Zimbabwe - Intentional self-harm

In 2001 occurred 1,513 suicides in Zimbabwe. This year, 1 more people committed suicide than in 2000. In 2001, on average 4 Zimbabweans committed suicide every day.

Zimbabwe had 12.98 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.88 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,513 recorded suicide cases in 2001, 1,124 were men suicides and 390 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.88 per 100,000 men and for women 6.23 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Zimbabwe. However, in Zimbabwe in 2001 there were there were 1,529 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe economy
• Country suicides ranking