In Iceland there were 12.74 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.35 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 47 recorded suicide cases in 2020, 32 were men suicides and 15 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.93 per 100,000 men and for women 8.34 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Iceland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1 homicides in Iceland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 47 suicides.
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