Suicide rate who mdb in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Suicide rate who mdb was 12.14 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Suicide rate who mdb in Sri Lanka, 1955–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 12.14 for suicide rate who mdb in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, suicide rate who mdb in Sri Lanka peaked at 39.02 in 1984 and was at its lowest, 9.11, in 1955.
Sri Lanka ranks 11th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Suicide rate who mdb in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 9.11 | — |
| 1956 | 10.26 | +12.6% |
| 1957 | 10.88 | +6.1% |
| 1958 | 11.22 | +3.1% |
| 1959 | 10.76 | -4.1% |
| 1960 | 12.94 | +20.2% |
| 1961 | 12.58 | -2.8% |
| 1962 | 14.79 | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 15.77 | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 18.48 | +17.1% |
| 1965 | 17.33 | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 17.57 | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 21.32 | +21.4% |
| 1968 | 21.38 | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 21.6 | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 32.4 | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 32.35 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 34.98 | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 38.26 | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 39.02 | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 38.07 | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 35.89 | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 27.76 | -22.6% |
| 1997 | 32.78 | +18.1% |
| 1998 | 30.68 | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 30.77 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 28.67 | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 24.72 | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 23.33 | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 23.5 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 22.55 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 22.38 | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 20.44 | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 19.57 | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 17.81 | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 17.49 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 16.49 | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 15.25 | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 15.05 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 13.11 | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 12.43 | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 12.14 | -2.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 12.14 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.45, 2.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Suicide rate who mdb in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +50.0% | 21.6 | 32.4 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.45 | 9.11 | 11.22 | 5 |
| 1960s | 16.91 | 12.58 | 21.38 | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 1 |
| 1980s | 35.85 | 32.35 | 39.02 | 7 |
| 1990s | 30.5 | 27.76 | 32.78 | 4 |
| 2000s | 22.55 | 17.81 | 28.67 | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.56 | 12.14 | 17.49 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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Frequently asked questions
- What is suicide rate who mdb in Sri Lanka?
- Suicide rate who mdb in Sri Lanka was 12.14 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest suicide rate who mdb recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 39.02 in 1984.
- What is the lowest suicide rate who mdb recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.11 in 1955.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for suicide rate who mdb?
- Sri Lanka ranks 11th out of 111 countries with data for 2019.
- Is suicide rate who mdb rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Suicide rate who mdb. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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