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Suicides Nigeria 2012

There are 46 suicides per day in Nigeria

In 2012 occurred 16,786 suicides in Nigeria. This year, 569 more people committed suicide than in 2011. In 2012, on average 46 Nigerians committed suicide every day.

Nigeria had 10.04 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 16,786 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 11,883 were men suicides and 4,903 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.86 per 100,000 men and for women 5.81 per 100,000 female.

Related data:

Nigeria - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20124,90311,88316,7865.8113.8610.04
20114,71011,50716,2175.7413.809.96
20104,50311,05615,5595.6413.649.82
20094,32810,75215,0805.5713.649.77
20084,13910,42314,5625.4713.599.69
20073,97110,12914,0995.3913.579.63
20063,8609,81313,6735.3813.519.59
20053,7529,56413,3165.3713.539.59
20043,7079,45613,1635.4513.759.73
20033,6389,17912,8185.5013.719.72
20023,5578,91212,4695.5213.689.70
20013,5528,86712,4205.6613.989.90
20003,5148,59212,1055.7513.919.90
Nigeria - Intentional self-harm
Nigeria - Intentional self-harm
Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com