Algeria - Intentional self-harm

By 2009, suicides in Algeria increased by 22 people to at 1,255 suicides In 2009, on average 3 Algerians committed suicide every day.

In Algeria there were 3.56 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,255 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 987 were men suicides and 267 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 5.5 per 100,000 men and for women 1.55 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 277 homicides in Algeria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.5 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Algeria
• Algeria economy
• Country suicides ranking