Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2007 | 7,309 | 27,224 | 34,533 | 4.80 | 18.30 | 11.50 | 3.60% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2007 | 872 | 3,025 | 3,897 | 2.80 | 10.10 | 6.40 | -5.88% |
Germany [+] | 2007 | 2,393 | 7,009 | 9,402 | 5.70 | 17.40 | 11.40 | -4.20% |
France [+] | 2007 | 2,749 | 7,562 | 10,311 | 8.30 | 24.50 | 16.20 | -2.99% |
Japan [+] | 2007 | 8,820 | 22,007 | 30,827 | 13.40 | 35.30 | 24.10 | 2.99% |
Spain [+] | 2007 | 800 | 2,463 | 3,263 | 3.52 | 11.12 | 7.27 | -1.28% |
Italy [+] | 2007 | 864 | 2,893 | 3,757 | 2.80 | 10.00 | 6.30 | 0 |
Portugal [+] | 2007 | 269 | 751 | 1,020 | 4.90 | 14.80 | 9.70 | 16.87% |
Greece [+] | 2007 | 60 | 265 | 325 | 1.10 | 4.80 | 2.90 | -17.14% |
Ireland [+] | 2007 | 96 | 362 | 458 | 4.40 | 16.50 | 10.40 | -1.89% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2007 | 16 | 180 | 196 | 0.96 | 4.30 | 3.15 | -8.96% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2007 | 256 | 1,145 | 1,400 | 1.99 | 8.76 | 6.24 | -1.27% |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.01 | 0.48 | -27.27% |
Albania [+] | 2004 | 57 | 89 | 146 | 3.60 | 5.70 | 4.70 | 17.50% |
Armenia [+] | 2007 | 28 | 107 | 135 | 1.69 | 6.85 | 4.19 | -8.52% |
Angola [+] | 2007 | 1,085 | 2,877 | 3,963 | 10.22 | 27.96 | 18.82 | -0.26% |
Argentina [+] | 2007 | 600 | 2,354 | 2,954 | 3.00 | 12.20 | 7.50 | -6.25% |
Austria [+] | 2007 | 317 | 968 | 1,285 | 7.40 | 24.00 | 15.50 | -1.27% |
Australia [+] | 2007 | 529 | 1,698 | 2,227 | 5.10 | 16.40 | 10.70 | 2.88% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2007 | 58 | 243 | 301 | 1.33 | 5.71 | 3.49 | -1.13% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2007 | 63 | 226 | 289 | 3.22 | 11.98 | 7.51 | 5.03% |
Barbados [+] | 2007 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.21 | 2.55 | 1.30 | -13.33% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2007 | 6,349 | 3,314 | 9,664 | 8.88 | 4.57 | 6.77 | -2.17% |
Belgium [+] | 2007 | 537 | 1,320 | 1,857 | 9.90 | 25.40 | 17.50 | -4.37% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2007 | 390 | 874 | 1,263 | 5.24 | 11.93 | 8.86 | -0.23% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2007 | 239 | 663 | 902 | 6.20 | 18.00 | 12.00 | -6.25% |
Bahrain [+] | 2007 | 11 | 58 | 69 | 2.68 | 9.05 | 6.60 | 26.68% |
Burundi [+] | 2007 | 193 | 551 | 744 | 4.80 | 14.05 | 9.34 | 1.19% |
Benin [+] | 2007 | 225 | 557 | 782 | 5.18 | 12.94 | 9.25 | 0.11% |
Brunei [+] | 2007 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1.40 | 3.48 | 2.55 | 6.69% |
Bolivia [+] | 2007 | 733 | 1,314 | 2,047 | 15.23 | 26.83 | 21.44 | -0.74% |
Brazil [+] | 2007 | 1,872 | 6,995 | 8,867 | 1.90 | 7.50 | 4.70 | 2.17% |
Bahamas [+] | 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.49 | 2.42 | 1.53 | 7.75% |
Bhutan [+] | 2007 | 29 | 50 | 79 | 9.17 | 13.84 | 12.36 | -0.88% |
Botswana [+] | 2007 | 51 | 152 | 203 | 5.06 | 15.80 | 10.83 | -3.39% |
Belarus [+] | 2007 | 535 | 2,314 | 2,850 | 10.36 | 51.18 | 29.41 | -11.09% |
Belize [+] | 2007 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1.74 | 8.10 | 4.90 | -12.03% |
Canada [+] | 2007 | 882 | 2,726 | 3,608 | 5.30 | 16.70 | 11.00 | 1.85% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2007 | 1,668 | 4,025 | 5,694 | 5.48 | 13.49 | 9.52 | -1.96% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2007 | 177 | 557 | 734 | 8.13 | 25.35 | 17.87 | 0 |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2007 | 121 | 362 | 483 | 6.08 | 18.39 | 14.22 | -3.79% |
Switzerland [+] | 2007 | 440 | 920 | 1,360 | 11.40 | 24.80 | 18.00 | 2.86% |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2007 | 757 | 2,443 | 3,199 | 7.73 | 24.36 | 16.57 | 2.73% |
Chile [+] | 2007 | 352 | 1,496 | 1,848 | 4.20 | 18.40 | 11.20 | 1.82% |
Cameroon [+] | 2007 | 518 | 1,728 | 2,246 | 5.64 | 19.04 | 11.99 | 0.93% |
China [+] | 2007 | 73,805 | 59,154 | 132,960 | 11.52 | 8.69 | 10.06 | -0.20% |
Colombia [+] | 2007 | 455 | 1,736 | 2,191 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 5.00 | 0 |
Costa Rica [+] | 2007 | 44 | 226 | 270 | 2.10 | 10.30 | 6.20 | -24.39% |
Cuba [+] | 2007 | 284 | 1,118 | 1,402 | 5.04 | 19.85 | 12.44 | -3.19% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2007 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 5.22 | 10.07 | 7.92 | -2.46% |
Cyprus [+] | 2007 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 0 |
Czechia [+] | 2007 | 230 | 1,149 | 1,379 | 4.40 | 22.80 | 13.40 | -2.19% |
Djibouti [+] | 2007 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 4.92 | 10.19 | 8.10 | 8.14% |
Denmark [+] | 2007 | 180 | 401 | 581 | 6.50 | 14.80 | 10.60 | -11.67% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2007 | 99 | 464 | 563 | 2.14 | 9.73 | 6.14 | -10.50% |
Algeria [+] | 2007 | 306 | 960 | 1,266 | 1.84 | 5.54 | 3.74 | 0.54% |
Ecuador [+] | 2007 | 348 | 976 | 1,324 | 4.89 | 13.68 | 9.31 | 8.51% |
Estonia [+] | 2007 | 46 | 207 | 253 | 6.40 | 33.20 | 18.80 | 2.17% |
Egypt [+] | 2007 | 631 | 1,335 | 1,966 | 1.56 | 3.21 | 2.67 | -2.91% |
Eritrea [+] | 2007 | 84 | 309 | 393 | 5.61 | 21.54 | 13.43 | 1.28% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2007 | 1,377 | 4,908 | 6,285 | 3.38 | 11.90 | 7.95 | 0.25% |
Finland [+] | 2007 | 244 | 751 | 995 | 9.00 | 29.00 | 18.80 | -6.93% |
Fiji [+] | 2007 | 19 | 59 | 78 | 4.43 | 12.97 | 9.35 | 2.63% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2007 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7.04 | 14.64 | 11.45 | -1.80% |
Gabon [+] | 2007 | 46 | 115 | 161 | 5.93 | 14.81 | 11.19 | 6.98% |
Grenada [+] | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.49 | 2.03 | 1.35 | -60.53% |
Georgia [+] | 2007 | 45 | 171 | 216 | 1.96 | 8.22 | 4.93 | -5.37% |
Ghana [+] | 2007 | 298 | 1,000 | 1,298 | 2.51 | 8.47 | 5.80 | -3.33% |
The Gambia [+] | 2007 | 31 | 66 | 97 | 3.47 | 7.59 | 5.92 | -3.74% |
Guinea [+] | 2007 | 207 | 556 | 764 | 4.26 | 11.90 | 7.60 | -0.91% |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2007 | 38 | 120 | 158 | 8.31 | 24.46 | 19.08 | -1.90% |
Guatemala [+] | 2007 | 130 | 498 | 627 | 1.91 | 7.44 | 4.58 | 2.00% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2007 | 32 | 73 | 104 | 4.27 | 10.22 | 7.52 | 0.27% |
Guyana [+] | 2007 | 51 | 140 | 191 | 13.35 | 37.15 | 25.56 | 8.35% |
Honduras [+] | 2007 | 110 | 191 | 301 | 2.81 | 4.77 | 3.86 | 1.31% |
Croatia [+] | 2007 | 198 | 578 | 776 | 8.60 | 27.00 | 17.50 | -2.78% |
Haiti [+] | 2007 | 207 | 623 | 829 | 4.36 | 13.31 | 8.80 | 0.57% |
Hungary [+] | 2007 | 571 | 1,879 | 2,450 | 10.80 | 39.40 | 24.40 | 0 |
Indonesia [+] | 2007 | 2,098 | 5,485 | 7,583 | 1.80 | 4.64 | 3.33 | 0.60% |
Israel [+] | 2007 | 63 | 263 | 326 | 1.70 | 7.40 | 4.50 | -13.46% |
India [+] | 2007 | 95,498 | 111,866 | 207,364 | 16.63 | 18.17 | 17.53 | 0.52% |
Iraq [+] | 2007 | 301 | 403 | 703 | 2.09 | 2.83 | 2.45 | 0 |
Iran [+] | 2007 | 2,564 | 5,112 | 7,676 | 7.21 | 13.91 | 10.73 | 6.66% |
Iceland [+] | 2007 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 4.60 | 18.90 | 11.90 | 13.33% |
Jamaica [+] | 2007 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 0.33 | 1.11 | 0.73 | 217.39% |
Jordan [+] | 2007 | 56 | 131 | 187 | 1.79 | 3.93 | 2.99 | -1.64% |
Kenya [+] | 2007 | 524 | 2,021 | 2,545 | 2.74 | 10.69 | 7.13 | 0.28% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2007 | 128 | 425 | 552 | 4.74 | 16.51 | 10.53 | 0.57% |
Cambodia [+] | 2007 | 559 | 906 | 1,465 | 8.06 | 13.37 | 10.66 | -0.74% |
Kiribati [+] | 2007 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6.61 | 21.70 | 14.72 | 5.82% |
Comoros [+] | 2007 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 5.78 | 9.89 | 7.60 | -3.31% |
North Korea [+] | 2007 | 2,534 | 2,474 | 5,008 | 20.34 | 20.80 | 20.56 | -0.68% |
South Korea [+] | 2007 | 4,461 | 7,789 | 12,250 | 18.40 | 31.80 | 25.20 | 13.51% |
Kuwait [+] | 2007 | 18 | 54 | 71 | 1.71 | 3.68 | 2.10 | 2.44% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2007 | 853 | 4,143 | 4,997 | 10.50 | 56.31 | 32.09 | 1.04% |
Laos [+] | 2007 | 303 | 468 | 772 | 10.09 | 15.43 | 12.98 | -1.07% |
Lebanon [+] | 2007 | 40 | 76 | 116 | 1.64 | 3.19 | 2.43 | 0.41% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2007 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.48 | 6.73 | 3.57 | 134.87% |
Sri Lanka [+] | 2007 | 1,285 | 4,299 | 5,584 | 12.70 | 44.19 | 28.14 | 1.85% |
Liberia [+] | 2007 | 43 | 172 | 215 | 2.32 | 9.58 | 6.20 | -4.76% |
Lesotho [+] | 2007 | 65 | 155 | 220 | 6.43 | 15.95 | 11.64 | 0.69% |
Lithuania [+] | 2007 | 177 | 848 | 1,025 | 10.20 | 56.60 | 31.70 | -1.25% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2007 | 25 | 53 | 78 | 10.30 | 22.30 | 16.30 | 18.12% |
Latvia [+] | 2007 | 95 | 359 | 454 | 8.00 | 35.50 | 20.60 | -6.36% |
Libya [+] | 2007 | 90 | 259 | 349 | 2.99 | 8.36 | 6.03 | -0.66% |
Morocco [+] | 2007 | 703 | 1,353 | 2,057 | 4.51 | 8.65 | 6.63 | -5.29% |
Moldova [+] | 2007 | 116 | 605 | 721 | 6.26 | 35.23 | 20.19 | -12.64% |
Montenegro [+] | 2007 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 7.21 | 16.23 | 11.66 | -4.89% |
Madagascar [+] | 2007 | 300 | 761 | 1,061 | 3.02 | 7.61 | 5.72 | 0.18% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2007 | 45 | 114 | 159 | 4.40 | 11.10 | 7.80 | -3.70% |
Mali [+] | 2007 | 254 | 550 | 804 | 3.65 | 7.74 | 5.89 | 0.17% |
Myanmar [+] | 2007 | 764 | 1,049 | 1,813 | 3.15 | 4.34 | 3.76 | 1.62% |
Mongolia [+] | 2007 | 112 | 684 | 796 | 8.57 | 52.77 | 30.40 | -2.50% |
Mauritania [+] | 2007 | 53 | 126 | 179 | 3.35 | 8.04 | 5.89 | 1.38% |
Malta [+] | 2007 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 0.50 | 12.40 | 6.40 | 0 |
Mauritius [+] | 2007 | 34 | 104 | 138 | 5.44 | 16.91 | 11.15 | 3.72% |
Maldives [+] | 2007 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 8.45 | 11.18 | 10.55 | -6.22% |
Malawi [+] | 2007 | 143 | 567 | 710 | 2.05 | 8.69 | 4.92 | -1.60% |
Mexico [+] | 2007 | 762 | 3,546 | 4,394 | 1.40 | 6.70 | 4.00 | 0 |
Malaysia [+] | 2007 | 396 | 1,020 | 1,416 | 3.00 | 7.33 | 5.23 | 1.16% |
Mozambique [+] | 2007 | 505 | 1,400 | 1,905 | 4.63 | 13.51 | 8.79 | -2.98% |
Namibia [+] | 2007 | 42 | 139 | 181 | 4.01 | 14.28 | 9.07 | 1.57% |
Niger [+] | 2007 | 258 | 460 | 719 | 3.51 | 6.11 | 4.90 | 1.66% |
Nigeria [+] | 2007 | 3,971 | 10,129 | 14,099 | 5.39 | 13.57 | 9.63 | 0.42% |
Nicaragua [+] | 2007 | 148 | 515 | 663 | 5.19 | 18.66 | 11.85 | 14.05% |
Netherlands [+] | 2007 | 410 | 944 | 1,354 | 5.00 | 11.70 | 8.30 | -10.75% |
Norway [+] | 2007 | 149 | 336 | 485 | 6.30 | 14.30 | 10.30 | -9.65% |
Nepal [+] | 2007 | 885 | 978 | 1,863 | 6.55 | 7.41 | 7.06 | -3.42% |
New Zealand [+] | 2007 | 118 | 375 | 493 | 5.50 | 18.10 | 11.70 | -6.40% |
Oman [+] | 2007 | 11 | 90 | 101 | 0.99 | 6.01 | 3.71 | -1.07% |
Panama [+] | 2007 | 28 | 214 | 242 | 1.62 | 12.44 | 6.96 | -7.45% |
Peru [+] | 2007 | 141 | 266 | 407 | 1.00 | 1.90 | 1.40 | 75.00% |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2007 | 131 | 424 | 555 | 3.96 | 11.76 | 9.17 | 0.99% |
Philippines [+] | 2007 | 625 | 1,895 | 2,520 | 1.41 | 4.18 | 2.85 | -4.04% |
Pakistan [+] | 2007 | 1,668 | 1,881 | 3,549 | 1.89 | 2.01 | 2.17 | -0.91% |
Poland [+] | 2007 | 812 | 4,472 | 5,284 | 4.10 | 24.30 | 13.90 | -8.55% |
Paraguay [+] | 2007 | 199 | 439 | 638 | 7.18 | 15.58 | 10.68 | 1.62% |
Qatar [+] | 2007 | 3 | 59 | 62 | 1.02 | 6.39 | 5.38 | 44.24% |
Romania [+] | 2007 | 446 | 1,984 | 2,430 | 4.20 | 19.60 | 11.60 | -9.38% |
Russia [+] | 2007 | 7,355 | 33,974 | 41,329 | 9.60 | 51.60 | 29.10 | -3.32% |
Rwanda [+] | 2007 | 121 | 819 | 940 | 2.45 | 17.82 | 10.21 | -2.02% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2007 | 195 | 644 | 839 | 1.73 | 4.27 | 3.36 | 7.01% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2007 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 4.92 | 11.40 | 8.46 | -1.05% |
Seychelles [+] | 2007 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.25 | 17.50 | 10.04 | 0.20% |
Sudan [+] | 2007 | 1,031 | 2,718 | 3,749 | 6.62 | 17.40 | 10.09 | -0.10% |
Sweden [+] | 2007 | 325 | 801 | 1,126 | 7.10 | 17.60 | 12.30 | -6.82% |
Singapore [+] | 2007 | 204 | 283 | 487 | 9.11 | 12.05 | 10.61 | -13.25% |
Slovenia [+] | 2007 | 99 | 335 | 434 | 9.70 | 33.90 | 21.60 | -18.18% |
Slovakia [+] | 2007 | 72 | 433 | 505 | 2.60 | 16.60 | 9.40 | -5.05% |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2007 | 240 | 529 | 769 | 8.07 | 17.85 | 12.84 | -5.24% |
Senegal [+] | 2007 | 259 | 633 | 892 | 4.40 | 11.13 | 7.63 | -2.80% |
Somalia [+] | 2007 | 133 | 328 | 461 | 2.39 | 5.89 | 4.14 | -0.96% |
Suriname [+] | 2007 | 29 | 105 | 134 | 11.10 | 39.50 | 26.30 | -3.91% |
South Sudan [+] | 2007 | 177 | 458 | 635 | 4.13 | 11.08 | 7.54 | -0.40% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.13 | 2.31 | 1.79 | -8.67% |
El Salvador [+] | 2007 | 171 | 604 | 776 | 5.44 | 20.91 | 12.70 | -5.22% |
Syria [+] | 2007 | 75 | 280 | 355 | 0.73 | 2.68 | 1.77 | 2.31% |
Eswatini [+] | 2007 | 43 | 128 | 170 | 7.61 | 24.48 | 16.75 | -3.07% |
Chad [+] | 2007 | 221 | 624 | 846 | 4.13 | 11.64 | 7.82 | 2.62% |
Togo [+] | 2007 | 158 | 412 | 570 | 5.23 | 13.63 | 9.63 | -1.13% |
Thailand [+] | 2007 | 2,899 | 6,603 | 9,503 | 8.53 | 20.10 | 14.36 | 5.05% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2007 | 63 | 223 | 286 | 1.75 | 6.24 | 4.00 | 0.25% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2007 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 4.39 | 8.37 | 6.33 | -6.50% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2007 | 113 | 433 | 546 | 4.42 | 17.49 | 10.87 | -5.15% |
Tunisia [+] | 2007 | 197 | 307 | 504 | 3.72 | 5.81 | 4.89 | 1.24% |
Tonga [+] | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.83 | 3.72 | 3.43 | -1.72% |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2007 | 25 | 110 | 135 | 3.53 | 16.14 | 10.33 | -11.78% |
Tanzania [+] | 2007 | 713 | 2,072 | 2,785 | 3.37 | 10.07 | 7.05 | 0.57% |
Ukraine [+] | 2007 | 1,900 | 9,902 | 11,802 | 7.63 | 46.49 | 25.55 | 2.86% |
Uganda [+] | 2007 | 631 | 1,471 | 2,103 | 4.19 | 10.11 | 7.62 | 2.97% |
Uruguay [+] | 2007 | 138 | 450 | 588 | 8.01 | 28.05 | 17.51 | 13.04% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2007 | 525 | 1,380 | 1,906 | 3.90 | 10.29 | 7.15 | -1.24% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2007 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.48 | 11.25 | 6.58 | 6.82% |
Venezuela [+] | 2007 | 212 | 1,004 | 1,216 | 1.54 | 7.30 | 4.46 | -11.51% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2007 | 1,397 | 4,317 | 5,714 | 3.24 | 10.36 | 6.69 | 3.40% |
Vanuatu [+] | 2007 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.42 | 10.59 | 7.19 | -1.51% |
Samoa [+] | 2007 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2.69 | 9.84 | 6.67 | -4.03% |
Yemen [+] | 2007 | 591 | 1,182 | 1,773 | 5.28 | 10.32 | 8.15 | 2.00% |
South Africa [+] | 2007 | 104 | 316 | 420 | 0.40 | 1.30 | 0.90 | -18.18% |
Zambia [+] | 2007 | 194 | 625 | 818 | 3.05 | 10.32 | 6.42 | -0.77% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2007 | 379 | 1,134 | 1,513 | 5.77 | 19.31 | 12.57 | 2.11% |
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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