Reported suicide rates by age by country
Reported annual death rate from self-inflicted injuries per 100,000 people, based on the underlying cause listed on death certificates.
Countries reporting
104
Highest
20.04 deaths per 100,000 population
Guyana
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 population
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
4.47 deaths per 100,000 population
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
4,766
What the numbers show
Reported suicide rates by age is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 20.04 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 4.47 deaths per 100,000 population, and the mean is 5.39 deaths per 100,000 population.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 515.1%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 100.0%).
Reported suicide rates by age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 20.04 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Uruguay | 18.8 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 17.02 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Paraguay | 15.82 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 13.92 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 6 | Japan | 12.24 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Suriname | 12.02 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 11.77 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 9 | French Guiana | 11.75 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 11.18 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 11 | South Korea | 11.11 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 10.13 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 13 | United States | 10.08 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 9.74 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 15 | Iran | 9.64 deaths per 100,000 population | 2017 | — | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 9.52 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 9.39 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 9.2 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mauritius | 9.04 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 8.89 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 8.87 deaths per 100,000 population | 2017 | up 117.2% | falling |
| 22 | Reunion | 8.81 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | up 111.2% | falling |
| 23 | Iceland | 8.64 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 8.39 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 8.34 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 26 | Singapore | 8.22 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 8.15 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 7.96 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 29 | Finland | 7.86 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 7.76 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 7.73 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 32 | Mexico | 7.63 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Ukraine | 7.61 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 34 | Russia | 7.43 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 35 | Estonia | 7.39 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 7 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 6.95 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 39 | Brazil | 6.93 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 6.77 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 41 | Austria | 6.62 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 42 | Sweden | 6.58 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 43 | Turkey | 6.09 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 5.96 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 5.89 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 5.82 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 47 | Guatemala | 5.52 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.36 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 49 | Croatia | 5.29 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 5.09 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | up 515.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Belize | 5.07 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Netherlands | 4.9 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 53 | Philippines | 4.47 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.47 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 55 | Lithuania | 4.4 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 79.4% | falling |
| 56 | Denmark | 4.09 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 4.08 deaths per 100,000 population | 2015 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 4.03 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 59 | Germany | 3.98 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 3.88 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 63 | Fiji | 3.82 deaths per 100,000 population | 2012 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 64 | France | 3.79 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 3.72 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 66 | Moldova | 3.72 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 60.9% | flat |
| 67 | Serbia | 3.59 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Portugal | 3.49 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 93.6% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 3.03 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Slovakia | 2.99 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 71 | Israel | 2.92 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 72 | Georgia | 2.9 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Cuba | 2.86 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Venezuela | 2.84 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 75 | Italy | 2.72 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 76 | Romania | 2.64 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 2.59 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 78 | Spain | 2.53 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 79 | Armenia | 2.36 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 144.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Qatar | 2.2 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Cyprus | 2.04 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Latvia | 2.01 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.93 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | — | falling |
| 84 | El Salvador | 1.77 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 84.9% | falling |
| 85 | Albania | 1.74 deaths per 100,000 population | 2010 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Greece | 1.69 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 1.47 deaths per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0.9777 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 89 | South Africa | 0.4071 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 0.3942 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 0.3235 deaths per 100,000 population | 2007 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Egypt | 0.1855 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Syria | 0.0904 deaths per 100,000 population | 2010 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 94 | Malaysia | 0.0375 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | — | flat |
| 95 | Bahrain | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Bahamas | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Barbados | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Brunei | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Grenada | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Jamaica | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Jordan | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Maldives | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Montenegro | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Oman | 0 deaths per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | 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.