Portugal - Intentional self-harm

By 1996, suicides in Portugal increased by 156 people to at 653 suicides In Portugal, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Portugal there were 6.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.06 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Portugal has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 653 recorded suicide cases in 1996, 491 were men suicides and 162 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.1 per 100,000 men and for women 3.1 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Portugal suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 106 homicides in Portugal, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.2 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Portugal
• Portugal economy
• Country suicides ranking