Malawi - Intentional self-harm

By 2011, suicides in Malawi increased by 10 people to at 796 suicides On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

In Malawi there were 4.93 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.82 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 796 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 621 were men suicides and 175 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.47 per 100,000 men and for women 2.25 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Malawi suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 343 homicides in Malawi, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Malawi
• Malawi economy
• Country suicides ranking