Nepal - Intentional self-harm

Suicides Nepal 2015

There are 5 suicides per day in Nepal

By 2015, suicides in Nepal increased by 17 people to at 1,709 suicides In 2015, on average 5 Nepali committed suicide every day.

In Nepal there were 6.19 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.47 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,709 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 897 were men suicides and 812 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 6.69 per 100,000 men and for women 5.64 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Nepal suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 598 homicides in Nepal, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.9 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2015	812	897	1,709	5.64	6.69	6.19
2014	828	899	1,726	5.79	6.72	6.29
2013	833	895	1,729	5.87	6.69	6.31
2012	842	908	1,750	5.96	6.77	6.40
2011	846	907	1,753	6.02	6.76	6.43
2010	851	921	1,772	6.10	6.87	6.52
2009	866	950	1,817	6.28	7.11	6.72
2008	872	959	1,831	6.38	7.20	6.81
2007	885	978	1,863	6.54	7.38	6.97
2006	900	1,004	1,904	6.73	7.61	7.18
2005	906	992	1,898	6.86	7.57	7.22
2004	917	997	1,914	7.04	7.67	7.36
2003	939	1,029	1,969	7.32	8.00	7.67
2002	942	1,022	1,965	7.47	8.04	7.76
2001	955	1,055	2,010	7.70	8.41	8.05
2000	970	1,108	2,078	7.96	8.96	8.46

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com