Burundi - Intentional self-harm

By 2008, suicides in Burundi increased by 34 people to at 778 suicides On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

In Burundi there were 9.45 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 778 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 576 were men suicides and 202 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.08 per 100,000 men and for women 4.82 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Burundi suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 341 homicides in Burundi, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Burundi
• Burundi economy
• Country suicides ranking