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Suicide mortality rate, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population) by country

Countries reporting
174
Highest
28.7
Lesotho
Lowest
0.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
7.6
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,442

What the numbers show

Suicide mortality rate, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 28.7 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.4 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.6, and the mean is 8.62.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 72.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 172.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 87.1%).

Suicide mortality rate, by sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 28.7 2021 up 10.4% rising
2 Republic of Korea 27.5 2021 down 21.2% rising
3 Eswatini 27.2 2021 down 2.2% rising
3 Cabo Verde 14.9 2021 up 2.1% rising
4 Guyana 24.8 2021 down 13.9% flat
4 Uruguay 24.8 2021 up 54.0% rising
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.8 2021 up 8.6% rising
6 Suriname 22.3 2021 down 8.2% rising
6 South Africa 22.3 2021 up 18.6% rising
7 Viet Nam 7.3 2021 up 4.3% rising
8 Lithuania 22.1 2021 down 41.1% falling
9 Russian Federation 21.4 2021 down 40.2% falling
10 Ukraine 21.2 2021 down 14.2% falling
11 Solomon Islands 19.6 2021 down 5.8% rising
12 Slovenia 18.9 2021 down 8.3% falling
13 Mongolia 18.5 2021 down 7.0% rising
14 Belgium 18.4 2021 down 10.2% falling
14 Timor-Leste 3.6 2021 down 5.3% rising
15 Kiribati 17.5 2021 down 14.2% flat
15 Türkiye 2.7 2021 down 12.9% rising
16 Japan 17.4 2021 down 28.4% falling
17 Zimbabwe 17.3 2021 up 27.2% rising
18 France 16.6 2021 down 8.8% falling
18 Thailand 16.6 2021 up 86.5% rising
20 Hungary 16.5 2021 down 35.5% falling
21 Croatia 15.7 2021 down 12.8% falling
21 Vanuatu 15.7 2021 down 7.1% falling
23 Belarus 15.6 2021 down 54.4% falling
24 Latvia 15.2 2021 down 33.0% falling
25 Serbia 15.1 2021 down 18.8% falling
26 Estonia 14.9 2021 down 18.6% falling
27 Sri Lanka 14.7 2021 down 15.0% falling
28 Finland 14.6 2021 down 21.5% falling
28 Kazakhstan 14.6 2021 down 48.0% falling
30 Austria 14.5 2021 down 9.9% falling
31 Switzerland 14 2021 down 3.4% falling
32 Cuba 13.8 2021 down 4.2% falling
32 Sweden 13.8 2021 down 5.5% falling
34 Poland 13.7 2021 down 26.7% falling
35 Czechia 13.3 2021 down 11.9% falling
35 Trinidad and Tobago 13.3 2021 up 13.7% flat
37 Eritrea 13.2 2021 down 2.2% falling
37 Norway 13.2 2021 up 11.9% flat
39 Australia 13.1 2021 up 8.3% rising
40 Germany 12.9 2021 down 2.3% falling
40 Australia and New Zealand 12.9 2021 up 5.7% rising
42 India 12.6 2021 down 20.8% falling
43 Samoa 12 2021 up 5.3% rising
44 Iceland 11.9 2021 down 7.8% flat
44 New Zealand 11.9 2021 down 4.8% falling
46 Portugal 11.5 2021 down 15.4% rising
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 11.5 2021 up 17.3% rising
48 Montenegro 11.3 2021 down 18.7% falling
49 Mozambique 10.6 2021 up 16.5% rising
50 Denmark 10.5 2021 down 10.3% falling
50 Mauritius 10.5 2021 up 32.9% flat
52 Nepal 10.1 2021 unchanged flat
53 Slovakia 9.9 2021 down 27.7% falling
54 Romania 9.6 2021 down 27.3% falling
55 Bulgaria 9.5 2021 down 23.4% falling
55 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.5 2021 up 21.8% rising
57 Canada 9.4 2021 down 27.1% falling
58 Togo 9.3 2021 down 3.1% rising
59 Central African Republic 9.2 2021 down 9.8% falling
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 2021 down 14.3% falling
61 China 8.9 2021 down 16.0% falling
62 Spain 8.7 2021 up 24.3% flat
62 Rwanda 8.7 2021 up 14.5% falling
64 Namibia 8.6 2021 up 1.2% falling
65 Burkina Faso 8.5 2021 down 2.3% falling
65 Cameroon 8.5 2021 up 4.9% rising
65 Ireland 8.5 2021 down 29.8% falling
68 Botswana 8.4 2021 down 49.1% falling
69 Fiji 8.3 2021 down 14.4% falling
69 Uzbekistan 8.3 2021 down 26.5% falling
71 Luxembourg 8.2 2021 down 29.9% falling
72 Angola 8.1 2021 up 17.4% falling
72 Costa Rica 8.1 2021 up 24.6% rising
72 Singapore 8.1 2021 down 13.8% falling
75 Djibouti 8 2021 up 27.0% rising
75 Somalia 8 2021 up 2.6% falling
77 Argentina 7.9 2021 down 7.1% falling
77 South Sudan 7.9 2021 up 61.2% rising
79 Haiti 7.8 2021 down 1.3% flat
80 Burundi 7.7 2021 up 5.5% falling
80 Chile 7.7 2021 down 34.2% falling
80 Guinea-Bissau 7.7 2021 up 6.9% flat
83 Brazil 7.6 2021 up 46.2% rising
83 Ecuador 7.6 2021 down 5.0% rising
83 Malawi 7.6 2021 up 15.2% flat
83 El Salvador 7.6 2021 down 7.3% falling
87 Gabon 7.3 2021 down 19.8% falling
88 Benin 7.1 2021 down 4.1% flat
88 Zambia 7.1 2021 up 18.3% flat
90 Equatorial Guinea 7 2021 up 4.5% falling
90 Italy 7 2021 unchanged falling
90 Mexico 7 2021 up 55.6% rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 6.8 2021 down 39.8% falling
93 Senegal 6.8 2021 unchanged flat
93 Turkmenistan 6.8 2021 down 9.3% falling
96 Congo 6.7 2021 down 16.2% falling
97 Malta 6.5 2021 down 14.5% falling
98 Paraguay 6.4 2021 up 52.4% rising
99 Ethiopia 6.1 2021 up 8.9% falling
99 Madagascar 6.1 2021 up 3.4% flat
99 Sierra Leone 6.1 2021 up 1.7% rising
102 Comoros 6 2021 down 4.8% falling
102 Liberia 6 2021 up 3.4% rising
104 North Macedonia 5.8 2021 up 1.8% falling
105 Malaysia 5.7 2021 up 29.5% rising
106 Pakistan 5.6 2021 down 11.1% falling
107 Uganda 5.5 2021 up 3.8% falling
108 Puerto Rico 5.4 2021 down 27.0% falling
109 Ghana 5.3 2021 up 1.9% rising
109 Saint Lucia 5.3 2021 down 30.3% falling
111 Chad 5.2 2021 down 7.1% flat
112 Georgia 5.1 2021 up 59.4% rising
113 Colombia 5 2021 up 28.2% rising
113 Libya 5 2021 down 3.8% rising
113 Nigeria 5 2021 down 2.0% falling
116 Bhutan 4.9 2021 down 5.8% falling
116 Guatemala 4.9 2021 down 14.0% falling
118 Guinea 4.8 2021 down 7.7% rising
118 Gambia 4.8 2021 up 6.7% flat
120 Bahrain 4.7 2021 down 16.1% falling
120 Greece 4.7 2021 up 38.2% rising
120 Qatar 4.7 2021 down 50.5% falling
120 Tonga 4.7 2021 down 7.8% falling
124 Kenya 4.6 2021 down 22.0% rising
125 Cambodia 4.5 2021 down 2.2% rising
125 Niger 4.5 2021 up 9.8% rising
127 Israel 4.4 2021 down 34.3% falling
128 Seychelles 4.3 2021 down 41.1% falling
129 Belize 4.2 2021 down 34.4% falling
129 Dominican Republic 4.2 2021 unchanged rising
129 Mali 4.2 2021 up 2.4% flat
129 Nicaragua 4.2 2021 down 22.2% falling
129 Yemen 4.2 2021 down 19.2% falling
134 Afghanistan 3.6 2021 unchanged falling
135 Barbados 3.5 2021 down 20.5% falling
135 Philippines 3.5 2021 up 25.0% rising
137 Bahamas 3.3 2021 down 13.2% flat
137 Panama 3.3 2021 down 15.4% falling
139 Sudan 3.2 2021 down 8.6% falling
140 Cyprus 3 2021 down 42.3% rising
140 Honduras 3 2021 unchanged flat
140 Iraq 3 2021 down 16.7% falling
140 Brunei Darussalam 3 2021 up 172.7% rising
144 Morocco 2.9 2021 down 27.5% falling
144 Myanmar 2.9 2021 down 12.1% falling
146 Albania 2.8 2021 down 58.8% falling
146 Bangladesh 2.8 2021 down 24.3% falling
148 Mauritania 2.7 2021 up 3.8% flat
149 Armenia 2.5 2021 down 63.8% falling
150 Tajikistan 2.4 2021 down 17.2% falling
151 Kuwait 2.3 2021 up 76.9% falling
152 Algeria 2.2 2021 down 15.4% falling
153 Papua New Guinea 1.8 2021 up 5.9% rising
153 Tunisia 1.8 2021 down 41.9% falling
155 United Arab Emirates 1.7 2021 down 32.0% falling
155 Jamaica 1.7 2021 up 70.0% rising
157 Azerbaijan 1.6 2021 down 42.9% falling
158 Antigua and Barbuda 1.5 2021 — volatile
158 Maldives 1.5 2021 down 44.4% falling
158 Peru 1.5 2021 up 36.4% rising
161 Grenada 1.3 2021 down 13.3% volatile
162 Indonesia 1.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
163 Oman 0.9 2021 down 50.0% falling
163 Saudi Arabia 0.9 2021 down 35.7% falling
163 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9 2021 unchanged flat
166 Lebanon 0.7 2021 down 12.5% falling
167 Egypt 0.6 2021 down 33.3% falling
167 Jordan 0.6 2021 down 40.0% falling
169 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4 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.

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Indicator
Suicide mortality rate, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
206 places, 1,442 data points, 2000–2021
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