Bolivia - Intentional self-harm

By 2005, suicides in Bolivia increased by 16 people to at 2,022 suicides In 2005, on average 6 Bolivians committed suicide every day.

In Bolivia there were 21.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.34 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bolivia is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 2,022 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 1,290 were men suicides and 731 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 27.27 per 100,000 men and for women 15.74 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Bolivia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 478 homicides in Bolivia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.2 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Bolivia
• Bolivia economy
• Country suicides ranking