Mexico - Intentional self-harm

Suicides Mexico 2024

There are 25 suicides per day in Mexico

By 2024, suicides in Mexico increased by 21 people to at 9,051 suicides In 2024, on average 25 Mexicans committed suicide every day.

In Mexico there were 6.84 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.16 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 9,051 recorded suicide cases in 2024, 6,603 were men suicides and 1,519 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.4 per 100,000 men and for women 2.3 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Mexico. However, in Mexico in 2024 there were there were 33,550 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.7 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2024			9,051			6.84
2023			9,072			6.92
2022	1,519	6,603	8,239	2.30	10.40	6.20
2021	1,550	6,772	8,432	2.40	10.70	6.50
2020	1,424	6,386	7,896	2.20	10.20	6.10
2019	1,300	5,831	7,223	2.00	9.40	5.60
2018	1,253	5,454	6,808	1.90	8.80	5.30
2017	1,213	5,279	6,559	1.90	8.60	5.20
2016	1,173	5,116	6,370	1.90	8.50	5.10
2015	1,251	5,031	6,425	2.00	8.40	5.10
2014	1,231	4,984	6,337	2.00	8.40	5.10
2013	1,050	4,701	5,909	1.70	8.00	4.80
2012	1,052	4,357	5,549	1.70	7.50	4.60
2011	1,076	4,526	5,718	1.80	7.90	4.80
2010	903	3,996	5,012	1.50	7.10	4.30
2009	972	4,087	5,190	1.70	7.40	4.50
2008	861	3,807	4,681	1.50	7.00	4.20
2007	762	3,546	4,394	1.40	6.60	3.90
2006	713	3,553	4,277	1.30	6.70	4.00
2005	735	3,571	4,314	1.40	6.80	4.00
2004	678	3,414	4,117	1.30	6.60	3.90
2003	698	3,390	4,104	1.30	6.70	3.90
2002	657	3,189	3,871	1.30	6.30	3.80
2001	674	3,110	3,811	1.30	6.30	3.80
2000	538	2,937	3,475	1.10	6.00	3.50
1999	509	2,830	3,339	1.00	5.90	3.40
1998	514	2,827	3,342	1.00	5.90	3.50
1997	541	2,828	3,370	1.10	6.00	3.50
1996	495	2,523	3,020	1.00	5.40	3.20
1995	443	2,449	2,894	0.90	5.40	3.10
1994	393	2,210	2,603	0.90	4.90	2.90
1993	331	2,027	2,358	0.70	4.60	2.60
1992	343	1,903	2,246	0.80	4.40	2.60
1991	315	1,799	2,114	0.70	4.20	2.50
1990	281	1,657	1,938	0.70	4.00	2.30
1989	290	1,586	1,876	0.70	3.90	2.30
1988	280	1,436	1,716	0.70	3.60	2.10
1987	290	1,433	1,723	0.70	3.60	2.20
1986	271	1,457	1,728	0.70	3.80	2.20
1985	269	1,297	1,566	0.70	3.40	2.10
1984	146	778	924	0.40	2.10	1.20
1983	210	831	1,041	0.60	2.30	1.40
1982	259	924	1,183	0.70	2.60	1.70
1981	263	927	1,190	0.80	2.70	1.70
1980	197	779	976	0.60	2.30	1.40
1979	227	887	1,114	0.70	2.70	1.70
1978	236	903	1,139	0.70	2.80	1.80
1977	233	914	1,147	0.70	2.90	1.80
1976	206	824	1,030	0.70	2.70	1.70
1975	187	821	1,008	0.60	2.70	1.70
1974	243	991	1,234	0.80	3.40	2.10
1973	72	297	369	0.30	1.10	0.70
1972	70	297	367	0.30	1.10	0.70
1971	69	289	358	0.30	1.10	0.70
1970	109	445	554	0.40	1.70	1.10
1969	57	283	340	0.20	1.10	0.70
1968	160	582	742	0.70	2.40	1.50
1967	237	653	890	1.00	2.80	1.90
1966	202	523	725	0.90	2.30	1.60
1965	206	511	717	0.90	2.30	1.60
1964	183	557	740	0.90	2.60	1.70
1963	174	534	708	0.80	2.60	1.70
1962	122	490	612	0.60	2.40	1.50
1961	153	486	639	0.80	2.50	1.60
1960	186	482	668	1.00	2.60	1.80

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