Afghanistan - Intentional self-harm

By 2011, suicides in Afghanistan increased by 45 people to at 1,485 suicides In 2011, on average 4 Afghans committed suicide every day.

In Afghanistan there were 5.93 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.82 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,485 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 1,173 were men suicides and 313 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.93 per 100,000 men and for women 2.16 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Afghanistan suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,231 homicides in Afghanistan, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.2 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Afghanistan
• Afghanistan economy
• Country suicides ranking