Nigeria - Intentional self-harm 2014

Suicides Nigeria 2014

There are 49 suicides per day in Nigeria

By 2014, suicides in Nigeria increased by 599 people to at 17,774 suicides In 2014, on average 49 Nigerians committed suicide every day.

In Nigeria there were 9.91 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.71 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 17,774 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 12,465 were men suicides and 5,309 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.78 per 100,000 men and for women 5.97 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2014	5,309	12,465	17,774	5.97	13.78	9.91
2013	5,091	12,083	17,175	5.88	13.72	9.83
2012	4,903	11,883	16,786	5.81	13.86	10.04
2011	4,710	11,507	16,217	5.74	13.80	9.96
2010	4,503	11,056	15,559	5.64	13.64	9.82
2009	4,328	10,752	15,080	5.57	13.64	9.77
2008	4,139	10,423	14,562	5.47	13.59	9.69
2007	3,971	10,129	14,099	5.39	13.57	9.63
2006	3,860	9,813	13,673	5.38	13.51	9.59
2005	3,752	9,564	13,316	5.37	13.53	9.59
2004	3,707	9,456	13,163	5.45	13.75	9.73
2003	3,638	9,179	12,818	5.50	13.71	9.72
2002	3,557	8,912	12,469	5.52	13.68	9.70
2001	3,552	8,867	12,420	5.66	13.98	9.90
2000	3,514	8,592	12,105	5.75	13.91	9.90

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Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN