Portugal - Intentional self-harm

In 1997 occurred 628 suicides in Portugal. This year, 25 fewer people committed suicide than in 1996. In Portugal, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

Portugal had 6.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Portugal has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 628 recorded suicide cases in 1997, 483 were men suicides and 145 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 9.9 per 100,000 men and for women 2.8 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 114 homicides in Portugal, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 5.5 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Portugal
• Portugal economy
• Country suicides ranking