Moldova - Intentional self-harm

In 2003 occurred 808 suicides in Moldova. This year, 36 more people committed suicide than in 2002. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

Moldova had 22.41 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.

Moldova is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 808 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 686 were men suicides and 122 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 39.7 per 100,000 men and for women 6.5 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Moldova suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 319 homicides in Moldova, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.5 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Moldova
• Moldova economy
• Country suicides ranking