Bulgaria - Intentional self-harm

In 1994 occurred 1,464 suicides in Bulgaria. This year, 6 fewer people committed suicide than in 1993. In 1994, on average 4 Bulgarians committed suicide every day.

Bulgaria had 17.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.83 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bulgaria is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 1,464 recorded suicide cases in 1994, 1,048 were men suicides and 416 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 25.3 per 100,000 men and for women 9.7 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 492 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