Cambodia - Intentional self-harm

In 2002 occurred 1,626 suicides in Cambodia. This year, 100 more people committed suicide than in 2001. In 2002, on average 4 Cambodians committed suicide every day.

Cambodia had 12.79 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.78 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,626 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 995 were men suicides and 631 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.09 per 100,000 men and for women 9.9 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Cambodia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 425 homicides in Cambodia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.8 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Cambodia
• Cambodia economy
• Country suicides ranking