Bulgaria - Intentional self-harm

By 2019, suicides in Bulgaria increased by 67 people to at 574 suicides In Bulgaria, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Bulgaria there were 8.26 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.37 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 574 recorded suicide cases in 2019, 451 were men suicides and 123 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.36 per 100,000 men and for women 3.45 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 83 homicides in Bulgaria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.9 suicides.

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• Homicides in Bulgaria
• Bulgaria economy
• Country suicides ranking