Reported suicide rates by country
Reported annual death rate from self-inflicted injuries per 100,000 people, based on the underlying cause listed on death certificates. To allow for comparisons between countries and over time, this metric is age-standardized.
Countries reporting
104
Highest
25.27 deaths per 100,000 population
Guyana
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 population
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
6.86 deaths per 100,000 population
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
4,803
What the numbers show
Reported suicide rates is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 25.27 deaths per 100,000 population in Guyana; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 population in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.86 deaths per 100,000 population, and the mean is 7.05 deaths per 100,000 population.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 317.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 100.0%).
Reported suicide rates: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 25.27 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 2 | Suriname | 23.96 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 3 | Uruguay | 21.32 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 4 | South Korea | 19.02 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 15.48 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 6 | Mongolia | 15.47 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 14.66 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 8 | Japan | 14.46 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | United States | 13.17 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 10 | Estonia | 12.16 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 12.14 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 12.11 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Slovenia | 11.99 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 14 | Ukraine | 11.91 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 15 | Finland | 11.84 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 16 | Hungary | 11.44 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 17 | Belgium | 11.28 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 10.89 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 19 | Cuba | 10.64 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 20 | Norway | 10.52 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 10.51 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 22 | Latvia | 10.42 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 23 | Poland | 10.36 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 24 | France | 10.35 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 25 | Mauritius | 10.22 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 26 | Russia | 10.07 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 27 | Croatia | 10.02 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 28 | Chile | 9.9 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 9.88 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 30 | Seychelles | 9.4 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 82.3% | falling |
| 31 | Czechia | 9.33 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 32 | Reunion | 9.15 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 33 | Moldova | 8.91 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 34 | French Guiana | 8.83 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 35 | Thailand | 8.83 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 37 | Belize | 8.53 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands | 8.48 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 39 | Switzerland | 8.38 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 40 | Canada | 8.23 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 8.21 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 8.08 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 7.97 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 44 | Paraguay | 7.95 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.94 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 46 | Ireland | 7.74 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Iceland | 7.58 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 49 | Germany | 7.51 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 50 | Denmark | 7.45 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 7.01 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 52 | Serbia | 7.01 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 6.97 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | up 212.1% | rising |
| 54 | Brazil | 6.86 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 55 | Argentina | 6.85 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 56 | Romania | 6.68 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 57 | Portugal | 6.6 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 58 | Ecuador | 6.32 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 59 | Spain | 6.19 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.17 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | — | falling |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 6.11 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 63 | Grenada | 5.94 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 5.68 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.54 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 5.25 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 69 | Slovakia | 4.97 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 70 | Iran | 4.95 deaths per 100,000 population | 2017 | — | rising |
| 71 | Georgia | 4.85 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 68.5% | flat |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 4.62 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 73 | Turkey | 4.61 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 4.58 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 75 | Italy | 4.56 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 4.39 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 77 | Malta | 4.22 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Fiji | 4.18 deaths per 100,000 population | 2012 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 79 | Montenegro | 3.92 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 80 | Cyprus | 3.72 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 81 | El Salvador | 3.71 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 3.7 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 83 | Greece | 3.62 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 84 | Saint Lucia | 3.31 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Guatemala | 3.1 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 3.08 deaths per 100,000 population | 2010 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Venezuela | 2.94 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 88 | Philippines | 2.7 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 2.39 deaths per 100,000 population | 2015 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 92 | Peru | 2.17 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.05 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 1.83 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 95 | Brunei | 1.64 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 288.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Qatar | 1.52 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 56.1% | flat |
| 97 | Armenia | 1.49 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 98 | Kuwait | 1.48 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 99 | Maldives | 1.18 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.6479 deaths per 100,000 population | 2007 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Bahamas | 0.5484 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Bahrain | 0.5414 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 103 | South Africa | 0.3562 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 56.0% | rising |
| 104 | Jamaica | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | up 317.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Syria | 0.1714 deaths per 100,000 population | 2010 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 106 | Jordan | 0.1179 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 107 | Egypt | 0.0745 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Malaysia | 0.0709 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Oman | 0.0157 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Barbados | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Reported annual death rate from self-inflicted injuries per 100,000 people, based on the underlying cause listed on death certificates. To allow for comparisons between countries and over time, this metric is age-standardized.