Suicide mortality rate, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population) by country
Countries reporting
197
Highest
28.7 per 100,000 people
Lesotho
Lowest
0.4 per 100,000 people
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
7.4 per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,526
What the numbers show
Suicide mortality rate, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 28.7 per 100,000 people in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.4 per 100,000 people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.4 per 100,000 people, and the mean is 8.61 per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 72.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 172.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 87.1%).
Suicide mortality rate, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 28.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 2 | South Korea | 27.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 2 | Republic of Korea | 27.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 4 | Eswatini | 27.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Guyana | 24.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 5 | Uruguay | 24.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 7 | Suriname | 22.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 22.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 22.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 10 | Russia | 21.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 21.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 12 | Ukraine | 21.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 13 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 19.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 14 | Solomon Islands | 19.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 15 | Slovenia | 18.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 16 | Mongolia | 18.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium | 18.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 18 | Kiribati | 17.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 19 | Japan | 17.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 17.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 21 | France | 16.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 16.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 23 | Hungary | 16.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 24 | Croatia | 15.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 15.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 26 | Belarus | 15.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 26 | United States | 15.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 15.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 29 | Serbia | 15.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 14.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 14.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 14.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 33 | Finland | 14.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 14.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 35 | Austria | 14.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 36 | Moldova | 14.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 36 | Republic of Moldova | 14.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 14 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 39 | Cuba | 13.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 13.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 41 | Poland | 13.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 13.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 44 | Eritrea | 13.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 44 | Norway | 13.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 46 | Australia | 13.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 47 | Germany | 12.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 47 | Australia and New Zealand | 12.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 49 | India | 12.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 50 | Samoa | 12 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 51 | Iceland | 11.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 51 | New Zealand | 11.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 53 | Portugal | 11.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 53 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 55 | Montenegro | 11.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 56 | Mozambique | 10.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 57 | Denmark | 10.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 57 | Mauritius | 10.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.9% | flat |
| 59 | Nepal | 10.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Slovakia | 9.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 61 | Romania | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 9.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 9.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 65 | Canada | 9.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 66 | Togo | 9.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 66 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 9.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 70 | China | 8.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 71 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 8.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 72 | Rwanda | 8.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 74 | Namibia | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 8.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 76 | Cameroon | 8.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 76 | Ireland | 8.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 79 | Botswana | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 80 | Fiji | 8.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 8.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 8.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 83 | Angola | 8.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 8.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 83 | Singapore | 8.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 86 | Djibouti | 8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 86 | Somalia | 8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 88 | Argentina | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 88 | South Sudan | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 90 | Haiti | 7.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 91 | Burundi | 7.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 7.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 91 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 94 | Brazil | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 94 | Ecuador | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 94 | Malawi | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 94 | El Salvador | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 98 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 98 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 100 | Gabon | 7.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 100 | Vietnam | 7.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 100 | Viet Nam | 7.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 103 | Benin | 7.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 103 | Zambia | 7.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 105 | Equatorial Guinea | 7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 105 | Italy | 7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 105 | Mexico | 7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 108 | Senegal | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 111 | Congo | 6.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 112 | Malta | 6.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 113 | Paraguay | 6.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 114 | Madagascar | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 117 | Comoros | 6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 117 | Liberia | 6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 120 | Malaysia | 5.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 121 | Pakistan | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 122 | Uganda | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 124 | Ghana | 5.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 5.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 126 | Chad | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 127 | Georgia | 5.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 127 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 129 | Colombia | 5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 129 | Libya | 5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 129 | Nigeria | 5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 4.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 132 | Guatemala | 4.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 134 | Guinea | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 4.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 136 | Bahrain | 4.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 136 | Greece | 4.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 136 | Qatar | 4.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 136 | Tonga | 4.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 140 | Kenya | 4.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 140 | Laos | 4.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 140 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 143 | Cambodia | 4.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 143 | Niger | 4.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 145 | Israel | 4.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 146 | Seychelles | 4.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 147 | Belize | 4.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 147 | Dominican Republic | 4.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Mali | 4.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 4.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 147 | Yemen | 4.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 147 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 153 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4.1 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 3.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | East Timor | 3.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 3.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 157 | Barbados | 3.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 157 | Philippines | 3.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 159 | Bahamas | 3.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 159 | Panama | 3.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 161 | Sudan | 3.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 162 | Brunei | 3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 172.7% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 162 | Honduras | 3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Iraq | 3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 162 | Brunei Darussalam | 3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 172.7% | rising |
| 167 | Morocco | 2.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 167 | Myanmar | 2.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 169 | Albania | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 171 | Mauritania | 2.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 171 | Turkey | 2.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 171 | Türkiye | 2.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 174 | Armenia | 2.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 2.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 176 | Kuwait | 2.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 76.9% | falling |
| 177 | Algeria | 2.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 1.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 178 | Tunisia | 1.8 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 1.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 180 | Jamaica | 1.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 182 | Azerbaijan | 1.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Maldives | 1.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 183 | Peru | 1.5 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 186 | Grenada | 1.3 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Indonesia | 1.2 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 188 | Oman | 0.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 188 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Lebanon | 0.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 191 | State of Palestine | 0.7 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 193 | Egypt | 0.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 193 | Jordan | 0.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 193 | Syria | 0.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 87.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 15.6 per 100,000 people
- Northern America 15 per 100,000 people
- Europe and Northern America 14.5 per 100,000 people
- Europe 14.3 per 100,000 people
- Oceania 10.4 per 100,000 people
- Southern Asia 10.3 per 100,000 people
- Central and Southern Asia 10.3 per 100,000 people
- Eastern Asia 10.2 per 100,000 people
- World 9.2 per 100,000 people
- Central Asia 8.9 per 100,000 people
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 8.6 per 100,000 people
- Sub-Saharan Africa 7.5 per 100,000 people
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 7.5 per 100,000 people
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 7.1 per 100,000 people
- Latin America and the Caribbean 6.9 per 100,000 people
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.8 per 100,000 people
- South-Eastern Asia 4.6 per 100,000 people
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 4.3 per 100,000 people
- Western Asia 2.4 per 100,000 people
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 2.2 per 100,000 people
- Northern Africa 1.9 per 100,000 people