In 2023 around 1,345 suicides occurred in Austria, 31 more than in 2022. In 2023, on average 4 Austrians committed suicide every day.
Austria reported 14.69 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.12 suicides per 100,000 people.
Austria is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 1,345 recorded suicide cases in 2023, 1,044 were men suicides and 301 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 23.12 per 100,000 men and for women 6.48 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Austria suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 80 homicides in Austria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 16.8 suicides.
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