Moldova - Intentional self-harm

In 2012 occurred 666 suicides in Moldova. This year, 73 more people committed suicide than in 2011. In Moldova, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

Moldova had 18.71 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.

Moldova is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 666 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 543 were men suicides and 123 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 31.73 per 100,000 men and for women 6.65 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 229 homicides in Moldova, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.9 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Moldova
• Moldova economy
• Country suicides ranking