Morocco - Intentional self-harm

In 2003 occurred 2,327 suicides in Morocco. This year, 98 fewer people committed suicide than in 2002. In 2003, on average 6 Moroccans committed suicide every day.

Morocco had 7.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.69 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,327 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 1,557 were men suicides and 770 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.49 per 100,000 men and for women 5.2 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Morocco suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 510 homicides in Morocco, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.6 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Morocco
• Morocco economy
• Country suicides ranking