In Slovenia there were 27.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 14.95 suicides per 100,000 people.
Slovenia has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 553 recorded suicide cases in 1990, 423 were men suicides and 130 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 43.6 per 100,000 men and for women 12.6 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Slovenia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 41 homicides in Slovenia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13.5 suicides.
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