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Suicides Sweden 2021

There are 3 suicides per day in Sweden

In 2021 occurred 1,252 suicides in Sweden. This year, 51 more people committed suicide than in 2020. In 2021, on average 3 Swedes committed suicide every day.

Sweden had 11.98 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.15 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,252 recorded suicide cases in 2021, 890 were men suicides and 362 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.92 per 100,000 men and for women 6.97 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Sweden suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 113 homicides in Sweden, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 11.1 suicides.

Related data:

Sweden - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20213628901,2526.9716.9211.98
20203368651,2016.5316.7011.65
20194038981,3017.8317.0612.48
20183838901,2897.5817.2912.46
20173508461,2186.9716.7411.87
20163527871,1557.0915.8711.49
20153318531,2026.7617.3012.03
20143657911,1807.5416.3311.93
20133708621,2497.7118.0212.85
20123368211,1707.0417.2812.14
20113237911,1146.8116.7811.78
20103038381,1416.4017.9012.20
20093548881,2427.6019.2013.40
20083158551,1706.8018.7012.70
20073258011,1267.1017.6012.30
20063808171,1978.3018.1013.20
20053848351,2198.4018.7013.50
20043218341,1557.1018.7012.80
20033367761,1127.4017.5012.40
20023188621,1807.1019.5013.20
20013648331,1978.1018.9013.50
20003298021,1317.3018.3012.70
19993588621,2208.0019.7013.80
19983498821,2317.8020.2013.90
19973448571,2017.7019.6013.60
19963818721,2538.5020.0014.20
19954129361,3489.2021.5015.30
19943959291,3248.9021.4015.10
19934179561,3739.5022.2015.70
19924199361,3559.6021.9015.60
19914471,0361,48310.3024.3017.20
19904511,0201,47110.4024.1017.20
19894571,1221,57910.6026.8018.60
19884921,0981,59011.5026.4018.80
19874641,0771,54110.9026.0018.40
19864301,1191,54910.1027.1018.50
19854871,0291,51611.5025.0018.20
19844981,1271,62511.8027.4019.50
19834581,1221,58010.9027.3019.00
19824721,1441,61611.2027.8019.40
19814451,0151,46010.6024.6017.50
19804731,1371,61011.3027.6019.40
19795401,1631,70312.9028.3020.50
19784931,0821,57511.8026.3019.00
19774671,1591,62611.2028.3019.70
19764701,0881,55811.4026.6018.90
19754601,1301,59011.2027.7019.40
19744721,1651,63711.5028.7020.10
19734951,1951,69012.1029.5020.80
19724571,1891,64611.2029.4020.30
19714971,1511,64812.3028.5020.30
19705331,2571,79013.2031.3022.30
19695081,2421,75012.7031.2022.00
19684621,2401,70211.7031.4021.50
19674481,2541,70211.4031.9021.60
19664211,1451,56610.8029.4020.10
19653911,0681,45910.1027.7018.90
19644181,0961,51410.9028.7019.80
19633781,0281,4069.9027.1018.50
19623531,0431,3969.3027.6018.50
19613139601,2738.3025.6016.90
19603249811,3058.6026.3017.40
Sweden - Intentional self-harm
Sweden - Intentional self-harm