Zimbabwe - Intentional self-harm

In 2002 occurred 1,516 suicides in Zimbabwe. This year, 3 more people committed suicide than in 2001. In 2002, on average 4 Zimbabweans committed suicide every day.

Zimbabwe had 13.03 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.78 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,516 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 1,123 were men suicides and 393 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.75 per 100,000 men and for women 6.24 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Zimbabwe. However, in Zimbabwe in 2002 there were there were 1,623 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.1 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe economy
• Country suicides ranking