In 2002 around 2,988 suicides occurred in Angola, 142 more than in 2001. In 2002, on average 8 Angolans committed suicide every day.
Angola reported 16.45 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.78 suicides per 100,000 people.
Angola is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 2,988 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 2,224 were men suicides and 764 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 25.85 per 100,000 men and for women 8.57 per 100,000 female.
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