Morocco - Intentional self-harm

In 2009 occurred 1,855 suicides in Morocco. This year, 120 fewer people committed suicide than in 2008. In 2009, on average 5 Moroccans committed suicide every day.

Morocco had 5.84 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,855 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 1,216 were men suicides and 639 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.56 per 100,000 men and for women 4 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 432 homicides in Morocco, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Morocco
• Morocco economy
• Country suicides ranking