | 5.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 126 | Chad | 5.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 126 | Tanzania | 5.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 128 | Uganda | 5.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 5.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 4.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 131 | Guatemala | 4.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 132 | Colombia | 4.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.0% | flat |
| 132 | Nigeria | 4.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 134 | Tonga | 4.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 135 | Bhutan | 4.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 136 | Guinea | 4.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 137 | Greece | 4.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 138 | Cambodia | 4.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 139 | Qatar | 4.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 140 | Laos | 4.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 141 | Kenya | 4.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 142 | Gambia | 4.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 143 | Bahrain | 4.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 144 | Israel | 4.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 144 | Niger | 4.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 146 | Yemen | 4.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 147 | Dominican Republic | 4.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 148 | Nicaragua | 4.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 149 | Belize | 4.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 150 | Mali | 4.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 151 | Bolivia | 4.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 152 | Seychelles | 4.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 153 | Iran | 4.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 154 | Dominica | 3.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 3.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 156 | Barbados | 3.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 156 | East Timor | 3.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 158 | Philippines | 3.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 160 | Sudan | 3.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 161 | Bahamas | 3.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 3.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 162 | Honduras | 3.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 164 | Iraq | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 165 | Morocco | 2.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 166 | Bangladesh | 2.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 166 | Myanmar | 2.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 168 | Albania | 2.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 169 | Mauritania | 2.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 170 | Brunei | 2.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 171 | Turkey | 2.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 2.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 173 | Armenia | 2.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 174 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 175 | Algeria | 2.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 176 | Kuwait | 2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 78.6% | falling |
| 177 | Tunisia | 1.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 1.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.7% | flat |
| 180 | Jamaica | 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 181 | Maldives | 1.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 182 | Azerbaijan | 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 183 | Peru | 1.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Grenada | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Indonesia | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | 0.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 188 | Oman | 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 190 | Lebanon | 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 191 | Egypt | 0.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 192 | Jordan | 0.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 193 | Syria | 0.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 93.1% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from self-harm in both sexes, per 100,000 people.