Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Malta
Malta: Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years was 3.89 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Malta, 2007–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Malta recorded 3.89 for suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in 2024.
The figure is down 29.9% on the previous year and up 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Malta peaked at 6.33 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4, 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2.42 | — |
| 2008 | 3.11 | +28.5% |
| 2009 | 3.63 | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 1.39 | -61.7% |
| 2011 | 2.09 | +50.4% |
| 2012 | 2.8 | +34.0% |
| 2013 | 2.47 | -11.8% |
| 2014 | 2.49 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 2.68 | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 3.04 | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4 | -86.8% |
| 2018 | 3.61 | +802.5% |
| 2019 | 5.96 | +65.1% |
| 2020 | 6.33 | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 5.96 | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 5.22 | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 5.55 | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 3.89 | -29.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 3.89 is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.17, 93% 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 Malta 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 | +802.5% | 0.4 | 3.61 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.05 | 2.42 | 3.63 | 3 |
| 2010s | 2.69 | 0.4 | 5.96 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.39 | 3.89 | 6.33 | 5 |
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Malta?
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in Malta was 3.89 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 6.33 in 2020.
- What is the lowest suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 in 2017.
- How does Malta rank for suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years?
- Malta ranks 10th out of 17 countries with data for 2024.
- Is suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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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