Mozambique - Intentional self-harm

In 2008 occurred 2,027 suicides in Mozambique. This year, 122 more people committed suicide than in 2007. In 2008, on average 6 Mozambicans committed suicide every day.

Mozambique had 9.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,027 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 1,491 were men suicides and 537 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.01 per 100,000 men and for women 4.79 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Mozambique suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 995 homicides in Mozambique, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Mozambique
• Mozambique economy
• Country suicides ranking