Ethiopia - Intentional self-harm

In 2014 occurred 7,926 suicides in Ethiopia. This year, 244 more people committed suicide than in 2013. In 2014, on average 22 Ethiopians committed suicide every day.

Ethiopia had 8.97 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.71 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 7,926 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 6,144 were men suicides and 1,782 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.24 per 100,000 men and for women 3.6 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ethiopia. However, in Ethiopia in 2014 there were there were 8,153 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Ethiopia
• Ethiopia economy
• Country suicides ranking