Yemen - Intentional self-harm

By 2014, suicides in Yemen increased by 22 people to at 2,156 suicides In 2014, on average 6 Yemenis committed suicide every day.

In Yemen there were 8.22 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.71 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,156 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 1,404 were men suicides and 752 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 9.99 per 100,000 men and for women 5.49 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Yemen suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,703 homicides in Yemen, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Yemen
• Yemen economy
• Country suicides ranking