In 2013 around 797 suicides occurred in Venezuela, 128 less than in 2012. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.
Venezuela reported 2.67 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Venezuela, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 797 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 651 were men suicides and 146 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 4.38 per 100,000 men and for women 0.97 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Venezuela. However, in Venezuela in 2013 there were there were 16,072 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 20.2 homicides per suicide.
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