In 2019 around 428 suicides occurred in Israel, 21 less than in 2018. In Israel, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
Israel reported 4.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.37 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 428 recorded suicide cases in 2019, 333 were men suicides and 95 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.4 per 100,000 men and for women 2.1 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Israel suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 147 homicides in Israel, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.9 suicides.
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