Suicides Türkiye 2022

There are 12 suicides per day in Türkiye

In 2022 occurred 4,224 suicides in Türkiye. This year, 37 more people committed suicide than in 2021. In 2022, on average 12 Turks committed suicide every day.

Türkiye had 4.96 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.13 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 4,224 recorded suicide cases in 2022, 3,178 were men suicides and 1,046 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.45 per 100,000 men and for women 2.46 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Türkiye suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 2,282 homicides in Türkiye, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.9 suicides.

Related data:

Türkiye - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20221,0463,1784,2242.467.454.96
20219293,2584,1872.217.734.98
20208642,8413,7052.086.814.45
20197802,6243,4041.906.344.13
20188132,5263,3392.016.194.10
20176032,1272,7301.465.193.33
20164341,4221,8561.083.532.31
20153971,1351,5320.992.871.93
20144081,2091,6171.053.102.08
20134761,3921,8681.253.632.44
20123781,0721,4500.992.771.88
20112988501,1480.792.241.52
20103761,1481,5241.003.102.10
20092608431,1030.702.301.50
Türkiye - Intentional self-harm
Türkiye - Intentional self-harm