Suicide rate by country
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from self-harm in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
40.68 deaths per 100,000 people
Lesotho
Lowest
0.2822 deaths per 100,000 people
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
8.56 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Suicide rate is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 40.68 deaths per 100,000 people in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.2822 deaths per 100,000 people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.56 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 9.34 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 144.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 143 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 119.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 94.9%).
Suicide rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 40.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 2 | Eswatini | 31.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 3 | Nauru | 30.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 4 | Guyana | 26.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 25.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 22.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Suriname | 22.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 8 | Uruguay | 22.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 9 | Micronesia (country) | 21.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 10 | Eritrea | 21.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 11 | South Korea | 20.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.0% | flat |
| 12 | South Africa | 20.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 13 | Solomon Islands | 20.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 14 | Mozambique | 20.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 19.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 16 | Marshall Islands | 19.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 18.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 18 | Kiribati | 18.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 17.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 20 | Russia | 17.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 17.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 22 | Ukraine | 16.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 23 | Lithuania | 16.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 15.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 25 | Niue | 15.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 26 | Somalia | 15.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 15.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 28 | Samoa | 15.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 15.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Japan | 14.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 14.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 33 | Palau | 14.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 34 | Belgium | 14.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 35 | Burundi | 14.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | Angola | 14.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 13.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 38 | Malawi | 13.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 39 | United States | 13.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 13.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 41 | Slovenia | 13.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 42 | Rwanda | 13.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 43 | South Sudan | 13.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 44 | Zambia | 12.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 45 | India | 12.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 46 | Finland | 12.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 47 | Estonia | 12.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 48 | Moldova | 12.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 49 | Monaco | 12.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 50 | Belarus | 12.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 52 | Cook Islands | 11.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 53 | Latvia | 11.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 54 | Sweden | 11.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Australia | 11.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 57 | Botswana | 11.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 11.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 59 | Benin | 11.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 60 | France | 11.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 11.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 62 | Norway | 11.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 64 | Nepal | 11.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 65 | New Zealand | 11.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 66 | Croatia | 11.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 67 | Congo | 10.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 10.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 10.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 70 | Gabon | 10.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 71 | Czechia | 10.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 72 | Chad | 10.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 73 | Uganda | 10.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 74 | Namibia | 10.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 10.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 10.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 77 | Madagascar | 10.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 10.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 79 | Djibouti | 9.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 80 | Switzerland | 9.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 81 | Senegal | 9.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 82 | Liberia | 9.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 83 | Tanzania | 9.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 84 | Montenegro | 9.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritius | 9.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 86 | Cuba | 9.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 87 | Haiti | 9.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 89 | Netherlands | 9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 8.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 91 | Kenya | 8.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 92 | Niger | 8.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 93 | Venezuela | 8.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 94 | Comoros | 8.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 8.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 96 | Nigeria | 8.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 97 | Fiji | 8.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 98 | Germany | 8.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 99 | Mali | 8.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | Canada | 8.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 101 | Guinea | 8.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 102 | Ghana | 8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 103 | El Salvador | 7.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 104 | Gambia | 7.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 7.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 106 | Argentina | 7.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 107 | Denmark | 7.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 109 | Slovakia | 7.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 110 | North Korea | 7.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 111 | Singapore | 7.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 112 | Ecuador | 7.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 113 | Vietnam | 7.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 114 | Romania | 7.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 115 | Portugal | 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 7.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 117 | Brazil | 7.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 119 | Mexico | 6.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 120 | China | 6.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 121 | Chile | 6.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 122 | Paraguay | 6.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 6.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 124 | Pakistan | 6.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 126 | Spain | 6.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 127 | Andorra | 5.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 129 | Tonga | 5.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 131 | Malaysia | 5.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 5.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 5.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 134 | Guatemala | 5.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 135 | Bhutan | 5.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 136 | Cambodia | 5.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 137 | Bolivia | 5.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 138 | Laos | 5.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 139 | Mauritania | 4.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 140 | Libya | 4.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 4.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 142 | Belize | 4.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 143 | Colombia | 4.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 144 | Yemen | 4.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 145 | Italy | 4.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 146 | Georgia | 4.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 147 | San Marino | 4.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 148 | Dominican Republic | 4.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 149 | Israel | 4.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 150 | Nicaragua | 4.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 151 | Philippines | 4.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 152 | East Timor | 4.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 153 | Iran | 4.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 154 | Qatar | 3.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 155 | Bahrain | 3.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 156 | Iraq | 3.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 157 | Honduras | 3.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 158 | Sudan | 3.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 159 | Dominica | 3.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 160 | Greece | 3.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 161 | Panama | 3.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 162 | Seychelles | 3.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 3.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 165 | Bahamas | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 166 | Morocco | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 167 | Myanmar | 2.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 168 | Barbados | 2.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 169 | Cyprus | 2.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 170 | Brunei | 2.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 171 | Turkey | 2.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 172 | Algeria | 2.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 173 | Maldives | 2.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 174 | Albania | 2.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 177 | Tunisia | 1.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 178 | Kuwait | 1.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 81.8% | falling |
| 179 | Armenia | 1.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 181 | Jamaica | 1.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 183 | Azerbaijan | 1.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 184 | Peru | 1.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Indonesia | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 188 | Grenada | 1.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Oman | 0.9358 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 190 | Egypt | 0.7218 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 191 | Lebanon | 0.683 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 192 | Jordan | 0.6703 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 193 | Syria | 0.6583 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2822 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 94.9% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of age-standardized deaths from self-harm in both sexes, per 100,000 people.