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Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male 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
45 per 100,000 male population
Eswatini
Lowest
0.8 per 100,000 male population
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
10.59 per 100,000 male population
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
5,104

What the numbers show

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 45 per 100,000 male population in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.8 per 100,000 male population in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.59 per 100,000 male population, and the mean is 13.03 per 100,000 male population.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 123.8%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 91.2%).

Suicide mortality rate, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 45 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 68.9% rising
2 Lesotho 41.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.6% rising
3 Guyana 39.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.5% rising
4 Uruguay 39.85 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 47.9% rising
5 Republic of Korea 38.16 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.2% rising
6 Ukraine 37.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.1% falling
7 Lithuania 36.73 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 44.8% falling
8 Russian Federation 36.68 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 40.0% falling
9 South Africa 35.4 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 48.1% rising
10 Mongolia 32.16 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.1% rising
11 Micronesia, Federated States of 31.06 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.9% falling
12 Kiribati 31 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 14.6% rising
13 Suriname 30.47 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.4% rising
14 Slovenia 29.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.5% falling
15 Solomon Islands 29.18 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.4% rising
16 Thailand 28.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 90.3% rising
17 Belarus 27.7 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 55.1% falling
18 Latvia 27.5 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 33.3% falling
19 Belgium 26.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.1% falling
20 Hungary 26.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 35.1% falling
21 Cape Verde 25.27 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.6% rising
22 Estonia 25.1 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.0% falling
23 Croatia 25.09 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 0.9% falling
24 Republic of Moldova 24.82 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.1% falling
25 United States of America 24.69 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 17.9% rising
26 Vanuatu 24.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.9% falling
27 Kazakhstan 24.4 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 46.1% falling
28 Sri Lanka 24.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.9% falling
29 Poland 24.11 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 26.3% falling
30 France 24.1 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 9.5% falling
31 Japan 23.6 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 28.8% falling
32 Zimbabwe 23.57 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 28.5% rising
33 Austria 23.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 6.1% falling
34 Cuba 23.49 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.1% rising
35 Serbia 22.98 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 20.6% falling
36 Trinidad and Tobago 22.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 22.9% flat
37 Czechia 21.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 22.7% falling
38 Finland 20.51 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 26.1% falling
39 Australia 19.52 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 13.1% rising
40 Eritrea 19.42 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.5% falling
41 Switzerland 18.92 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 6.7% falling
41 Sweden 18.92 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 2.7% falling
43 Norway 18.86 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.4% flat
44 Germany 18.36 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.8% falling
45 Mauritius 17.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 18.2% rising
46 New Zealand 17.85 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 1.8% falling
47 Portugal 17.67 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.7% rising
48 Slovakia 17.13 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.0% falling
49 Montenegro 17.05 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 23.1% falling
50 Samoa 16.97 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.5% rising
51 Romania 16.36 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 22.4% falling
52 Mozambique 15.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 8.1% rising
53 Netherlands 15.45 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 10.4% rising
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 41.5% rising
55 Bulgaria 15.18 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.4% falling
56 Central African Republic 14.72 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 24.2% falling
57 Denmark 14.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.2% falling
57 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 13.3% rising
57 Togo 14.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.8% rising
60 Iceland 14.39 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.7% falling
61 Canada 14.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.4% falling
62 Namibia 13.86 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 7.6% falling
63 India 13.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.3% flat
64 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.71 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 13.3% rising
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.7 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.8% falling
66 Cameroon 13.49 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.7% rising
67 Costa Rica 13.45 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 23.7% rising
68 Nepal 13.33 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.4% rising
69 Spain 13.12 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 20.4% flat
70 Burkina Faso 13.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 0.1% flat
71 Rwanda 12.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 15.2% falling
72 Ireland 12.59 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 39.7% falling
72 El Salvador 12.59 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.6% rising
74 Argentina 12.58 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.2% falling
75 Ecuador 12.51 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 7.4% rising
76 Angola 12.47 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 12.0% falling
76 Malawi 12.47 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 14.1% falling
78 Chile 12.3 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 36.5% falling
79 Luxembourg 12.13 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 26.5% falling
80 South Sudan 12.06 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 64.8% rising
81 Gabon 12.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.9% flat
82 Côte d'Ivoire 12 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.8% rising
83 Guinea-Bissau 11.57 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 9.8% falling
84 Mexico 11.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 35.0% rising
85 Burundi 11.47 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 11.3% falling
86 Brazil 11.4 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 34.8% rising
87 Fiji 11.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.7% flat
87 Zambia 11.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 14.1% falling
89 Botswana 11.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 45.6% falling
90 Benin 11.14 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.4% rising
91 Singapore 11.11 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 0.1% falling
92 Haiti 10.61 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 9.3% rising
93 Uzbekistan 10.59 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 30.1% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 10.53 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 41.8% falling
94 North Korea 10.53 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.0% rising
96 Italy 10.52 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.2% falling
97 Senegal 10.43 per 100,000 male population 2021 unchanged rising
98 Viet Nam 10.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 4.3% rising
99 China 10.32 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 7.3% falling
99 Turkmenistan 10.32 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 2.0% falling
101 Equatorial Guinea 10.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 8.1% falling
102 Congo 10.11 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.0% falling
103 Somalia 9.82 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 6.2% falling
104 Djibouti 9.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 40.0% rising
105 Georgia 9.46 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 103.9% rising
106 Puerto Rico 9.41 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.0% falling
107 Saint Lucia 9.32 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 24.0% flat
108 Ethiopia 9.06 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 9.0% falling
109 Malaysia 8.79 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 34.4% rising
109 Uganda 8.79 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 4.5% falling
111 Madagascar 8.69 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.0% flat
112 Malta 8.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 30.3% flat
112 Nigeria 8.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 2.2% falling
114 Ghana 8.3 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.9% rising
115 Liberia 8.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 0.8% rising
115 Pakistan 8.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.5% falling
117 Paraguay 8.01 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.5% rising
118 Greece 7.94 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 9.8% rising
119 Colombia 7.91 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 31.8% rising
119 North Macedonia 7.91 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.5% falling
121 Sierra Leone 7.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.1% rising
122 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.52 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 14.5% falling
123 Comoros 7.46 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 0.8% flat
124 Chad 7.37 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.5% flat
125 Libya 7.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 22.7% rising
126 Guatemala 7.1 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 1.5% falling
127 Dominican Republic 6.93 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 0.3% rising
128 Nicaragua 6.9 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 24.0% falling
129 Belize 6.84 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 40.9% falling
130 Kenya 6.69 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.8% rising
131 Bahrain 6.62 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.6% falling
132 Gambia 6.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 2.5% flat
132 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.0% falling
134 Cambodia 6.34 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.3% rising
134 Seychelles 6.34 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 50.6% falling
136 Israel 6.31 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 29.4% falling
137 Qatar 6.24 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 44.6% falling
138 Bhutan 6.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 0.2% falling
139 Barbados 6.17 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.8% falling
140 Guinea 6.13 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.2% rising
141 Tonga 6.05 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.6% flat
142 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.03 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.0% falling
143 Niger 5.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.8% rising
144 Bahamas 5.89 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.6% rising
145 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.77 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.3% falling
146 Panama 5.59 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.2% falling
147 Yemen 5.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.3% falling
148 Mali 5.5 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 1.3% rising
149 Philippines 5.23 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 8.3% rising
150 Brunei Darussalam 5.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 92.9% rising
151 Honduras 4.97 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 8.3% rising
152 Afghanistan 4.81 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 1.6% falling
153 Timor-Leste 4.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.2% rising
154 Myanmar 4.78 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.4% falling
155 Iraq 4.42 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.5% falling
156 Türkiye 4.29 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.5% rising
157 Armenia 4.17 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 57.1% falling
158 Sudan 3.91 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.9% flat
159 Cyprus 3.84 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 49.5% rising
160 Mauritania 3.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 1.4% rising
161 Bangladesh 3.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.5% falling
162 Kuwait 3.58 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 123.8% falling
163 Tajikistan 3.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.2% falling
164 Morocco 3.39 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.9% falling
165 Albania 3.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 48.0% falling
166 Algeria 2.99 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.1% falling
166 Jamaica 2.99 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 11.6% rising
168 Tunisia 2.47 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 35.0% falling
169 United Arab Emirates 2.46 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 31.3% rising
170 Azerbaijan 2.33 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 45.8% falling
171 Peru 2.28 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 20.8% rising
172 Papua New Guinea 2.21 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.3% rising
173 Maldives 2.17 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 49.7% falling
174 Grenada 1.92 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 43.7% volatile
175 Antigua and Barbuda 1.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 — volatile
176 Indonesia 1.49 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 33.8% falling
177 Oman 1.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 54.5% falling
178 Sao Tome and Principe 1.29 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 4.9% flat
179 Saudi Arabia 1.14 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.0% falling
180 Palestine, State of 1.07 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 18.9% rising
181 Egypt 0.92 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 38.7% falling
182 Syria 0.91 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 2.2% falling
183 Jordan 0.9 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 31.3% falling
184 Lebanon 0.86 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.7% flat
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 91.2% 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, male (per 100,000 male population)
Unit
per 100,000 male 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).