Switzerland had 14.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 1,105 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 827 were men suicides and 278 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.7 per 100,000 men and for women 7.1 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 51 homicides in Switzerland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 21.7 suicides.
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