Suicide rate 2000 2019 who by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
40.68
Lesotho
Lowest
0.2822
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
8.33
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Suicide rate 2000 2019 who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 40.68 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.2822 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.33, and the mean is 9.29.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 144.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 119.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 94.9%).
Suicide rate 2000 2019 who: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 40.68 | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 2 | Eswatini | 31.68 | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 3 | Nauru | 30.23 | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 4 | Guyana | 26.36 | 2021 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 25.76 | 2021 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 22.58 | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Suriname | 22.22 | 2021 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 8 | Uruguay | 22.21 | 2021 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 9 | Micronesia (country) | 21.93 | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 10 | Eritrea | 21.6 | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 11 | South Korea | 20.55 | 2021 | down 28.0% | flat |
| 12 | South Africa | 20.34 | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 13 | Solomon Islands | 20.3 | 2021 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 14 | Mozambique | 20.15 | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 19.86 | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 16 | Marshall Islands | 19.03 | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 18.78 | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 18 | Kiribati | 18.47 | 2021 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 17.99 | 2021 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 20 | Russia | 17.82 | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 17.47 | 2021 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 22 | Ukraine | 16.66 | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 23 | Lithuania | 16.62 | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 15.89 | 2021 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 25 | Niue | 15.76 | 2021 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 26 | Somalia | 15.29 | 2021 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 15.26 | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 28 | Samoa | 15.1 | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 15.08 | 2021 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.89 | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Japan | 14.59 | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 14.58 | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 33 | Palau | 14.49 | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 34 | Belgium | 14.36 | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 35 | Burundi | 14.36 | 2021 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | Angola | 14.06 | 2021 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 37 | Cameroon | 13.97 | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 38 | Malawi | 13.94 | 2021 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 39 | United States | 13.88 | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 13.28 | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 41 | Slovenia | 13.24 | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 42 | Rwanda | 13.09 | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 43 | South Sudan | 13.03 | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 44 | Zambia | 12.81 | 2021 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 45 | India | 12.64 | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 46 | Finland | 12.58 | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 47 | Estonia | 12.41 | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 48 | Moldova | 12.4 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 49 | Monaco | 12.27 | 2021 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 50 | Belarus | 12.1 | 2021 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.93 | 2021 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 52 | Cook Islands | 11.92 | 2021 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 53 | Latvia | 11.92 | 2021 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 54 | Sweden | 11.8 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Australia | 11.76 | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.76 | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 57 | Botswana | 11.71 | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 11.54 | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 59 | Benin | 11.51 | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 60 | France | 11.49 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 11.43 | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 62 | Norway | 11.41 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.36 | 2021 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 64 | Nepal | 11.26 | 2021 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 65 | New Zealand | 11.16 | 2021 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 66 | Croatia | 11.08 | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 67 | Congo | 10.85 | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 10.77 | 2021 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 10.62 | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 70 | Gabon | 10.32 | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 71 | Czechia | 10.31 | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 72 | Chad | 10.27 | 2021 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 73 | Uganda | 10.23 | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 74 | Namibia | 10.19 | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 10.11 | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 10.09 | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 77 | Madagascar | 10.07 | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 10.04 | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 79 | Djibouti | 9.91 | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 80 | Switzerland | 9.85 | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 81 | Senegal | 9.83 | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 82 | Liberia | 9.59 | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 83 | Tanzania | 9.48 | 2021 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 84 | Montenegro | 9.4 | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritius | 9.37 | 2021 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 86 | Cuba | 9.34 | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 87 | Haiti | 9.33 | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.18 | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 89 | Netherlands | 9 | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 8.91 | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 91 | Kenya | 8.9 | 2021 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 92 | Niger | 8.84 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 93 | Venezuela | 8.82 | 2021 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 94 | Comoros | 8.78 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 8.7 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 96 | Nigeria | 8.56 | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 97 | Fiji | 8.5 | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 98 | Germany | 8.15 | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 99 | Mali | 8.06 | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | Canada | 8.02 | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 101 | Guinea | 8.01 | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 102 | Ghana | 8 | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 103 | El Salvador | 7.98 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 104 | Gambia | 7.92 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 7.77 | 2021 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 106 | Argentina | 7.63 | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 107 | Denmark | 7.62 | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 108 | Ireland | 7.61 | 2021 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 109 | Slovakia | 7.6 | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 110 | North Korea | 7.56 | 2021 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 111 | Singapore | 7.55 | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 112 | Ecuador | 7.46 | 2021 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 113 | Vietnam | 7.23 | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 114 | Romania | 7.23 | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 115 | Portugal | 7.1 | 2021 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 7.04 | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 117 | Brazil | 7.03 | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.99 | 2021 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 119 | Mexico | 6.88 | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 120 | China | 6.82 | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 121 | Chile | 6.81 | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 122 | Paraguay | 6.57 | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 6.34 | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 124 | Pakistan | 6.28 | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 6.22 | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 126 | Spain | 6.14 | 2021 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 127 | Andorra | 5.8 | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.74 | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 129 | Tonga | 5.62 | 2021 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 130 | Malta | 5.58 | 2021 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 131 | Malaysia | 5.53 | 2021 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 5.39 | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 5.35 | 2021 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 134 | Guatemala | 5.33 | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 135 | Bhutan | 5.08 | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 136 | Cambodia | 5.08 | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 137 | Bolivia | 5.03 | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 138 | Laos | 5.01 | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 139 | Mauritania | 4.84 | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 140 | Libya | 4.8 | 2021 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 4.8 | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 142 | Belize | 4.77 | 2021 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 143 | Colombia | 4.72 | 2021 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 144 | Yemen | 4.71 | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 145 | Italy | 4.59 | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 146 | Georgia | 4.57 | 2021 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 147 | San Marino | 4.48 | 2021 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 148 | Dominican Republic | 4.44 | 2021 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 149 | Israel | 4.37 | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 150 | Nicaragua | 4.33 | 2021 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 151 | Philippines | 4.27 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 152 | East Timor | 4.07 | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 153 | Iran | 4.02 | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 154 | Qatar | 3.93 | 2021 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 155 | Bahrain | 3.88 | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 156 | Iraq | 3.86 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 157 | Honduras | 3.81 | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 158 | Sudan | 3.77 | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 159 | Dominica | 3.63 | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 160 | Greece | 3.36 | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 161 | Panama | 3.26 | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 162 | Seychelles | 3.24 | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 3.03 | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 165 | Bahamas | 2.97 | 2021 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 166 | Morocco | 2.97 | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 167 | Myanmar | 2.92 | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 168 | Barbados | 2.87 | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 169 | Cyprus | 2.53 | 2021 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 170 | Brunei | 2.49 | 2021 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 171 | Turkey | 2.48 | 2021 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 172 | Algeria | 2.3 | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 173 | Maldives | 2.26 | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 174 | Albania | 2.19 | 2021 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | 2.12 | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.89 | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 177 | Tunisia | 1.88 | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 178 | Kuwait | 1.83 | 2021 | up 81.8% | falling |
| 179 | Armenia | 1.82 | 2021 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 1.7 | 2021 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 181 | Jamaica | 1.65 | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 1.64 | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 183 | Azerbaijan | 1.56 | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 184 | Peru | 1.53 | 2021 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.41 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Indonesia | 1.28 | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.25 | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 188 | Grenada | 1.19 | 2021 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Oman | 0.9358 | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 190 | Egypt | 0.7218 | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 191 | Lebanon | 0.683 | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 192 | Jordan | 0.6703 | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 193 | Syria | 0.6583 | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2822 | 2021 | down 94.9% | volatile |