Male female ratio suicides rates by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
9.24
Georgia
Lowest
0.8985
Palau
Median
3.29
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,242
What the numbers show
Male female ratio suicides rates is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 9.24 in Georgia; the lowest is 0.8985 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.29, and the mean is 3.59.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 167.6%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 85.9%).
Male female ratio suicides rates: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 9.24 | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 2 | Jamaica | 8.03 | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela | 7.99 | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 7.72 | 2021 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 7.61 | 2021 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 6 | Maldives | 7.59 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 7.43 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 8 | Bahamas | 7.01 | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 9 | Belarus | 6.62 | 2021 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 10 | Kiribati | 6.56 | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 6.46 | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 6.46 | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 13 | Honduras | 6.42 | 2021 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 6.34 | 2021 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 6.24 | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 16 | Qatar | 6.24 | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Dominica | 6.18 | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 18 | Barbados | 5.98 | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 19 | Brunei | 5.95 | 2021 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Slovakia | 5.81 | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 21 | Moldova | 5.79 | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 22 | Panama | 5.78 | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 23 | Cuba | 5.75 | 2021 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 24 | Romania | 5.54 | 2021 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 5.43 | 2021 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.33 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 5.3 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritius | 5.28 | 2021 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 29 | Oman | 5.27 | 2021 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 5.19 | 2021 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 31 | Russia | 5.15 | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 32 | Gabon | 5.14 | 2021 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 5.09 | 2021 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 4.97 | 2021 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 35 | Eswatini | 4.95 | 2021 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 36 | Andorra | 4.93 | 2021 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 4.9 | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | Myanmar | 4.88 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 39 | Ecuador | 4.86 | 2021 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 40 | Belize | 4.81 | 2021 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.79 | 2021 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 42 | Uganda | 4.71 | 2021 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 4.7 | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 44 | Malawi | 4.69 | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 4.69 | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 46 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.67 | 2021 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 47 | Armenia | 4.66 | 2021 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 48 | El Salvador | 4.61 | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 4.56 | 2021 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.43 | 2021 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 4.38 | 2021 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 52 | Togo | 4.34 | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 53 | Croatia | 4.31 | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 4.29 | 2021 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 55 | Slovenia | 4.2 | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Guyana | 4.2 | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 4.13 | 2021 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 58 | Mozambique | 4.12 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 4.1 | 2021 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 60 | Austria | 4.09 | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 61 | Uruguay | 4.04 | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 62 | Turkey | 4.02 | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ghana | 3.96 | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 64 | Zambia | 3.96 | 2021 | down 21.8% | flat |
| 65 | Hungary | 3.95 | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 66 | Bahrain | 3.89 | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 3.88 | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 68 | Namibia | 3.86 | 2021 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 3.84 | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 3.84 | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 71 | Cameroon | 3.81 | 2021 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 72 | Angola | 3.81 | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 73 | Colombia | 3.8 | 2021 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 74 | Malaysia | 3.8 | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 75 | Benin | 3.78 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.76 | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 77 | Syria | 3.74 | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 3.71 | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 3.7 | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 80 | Cook Islands | 3.64 | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 81 | United States | 3.62 | 2021 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 82 | South Sudan | 3.61 | 2021 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 83 | Argentina | 3.61 | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 84 | Czechia | 3.55 | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 3.44 | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 86 | Tanzania | 3.41 | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 87 | Burundi | 3.41 | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 88 | South Africa | 3.4 | 2021 | up 38.3% | flat |
| 89 | Tuvalu | 3.38 | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 90 | Montenegro | 3.38 | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 91 | Iraq | 3.37 | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 92 | Serbia | 3.35 | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 93 | Grenada | 3.35 | 2021 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.35 | 2021 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.32 | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 3.3 | 2021 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 97 | United Kingdom | 3.29 | 2021 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 3.29 | 2021 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 99 | Seychelles | 3.26 | 2021 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 100 | Rwanda | 3.22 | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 101 | Portugal | 3.2 | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 102 | Italy | 3.2 | 2021 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 103 | Nauru | 3.17 | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 104 | Marshall Islands | 3.14 | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 105 | Congo | 3.13 | 2021 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 106 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.09 | 2021 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 107 | Solomon Islands | 3.04 | 2021 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 108 | Eritrea | 3.04 | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 3.03 | 2021 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 110 | Jordan | 3.03 | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 111 | Senegal | 3.02 | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 112 | Kenya | 3.01 | 2021 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 113 | Lesotho | 3 | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 114 | Egypt | 2.99 | 2021 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 115 | Philippines | 2.99 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 116 | France | 2.99 | 2021 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.99 | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Canada | 2.97 | 2021 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 119 | Spain | 2.96 | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 120 | Brazil | 2.94 | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 2.9 | 2021 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 122 | Germany | 2.88 | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 123 | Australia | 2.88 | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 2.87 | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 125 | Guatemala | 2.85 | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 126 | Bolivia | 2.85 | 2021 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 127 | New Zealand | 2.8 | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 128 | Peru | 2.79 | 2021 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 129 | Laos | 2.73 | 2021 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 130 | Samoa | 2.73 | 2021 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 131 | Madagascar | 2.73 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 132 | Vietnam | 2.72 | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 133 | Ireland | 2.69 | 2021 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 134 | Pakistan | 2.67 | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 135 | Belgium | 2.63 | 2021 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 136 | Libya | 2.61 | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 2.6 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 138 | Norway | 2.57 | 2021 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 139 | San Marino | 2.54 | 2021 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 140 | Denmark | 2.54 | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 141 | Singapore | 2.52 | 2021 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 142 | Haiti | 2.48 | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 143 | Monaco | 2.44 | 2021 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 2.44 | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 145 | Chad | 2.41 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 146 | Switzerland | 2.32 | 2021 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 147 | Cyprus | 2.31 | 2021 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Iran | 2.31 | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 149 | Sweden | 2.29 | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 150 | Malta | 2.28 | 2021 | down 69.3% | flat |
| 151 | East Timor | 2.26 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 2.25 | 2021 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 153 | Algeria | 2.24 | 2021 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 154 | Mauritania | 2.23 | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 155 | Fiji | 2.23 | 2021 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 156 | Niue | 2.23 | 2021 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Finland | 2.21 | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 158 | Suriname | 2.18 | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 159 | Gambia | 2.18 | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 2.16 | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 161 | Yemen | 2.15 | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 162 | Nepal | 2.15 | 2021 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 163 | Tunisia | 2.13 | 2021 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 164 | Netherlands | 2.13 | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 165 | Mali | 2.12 | 2021 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 166 | Tonga | 2.11 | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 167 | South Korea | 2.07 | 2021 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 168 | Niger | 2.05 | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 169 | Liberia | 2.04 | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 170 | Japan | 2 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 171 | Guinea | 1.97 | 2021 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 172 | Botswana | 1.92 | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 173 | Sudan | 1.91 | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 1.9 | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 175 | Sierra Leone | 1.89 | 2021 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 176 | Indonesia | 1.83 | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 177 | Paraguay | 1.79 | 2021 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 178 | Comoros | 1.77 | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 179 | Bhutan | 1.77 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 180 | Uzbekistan | 1.76 | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.74 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Somalia | 1.72 | 2021 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 183 | Djibouti | 1.69 | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 184 | Saudi Arabia | 1.68 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 1.65 | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 186 | China | 1.61 | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 187 | Lebanon | 1.59 | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 188 | Albania | 1.55 | 2021 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 189 | Iceland | 1.55 | 2021 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 190 | North Korea | 1.44 | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 191 | Morocco | 1.43 | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 192 | India | 1.28 | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.955 | 2016 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Palau | 0.8985 | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |