Bolivia - Intentional self-harm

In 2009 occurred 2,061 suicides in Bolivia. This year, 8 more people committed suicide than in 2008. In 2009, on average 6 Bolivians committed suicide every day.

Bolivia had 20.89 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bolivia is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 2,061 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 1,330 were men suicides and 731 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26.25 per 100,000 men and for women 14.67 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 819 homicides in Bolivia, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.5 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Bolivia
• Bolivia economy
• Country suicides ranking