Saudi Arabia - Intentional self-harm

By 2003, suicides in Saudi Arabia increased by 21 people to at 657 suicides In Saudi Arabia, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Saudi Arabia there were 2.98 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.69 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Saudi Arabia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 657 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 507 were men suicides and 150 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.83 per 100,000 men and for women 1.51 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Saudi Arabia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 250 homicides in Saudi Arabia, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.6 suicides.

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• Homicides in Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia economy
• Country suicides ranking