Zambia - Intentional self-harm

In 2008 occurred 838 suicides in Zambia. This year, 20 more people committed suicide than in 2007. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

Zambia had 6.39 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 838 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 638 were men suicides and 201 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.15 per 100,000 men and for women 3.05 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Zambia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 694 homicides in Zambia, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.2 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Zambia
• Zambia economy
• Country suicides ranking