Algeria - Intentional self-harm

In 2004 occurred 1,180 suicides in Algeria. This year, 47 more people committed suicide than in 2003. In 2004, on average 3 Algerians committed suicide every day.

Algeria had 3.65 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,180 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 827 were men suicides and 354 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 4.99 per 100,000 men and for women 2.22 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Algeria suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 449 homicides in Algeria, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.6 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Algeria
• Algeria economy
• Country suicides ranking