Sierra Leone - Intentional self-harm

By 2005, suicides in Sierra Leone increased by 8 people to at 794 suicides On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

In Sierra Leone there were 14.06 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.34 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 794 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 561 were men suicides and 233 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.81 per 100,000 men and for women 8.18 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Sierra Leone suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 99 homicides in Sierra Leone, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 8 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Sierra Leone
• Sierra Leone economy
• Country suicides ranking