In Finland there were 19.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.96 suicides per 100,000 people.
Finland is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 1,033 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 801 were men suicides and 232 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 30.8 per 100,000 men and for women 8.6 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Finland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 133 homicides in Finland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 7.8 suicides.
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