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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
1 Niue 21.75 2021 down 12.2% falling
2 Eswatini 54.41 2021 up 44.0% rising
2 Cook Islands 19.37 2021 up 18.7% flat
3 Naoero 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, Federated States of 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 Russian Federation 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 Republic of 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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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 Republic of 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 Zambia 21.72 2021 up 4.4% falling
40 United States of America 21.63 2021 up 17.7% rising
41 Slovenia 21.48 2021 down 18.3% falling
42 Rwanda 21.47 2021 down 20.1% falling
43 Belgium 20.92 2021 down 12.7% falling
44 Estonia 20.33 2021 down 19.7% falling
45 Poland 20.22 2021 down 27.1% falling
46 Trinidad and Tobago 20.22 2021 up 13.6% falling
47 Somalia 19.62 2021 down 3.2% falling
48 Japan 19.43 2021 down 26.3% falling
49 Guinea-Bissau 19.13 2021 down 0.7% falling
50 Hungary 19.02 2021 down 40.3% falling
51 Benin 18.81 2021 down 8.9% falling
52 Côte d'Ivoire 18.59 2021 down 21.6% falling
53 Croatia 18.57 2021 down 2.8% falling
54 Uganda 17.99 2021 down 2.8% falling
55 Monaco 17.59 2021 up 8.6% falling
56 France 17.56 2021 down 15.5% falling
57 Australia 17.55 2021 up 12.6% rising
58 Gabon 17.43 2021 down 26.2% falling
59 Finland 17.33 2021 down 27.9% falling
60 Ethiopia 17.12 2021 down 3.3% falling
61 Namibia 16.91 2021 down 19.2% falling
62 Congo 16.84 2021 down 12.5% falling
63 Austria 16.56 2021 down 13.7% falling
64 New Zealand 16.53 2021 down 4.1% falling
65 Cuba 16.42 2021 down 9.1% falling
66 Norway 16.31 2021 down 0.2% falling
67 Sweden 16.31 2021 down 1.4% falling
68 Czechia 16.3 2021 down 26.8% falling
69 Serbia 15.99 2021 down 25.3% falling
70 Nepal 15.96 2021 down 2.2% flat
71 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.95 2021 up 38.5% rising
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 15.57 2021 up 12.5% falling
73 Botswana 15.56 2021 down 40.9% falling
74 Mauritius 15.49 2021 up 12.4% flat
75 Madagascar 15.05 2021 down 5.0% falling
76 Montenegro 14.95 2021 down 23.3% falling
77 Senegal 14.91 2021 down 11.4% falling
78 Chad 14.82 2021 down 10.2% flat
79 Nigeria 14.62 2021 down 1.9% falling
80 El Salvador 14.32 2021 down 13.3% flat
81 India 14.18 2021 down 25.8% falling
82 Kenya 14.03 2021 down 17.1% falling
83 Switzerland 13.83 2021 down 11.3% falling
84 Equatorial Guinea 13.74 2021 up 3.1% falling
85 Haiti 13.66 2021 down 0.0% flat
86 Slovakia 13.57 2021 down 25.0% falling
87 Sierra Leone 13.45 2021 down 1.9% rising
88 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.42 2021 up 13.2% rising
89 Palau 13.31 2021 down 19.3% falling
90 Ghana 13.3 2021 down 11.8% rising
91 Liberia 13.04 2021 down 5.1% rising
92 Iceland 12.96 2021 down 21.4% falling
93 Costa Rica 12.95 2021 up 16.3% falling
94 Djibouti 12.69 2021 up 14.8% rising
95 Romania 12.54 2021 down 28.4% falling
96 Ecuador 12.49 2021 up 1.6% rising
97 Netherlands 12.28 2021 up 5.1% rising
98 Germany 12.19 2021 down 17.8% falling
99 Argentina 12.11 2021 down 12.7% falling
100 Niger 12.03 2021 down 0.5% rising
101 Canada 12.01 2021 down 20.7% falling
102 Fiji 11.88 2021 down 15.9% flat
103 Turkmenistan 11.63 2021 up 1.0% falling
104 Mexico 11.62 2021 up 29.7% rising
105 Uzbekistan 11.47 2021 down 28.8% falling
106 Comoros 11.32 2021 down 9.2% falling
107 Portugal 11.18 2021 down 16.8% flat
108 Ireland 11.16 2021 down 43.6% falling
109 Mali 11.09 2021 down 0.7% rising
110 Gambia 11.04 2021 down 12.1% falling
111 Denmark 10.99 2021 down 23.6% falling
112 Guinea 10.99 2021 down 7.9% rising
113 Kyrgyzstan 10.97 2021 down 43.4% falling
114 Viet Nam 10.89 2021 down 5.8% rising
115 Chile 10.79 2021 down 39.9% falling
116 Singapore 10.73 2021 down 2.3% falling
117 Brazil 10.69 2021 up 23.3% rising
118 Bulgaria 10.62 2021 down 21.8% falling
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.92 2021 down 31.1% falling
120 Luxembourg 9.54 2021 down 27.4% falling
121 Andorra 9.48 2021 down 13.9% falling
122 Spain 9.29 2021 up 15.9% falling
123 Pakistan 9.12 2021 down 16.2% falling
124 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 9.02 2021 down 11.4% rising
125 Georgia 8.87 2021 up 123.1% rising
126 Saint Lucia 8.76 2021 down 30.6% falling
127 Malaysia 8.56 2021 up 14.6% falling
128 Paraguay 8.52 2021 up 7.7% rising
129 China 8.49 2021 down 19.7% falling
130 Guatemala 8.06 2021 down 10.7% falling
131 Tonga 7.93 2021 up 3.9% flat
132 Belize 7.92 2021 down 42.6% falling
133 Dominican Republic 7.71 2021 down 8.8% rising
134 Colombia 7.7 2021 up 21.2% falling
135 Cambodia 7.6 2021 down 6.3% falling
136 North Macedonia 7.57 2021 down 6.1% falling
137 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.57 2021 down 7.2% falling
138 Malta 7.55 2021 down 29.1% flat
139 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.4 2021 down 9.9% falling
140 Nicaragua 7.15 2021 down 30.7% falling
141 Afghanistan 7.08 2021 down 8.0% falling
142 Italy 7.07 2021 down 17.1% falling
143 Libya 6.91 2021 down 21.6% rising
144 Mauritania 6.87 2021 up 4.9% flat
145 Honduras 6.86 2021 up 2.9% rising
146 San Marino 6.62 2021 down 60.5% falling
147 Philippines 6.56 2021 down 5.4% rising
148 Israel 6.52 2021 down 27.6% falling
149 Yemen 6.47 2021 down 8.7% falling
150 Bhutan 6.39 2021 down 9.7% falling
151 Dominica 6.26 2021 down 11.9% falling
152 Iraq 6.17 2021 down 17.9% falling
153 Greece 5.72 2021 down 0.5% rising
154 Timor-Leste 5.65 2021 down 20.9% falling
155 Panama 5.64 2021 down 22.6% falling
156 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.58 2021 down 3.0% falling
157 Bahamas 5.42 2021 down 16.7% flat
158 Bahrain 5.41 2021 down 25.9% falling
159 Qatar 5.24 2021 down 44.5% falling
160 Barbados 5.22 2021 down 24.7% falling
161 Sudan 5.01 2021 down 17.9% flat
162 Myanmar 4.96 2021 down 12.5% falling
163 Seychelles 4.93 2021 down 56.3% falling
164 Tajikistan 4.61 2021 down 23.1% falling
165 Bangladesh 4.17 2021 down 13.2% falling
166 Brunei Darussalam 4.01 2021 up 73.0% rising
167 Türkiye 3.99 2021 down 18.4% rising
168 Maldives 3.71 2021 down 18.6% falling
169 Morocco 3.51 2021 down 23.5% falling
170 Cyprus 3.48 2021 down 47.5% rising
171 Armenia 3.29 2021 down 64.0% falling
172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.29 2021 down 28.2% falling
173 Algeria 3.16 2021 down 4.0% falling
174 Jamaica 3.09 2021 up 3.0% rising
175 Kuwait 2.77 2021 up 99.8% falling
176 Albania 2.7 2021 down 54.9% falling
177 Papua New Guinea 2.64 2021 down 2.0% flat
178 Tunisia 2.6 2021 down 33.3% falling
179 Azerbaijan 2.38 2021 down 46.8% falling
180 United Arab Emirates 2.33 2021 down 19.2% rising
181 Peru 2.27 2021 down 22.9% rising
182 Saudi Arabia 2.03 2021 down 2.4% falling
183 Sao Tome and Principe 1.9 2021 down 1.9% falling
184 Grenada 1.77 2021 down 43.8% volatile
185 Indonesia 1.67 2021 down 34.3% falling
186 Antigua and Barbuda 1.66 2021 — volatile
187 Oman 1.36 2021 down 50.1% falling
188 Egypt 1.11 2021 down 34.8% falling
189 Syrian Arab Republic 1.06 2021 down 3.0% falling
190 Jordan 0.9891 2021 down 29.5% falling
191 Lebanon 0.8569 2021 down 19.8% falling
192 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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