Belgium had 22.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.81 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 2,246 recorded suicide cases in 1983, 1,451 were men suicides and 795 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 30.2 per 100,000 men and for women 15.8 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.
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