Germany - Intentional self-harm

By 1998, suicides in Germany increased by 621 people to at 11,644 suicides In 1998, on average 32 Germans committed suicide every day.

In Germany there were 14.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.84 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Germany is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 11,644 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 8,575 were men suicides and 3,069 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.4 per 100,000 men and for women 7.3 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Germany suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,602 homicides in Germany, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 7.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Germany
• Germany economy
• Country suicides ranking