Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2008 | 7,567 | 28,402 | 35,969 | 4.90 | 18.90 | 11.80 | 2.61% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2008 | 959 | 3,300 | 4,259 | 3.00 | 10.90 | 6.90 | 7.81% |
Germany [+] | 2008 | 2,412 | 7,041 | 9,453 | 5.80 | 17.50 | 11.50 | 0.88% |
France [+] | 2008 | 2,770 | 7,801 | 10,571 | 8.40 | 25.10 | 16.50 | 1.85% |
Japan [+] | 2008 | 8,683 | 21,546 | 30,229 | 13.20 | 34.50 | 23.60 | -2.07% |
Spain [+] | 2008 | 781 | 2,676 | 3,457 | 3.38 | 11.89 | 7.58 | 4.26% |
Italy [+] | 2008 | 907 | 2,999 | 3,906 | 2.90 | 10.30 | 6.50 | 3.17% |
Portugal [+] | 2008 | 244 | 794 | 1,038 | 4.40 | 15.70 | 9.80 | 1.03% |
Greece [+] | 2008 | 65 | 308 | 373 | 1.10 | 5.50 | 3.30 | 13.79% |
Ireland [+] | 2008 | 120 | 386 | 506 | 5.30 | 17.20 | 11.30 | 8.65% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2008 | 18 | 216 | 234 | 0.92 | 4.28 | 2.89 | -8.25% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2008 | 267 | 1,143 | 1,409 | 2.04 | 8.57 | 6.13 | -1.76% |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.74 | 0.35 | -27.08% |
Albania [+] | 2004 | 57 | 89 | 146 | 3.60 | 5.70 | 4.70 | 17.50% |
Armenia [+] | 2008 | 32 | 119 | 150 | 1.89 | 7.56 | 4.63 | 10.50% |
Angola [+] | 2008 | 1,139 | 2,983 | 4,122 | 10.34 | 27.93 | 19.00 | 0.96% |
Argentina [+] | 2008 | 613 | 2,455 | 3,068 | 3.00 | 12.60 | 7.70 | 2.67% |
Austria [+] | 2008 | 304 | 963 | 1,267 | 7.10 | 23.70 | 15.20 | -1.94% |
Australia [+] | 2008 | 508 | 1,832 | 2,340 | 4.80 | 17.30 | 11.00 | 2.80% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2008 | 58 | 264 | 322 | 1.28 | 6.06 | 3.62 | 3.72% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2008 | 53 | 207 | 260 | 2.72 | 11.01 | 6.77 | -9.85% |
Barbados [+] | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.45 | 1.33 | 0.85 | -34.62% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2008 | 6,277 | 3,304 | 9,581 | 8.67 | 4.52 | 6.64 | -1.92% |
Belgium [+] | 2008 | 547 | 1,454 | 2,001 | 10.00 | 27.70 | 18.70 | 6.86% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2008 | 408 | 896 | 1,303 | 5.33 | 11.87 | 8.87 | 0.11% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2008 | 245 | 694 | 939 | 6.40 | 19.00 | 12.50 | 4.17% |
Bahrain [+] | 2008 | 12 | 66 | 78 | 2.76 | 9.67 | 7.04 | 6.67% |
Burundi [+] | 2008 | 202 | 576 | 778 | 4.82 | 14.08 | 9.45 | 1.18% |
Benin [+] | 2008 | 233 | 574 | 808 | 5.22 | 12.95 | 9.29 | 0.43% |
Brunei [+] | 2008 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.98 | 2.20 | 1.66 | -34.90% |
Bolivia [+] | 2008 | 732 | 1,321 | 2,053 | 14.94 | 26.51 | 21.14 | -1.40% |
Brazil [+] | 2008 | 1,917 | 7,289 | 9,206 | 2.00 | 7.80 | 4.80 | 2.13% |
Bahamas [+] | 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.79 | 2.22 | 1.60 | 4.58% |
Bhutan [+] | 2008 | 30 | 51 | 81 | 9.27 | 13.90 | 12.43 | 0.57% |
Botswana [+] | 2008 | 52 | 158 | 210 | 5.09 | 16.04 | 10.95 | 1.11% |
Belarus [+] | 2008 | 555 | 2,300 | 2,855 | 10.76 | 50.97 | 29.52 | 0.37% |
Belize [+] | 2008 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1.48 | 7.12 | 4.29 | -12.45% |
Canada [+] | 2008 | 927 | 2,773 | 3,700 | 5.50 | 16.80 | 11.10 | 0.91% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2008 | 1,724 | 4,133 | 5,857 | 5.49 | 13.41 | 9.48 | -0.42% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2008 | 173 | 542 | 715 | 7.77 | 24.20 | 17.09 | -4.36% |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2008 | 118 | 355 | 473 | 5.74 | 17.45 | 13.59 | -4.43% |
Switzerland [+] | 2008 | 453 | 861 | 1,314 | 11.60 | 22.90 | 17.20 | -4.44% |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2008 | 788 | 2,510 | 3,298 | 7.89 | 24.47 | 16.65 | 0.48% |
Chile [+] | 2008 | 414 | 1,674 | 2,088 | 4.90 | 20.40 | 12.50 | 11.61% |
Cameroon [+] | 2008 | 542 | 1,801 | 2,343 | 5.74 | 19.29 | 12.17 | 1.50% |
China [+] | 2008 | 74,005 | 59,017 | 133,022 | 11.48 | 8.63 | 10.02 | -0.40% |
Colombia [+] | 2008 | 451 | 1,783 | 2,234 | 2.00 | 8.10 | 5.00 | 0 |
Costa Rica [+] | 2008 | 34 | 227 | 261 | 1.60 | 10.20 | 5.90 | -4.84% |
Cuba [+] | 2008 | 331 | 1,150 | 1,480 | 5.86 | 20.41 | 13.13 | 5.55% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2008 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 5.49 | 10.88 | 8.47 | 6.94% |
Cyprus [+] | 2008 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 2.50 | 8.30 | 5.30 | 112.00% |
Czechia [+] | 2008 | 256 | 1,123 | 1,379 | 4.80 | 22.10 | 13.30 | -0.75% |
Djibouti [+] | 2008 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 4.79 | 9.93 | 7.95 | -1.85% |
Denmark [+] | 2008 | 185 | 418 | 603 | 6.70 | 15.40 | 11.00 | 3.77% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2008 | 96 | 484 | 579 | 2.04 | 10.03 | 6.24 | 1.63% |
Algeria [+] | 2008 | 289 | 987 | 1,277 | 1.71 | 5.60 | 3.69 | -1.34% |
Ecuador [+] | 2008 | 331 | 954 | 1,285 | 4.57 | 13.15 | 8.88 | -4.62% |
Estonia [+] | 2008 | 53 | 189 | 242 | 7.40 | 30.30 | 18.10 | -3.72% |
Egypt [+] | 2008 | 619 | 1,351 | 1,970 | 1.50 | 3.18 | 2.62 | -1.87% |
Eritrea [+] | 2008 | 82 | 315 | 398 | 5.38 | 21.37 | 13.23 | -1.49% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2008 | 1,452 | 5,078 | 6,530 | 3.47 | 11.96 | 8.13 | 2.26% |
Finland [+] | 2008 | 232 | 801 | 1,033 | 8.60 | 30.80 | 19.40 | 3.19% |
Fiji [+] | 2008 | 20 | 61 | 80 | 4.49 | 13.28 | 9.57 | 2.35% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2008 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.99 | 14.71 | 11.38 | -0.61% |
Gabon [+] | 2008 | 48 | 125 | 172 | 5.98 | 15.47 | 11.52 | 2.95% |
Grenada [+] | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.59 | 2.14 | 1.47 | 8.89% |
Georgia [+] | 2008 | 47 | 169 | 216 | 2.04 | 8.11 | 4.92 | -0.20% |
Ghana [+] | 2008 | 315 | 1,069 | 1,383 | 2.58 | 8.82 | 6.04 | 4.14% |
The Gambia [+] | 2008 | 32 | 70 | 102 | 3.52 | 7.77 | 6.06 | 2.36% |
Guinea [+] | 2008 | 216 | 573 | 790 | 4.34 | 11.97 | 7.66 | 0.79% |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2008 | 39 | 118 | 156 | 8.07 | 22.79 | 18.00 | -5.66% |
Guatemala [+] | 2008 | 184 | 552 | 736 | 2.66 | 8.11 | 5.26 | 14.85% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2008 | 32 | 74 | 106 | 4.19 | 10.22 | 7.50 | -0.27% |
Guyana [+] | 2008 | 46 | 113 | 159 | 12.07 | 30.17 | 21.26 | -16.82% |
Honduras [+] | 2008 | 109 | 190 | 299 | 2.72 | 4.65 | 3.75 | -2.85% |
Croatia [+] | 2008 | 184 | 611 | 795 | 8.00 | 28.60 | 17.90 | 2.29% |
Haiti [+] | 2008 | 214 | 641 | 855 | 4.45 | 13.47 | 8.93 | 1.48% |
Hungary [+] | 2008 | 566 | 1,911 | 2,477 | 10.70 | 40.10 | 24.70 | 1.23% |
Indonesia [+] | 2008 | 2,129 | 5,558 | 7,687 | 1.80 | 4.64 | 3.33 | 0 |
Israel [+] | 2008 | 59 | 294 | 353 | 1.60 | 8.10 | 4.80 | 6.67% |
India [+] | 2008 | 96,164 | 112,874 | 209,038 | 16.51 | 18.08 | 17.41 | -0.68% |
Iraq [+] | 2008 | 315 | 420 | 735 | 2.14 | 2.89 | 2.50 | 2.04% |
Iran [+] | 2008 | 2,393 | 5,060 | 7,452 | 6.64 | 13.58 | 10.31 | -3.91% |
Iceland [+] | 2008 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 7.10 | 16.70 | 12.00 | 0.84% |
Jamaica [+] | 2008 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 0.37 | 1.56 | 0.97 | 32.88% |
Jordan [+] | 2008 | 58 | 138 | 196 | 1.79 | 4.05 | 2.99 | 0 |
Kenya [+] | 2008 | 536 | 2,061 | 2,598 | 2.72 | 10.58 | 7.08 | -0.70% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2008 | 100 | 425 | 526 | 3.69 | 16.37 | 9.94 | -5.60% |
Cambodia [+] | 2008 | 584 | 968 | 1,552 | 8.28 | 14.05 | 11.13 | 4.41% |
Kiribati [+] | 2008 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6.50 | 21.53 | 14.56 | -1.09% |
Comoros [+] | 2008 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 5.97 | 10.95 | 8.16 | 7.37% |
North Korea [+] | 2008 | 2,527 | 2,447 | 4,973 | 20.19 | 20.47 | 20.33 | -1.12% |
South Korea [+] | 2008 | 4,598 | 8,260 | 12,858 | 18.90 | 33.50 | 26.20 | 3.97% |
Kuwait [+] | 2008 | 20 | 59 | 79 | 1.80 | 3.85 | 2.30 | 9.52% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2008 | 905 | 3,849 | 4,754 | 10.94 | 51.32 | 29.75 | -7.29% |
Laos [+] | 2008 | 310 | 488 | 798 | 10.16 | 15.83 | 13.20 | 1.69% |
Lebanon [+] | 2008 | 40 | 77 | 117 | 1.63 | 3.16 | 2.45 | 0.82% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2008 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5.46 | 2.69 | -24.65% |
Sri Lanka [+] | 2008 | 1,254 | 4,327 | 5,581 | 12.28 | 44.26 | 27.93 | -0.75% |
Liberia [+] | 2008 | 45 | 177 | 222 | 2.33 | 9.48 | 6.15 | -0.81% |
Lesotho [+] | 2008 | 65 | 155 | 219 | 6.35 | 15.82 | 11.52 | -1.03% |
Lithuania [+] | 2008 | 193 | 918 | 1,111 | 11.20 | 62.00 | 34.70 | 9.46% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2008 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 3.20 | 14.40 | 8.80 | -46.01% |
Latvia [+] | 2008 | 100 | 427 | 527 | 8.50 | 42.70 | 24.20 | 17.48% |
Libya [+] | 2008 | 91 | 256 | 347 | 2.96 | 8.09 | 5.89 | -2.32% |
Morocco [+] | 2008 | 679 | 1,296 | 1,975 | 4.31 | 8.17 | 6.29 | -5.13% |
Moldova [+] | 2008 | 143 | 628 | 771 | 7.72 | 36.64 | 21.62 | 7.08% |
Montenegro [+] | 2008 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 7.46 | 16.15 | 11.74 | 0.69% |
Madagascar [+] | 2008 | 309 | 791 | 1,100 | 3.02 | 7.68 | 5.76 | 0.70% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2008 | 45 | 116 | 161 | 4.40 | 11.30 | 7.90 | 1.28% |
Mali [+] | 2008 | 265 | 574 | 839 | 3.69 | 7.81 | 5.95 | 1.02% |
Myanmar [+] | 2008 | 762 | 1,063 | 1,825 | 3.12 | 4.37 | 3.76 | 0 |
Mongolia [+] | 2008 | 117 | 604 | 721 | 8.86 | 46.07 | 27.06 | -10.99% |
Mauritania [+] | 2008 | 55 | 132 | 187 | 3.39 | 8.26 | 6.01 | 2.04% |
Malta [+] | 2008 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1.00 | 5.90 | 3.40 | -46.88% |
Mauritius [+] | 2008 | 13 | 77 | 90 | 2.14 | 12.43 | 7.26 | -34.89% |
Maldives [+] | 2008 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 8.61 | 10.98 | 10.74 | 1.80% |
Malawi [+] | 2008 | 149 | 573 | 722 | 2.07 | 8.54 | 4.86 | -1.22% |
Mexico [+] | 2008 | 861 | 3,807 | 4,681 | 1.50 | 7.00 | 4.20 | 5.00% |
Malaysia [+] | 2008 | 396 | 1,048 | 1,444 | 2.95 | 7.37 | 5.23 | 0 |
Mozambique [+] | 2008 | 537 | 1,491 | 2,027 | 4.79 | 14.01 | 9.10 | 3.53% |
Namibia [+] | 2008 | 43 | 140 | 182 | 4.06 | 14.13 | 9.00 | -0.77% |
Niger [+] | 2008 | 267 | 479 | 746 | 3.50 | 6.12 | 4.89 | -0.20% |
Nigeria [+] | 2008 | 4,139 | 10,423 | 14,562 | 5.47 | 13.59 | 9.69 | 0.62% |
Nicaragua [+] | 2008 | 164 | 571 | 735 | 5.67 | 20.39 | 12.97 | 9.45% |
Netherlands [+] | 2008 | 448 | 991 | 1,439 | 5.40 | 12.20 | 8.80 | 6.02% |
Norway [+] | 2008 | 158 | 347 | 505 | 6.60 | 14.60 | 10.60 | 2.91% |
Nepal [+] | 2008 | 872 | 959 | 1,831 | 6.39 | 7.24 | 6.87 | -2.69% |
New Zealand [+] | 2008 | 139 | 381 | 520 | 6.40 | 18.30 | 12.20 | 4.27% |
Oman [+] | 2008 | 11 | 90 | 101 | 0.95 | 5.90 | 3.62 | -2.43% |
Panama [+] | 2008 | 44 | 227 | 271 | 2.55 | 12.92 | 7.66 | 10.06% |
Peru [+] | 2008 | 130 | 274 | 404 | 0.90 | 1.90 | 1.40 | 0 |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2008 | 133 | 428 | 561 | 3.89 | 11.50 | 9.05 | -1.31% |
Philippines [+] | 2008 | 635 | 2,152 | 2,787 | 1.41 | 4.66 | 3.10 | 8.77% |
Pakistan [+] | 2008 | 1,714 | 1,912 | 3,626 | 1.90 | 2.00 | 2.13 | -1.84% |
Poland [+] | 2008 | 812 | 4,870 | 5,682 | 4.10 | 26.40 | 14.90 | 7.19% |
Paraguay [+] | 2008 | 195 | 406 | 601 | 6.96 | 14.28 | 9.90 | -7.30% |
Qatar [+] | 2008 | 3 | 76 | 80 | 1.02 | 6.91 | 5.13 | -4.65% |
Romania [+] | 2008 | 446 | 2,026 | 2,472 | 4.20 | 20.30 | 12.00 | 3.45% |
Russia [+] | 2008 | 6,934 | 31,472 | 38,406 | 9.10 | 47.90 | 27.10 | -6.87% |
Rwanda [+] | 2008 | 124 | 823 | 947 | 2.45 | 17.42 | 9.97 | -2.35% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2008 | 208 | 691 | 898 | 1.77 | 4.40 | 3.48 | 3.57% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2008 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 5.03 | 11.49 | 8.56 | 1.18% |
Seychelles [+] | 2008 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.30 | 18.08 | 10.38 | 3.39% |
Sudan [+] | 2008 | 1,055 | 2,743 | 3,798 | 6.59 | 17.08 | 9.96 | -1.29% |
Sweden [+] | 2008 | 315 | 855 | 1,170 | 6.80 | 18.70 | 12.70 | 3.25% |
Singapore [+] | 2008 | 161 | 319 | 480 | 6.85 | 12.82 | 9.92 | -6.50% |
Slovenia [+] | 2008 | 84 | 324 | 408 | 8.20 | 32.60 | 20.20 | -6.48% |
Slovakia [+] | 2008 | 83 | 508 | 591 | 3.00 | 19.40 | 11.00 | 17.02% |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2008 | 247 | 551 | 798 | 8.11 | 18.11 | 13.01 | 1.32% |
Senegal [+] | 2008 | 274 | 657 | 932 | 4.55 | 11.25 | 7.76 | 1.70% |
Somalia [+] | 2008 | 138 | 343 | 480 | 2.41 | 5.97 | 4.20 | 1.45% |
Suriname [+] | 2008 | 31 | 111 | 142 | 11.84 | 41.33 | 27.55 | 4.75% |
South Sudan [+] | 2008 | 182 | 465 | 648 | 4.07 | 10.72 | 7.34 | -2.65% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.12 | 2.21 | 1.74 | -2.79% |
El Salvador [+] | 2008 | 161 | 588 | 749 | 5.07 | 20.27 | 12.21 | -3.86% |
Syria [+] | 2008 | 85 | 299 | 384 | 0.80 | 2.76 | 1.87 | 5.65% |
Eswatini [+] | 2008 | 44 | 125 | 169 | 7.77 | 23.76 | 16.44 | -1.85% |
Chad [+] | 2008 | 231 | 650 | 881 | 4.16 | 11.71 | 7.88 | 0.77% |
Togo [+] | 2008 | 164 | 421 | 585 | 5.27 | 13.52 | 9.61 | -0.21% |
Thailand [+] | 2008 | 3,002 | 6,854 | 9,856 | 8.77 | 20.72 | 14.81 | 3.13% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2008 | 64 | 225 | 289 | 1.75 | 6.17 | 3.96 | -1.00% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2008 | 22 | 46 | 69 | 4.42 | 8.63 | 6.50 | 2.69% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2008 | 115 | 404 | 519 | 4.46 | 16.06 | 10.18 | -6.35% |
Tunisia [+] | 2008 | 204 | 315 | 519 | 3.80 | 5.93 | 4.99 | 2.04% |
Tonga [+] | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.78 | 3.68 | 3.39 | -1.17% |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2008 | 37 | 150 | 187 | 5.27 | 21.77 | 14.22 | 37.66% |
Tanzania [+] | 2008 | 723 | 2,157 | 2,880 | 3.32 | 10.21 | 7.09 | 0.57% |
Ukraine [+] | 2008 | 1,961 | 9,183 | 11,144 | 7.91 | 43.35 | 24.24 | -5.13% |
Uganda [+] | 2008 | 651 | 1,509 | 2,160 | 4.20 | 10.06 | 7.56 | -0.79% |
Uruguay [+] | 2008 | 115 | 402 | 517 | 6.66 | 25.00 | 15.38 | -12.16% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2008 | 547 | 1,401 | 1,948 | 4.00 | 10.28 | 7.19 | 0.56% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2008 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0.64 | 7.96 | 4.44 | -32.52% |
Venezuela [+] | 2008 | 205 | 987 | 1,192 | 1.47 | 7.08 | 4.30 | -3.59% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2008 | 1,450 | 4,529 | 5,979 | 3.34 | 10.75 | 6.93 | 3.59% |
Vanuatu [+] | 2008 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.27 | 10.20 | 6.93 | -3.62% |
Samoa [+] | 2008 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2.61 | 9.59 | 6.50 | -2.55% |
Yemen [+] | 2008 | 631 | 1,261 | 1,891 | 5.47 | 10.68 | 8.46 | 3.80% |
South Africa [+] | 2008 | 96 | 346 | 442 | 0.40 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 0 |
Zambia [+] | 2008 | 201 | 638 | 838 | 3.05 | 10.15 | 6.39 | -0.47% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2008 | 388 | 1,138 | 1,526 | 5.84 | 19.25 | 12.59 | 0.16% |
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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