Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2006 | 6,967 | 26,233 | 33,200 | 4.60 | 17.80 | 11.10 | 0.91% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2006 | 936 | 3,186 | 4,122 | 3.00 | 10.70 | 6.80 | 1.49% |
Germany [+] | 2006 | 2,543 | 7,231 | 9,774 | 6.00 | 17.90 | 11.90 | -4.03% |
France [+] | 2006 | 2,866 | 7,744 | 10,610 | 8.80 | 25.20 | 16.70 | -3.47% |
Japan [+] | 2006 | 8,502 | 21,419 | 29,921 | 13.00 | 34.30 | 23.40 | -2.09% |
Spain [+] | 2006 | 734 | 2,512 | 3,246 | 3.29 | 11.56 | 7.37 | -5.95% |
Italy [+] | 2006 | 859 | 2,842 | 3,701 | 2.80 | 9.90 | 6.30 | -3.08% |
Portugal [+] | 2006 | 195 | 678 | 873 | 3.60 | 13.40 | 8.30 | -4.60% |
Greece [+] | 2006 | 68 | 326 | 394 | 1.20 | 5.90 | 3.50 | -2.78% |
Ireland [+] | 2006 | 80 | 372 | 452 | 3.70 | 17.40 | 10.60 | -1.85% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2006 | 16 | 157 | 173 | 1.09 | 4.59 | 3.46 | -1.98% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2006 | 245 | 1,119 | 1,365 | 1.94 | 8.72 | 6.32 | 0.80% |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.40 | 0.66 | -60.48% |
Albania [+] | 2004 | 57 | 89 | 146 | 3.60 | 5.70 | 4.70 | 17.50% |
Armenia [+] | 2006 | 30 | 118 | 147 | 1.79 | 7.56 | 4.58 | 9.83% |
Angola [+] | 2006 | 1,039 | 2,819 | 3,858 | 10.14 | 28.43 | 18.87 | 4.43% |
Argentina [+] | 2006 | 612 | 2,502 | 3,114 | 3.10 | 13.10 | 8.00 | 1.27% |
Austria [+] | 2006 | 297 | 1,000 | 1,297 | 7.00 | 24.90 | 15.70 | -7.65% |
Australia [+] | 2006 | 494 | 1,624 | 2,118 | 4.80 | 16.00 | 10.40 | -1.89% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2006 | 54 | 247 | 301 | 1.26 | 5.86 | 3.53 | 2.62% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2006 | 61 | 214 | 275 | 3.09 | 11.37 | 7.15 | -10.51% |
Barbados [+] | 2006 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.38 | 2.78 | 1.50 | -38.27% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2006 | 6,406 | 3,340 | 9,746 | 9.07 | 4.64 | 6.92 | -0.57% |
Belgium [+] | 2006 | 540 | 1,395 | 1,935 | 10.00 | 27.00 | 18.30 | -5.67% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2006 | 374 | 854 | 1,228 | 5.19 | 12.02 | 8.88 | -0.45% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2006 | 225 | 752 | 977 | 5.70 | 20.20 | 12.80 | 0.79% |
Bahrain [+] | 2006 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 2.35 | 6.95 | 5.21 | -18.47% |
Burundi [+] | 2006 | 184 | 530 | 714 | 4.74 | 14.02 | 9.23 | 1.10% |
Benin [+] | 2006 | 217 | 542 | 759 | 5.14 | 12.96 | 9.24 | -0.11% |
Brunei [+] | 2006 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1.06 | 3.51 | 2.39 | 24.48% |
Bolivia [+] | 2006 | 731 | 1,297 | 2,028 | 15.45 | 26.95 | 21.60 | -1.37% |
Brazil [+] | 2006 | 1,805 | 6,834 | 8,639 | 1.90 | 7.40 | 4.60 | 0 |
Bahamas [+] | 2006 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.66 | 2.02 | 1.42 | 115.15% |
Bhutan [+] | 2006 | 29 | 50 | 79 | 9.29 | 13.93 | 12.47 | -2.35% |
Botswana [+] | 2006 | 51 | 154 | 206 | 5.21 | 16.38 | 11.21 | -3.28% |
Belarus [+] | 2006 | 579 | 2,635 | 3,214 | 11.18 | 58.11 | 33.08 | -7.21% |
Belize [+] | 2006 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 1.08 | 10.11 | 5.57 | 10.30% |
Canada [+] | 2006 | 816 | 2,695 | 3,511 | 5.00 | 16.70 | 10.80 | -6.90% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2006 | 1,650 | 3,973 | 5,623 | 5.59 | 13.75 | 9.71 | -2.31% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2006 | 173 | 547 | 720 | 8.09 | 25.39 | 17.87 | 7.98% |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2006 | 124 | 366 | 490 | 6.47 | 19.29 | 14.78 | -5.92% |
Switzerland [+] | 2006 | 446 | 863 | 1,309 | 11.70 | 23.50 | 17.50 | 0 |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2006 | 723 | 2,312 | 3,035 | 7.54 | 23.58 | 16.13 | 1.26% |
Chile [+] | 2006 | 297 | 1,498 | 1,795 | 3.60 | 18.60 | 11.00 | 5.77% |
Cameroon [+] | 2006 | 499 | 1,667 | 2,165 | 5.58 | 18.89 | 11.88 | 1.28% |
China [+] | 2006 | 73,415 | 59,078 | 132,493 | 11.52 | 8.72 | 10.08 | 1.00% |
Colombia [+] | 2006 | 461 | 1,727 | 2,188 | 2.10 | 8.10 | 5.00 | 2.04% |
Costa Rica [+] | 2006 | 55 | 295 | 350 | 2.60 | 13.60 | 8.20 | 26.15% |
Cuba [+] | 2006 | 281 | 1,166 | 1,448 | 5.00 | 20.71 | 12.85 | -1.00% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2006 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 5.34 | 10.39 | 8.12 | 1.00% |
Cyprus [+] | 2006 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1.80 | 3.30 | 2.50 | 8.70% |
Czechia [+] | 2006 | 258 | 1,142 | 1,400 | 4.90 | 22.80 | 13.70 | -10.46% |
Djibouti [+] | 2006 | 20 | 39 | 60 | 4.76 | 9.32 | 7.49 | -8.88% |
Denmark [+] | 2006 | 178 | 472 | 650 | 6.50 | 17.50 | 12.00 | 3.45% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2006 | 98 | 524 | 622 | 2.15 | 11.12 | 6.86 | -23.18% |
Algeria [+] | 2006 | 325 | 917 | 1,242 | 1.98 | 5.38 | 3.72 | 0.81% |
Ecuador [+] | 2006 | 381 | 817 | 1,198 | 5.45 | 11.65 | 8.58 | -8.33% |
Estonia [+] | 2006 | 56 | 191 | 247 | 7.80 | 30.60 | 18.40 | -8.91% |
Egypt [+] | 2006 | 656 | 1,333 | 1,989 | 1.65 | 3.26 | 2.75 | -2.48% |
Eritrea [+] | 2006 | 85 | 302 | 387 | 5.80 | 21.37 | 13.26 | 0.53% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2006 | 1,321 | 4,787 | 6,108 | 3.34 | 11.94 | 7.93 | -1.73% |
Finland [+] | 2006 | 259 | 803 | 1,062 | 9.60 | 31.10 | 20.20 | 6.88% |
Fiji [+] | 2006 | 20 | 56 | 76 | 4.52 | 12.49 | 9.11 | -1.19% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2006 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7.19 | 14.94 | 11.66 | -1.85% |
Gabon [+] | 2006 | 43 | 103 | 146 | 5.73 | 13.71 | 10.46 | 4.70% |
Grenada [+] | 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.17 | 5.27 | 3.42 | 37.35% |
Georgia [+] | 2006 | 42 | 187 | 229 | 1.82 | 8.98 | 5.21 | 3.37% |
Ghana [+] | 2006 | 287 | 1,025 | 1,312 | 2.48 | 8.92 | 6.00 | -4.76% |
The Gambia [+] | 2006 | 31 | 67 | 98 | 3.58 | 7.90 | 6.15 | -3.61% |
Guinea [+] | 2006 | 209 | 543 | 752 | 4.38 | 11.88 | 7.67 | 2.13% |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2006 | 37 | 117 | 154 | 8.43 | 25.05 | 19.45 | 9.89% |
Guatemala [+] | 2006 | 137 | 464 | 602 | 2.06 | 7.08 | 4.49 | 26.12% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2006 | 32 | 70 | 102 | 4.45 | 10.05 | 7.50 | 0.40% |
Guyana [+] | 2006 | 49 | 127 | 176 | 12.87 | 33.48 | 23.59 | -1.59% |
Honduras [+] | 2006 | 105 | 185 | 291 | 2.75 | 4.73 | 3.81 | 8.55% |
Croatia [+] | 2006 | 223 | 575 | 798 | 9.70 | 26.90 | 18.00 | -8.63% |
Haiti [+] | 2006 | 203 | 608 | 811 | 4.34 | 13.21 | 8.75 | -0.91% |
Hungary [+] | 2006 | 600 | 1,861 | 2,461 | 11.30 | 38.90 | 24.40 | -6.15% |
Indonesia [+] | 2006 | 2,063 | 5,366 | 7,429 | 1.79 | 4.60 | 3.31 | 0.91% |
Israel [+] | 2006 | 88 | 279 | 367 | 2.50 | 8.00 | 5.20 | -14.75% |
India [+] | 2006 | 93,413 | 109,870 | 203,282 | 16.51 | 18.11 | 17.44 | 0.23% |
Iraq [+] | 2006 | 300 | 388 | 688 | 2.07 | 2.70 | 2.45 | 2.51% |
Iran [+] | 2006 | 2,576 | 4,518 | 7,094 | 7.35 | 12.48 | 10.06 | 3.93% |
Iceland [+] | 2006 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 6.70 | 14.30 | 10.50 | -5.41% |
Jamaica [+] | 2006 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.23 | -88.08% |
Jordan [+] | 2006 | 52 | 130 | 182 | 1.75 | 4.16 | 3.04 | -4.10% |
Kenya [+] | 2006 | 505 | 1,961 | 2,466 | 2.72 | 10.69 | 7.11 | 1.43% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2006 | 107 | 436 | 543 | 4.01 | 17.12 | 10.47 | -3.15% |
Cambodia [+] | 2006 | 558 | 898 | 1,456 | 8.18 | 13.50 | 10.74 | -6.85% |
Kiribati [+] | 2006 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6.46 | 19.93 | 13.91 | -4.46% |
Comoros [+] | 2006 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 5.80 | 10.34 | 7.86 | -1.75% |
North Korea [+] | 2006 | 2,529 | 2,488 | 5,017 | 20.39 | 21.02 | 20.70 | 0.10% |
South Korea [+] | 2006 | 3,465 | 7,271 | 10,736 | 14.40 | 29.80 | 22.20 | -11.55% |
Kuwait [+] | 2006 | 16 | 50 | 65 | 1.61 | 3.58 | 2.05 | 2.50% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2006 | 811 | 4,080 | 4,891 | 10.09 | 56.09 | 31.76 | 2.72% |
Laos [+] | 2006 | 301 | 466 | 767 | 10.17 | 15.60 | 13.12 | -1.94% |
Lebanon [+] | 2006 | 40 | 76 | 115 | 1.66 | 3.23 | 2.42 | -0.41% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.06 | 1.52 | -34.20% |
Sri Lanka [+] | 2006 | 1,310 | 4,131 | 5,441 | 13.08 | 42.68 | 27.63 | -9.47% |
Liberia [+] | 2006 | 44 | 172 | 217 | 2.53 | 10.12 | 6.51 | -4.12% |
Lesotho [+] | 2006 | 65 | 152 | 217 | 6.44 | 15.71 | 11.56 | 0.43% |
Lithuania [+] | 2006 | 196 | 853 | 1,049 | 11.20 | 56.20 | 32.10 | -19.14% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2006 | 18 | 47 | 65 | 7.50 | 20.10 | 13.80 | 31.43% |
Latvia [+] | 2006 | 80 | 407 | 487 | 6.70 | 40.00 | 22.00 | -13.04% |
Libya [+] | 2006 | 91 | 254 | 345 | 3.09 | 8.38 | 6.07 | -2.72% |
Morocco [+] | 2006 | 723 | 1,418 | 2,141 | 4.70 | 9.18 | 7.00 | -3.85% |
Moldova [+] | 2006 | 133 | 695 | 828 | 7.16 | 40.36 | 23.11 | 0.30% |
Montenegro [+] | 2006 | 23 | 52 | 75 | 7.43 | 17.25 | 12.26 | 3.81% |
Madagascar [+] | 2006 | 289 | 739 | 1,028 | 3.00 | 7.60 | 5.71 | 3.07% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2006 | 42 | 124 | 166 | 4.10 | 12.10 | 8.10 | 15.71% |
Mali [+] | 2006 | 245 | 531 | 776 | 3.64 | 7.71 | 5.88 | 0.51% |
Myanmar [+] | 2006 | 752 | 1,020 | 1,772 | 3.12 | 4.25 | 3.70 | 1.93% |
Mongolia [+] | 2006 | 134 | 672 | 805 | 10.30 | 52.32 | 31.18 | -0.35% |
Mauritania [+] | 2006 | 51 | 121 | 172 | 3.27 | 7.91 | 5.81 | 10.46% |
Malta [+] | 2006 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 2.40 | 10.40 | 6.40 | 36.17% |
Mauritius [+] | 2006 | 32 | 101 | 133 | 5.12 | 16.43 | 10.75 | 18.78% |
Maldives [+] | 2006 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 8.98 | 12.28 | 11.25 | -5.78% |
Malawi [+] | 2006 | 138 | 564 | 703 | 2.04 | 8.90 | 5.00 | -2.34% |
Mexico [+] | 2006 | 713 | 3,553 | 4,277 | 1.30 | 6.80 | 4.00 | -2.44% |
Malaysia [+] | 2006 | 398 | 990 | 1,388 | 3.08 | 7.28 | 5.17 | 0 |
Mozambique [+] | 2006 | 503 | 1,406 | 1,909 | 4.73 | 13.92 | 9.06 | -0.98% |
Namibia [+] | 2006 | 39 | 139 | 178 | 3.83 | 14.41 | 8.93 | -4.70% |
Niger [+] | 2006 | 245 | 436 | 681 | 3.45 | 6.00 | 4.82 | 1.47% |
Nigeria [+] | 2006 | 3,860 | 9,813 | 13,673 | 5.38 | 13.51 | 9.59 | 0 |
Nicaragua [+] | 2006 | 143 | 431 | 574 | 5.10 | 15.81 | 10.39 | -29.99% |
Netherlands [+] | 2006 | 478 | 1,046 | 1,524 | 5.80 | 12.90 | 9.30 | -3.12% |
Norway [+] | 2006 | 141 | 391 | 532 | 6.00 | 16.90 | 11.40 | -0.87% |
Nepal [+] | 2006 | 900 | 1,004 | 1,904 | 6.74 | 7.63 | 7.31 | -0.81% |
New Zealand [+] | 2006 | 137 | 387 | 524 | 6.40 | 18.90 | 12.50 | 0.81% |
Oman [+] | 2006 | 12 | 89 | 100 | 1.05 | 6.04 | 3.75 | -0.79% |
Panama [+] | 2006 | 18 | 239 | 257 | 1.05 | 14.13 | 7.52 | 7.74% |
Peru [+] | 2006 | 89 | 140 | 229 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 14.29% |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2006 | 127 | 410 | 537 | 3.96 | 11.74 | 9.08 | -5.32% |
Philippines [+] | 2006 | 586 | 1,994 | 2,580 | 1.35 | 4.48 | 2.97 | 1.02% |
Pakistan [+] | 2006 | 1,615 | 1,901 | 3,515 | 1.87 | 2.07 | 2.19 | 0 |
Poland [+] | 2006 | 858 | 4,947 | 5,805 | 4.40 | 26.80 | 15.20 | -3.80% |
Paraguay [+] | 2006 | 197 | 421 | 618 | 7.17 | 15.09 | 10.51 | 0.96% |
Qatar [+] | 2006 | 3 | 34 | 36 | 0.90 | 4.61 | 3.73 | 3.32% |
Romania [+] | 2006 | 481 | 2,240 | 2,721 | 4.40 | 21.70 | 12.80 | 4.92% |
Russia [+] | 2006 | 7,247 | 35,608 | 42,855 | 9.50 | 53.90 | 30.10 | -6.52% |
Rwanda [+] | 2006 | 118 | 819 | 938 | 2.47 | 18.34 | 10.42 | -1.23% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2006 | 181 | 576 | 757 | 1.66 | 3.98 | 3.14 | 3.29% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2006 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 4.62 | 11.84 | 8.55 | -2.95% |
Seychelles [+] | 2006 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.25 | 17.59 | 10.02 | 0 |
Sudan [+] | 2006 | 992 | 2,667 | 3,659 | 6.56 | 17.54 | 10.10 | 1.30% |
Sweden [+] | 2006 | 380 | 817 | 1,197 | 8.30 | 18.10 | 13.20 | -2.22% |
Singapore [+] | 2006 | 199 | 339 | 538 | 9.20 | 15.17 | 12.23 | 0 |
Slovenia [+] | 2006 | 114 | 415 | 529 | 11.10 | 42.20 | 26.40 | 5.18% |
Slovakia [+] | 2006 | 68 | 464 | 532 | 2.50 | 17.80 | 9.90 | -21.43% |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2006 | 238 | 552 | 790 | 8.17 | 19.05 | 13.55 | -3.63% |
Senegal [+] | 2006 | 254 | 639 | 894 | 4.44 | 11.54 | 7.85 | -4.38% |
Somalia [+] | 2006 | 128 | 323 | 451 | 2.38 | 5.98 | 4.18 | -2.11% |
Suriname [+] | 2006 | 27 | 111 | 138 | 10.48 | 42.11 | 27.37 | -1.19% |
South Sudan [+] | 2006 | 168 | 440 | 608 | 4.12 | 11.17 | 7.57 | 2.16% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.16 | 2.60 | 1.96 | 2.62% |
El Salvador [+] | 2006 | 182 | 632 | 814 | 5.80 | 21.88 | 13.40 | -6.03% |
Syria [+] | 2006 | 67 | 272 | 339 | 0.70 | 2.77 | 1.73 | -1.70% |
Eswatini [+] | 2006 | 44 | 131 | 174 | 7.81 | 25.23 | 17.28 | -1.26% |
Chad [+] | 2006 | 208 | 589 | 796 | 4.00 | 11.36 | 7.62 | 1.87% |
Togo [+] | 2006 | 154 | 407 | 562 | 5.25 | 13.88 | 9.74 | 0.10% |
Thailand [+] | 2006 | 2,794 | 6,206 | 8,999 | 8.29 | 19.03 | 13.67 | 3.72% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2006 | 62 | 217 | 279 | 1.74 | 6.20 | 3.99 | -3.86% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2006 | 22 | 47 | 69 | 4.54 | 9.18 | 6.77 | -7.01% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2006 | 117 | 451 | 568 | 4.66 | 18.45 | 11.46 | 4.56% |
Tunisia [+] | 2006 | 193 | 299 | 492 | 3.68 | 5.71 | 4.83 | 0.21% |
Tonga [+] | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.93 | 3.75 | 3.49 | -1.41% |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2006 | 30 | 123 | 153 | 4.29 | 18.04 | 11.71 | 10.47% |
Tanzania [+] | 2006 | 680 | 2,015 | 2,695 | 3.31 | 10.07 | 7.01 | -1.68% |
Ukraine [+] | 2006 | 1,953 | 9,590 | 11,543 | 7.80 | 44.74 | 24.84 | -4.72% |
Uganda [+] | 2006 | 590 | 1,384 | 1,974 | 4.03 | 9.80 | 7.40 | 1.23% |
Uruguay [+] | 2006 | 134 | 386 | 520 | 7.80 | 24.09 | 15.49 | 5.09% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2006 | 512 | 1,393 | 1,905 | 3.86 | 10.53 | 7.24 | 16.21% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2006 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.76 | 10.00 | 6.16 | -30.71% |
Venezuela [+] | 2006 | 212 | 1,142 | 1,354 | 1.56 | 8.43 | 5.04 | -10.16% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2006 | 1,359 | 4,113 | 5,472 | 3.18 | 9.97 | 6.47 | -1.52% |
Vanuatu [+] | 2006 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.49 | 10.76 | 7.30 | -0.82% |
Samoa [+] | 2006 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2.83 | 10.20 | 6.95 | -4.40% |
Yemen [+] | 2006 | 555 | 1,136 | 1,691 | 5.11 | 10.23 | 7.99 | 0.88% |
South Africa [+] | 2006 | 97 | 417 | 514 | 0.40 | 1.80 | 1.10 | 10.00% |
Zambia [+] | 2006 | 189 | 612 | 801 | 3.07 | 10.50 | 6.47 | -0.92% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2006 | 358 | 1,120 | 1,478 | 5.50 | 19.24 | 12.31 | -0.73% |
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.
Please press on a country to view national data.