Bulgaria - Intentional self-harm

In 2002 occurred 1,317 suicides in Bulgaria. This year, 3 more people committed suicide than in 2001. In 2002, on average 4 Bulgarians committed suicide every day.

Bulgaria had 16.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.78 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bulgaria is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 1,317 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 981 were men suicides and 336 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 25.6 per 100,000 men and for women 8.3 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 255 homicides in Bulgaria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 5.2 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Bulgaria
• Bulgaria economy
• Country suicides ranking