Switzerland - Intentional self-harm

In 1995 occurred 1,419 suicides in Switzerland. This year, 75 fewer people committed suicide than in 1994. In 1995, on average 4 Swiss committed suicide every day.

Switzerland had 20.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.58 suicides per 100,000 people.

Switzerland has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 1,419 recorded suicide cases in 1995, 1,018 were men suicides and 401 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 29.6 per 100,000 men and for women 11.1 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Switzerland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 82 homicides in Switzerland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 17.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Switzerland
• Switzerland economy
• Country suicides ranking