Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil
Brazil: Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years was 3.4 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil, 2007–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil is 3.4, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.8% on the previous year and up 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil peaked at 4.26 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2.06 | — |
| 2008 | 2.1 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 1.95 | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 2.05 | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 2.14 | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 2.33 | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 2.32 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.43 | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 2.58 | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 2.75 | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6 | -78.2% |
| 2018 | 3.31 | +451.7% |
| 2019 | 3.88 | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 3.8 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 4.26 | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 4.19 | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 3.77 | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 3.4 | -9.8% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 3.4 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.54, 96% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +451.7% | 0.6 | 3.31 |
| 2017 | -78.2% | 2.75 | 0.6 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.04 | 1.95 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 2010s | 2.44 | 0.6 | 3.88 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.88 | 3.4 | 4.26 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More health data for Brazil
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.86 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.1539 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,496 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3,476 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0296 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil?
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Brazil was 3.4 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 4.26 in 2021.
- What is the lowest suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6 in 2017.
- How does Brazil rank for suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years?
- Brazil ranks 12th out of 17 countries with data for 2024.
- Is suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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