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Self harm death rates by age by country

Countries reporting
187
Highest
1.69
Paraguay
Lowest
0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.3351
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Self harm death rates by age is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 1.69 in Paraguay; the lowest is 0 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3351, and the mean is 0.4342.

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 995.5%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).

Self harm death rates by age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 1.69 2021 up 65.5% rising
2 Iceland 1.69 2021 up 69.8% volatile
3 Guyana 1.58 2021 down 44.5% rising
4 Ecuador 1.47 2021 down 6.5% rising
5 Cyprus 1.46 2021 — volatile
6 Singapore 1.45 2021 — volatile
7 Burundi 1.24 2021 up 39.7% falling
8 Rwanda 1.23 2021 up 77.9% volatile
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.18 2021 up 19.9% rising
10 Central African Republic 1.16 2021 up 15.9% rising
11 Cameroon 1.15 2021 up 24.7% rising
12 Micronesia (country) 1.13 2021 down 40.1% falling
13 Mongolia 1.09 2021 down 32.6% falling
14 United States 1.09 2021 up 125.2% rising
15 Uzbekistan 1.08 2021 up 13.2% rising
16 Kiribati 1.06 2021 down 29.9% falling
17 South Korea 0.9983 2021 up 58.3% rising
18 New Zealand 0.9758 2021 up 28.9% rising
19 South Sudan 0.9708 2021 up 107.0% rising
20 Suriname 0.9512 2021 up 16.9% rising
21 Niger 0.949 2021 up 4.8% flat
22 Japan 0.9392 2021 up 110.0% rising
23 Fiji 0.9231 2021 up 2.7% falling
24 Sierra Leone 0.9183 2021 up 57.6% rising
25 Colombia 0.917 2021 up 78.6% rising
26 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9096 2021 up 23.0% rising
27 Liberia 0.864 2021 up 29.5% rising
28 Marshall Islands 0.8425 2021 down 56.6% falling
29 Burkina Faso 0.8319 2021 up 25.0% rising
30 Kazakhstan 0.8305 2021 down 27.5% falling
31 El Salvador 0.824 2021 down 5.2% rising
32 Latvia 0.8052 2021 — volatile
33 Chad 0.7778 2021 up 11.2% rising
34 Argentina 0.7722 2021 up 24.7% rising
35 Mexico 0.7647 2021 down 3.9% rising
36 Vanuatu 0.7636 2021 down 19.4% falling
37 Nicaragua 0.7571 2021 down 68.3% falling
38 Somalia 0.7513 2021 up 227.1% falling
39 Bhutan 0.7395 2021 up 12.0% rising
40 Mozambique 0.7378 2021 up 14.6% falling
41 Madagascar 0.7346 2021 up 12.2% flat
42 Kyrgyzstan 0.7023 2021 down 18.9% falling
43 Uruguay 0.7 2021 up 45.2% rising
44 India 0.6866 2021 down 33.9% falling
45 Benin 0.6777 2021 down 9.4% flat
46 Angola 0.6618 2021 down 24.0% falling
47 Costa Rica 0.6572 2021 up 6.1% rising
48 Djibouti 0.6521 2021 up 6.4% rising
49 Nigeria 0.6393 2021 up 14.6% rising
50 Australia 0.6238 2021 up 64.6% rising
51 Eritrea 0.6229 2021 up 2.4% falling
52 Sweden 0.6043 2021 up 77.2% rising
53 Gabon 0.5896 2021 down 30.4% rising
54 Solomon Islands 0.5784 2021 down 53.5% falling
55 Switzerland 0.5712 2021 up 131.0% volatile
56 Uganda 0.5691 2021 up 28.3% rising
57 Equatorial Guinea 0.5575 2021 down 28.8% falling
58 Mali 0.5534 2021 up 2.5% rising
59 Venezuela 0.5376 2021 up 46.6% flat
60 Slovenia 0.5367 2021 — volatile
61 Netherlands 0.5302 2021 up 290.5% rising
62 Togo 0.5215 2021 up 30.8% flat
63 Panama 0.5116 2021 up 333.9% volatile
64 Senegal 0.5047 2021 down 39.3% falling
65 Guatemala 0.4964 2021 up 19.3% rising
66 Norway 0.4952 2021 down 20.7% volatile
67 Brazil 0.4922 2021 up 108.5% rising
68 Canada 0.4701 2021 down 16.7% rising
69 Ukraine 0.4652 2021 down 14.5% falling
70 Pakistan 0.4538 2021 up 44.5% rising
71 Tanzania 0.4401 2021 up 101.3% volatile
72 Malawi 0.4277 2021 up 197.1% volatile
73 Guinea-Bissau 0.4211 2021 up 38.0% rising
74 Finland 0.4192 2021 up 4.3% volatile
75 Denmark 0.3959 2021 — volatile
76 Laos 0.3926 2021 down 23.8% falling
77 Poland 0.3898 2021 up 0.7% falling
78 Haiti 0.3879 2021 down 15.6% falling
79 Gambia 0.3805 2021 down 21.6% falling
80 Russia 0.3803 2021 down 55.6% volatile
81 Guinea 0.3764 2021 down 20.3% rising
82 Chile 0.376 2021 down 42.3% falling
83 Bolivia 0.3662 2021 down 45.4% falling
84 Malta 0.3605 2021 — volatile
85 Thailand 0.3537 2021 up 78.1% rising
86 Yemen 0.3534 2021 down 7.3% falling
87 Cuba 0.3507 2021 down 1.4% rising
88 East Timor 0.349 2021 down 22.8% falling
89 Nepal 0.3485 2021 down 11.6% rising
90 Turkmenistan 0.3484 2021 down 30.2% falling
91 Sudan 0.3417 2021 up 1.2% falling
92 Zambia 0.3377 2021 up 190.8% rising
93 France 0.3371 2021 up 12.7% falling
94 Peru 0.3351 2021 down 7.7% rising
95 Brunei 0.332 2021 — volatile
96 Mauritius 0.3297 2021 down 12.8% volatile
97 Spain 0.3246 2021 up 995.5% volatile
98 Ethiopia 0.3228 2021 down 35.9% falling
99 Ghana 0.3129 2021 down 15.3% rising
100 North Korea 0.3092 2021 down 49.1% falling
101 Sri Lanka 0.3007 2021 down 39.5% falling
102 Czechia 0.2973 2021 up 92.1% volatile
103 Montenegro 0.2956 2021 down 30.3% falling
104 Romania 0.2953 2021 down 49.7% falling
105 Samoa 0.29 2021 down 30.0% flat
106 Slovakia 0.2849 2021 up 52.1% volatile
107 Estonia 0.2842 2021 — volatile
108 Mauritania 0.2741 2021 up 31.3% rising
109 Belgium 0.2699 2021 up 8.3% falling
110 Philippines 0.2614 2021 up 39.0% rising
111 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2573 2021 up 7.8% falling
112 Congo 0.2431 2021 up 45.5% rising
113 China 0.2391 2021 down 16.4% falling
114 Germany 0.233 2021 up 21.4% falling
115 Belarus 0.2254 2021 down 53.7% falling
116 Hungary 0.2207 2021 down 49.9% volatile
117 Armenia 0.219 2021 — volatile
118 Lithuania 0.2155 2021 down 53.5% falling
119 Tonga 0.2127 2021 down 14.5% falling
120 Iraq 0.2109 2021 down 10.7% rising
121 Serbia 0.2035 2021 up 7.6% volatile
122 Bangladesh 0.201 2021 down 57.4% falling
123 Ireland 0.2008 2021 — volatile
124 Saudi Arabia 0.1965 2021 down 40.3% volatile
125 Zimbabwe 0.1918 2021 up 361.8% volatile
126 Honduras 0.1918 2021 up 13.1% flat
127 Iran 0.1889 2021 down 48.5% falling
128 Comoros 0.1833 2021 down 31.2% falling
129 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.176 2021 down 39.6% rising
130 Turkey 0.1757 2021 down 44.5% falling
131 Kenya 0.1685 2021 up 114.5% volatile
132 Eswatini 0.1668 2021 up 694.5% volatile
133 Cape Verde 0.166 2021 down 39.7% falling
134 Albania 0.1657 2021 down 48.8% falling
135 Moldova 0.1642 2021 down 89.7% volatile
136 Tunisia 0.1619 2021 down 9.0% falling
137 Dominica 0.1606 2021 up 28.0% falling
138 Libya 0.1493 2021 up 1.3% falling
139 Greece 0.1395 2021 — volatile
140 Georgia 0.1384 2021 up 81.5% volatile
141 Azerbaijan 0.1347 2021 down 19.5% falling
142 United Kingdom 0.1337 2021 up 10.5% rising
143 Namibia 0.1324 2021 up 316.9% volatile
144 Algeria 0.1322 2021 down 31.9% falling
145 Afghanistan 0.129 2021 down 34.6% falling
146 Tajikistan 0.1194 2021 down 24.3% falling
147 Vietnam 0.119 2021 up 4.1% falling
148 Papua New Guinea 0.1176 2021 down 9.2% flat
149 Belize 0.1161 2021 down 42.6% falling
150 Bahrain 0.1105 2021 down 3.0% falling
151 Morocco 0.1021 2021 down 2.8% falling
152 Dominican Republic 0.1009 2021 down 13.3% rising
153 Barbados 0.099 2021 down 8.7% falling
154 Italy 0.0968 2021 up 33.9% falling
155 Lebanon 0.0919 2021 up 74.8% flat
156 Qatar 0.0914 2021 down 28.9% falling
157 Saint Lucia 0.0911 2021 down 38.7% falling
158 Israel 0.0888 2021 up 102.5% volatile
159 Lesotho 0.0807 2021 up 324.2% volatile
160 Austria 0.08 2021 down 74.1% volatile
161 Seychelles 0.0795 2021 down 14.4% falling
162 Kuwait 0.0776 2021 up 95.2% volatile
163 South Africa 0.0704 2021 up 22.3% rising
164 Myanmar 0.0684 2021 down 12.7% falling
165 Cambodia 0.0668 2021 up 27.9% falling
166 Indonesia 0.0621 2021 down 38.9% rising
167 United Arab Emirates 0.0495 2021 down 47.9% falling
168 Malaysia 0.0471 2021 down 53.4% falling
169 Egypt 0.0442 2021 down 28.2% falling
170 Jamaica 0.0422 2021 down 7.6% rising
171 Botswana 0.0409 2021 up 140.4% flat
172 Syria 0.0385 2021 down 3.3% falling
173 Maldives 0.0373 2021 down 61.5% falling
174 Oman 0.0324 2021 down 12.4% falling
175 Bahamas 0.0264 2021 down 44.1% falling
176 Portugal 0.0242 2021 down 80.4% volatile
177 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0229 2021 down 40.5% falling
178 Jordan 0.0142 2021 down 68.5% falling
179 Bulgaria 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Grenada 0 2021 — volatile
179 Croatia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Luxembourg 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 North Macedonia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Nauru 0 2021 — volatile
179 Palau 0 2021 — volatile
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Self harm death rates by age
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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