Bulgaria - Intentional self-harm

By 1993, suicides in Bulgaria increased by 49 people to at 1,470 suicides In 1993, on average 4 Bulgarians committed suicide every day.

In Bulgaria there were 17.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.86 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bulgaria has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 1,470 recorded suicide cases in 1993, 1,023 were men suicides and 447 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.6 per 100,000 men and for women 10.4 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Bulgaria suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 490 homicides in Bulgaria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Bulgaria
• Bulgaria economy
• Country suicides ranking