In 2003 around 1,683 suicides occurred in Cambodia, 57 more than in 2002. In 2003, on average 5 Cambodians committed suicide every day.
Cambodia reported 13.01 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 1,683 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 1,048 were men suicides and 634 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.64 per 100,000 men and for women 9.77 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 509 homicides in Cambodia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.3 suicides.
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