Sierra Leone - Intentional self-harm

In 2012 occurred 884 suicides in Sierra Leone. This year, 71 more people committed suicide than in 2011. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

Sierra Leone had 13.17 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 884 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 598 were men suicides and 286 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.62 per 100,000 men and for women 8.43 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 113 homicides in Sierra Leone, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 7.8 suicides.

Related data:

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