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

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Countries reporting
185
Highest
16.94 per 100,000 female population
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0 per 100,000 female population
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
3.49 per 100,000 female population
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
5,104

What the numbers show

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 16.94 per 100,000 female population in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0 per 100,000 female population in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.49 per 100,000 female population, and the mean is 4.18 per 100,000 female population.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 106.6%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 100.0%).

Suicide mortality rate, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 16.94 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.8% rising
2 Lesotho 16.63 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 2.8% rising
3 Suriname 14.03 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 26.5% rising
4 Zimbabwe 11.71 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 10.4% rising
5 Japan 11.54 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 19.2% falling
6 India 11.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 20.0% falling
7 Belgium 10.69 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.0% falling
8 Uruguay 10.53 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 41.3% rising
9 Guyana 10.35 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 21.8% flat
10 Eswatini 10.1 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 19.1% rising
11 South Africa 9.94 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.8% rising
12 Solomon Islands 9.56 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.6% rising
13 France 9.52 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.5% falling
14 Iceland 9.3 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 75.1% falling
15 Switzerland 9.2 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 0.1% falling
16 Lithuania 9.16 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 35.7% falling
17 Finland 8.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 8.8% falling
18 Sweden 8.7 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 0.3% flat
19 Micronesia (country) 8.59 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 18.5% falling
20 North Korea 8.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 9.6% rising
21 Russian Federation 8.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 31.5% falling
22 Serbia 8.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.8% falling
23 Slovenia 7.67 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 14.4% falling
24 Netherlands 7.62 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 22.1% rising
25 Germany 7.58 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 13.5% falling
26 China 7.52 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 14.2% falling
27 Hungary 7.48 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 34.8% falling
28 Norway 7.41 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.4% rising
29 Eritrea 7.2 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 5.6% rising
30 Nepal 7.16 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 11.1% rising
31 Samoa 6.96 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 0.3% rising
32 Croatia 6.94 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.1% falling
33 Ukraine 6.87 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 8.2% falling
34 Australia 6.73 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 13.5% rising
35 Vanuatu 6.61 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.8% falling
36 United States 6.47 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 8.4% rising
37 Djibouti 6.4 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 3.7% rising
38 Denmark 6.3 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.6% falling
39 Somalia 6.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 36.2% flat
40 New Zealand 6.08 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 10.3% flat
41 Uzbekistan 6.06 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.6% flat
42 Montenegro 5.98 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.6% falling
43 Mozambique 5.96 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 27.9% rising
44 Portugal 5.93 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 9.6% rising
45 Sri Lanka 5.85 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 24.6% falling
46 Estonia 5.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.9% falling
47 Austria 5.75 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 26.9% falling
48 Czechia 5.67 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 9.7% falling
49 Botswana 5.53 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 46.2% rising
50 Thailand 5.48 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 48.9% falling
51 Fiji 5.33 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 15.1% falling
52 Kazakhstan 5.32 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 43.5% falling
53 Belarus 5.06 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 53.2% falling
53 Haiti 5.06 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 15.4% falling
55 Republic of Moldova 5.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 13.3% falling
56 Singapore 4.88 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.0% falling
57 Mongolia 4.85 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 27.6% falling
58 Kiribati 4.81 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 25.4% falling
59 Rwanda 4.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 10.2% falling
60 Canada 4.75 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 27.3% flat
61 Paraguay 4.69 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 56.9% rising
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.68 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 2.2% falling
63 Trinidad and Tobago 4.64 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 4.3% flat
64 Latvia 4.63 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 36.1% falling
65 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.6 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 17.0% rising
66 Ireland 4.58 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 2.3% falling
67 Comoros 4.52 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.7% falling
68 Sierra Leone 4.48 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 6.4% rising
69 Spain 4.47 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 31.9% rising
70 Malta 4.4 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 104.7% falling
71 Viet Nam 4.34 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.6% flat
72 Cuba 4.32 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 26.4% falling
73 Luxembourg 4.27 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 43.1% falling
74 Bulgaria 4.19 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 7.9% falling
75 Cape Verde 4.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.5% falling
76 Burkina Faso 4.01 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 3.1% falling
77 Togo 3.97 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 3.9% rising
78 Central African Republic 3.96 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 6.2% flat
79 Liberia 3.92 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 9.5% rising
80 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.91 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 5.3% flat
81 Brazil 3.9 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 52.3% rising
82 Burundi 3.89 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 6.5% falling
83 Guinea-Bissau 3.86 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.8% falling
84 Angola 3.85 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 33.2% falling
84 South Sudan 3.85 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 57.8% rising
86 Poland 3.84 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.1% falling
87 North Macedonia 3.76 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 20.9% falling
88 Italy 3.62 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 8.4% flat
89 Namibia 3.57 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 5.6% falling
90 Cameroon 3.54 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 4.7% flat
90 Guinea 3.54 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 0.8% rising
92 Tonga 3.52 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.3% falling
93 Equatorial Guinea 3.49 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.0% falling
94 Madagascar 3.48 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 0.9% flat
94 Turkmenistan 3.48 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 20.7% falling
96 Bhutan 3.42 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.9% falling
97 Argentina 3.37 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
98 Congo 3.32 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 26.1% falling
99 Romania 3.29 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.5% falling
100 Pakistan 3.16 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.2% falling
101 Kyrgyzstan 3.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 37.0% falling
101 El Salvador 3.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.2% falling
103 Chile 3.14 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 27.0% rising
104 Benin 3.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 8.0% flat
104 Gambia 3.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 9.2% rising
104 Zambia 3.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 52.2% falling
107 Ethiopia 3.06 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 11.3% falling
108 Mauritius 3.05 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 24.5% falling
109 Slovakia 3.03 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 9.8% falling
109 Chad 3.03 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.1% falling
111 Senegal 2.97 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.3% falling
112 Niger 2.96 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 6.5% flat
113 Malawi 2.91 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 20.2% falling
114 Yemen 2.84 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 30.0% falling
115 Guatemala 2.81 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 15.6% falling
116 Costa Rica 2.79 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 23.5% rising
116 Mali 2.79 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 4.1% falling
118 Cambodia 2.74 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 9.0% falling
118 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.74 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 35.6% rising
120 Libya 2.71 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 25.3% rising
121 Ecuador 2.63 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 45.8% falling
122 Mexico 2.6 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 23.8% rising
123 Côte d'Ivoire 2.59 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.9% rising
123 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.59 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.8% falling
125 Kenya 2.49 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 30.8% rising
126 Israel 2.45 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 2.9% falling
127 Morocco 2.43 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 32.3% falling
128 Sudan 2.42 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.9% falling
129 Gabon 2.41 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 14.8% falling
130 Afghanistan 2.36 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.1% falling
131 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.35 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 47.7% falling
132 Ghana 2.34 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 16.4% rising
133 Albania 2.33 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 69.7% falling
134 Iran 2.32 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 27.3% falling
135 Timor-Leste 2.29 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.5% rising
136 Uganda 2.27 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 2.6% falling
137 Cyprus 2.19 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 106.6% rising
138 Malaysia 2.18 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 9.0% rising
139 Colombia 2.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 34.8% falling
140 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 24.7% flat
141 Bangladesh 2 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.4% falling
142 Puerto Rico 1.85 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.3% rising
143 Philippines 1.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 17.2% rising
144 Seychelles 1.74 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 20.8% flat
145 Mauritania 1.72 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 4.9% falling
146 Nicaragua 1.68 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 50.7% falling
147 Greece 1.62 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 7.3% rising
148 Nigeria 1.53 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 6.1% falling
149 Iraq 1.52 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 21.6% falling
150 Dominican Republic 1.49 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 3.2% rising
151 Belize 1.48 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.1% falling
152 Bahrain 1.45 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 18.1% falling
153 Papua New Guinea 1.4 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 8.5% rising
154 Tajikistan 1.34 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 19.8% falling
155 Algeria 1.33 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 18.9% falling
156 Georgia 1.29 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 57.3% rising
156 Saint Lucia 1.29 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.8% falling
158 Antigua and Barbuda 1.28 per 100,000 female population 2021 — volatile
159 Tunisia 1.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 26.1% falling
160 Türkiye 1.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.1% rising
161 Barbados 1.04 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.8% flat
162 Myanmar 1.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 18.4% falling
163 Panama 0.99 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 11.6% falling
164 Armenia 0.98 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 76.6% volatile
165 Honduras 0.95 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 21.5% falling
166 Indonesia 0.91 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 28.3% falling
167 Bahamas 0.83 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 14.4% falling
168 Azerbaijan 0.82 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 35.4% falling
169 Peru 0.81 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 42.1% rising
170 Qatar 0.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 44.2% falling
171 Grenada 0.68 per 100,000 female population 2021 — volatile
172 Saudi Arabia 0.66 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 14.3% volatile
173 Brunei Darussalam 0.61 per 100,000 female population 2021 — rising
174 Lebanon 0.55 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.7% falling
175 Sao Tome and Principe 0.43 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 7.5% falling
176 Jamaica 0.42 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 20.0% rising
177 United Arab Emirates 0.36 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 52.6% falling
178 Kuwait 0.34 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 33.3% volatile
179 Egypt 0.33 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 28.3% falling
180 Maldives 0.32 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 50.0% falling
181 Jordan 0.29 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 32.6% volatile
182 Syria 0.26 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
183 Palestine, State of 0.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 8.0% falling
184 Oman 0.21 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 44.7% falling
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
Unit
per 100,000 female population
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).