Mozambique - Intentional self-harm

In 2010 occurred 2,134 suicides in Mozambique. This year, 17 more people committed suicide than in 2009. In 2010, on average 6 Mozambicans committed suicide every day.

Mozambique had 9.07 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,134 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 1,566 were men suicides and 568 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.94 per 100,000 men and for women 4.8 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 875 homicides in Mozambique, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.4 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Mozambique
• Mozambique economy
• Country suicides ranking