Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2005 | 6,711 | 25,848 | 32,559 | 4.50 | 17.80 | 11.00 | -0.90% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2005 | 993 | 3,054 | 4,047 | 3.20 | 10.30 | 6.70 | -4.29% |
Germany [+] | 2005 | 2,742 | 7,525 | 10,267 | 6.50 | 18.70 | 12.40 | -4.62% |
France [+] | 2005 | 2,940 | 7,961 | 10,901 | 9.00 | 26.10 | 17.30 | -1.70% |
Japan [+] | 2005 | 8,317 | 22,236 | 30,553 | 12.70 | 35.70 | 23.90 | 0.84% |
Spain [+] | 2005 | 829 | 2,570 | 3,399 | 3.76 | 12.03 | 7.83 | -4.66% |
Italy [+] | 2005 | 939 | 2,804 | 3,743 | 3.10 | 10.00 | 6.50 | -5.80% |
Portugal [+] | 2005 | 218 | 696 | 914 | 4.00 | 13.80 | 8.70 | -24.35% |
Greece [+] | 2005 | 79 | 318 | 397 | 1.40 | 5.80 | 3.60 | 12.50% |
Ireland [+] | 2005 | 88 | 363 | 451 | 4.20 | 17.50 | 10.80 | -5.26% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2005 | 15 | 130 | 145 | 1.15 | 4.39 | 3.53 | 3.52% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2005 | 231 | 1,082 | 1,313 | 1.91 | 8.79 | 6.27 | 1.62% |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.54 | 1.67 | -17.73% |
Albania [+] | 2004 | 57 | 89 | 146 | 3.60 | 5.70 | 4.70 | 17.50% |
Armenia [+] | 2005 | 28 | 107 | 134 | 1.66 | 6.87 | 4.17 | 7.47% |
Angola [+] | 2005 | 958 | 2,628 | 3,586 | 9.69 | 27.48 | 18.07 | 1.86% |
Argentina [+] | 2005 | 666 | 2,403 | 3,069 | 3.40 | 12.70 | 7.90 | -3.66% |
Austria [+] | 2005 | 350 | 1,049 | 1,399 | 8.30 | 26.20 | 17.00 | -2.30% |
Australia [+] | 2004 | 442 | 1,671 | 2,113 | 4.40 | 16.90 | 10.60 | -2.75% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2005 | 57 | 233 | 290 | 1.33 | 5.62 | 3.44 | 10.26% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2005 | 62 | 245 | 307 | 3.18 | 12.99 | 7.99 | 4.17% |
Barbados [+] | 2005 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.54 | 4.58 | 2.43 | 94.40% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2005 | 6,356 | 3,316 | 9,672 | 9.14 | 4.65 | 6.96 | 0 |
Belgium [+] | 2005 | 552 | 1,477 | 2,029 | 10.30 | 28.80 | 19.40 | 1.57% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2005 | 360 | 837 | 1,198 | 5.15 | 12.18 | 8.92 | -0.45% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2005 | 255 | 727 | 982 | 6.40 | 19.40 | 12.70 | -2.31% |
Bahrain [+] | 2005 | 9 | 48 | 57 | 2.54 | 8.75 | 6.39 | -0.31% |
Burundi [+] | 2005 | 176 | 510 | 686 | 4.70 | 13.98 | 9.13 | 3.28% |
Benin [+] | 2005 | 210 | 528 | 738 | 5.12 | 13.04 | 9.25 | 0.22% |
Brunei [+] | 2005 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.28 | 2.42 | 1.92 | 68.42% |
Bolivia [+] | 2005 | 731 | 1,290 | 2,022 | 15.74 | 27.27 | 21.90 | -0.99% |
Brazil [+] | 2005 | 1,805 | 6,742 | 8,547 | 1.90 | 7.40 | 4.60 | 4.55% |
Bahamas [+] | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.23 | 1.03 | 0.66 | -46.77% |
Bhutan [+] | 2005 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 9.59 | 14.15 | 12.77 | -2.07% |
Botswana [+] | 2005 | 52 | 157 | 209 | 5.32 | 16.99 | 11.59 | -4.92% |
Belarus [+] | 2005 | 614 | 2,862 | 3,476 | 11.82 | 62.83 | 35.65 | -1.44% |
Belize [+] | 2005 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 1.13 | 9.06 | 5.05 | -26.38% |
Canada [+] | 2005 | 885 | 2,856 | 3,741 | 5.40 | 17.90 | 11.60 | 2.65% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2005 | 1,640 | 3,934 | 5,574 | 5.74 | 14.06 | 9.94 | -1.29% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2005 | 156 | 499 | 656 | 7.46 | 23.63 | 16.55 | 1.60% |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2005 | 129 | 378 | 508 | 7.00 | 20.74 | 15.71 | 2.15% |
Switzerland [+] | 2005 | 400 | 899 | 1,299 | 10.50 | 24.70 | 17.50 | 0.57% |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2005 | 687 | 2,235 | 2,923 | 7.32 | 23.33 | 15.93 | -0.31% |
Chile [+] | 2005 | 279 | 1,401 | 1,680 | 3.40 | 17.60 | 10.40 | -3.70% |
Cameroon [+] | 2005 | 477 | 1,604 | 2,081 | 5.49 | 18.68 | 11.73 | 1.73% |
China [+] | 2005 | 72,703 | 57,836 | 130,540 | 11.47 | 8.58 | 9.98 | 0.50% |
Colombia [+] | 2005 | 467 | 1,652 | 2,119 | 2.20 | 7.80 | 4.90 | -7.55% |
Costa Rica [+] | 2005 | 41 | 233 | 274 | 2.00 | 10.90 | 6.50 | -17.72% |
Cuba [+] | 2005 | 359 | 1,101 | 1,460 | 6.38 | 19.58 | 12.98 | -6.08% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2005 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 5.16 | 10.42 | 8.04 | -1.95% |
Cyprus [+] | 2005 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1.30 | 3.30 | 2.30 | 130.00% |
Czechia [+] | 2005 | 292 | 1,273 | 1,565 | 5.60 | 25.60 | 15.30 | -1.29% |
Djibouti [+] | 2005 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 5.14 | 10.37 | 8.22 | -1.79% |
Denmark [+] | 2005 | 174 | 457 | 631 | 6.40 | 17.00 | 11.60 | -4.92% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2005 | 121 | 679 | 800 | 2.68 | 14.62 | 8.93 | 3.72% |
Algeria [+] | 2005 | 338 | 874 | 1,212 | 2.09 | 5.20 | 3.69 | 1.10% |
Ecuador [+] | 2005 | 340 | 944 | 1,284 | 4.94 | 13.69 | 9.36 | 18.63% |
Estonia [+] | 2005 | 53 | 220 | 273 | 7.30 | 35.10 | 20.20 | -15.13% |
Egypt [+] | 2005 | 674 | 1,317 | 1,991 | 1.73 | 3.29 | 2.82 | -3.42% |
Eritrea [+] | 2005 | 85 | 288 | 373 | 5.91 | 20.72 | 13.19 | 1.07% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2005 | 1,289 | 4,769 | 6,057 | 3.35 | 12.24 | 8.07 | -2.06% |
Finland [+] | 2005 | 270 | 724 | 994 | 10.10 | 28.20 | 18.90 | -7.35% |
Fiji [+] | 2005 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 4.75 | 12.50 | 9.22 | 0.77% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2005 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7.34 | 15.29 | 11.88 | 4.85% |
Gabon [+] | 2005 | 40 | 96 | 136 | 5.53 | 13.15 | 9.99 | -3.20% |
Grenada [+] | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.53 | 4.18 | 2.49 | -36.64% |
Georgia [+] | 2005 | 46 | 176 | 222 | 1.98 | 8.44 | 5.04 | -14.72% |
Ghana [+] | 2005 | 280 | 1,066 | 1,346 | 2.48 | 9.53 | 6.30 | -4.40% |
The Gambia [+] | 2005 | 31 | 67 | 98 | 3.71 | 8.22 | 6.38 | -3.33% |
Guinea [+] | 2005 | 211 | 508 | 719 | 4.53 | 11.33 | 7.51 | -2.85% |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2005 | 34 | 100 | 134 | 8.06 | 22.51 | 17.70 | -9.51% |
Guatemala [+] | 2005 | 117 | 350 | 467 | 1.80 | 5.44 | 3.56 | -1.39% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2005 | 33 | 66 | 99 | 4.69 | 9.80 | 7.47 | -1.97% |
Guyana [+] | 2005 | 46 | 132 | 178 | 12.07 | 34.80 | 23.97 | -0.04% |
Honduras [+] | 2005 | 93 | 169 | 262 | 2.49 | 4.41 | 3.51 | 11.78% |
Croatia [+] | 2005 | 223 | 652 | 875 | 9.70 | 30.50 | 19.70 | 0.51% |
Haiti [+] | 2005 | 202 | 602 | 804 | 4.40 | 13.31 | 8.83 | -1.56% |
Hungary [+] | 2005 | 593 | 2,028 | 2,621 | 11.20 | 42.30 | 26.00 | -4.06% |
Indonesia [+] | 2005 | 2,025 | 5,232 | 7,257 | 1.78 | 4.54 | 3.28 | -0.61% |
Israel [+] | 2005 | 121 | 304 | 425 | 3.50 | 8.90 | 6.10 | 1.67% |
India [+] | 2005 | 91,513 | 108,202 | 199,715 | 16.42 | 18.11 | 17.40 | -0.34% |
Iraq [+] | 2005 | 286 | 369 | 655 | 1.98 | 2.58 | 2.39 | -1.65% |
Iran [+] | 2005 | 2,590 | 4,128 | 6,719 | 7.50 | 11.59 | 9.68 | 3.42% |
Iceland [+] | 2005 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 6.10 | 16.10 | 11.10 | -7.50% |
Jamaica [+] | 2005 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 0.85 | 2.99 | 1.93 | 1,035.29% |
Jordan [+] | 2005 | 47 | 136 | 183 | 1.72 | 4.63 | 3.17 | -3.94% |
Kenya [+] | 2005 | 483 | 1,885 | 2,369 | 2.68 | 10.59 | 7.01 | -0.14% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2005 | 99 | 456 | 555 | 3.75 | 18.11 | 10.81 | 6.71% |
Cambodia [+] | 2005 | 600 | 939 | 1,539 | 8.94 | 14.37 | 11.53 | -10.34% |
Kiribati [+] | 2005 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6.57 | 21.00 | 14.56 | 6.12% |
Comoros [+] | 2005 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 5.78 | 10.55 | 8.00 | -2.56% |
North Korea [+] | 2005 | 2,513 | 2,472 | 4,985 | 20.37 | 21.02 | 20.68 | -0.34% |
South Korea [+] | 2005 | 4,022 | 8,074 | 12,096 | 16.80 | 33.30 | 25.10 | 4.15% |
Kuwait [+] | 2005 | 14 | 46 | 60 | 1.55 | 3.46 | 2.00 | -9.91% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2005 | 764 | 3,942 | 4,706 | 9.61 | 54.77 | 30.92 | -10.82% |
Laos [+] | 2005 | 300 | 469 | 770 | 10.30 | 15.97 | 13.38 | -1.55% |
Lebanon [+] | 2005 | 39 | 75 | 114 | 1.68 | 3.25 | 2.43 | -0.41% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4.62 | 2.31 | -37.06% |
Sri Lanka [+] | 2005 | 1,478 | 4,486 | 5,964 | 14.90 | 46.61 | 30.52 | 1.19% |
Liberia [+] | 2005 | 47 | 172 | 219 | 2.83 | 10.66 | 6.79 | -8.98% |
Lesotho [+] | 2005 | 66 | 150 | 216 | 6.52 | 15.50 | 11.51 | 0.17% |
Lithuania [+] | 2005 | 235 | 1,084 | 1,319 | 13.20 | 70.10 | 39.70 | -2.93% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2005 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 4.30 | 16.90 | 10.50 | -22.22% |
Latvia [+] | 2005 | 120 | 447 | 567 | 9.90 | 43.50 | 25.30 | 1.61% |
Libya [+] | 2005 | 95 | 254 | 349 | 3.30 | 8.55 | 6.24 | -0.48% |
Morocco [+] | 2005 | 734 | 1,464 | 2,198 | 4.83 | 9.61 | 7.28 | -4.21% |
Moldova [+] | 2005 | 138 | 689 | 827 | 7.37 | 40.08 | 23.04 | 4.30% |
Montenegro [+] | 2005 | 22 | 50 | 72 | 7.22 | 16.53 | 11.81 | 5.45% |
Madagascar [+] | 2005 | 273 | 696 | 968 | 2.92 | 7.37 | 5.54 | 1.28% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2005 | 41 | 102 | 143 | 4.00 | 10.00 | 7.00 | -20.45% |
Mali [+] | 2005 | 237 | 510 | 747 | 3.64 | 7.66 | 5.85 | 0.17% |
Myanmar [+] | 2005 | 735 | 991 | 1,726 | 3.08 | 4.16 | 3.63 | -0.27% |
Mongolia [+] | 2005 | 129 | 669 | 798 | 10.02 | 52.58 | 31.29 | -1.79% |
Mauritania [+] | 2005 | 48 | 113 | 160 | 3.15 | 7.53 | 5.26 | -2.41% |
Malta [+] | 2005 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1.50 | 8.00 | 4.70 | -21.67% |
Mauritius [+] | 2005 | 25 | 86 | 111 | 4.03 | 14.10 | 9.05 | 3.43% |
Maldives [+] | 2005 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 9.47 | 13.27 | 11.94 | 30.21% |
Malawi [+] | 2005 | 132 | 566 | 699 | 2.01 | 9.18 | 5.12 | -2.48% |
Mexico [+] | 2005 | 735 | 3,571 | 4,314 | 1.40 | 6.90 | 4.10 | 5.13% |
Malaysia [+] | 2005 | 403 | 967 | 1,370 | 3.19 | 7.28 | 5.17 | -0.39% |
Mozambique [+] | 2005 | 496 | 1,379 | 1,875 | 4.79 | 14.02 | 9.15 | -2.45% |
Namibia [+] | 2005 | 39 | 145 | 183 | 3.83 | 15.21 | 9.37 | -1.06% |
Niger [+] | 2005 | 234 | 413 | 647 | 3.42 | 5.90 | 4.75 | 3.26% |
Nigeria [+] | 2005 | 3,752 | 9,564 | 13,316 | 5.37 | 13.53 | 9.59 | -1.44% |
Nicaragua [+] | 2005 | 180 | 634 | 814 | 6.52 | 23.57 | 14.84 | 3.85% |
Netherlands [+] | 2005 | 499 | 1,073 | 1,572 | 6.00 | 13.30 | 9.60 | 3.23% |
Norway [+] | 2005 | 173 | 360 | 533 | 7.40 | 15.70 | 11.50 | 0 |
Nepal [+] | 2005 | 906 | 992 | 1,898 | 6.87 | 7.57 | 7.37 | -2.12% |
New Zealand [+] | 2005 | 132 | 382 | 514 | 6.30 | 18.90 | 12.40 | 2.48% |
Oman [+] | 2005 | 12 | 87 | 99 | 1.13 | 6.06 | 3.78 | -5.74% |
Panama [+] | 2005 | 31 | 202 | 234 | 1.91 | 12.19 | 6.98 | -12.20% |
Peru [+] | 2005 | 80 | 118 | 198 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.70 | -12.50% |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2005 | 132 | 423 | 555 | 4.25 | 12.47 | 9.59 | 3.56% |
Philippines [+] | 2005 | 638 | 1,864 | 2,502 | 1.50 | 4.27 | 2.94 | 10.53% |
Pakistan [+] | 2005 | 1,553 | 1,900 | 3,453 | 1.84 | 2.11 | 2.19 | -1.79% |
Poland [+] | 2005 | 907 | 5,138 | 6,045 | 4.60 | 27.80 | 15.80 | -0.63% |
Paraguay [+] | 2005 | 196 | 406 | 602 | 7.21 | 14.70 | 10.41 | 15.03% |
Qatar [+] | 2005 | 2 | 27 | 30 | 0.86 | 4.72 | 3.61 | -0.28% |
Romania [+] | 2005 | 470 | 2,133 | 2,603 | 4.30 | 20.60 | 12.20 | -0.81% |
Russia [+] | 2005 | 7,489 | 38,574 | 46,063 | 9.80 | 58.10 | 32.20 | -6.12% |
Rwanda [+] | 2005 | 113 | 815 | 928 | 2.42 | 18.77 | 10.55 | -2.85% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2005 | 168 | 540 | 709 | 1.60 | 3.89 | 3.04 | 2.01% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2005 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 4.78 | 12.17 | 8.81 | -3.82% |
Seychelles [+] | 2005 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2.27 | 17.56 | 10.02 | 1.01% |
Sudan [+] | 2005 | 944 | 2,575 | 3,518 | 6.41 | 17.38 | 9.97 | 0.71% |
Sweden [+] | 2005 | 384 | 835 | 1,219 | 8.40 | 18.70 | 13.50 | 5.47% |
Singapore [+] | 2005 | 171 | 350 | 522 | 8.13 | 16.24 | 12.23 | -7.07% |
Slovenia [+] | 2005 | 112 | 391 | 503 | 11.00 | 39.90 | 25.10 | -1.95% |
Slovakia [+] | 2005 | 95 | 584 | 679 | 3.40 | 22.40 | 12.60 | 0 |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2005 | 233 | 561 | 794 | 8.18 | 19.81 | 14.06 | -2.83% |
Senegal [+] | 2005 | 254 | 657 | 911 | 4.55 | 12.16 | 8.21 | -3.07% |
Somalia [+] | 2005 | 126 | 320 | 447 | 2.41 | 6.12 | 4.27 | -2.51% |
Suriname [+] | 2005 | 25 | 113 | 138 | 9.86 | 43.39 | 27.70 | -0.11% |
South Sudan [+] | 2005 | 157 | 411 | 568 | 4.01 | 10.96 | 7.41 | -1.20% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.13 | 2.54 | 1.91 | -0.52% |
El Salvador [+] | 2005 | 194 | 668 | 863 | 6.18 | 23.10 | 14.26 | -1.66% |
Syria [+] | 2005 | 62 | 275 | 337 | 0.67 | 2.93 | 1.76 | -3.30% |
Eswatini [+] | 2005 | 43 | 132 | 175 | 7.78 | 25.58 | 17.50 | -2.13% |
Chad [+] | 2005 | 194 | 561 | 755 | 3.88 | 11.21 | 7.48 | 4.18% |
Togo [+] | 2005 | 148 | 398 | 546 | 5.16 | 13.96 | 9.73 | -0.21% |
Thailand [+] | 2005 | 2,724 | 5,894 | 8,619 | 8.15 | 18.20 | 13.18 | 1.46% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2005 | 62 | 222 | 284 | 1.77 | 6.48 | 4.15 | 7.24% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2005 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 5.10 | 9.74 | 7.28 | -16.13% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2005 | 103 | 432 | 535 | 4.16 | 17.95 | 10.96 | 7.14% |
Tunisia [+] | 2005 | 191 | 296 | 487 | 3.67 | 5.71 | 4.82 | -0.21% |
Tonga [+] | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.00 | 3.76 | 3.54 | -1.39% |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2005 | 29 | 109 | 137 | 4.12 | 16.08 | 10.60 | -25.56% |
Tanzania [+] | 2005 | 667 | 1,997 | 2,664 | 3.34 | 10.26 | 7.13 | -1.52% |
Ukraine [+] | 2005 | 2,017 | 10,169 | 12,187 | 8.01 | 47.14 | 26.07 | -13.13% |
Uganda [+] | 2005 | 558 | 1,328 | 1,886 | 3.92 | 9.69 | 7.31 | -3.31% |
Uruguay [+] | 2005 | 117 | 378 | 494 | 6.78 | 23.62 | 14.74 | -3.97% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2005 | 391 | 1,230 | 1,622 | 2.99 | 9.42 | 6.23 | -1.11% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2005 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2.86 | 14.04 | 8.89 | 53.81% |
Venezuela [+] | 2005 | 239 | 1,244 | 1,482 | 1.79 | 9.32 | 5.61 | -8.93% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2005 | 1,368 | 4,136 | 5,504 | 3.23 | 10.13 | 6.57 | -1.50% |
Vanuatu [+] | 2005 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.57 | 10.80 | 7.36 | -2.90% |
Samoa [+] | 2005 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2.98 | 10.64 | 7.27 | -4.47% |
Yemen [+] | 2005 | 534 | 1,096 | 1,630 | 5.06 | 10.17 | 7.92 | 0.51% |
South Africa [+] | 2005 | 101 | 360 | 461 | 0.40 | 1.60 | 1.00 | 25.00% |
Zambia [+] | 2005 | 186 | 601 | 786 | 3.12 | 10.69 | 6.53 | -3.40% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2005 | 350 | 1,116 | 1,466 | 5.43 | 19.34 | 12.40 | -1.67% |
Suicides per country
Every year close to 800 000 people take their own life. Suicide is a serious public health problema in all regions of the world. In fact, Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds globally.
The data show suicide is about three times more common in men than in women. Depression, alcohol use disorders and other mental disorders are link with suicide but also happen in moments of crisis like relationship break-up or chronic pain and illness. Suicide is a major taboo in many societies and for this the availability and quality of data on suicide is poor.
Ingestion of pesticide, hanging and firearms are among the most common methods of suicide.
There are a number of measures that can be taken to prevent suicide and suicide attempts.
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