Suicides Australia 2022

There are 9 suicides per day in Australia

In 2022 around 3,249 suicides occurred in Australia, 83 more than in 2021. In 2022, on average 9 Australians committed suicide every day.

Australia reported 12.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.13 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 3,249 recorded suicide cases in 2022, 2,455 were men suicides and 794 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19 per 100,000 men and for women 6.1 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Australia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 220 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 14.8 suicides.

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Australia - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20227942,4553,2496.1019.0012.50
20217912,3753,1666.1018.6012.30
20207752,4183,1936.0019.0012.40
20198212,5363,3576.4020.2013.20
20187672,4343,2016.1019.6012.80
20178342,4523,2866.7020.1013.40
20167362,1692,9056.0018.1012.00
20157642,3293,0936.4019.7013.00
20147142,2052,9196.0018.9012.40
20136641,9442,6085.7016.9011.30
20126501,9302,5805.7017.1011.30
20115811,8112,3925.2016.3010.70
20105531,8652,4185.0017.0011.00
20095521,7832,3355.1016.5010.80
20085081,8322,3404.8017.3011.00
20075291,6982,2275.1016.4010.70
20064941,6242,1184.8016.0010.40
20044421,6712,1134.4016.9010.60
20034711,6842,1554.7017.2010.90
20025061,8132,3195.2018.7011.90
20015211,9352,4565.4020.2012.70
20005051,8832,3885.3019.9012.50
19994891,9992,4885.2021.4013.20
19985252,1082,6335.6022.8014.10
19975572,0892,6466.0022.8014.40
19964601,9662,4265.0021.7013.30
19954591,7112,1705.1019.1012.10
19944181,8652,2834.7021.0012.80
19933981,6412,0394.5018.7011.60
19924661,7862,2525.3020.5012.90
19914821,8062,2885.6021.0013.20
19904441,7582,2025.2020.7012.90
19894241,6422,0665.0019.6012.30
19884601,7122,1725.6020.8013.10
19874371,7272,1645.4021.3013.30
19864631,5822,0455.8019.8012.80
19854251,4371,8625.4018.2011.80
19844061,3481,7545.2017.3011.30
19833991,2981,6975.2016.9011.00
19824481,3211,7695.9017.4011.70
19814131,2591,6725.5016.9011.20
19804081,1991,6075.5016.3010.90
19794791,1981,6776.6016.5011.60
19784691,1261,5956.5015.7011.10
19774381,1281,5666.2015.9011.00
19764061,0981,5045.8015.6010.70
19754781,0501,5286.9015.1011.00
19744941,0731,5677.2015.6011.40
19734921,0361,5287.3015.3011.30
19725401,0851,6258.2016.2012.20
19715881,1501,7389.0017.5013.30
19704751,0761,5517.6017.1012.40
19694771,0251,5027.8016.6012.20
19685051,0221,5278.5016.9012.70
19676531,1251,77811.1018.9015.10
19666071,0171,62410.5017.4014.00
19656101,0751,68510.8018.8014.90
19645491,0711,62010.0019.1014.60
19635751,1431,71810.6020.8015.80
19624581,0111,4698.6018.7013.70
19613489011,2496.7017.0011.90
19603147781,0926.2015.0010.60
Australia - Intentional self-harm
Australia - Intentional self-harm