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Male vs female suicide who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
63.55
Lesotho
Lowest
0.5389
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
12.52
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Male vs female suicide who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 63.55 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.5389 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.52, and the mean is 14.54.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 118.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 151 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 123.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 93.9%).

Male vs female suicide who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 63.55 2021 up 8.2% rising
2 Eswatini 54.41 2021 up 44.0% rising
3 Nauru 44.73 2021 down 9.2% falling
4 Guyana 44.14 2021 down 11.6% rising
5 Central African Republic 41.35 2021 down 4.1% rising
6 Zimbabwe 38.88 2021 up 23.1% rising
7 Uruguay 36.26 2021 up 45.7% rising
8 Mozambique 36.12 2021 up 10.7% rising
9 Micronesia (country) 35.23 2021 down 7.7% falling
10 Mongolia 34.52 2021 down 10.6% rising
11 Eritrea 33.97 2021 down 7.8% falling
12 Kiribati 33.34 2021 down 16.3% flat
13 Cape Verde 32.3 2021 down 2.4% rising
14 South Africa 31.7 2021 up 14.2% rising
15 Russia 31.42 2021 down 40.7% falling
16 Suriname 30.94 2021 down 21.8% flat
17 Solomon Islands 30.34 2021 down 13.6% flat
18 Ukraine 30.25 2021 down 15.2% falling
19 Vanuatu 29.74 2021 down 0.4% flat
20 Marshall Islands 28.97 2021 down 22.1% falling
21 Lithuania 28.68 2021 down 50.6% falling
22 South Korea 28.13 2021 down 30.8% flat
23 Togo 27.4 2021 down 6.6% rising
24 Tuvalu 26.44 2021 down 5.8% flat
25 Burkina Faso 25.93 2021 down 6.9% flat
26 Thailand 25.65 2021 up 88.6% rising
27 Kazakhstan 25.08 2021 down 45.9% falling
28 Malawi 24.79 2021 up 14.3% flat
29 Democratic Republic of Congo 24.29 2021 up 9.0% rising
30 Angola 23.49 2021 up 10.1% falling
31 Burundi 23.29 2021 up 3.7% falling
32 Moldova 23.05 2021 down 11.0% falling
33 Belarus 22.93 2021 down 57.6% falling
34 Cameroon 22.75 2021 down 4.0% flat
35 Samoa 22.37 2021 up 16.1% rising
36 Sri Lanka 22.21 2021 down 26.1% falling
37 Latvia 22.1 2021 down 35.9% falling
38 South Sudan 21.88 2021 up 47.3% rising
39 Niue 21.75 2021 down 12.2% falling
40 Zambia 21.72 2021 up 4.4% falling
41 United States 21.63 2021 up 17.7% rising
42 Slovenia 21.48 2021 down 18.3% falling
43 Rwanda 21.47 2021 down 20.1% falling
44 Belgium 20.92 2021 down 12.7% falling
45 Estonia 20.33 2021 down 19.7% falling
46 Poland 20.22 2021 down 27.1% falling
47 Trinidad and Tobago 20.22 2021 up 13.6% falling
48 Somalia 19.62 2021 down 3.2% falling
49 Japan 19.43 2021 down 26.3% falling
50 Cook Islands 19.37 2021 up 18.7% flat
51 Guinea-Bissau 19.13 2021 down 0.7% falling
52 Hungary 19.02 2021 down 40.3% falling
53 Benin 18.81 2021 down 8.9% falling
54 Cote d'Ivoire 18.59 2021 down 21.6% falling
55 Croatia 18.57 2021 down 2.8% falling
56 Uganda 17.99 2021 down 2.8% falling
57 Monaco 17.59 2021 up 8.6% falling
58 France 17.56 2021 down 15.5% falling
59 Australia 17.55 2021 up 12.6% rising
60 Gabon 17.43 2021 down 26.2% falling
61 Finland 17.33 2021 down 27.9% falling
62 Ethiopia 17.12 2021 down 3.3% falling
63 Namibia 16.91 2021 down 19.2% falling
64 Congo 16.84 2021 down 12.5% falling
65 Austria 16.56 2021 down 13.7% falling
66 New Zealand 16.53 2021 down 4.1% falling
67 Cuba 16.42 2021 down 9.1% falling
68 Norway 16.31 2021 down 0.2% falling
69 Sweden 16.31 2021 down 1.4% falling
70 Czechia 16.3 2021 down 26.8% falling
71 Serbia 15.99 2021 down 25.3% falling
72 Nepal 15.96 2021 down 2.2% flat
73 Venezuela 15.95 2021 up 38.5% rising
74 Tanzania 15.57 2021 up 12.5% falling
75 Botswana 15.56 2021 down 40.9% falling
76 Mauritius 15.49 2021 up 12.4% flat
77 Madagascar 15.05 2021 down 5.0% falling
78 Montenegro 14.95 2021 down 23.3% falling
79 Senegal 14.91 2021 down 11.4% falling
80 Chad 14.82 2021 down 10.2% flat
81 Nigeria 14.62 2021 down 1.9% falling
82 El Salvador 14.32 2021 down 13.3% flat
83 India 14.18 2021 down 25.8% falling
84 Kenya 14.03 2021 down 17.1% falling
85 Switzerland 13.83 2021 down 11.3% falling
86 Equatorial Guinea 13.74 2021 up 3.1% falling
87 Haiti 13.66 2021 down 0.0% flat
88 Slovakia 13.57 2021 down 25.0% falling
89 Sierra Leone 13.45 2021 down 1.9% rising
90 United Kingdom 13.42 2021 up 13.2% rising
91 Palau 13.31 2021 down 19.3% falling
92 Ghana 13.3 2021 down 11.8% rising
93 Liberia 13.04 2021 down 5.1% rising
94 Iceland 12.96 2021 down 21.4% falling
95 Costa Rica 12.95 2021 up 16.3% falling
96 Djibouti 12.69 2021 up 14.8% rising
97 Romania 12.54 2021 down 28.4% falling
98 Ecuador 12.49 2021 up 1.6% rising
99 Netherlands 12.28 2021 up 5.1% rising
100 Germany 12.19 2021 down 17.8% falling
101 Argentina 12.11 2021 down 12.7% falling
102 Niger 12.03 2021 down 0.5% rising
103 Canada 12.01 2021 down 20.7% falling
104 Fiji 11.88 2021 down 15.9% flat
105 Turkmenistan 11.63 2021 up 1.0% falling
106 Mexico 11.62 2021 up 29.7% rising
107 Uzbekistan 11.47 2021 down 28.8% falling
108 Comoros 11.32 2021 down 9.2% falling
109 Portugal 11.18 2021 down 16.8% flat
110 Ireland 11.16 2021 down 43.6% falling
111 Mali 11.09 2021 down 0.7% rising
112 Gambia 11.04 2021 down 12.1% falling
113 Denmark 10.99 2021 down 23.6% falling
114 Guinea 10.99 2021 down 7.9% rising
115 Kyrgyzstan 10.97 2021 down 43.4% falling
116 Vietnam 10.89 2021 down 5.8% rising
117 Chile 10.79 2021 down 39.9% falling
118 Singapore 10.73 2021 down 2.3% falling
119 Brazil 10.69 2021 up 23.3% rising
120 Bulgaria 10.62 2021 down 21.8% falling
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.92 2021 down 31.1% falling
122 Luxembourg 9.54 2021 down 27.4% falling
123 Andorra 9.48 2021 down 13.9% falling
124 Spain 9.29 2021 up 15.9% falling
125 Pakistan 9.12 2021 down 16.2% falling
126 North Korea 9.02 2021 down 11.4% rising
127 Georgia 8.87 2021 up 123.1% rising
128 Saint Lucia 8.76 2021 down 30.6% falling
129 Malaysia 8.56 2021 up 14.6% falling
130 Paraguay 8.52 2021 up 7.7% rising
131 China 8.49 2021 down 19.7% falling
132 Guatemala 8.06 2021 down 10.7% falling
133 Tonga 7.93 2021 up 3.9% flat
134 Belize 7.92 2021 down 42.6% falling
135 Dominican Republic 7.71 2021 down 8.8% rising
136 Colombia 7.7 2021 up 21.2% falling
137 Cambodia 7.6 2021 down 6.3% falling
138 North Macedonia 7.57 2021 down 6.1% falling
139 Bolivia 7.57 2021 down 7.2% falling
140 Malta 7.55 2021 down 29.1% flat
141 Laos 7.4 2021 down 9.9% falling
142 Nicaragua 7.15 2021 down 30.7% falling
143 Afghanistan 7.08 2021 down 8.0% falling
144 Italy 7.07 2021 down 17.1% falling
145 Libya 6.91 2021 down 21.6% rising
146 Mauritania 6.87 2021 up 4.9% flat
147 Honduras 6.86 2021 up 2.9% rising
148 San Marino 6.62 2021 down 60.5% falling
149 Philippines 6.56 2021 down 5.4% rising
150 Israel 6.52 2021 down 27.6% falling
151 Yemen 6.47 2021 down 8.7% falling
152 Bhutan 6.39 2021 down 9.7% falling
153 Dominica 6.26 2021 down 11.9% falling
154 Iraq 6.17 2021 down 17.9% falling
155 Greece 5.72 2021 down 0.5% rising
156 East Timor 5.65 2021 down 20.9% falling
157 Panama 5.64 2021 down 22.6% falling
158 Iran 5.58 2021 down 3.0% falling
159 Bahamas 5.42 2021 down 16.7% flat
160 Bahrain 5.41 2021 down 25.9% falling
161 Qatar 5.24 2021 down 44.5% falling
162 Barbados 5.22 2021 down 24.7% falling
163 Sudan 5.01 2021 down 17.9% flat
164 Myanmar 4.96 2021 down 12.5% falling
165 Seychelles 4.93 2021 down 56.3% falling
166 Tajikistan 4.61 2021 down 23.1% falling
167 Bangladesh 4.17 2021 down 13.2% falling
168 Brunei 4.01 2021 up 73.0% rising
169 Turkey 3.99 2021 down 18.4% rising
170 Maldives 3.71 2021 down 18.6% falling
171 Morocco 3.51 2021 down 23.5% falling
172 Cyprus 3.48 2021 down 47.5% rising
173 Armenia 3.29 2021 down 64.0% falling
174 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.29 2021 down 28.2% falling
175 Algeria 3.16 2021 down 4.0% falling
176 Jamaica 3.09 2021 up 3.0% rising
177 Kuwait 2.77 2021 up 99.8% falling
178 Albania 2.7 2021 down 54.9% falling
179 Papua New Guinea 2.64 2021 down 2.0% flat
180 Tunisia 2.6 2021 down 33.3% falling
181 Azerbaijan 2.38 2021 down 46.8% falling
182 United Arab Emirates 2.33 2021 down 19.2% rising
183 Peru 2.27 2021 down 22.9% rising
184 Saudi Arabia 2.03 2021 down 2.4% falling
185 Sao Tome and Principe 1.9 2021 down 1.9% falling
186 Grenada 1.77 2021 down 43.8% volatile
187 Indonesia 1.67 2021 down 34.3% falling
188 Antigua and Barbuda 1.66 2021 — volatile
189 Oman 1.36 2021 down 50.1% falling
190 Egypt 1.11 2021 down 34.8% falling
191 Syria 1.06 2021 down 3.0% falling
192 Jordan 0.9891 2021 down 29.5% falling
193 Lebanon 0.8569 2021 down 19.8% falling
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5389 2021 down 93.9% volatile

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Indicator
Male vs female suicide who
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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