Malaysia - Intentional self-harm

In 2014 occurred 1,687 suicides in Malaysia. This year, 31 more people committed suicide than in 2013. In 2014, on average 5 Malaysians committed suicide every day.

Malaysia had 5.49 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.71 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,687 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 1,259 were men suicides and 428 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.01 per 100,000 men and for women 2.87 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Malaysia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 510 homicides in Malaysia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Malaysia
• Malaysia economy
• Country suicides ranking