Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2009 | 7,805 | 29,035 | 36,840 | 5.00 | 19.20 | 12.00 | 1.69% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2009 | 933 | 3,313 | 4,246 | 2.90 | 10.90 | 6.80 | -1.45% |
Germany [+] | 2009 | 2,389 | 7,235 | 9,624 | 5.70 | 18.00 | 11.80 | 2.61% |
France [+] | 2009 | 2,770 | 7,912 | 10,682 | 8.30 | 25.30 | 16.60 | 0.61% |
Japan [+] | 2009 | 8,518 | 22,189 | 30,707 | 13.00 | 35.60 | 24.00 | 1.69% |
Spain [+] | 2009 | 763 | 2,666 | 3,429 | 3.28 | 11.76 | 7.47 | -1.53% |
Italy [+] | 2009 | 881 | 3,094 | 3,975 | 2.80 | 10.60 | 6.60 | 1.54% |
Portugal [+] | 2009 | 222 | 804 | 1,026 | 4.00 | 15.90 | 9.70 | -1.02% |
Greece [+] | 2009 | 58 | 333 | 391 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 3.50 | 6.06% |
Ireland [+] | 2009 | 109 | 443 | 552 | 4.80 | 19.60 | 12.20 | 7.96% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2009 | 19 | 253 | 272 | 0.90 | 4.35 | 3.32 | 14.88% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2009 | 277 | 1,133 | 1,410 | 2.04 | 8.20 | 5.98 | -2.45% |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.05 | -85.71% |
Albania [+] | 2004 | 57 | 89 | 146 | 3.60 | 5.70 | 4.70 | 17.50% |
Armenia [+] | 2009 | 32 | 122 | 153 | 1.89 | 7.72 | 4.72 | 1.94% |
Angola [+] | 2009 | 1,179 | 3,046 | 4,225 | 10.32 | 27.48 | 18.91 | -0.47% |
Argentina [+] | 2009 | 586 | 2,314 | 2,900 | 2.80 | 11.70 | 7.20 | -6.49% |
Austria [+] | 2009 | 306 | 972 | 1,278 | 7.10 | 23.90 | 15.30 | 0.66% |
Australia [+] | 2009 | 552 | 1,783 | 2,335 | 5.10 | 16.50 | 10.80 | -1.82% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2009 | 59 | 255 | 315 | 1.31 | 5.73 | 3.50 | -3.31% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2009 | 54 | 188 | 242 | 2.76 | 10.01 | 6.30 | -6.94% |
Barbados [+] | 2009 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.43 | 2.71 | 1.49 | 75.29% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2009 | 6,283 | 3,322 | 9,605 | 8.58 | 4.52 | 6.58 | -0.90% |
Belgium [+] | 2009 | 554 | 1,459 | 2,013 | 10.10 | 27.60 | 18.60 | -0.53% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2009 | 421 | 882 | 1,303 | 5.34 | 11.35 | 8.60 | -3.04% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2009 | 206 | 662 | 868 | 5.40 | 18.30 | 11.70 | -6.40% |
Bahrain [+] | 2009 | 12 | 69 | 81 | 2.69 | 9.44 | 6.89 | -2.13% |
Burundi [+] | 2009 | 208 | 594 | 801 | 4.72 | 13.78 | 9.42 | -0.32% |
Benin [+] | 2009 | 241 | 589 | 830 | 5.24 | 12.88 | 9.28 | -0.11% |
Brunei [+] | 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.81 | 1.47 | 1.18 | -28.92% |
Bolivia [+] | 2009 | 731 | 1,330 | 2,061 | 14.67 | 26.25 | 20.89 | -1.18% |
Brazil [+] | 2009 | 1,872 | 7,500 | 9,372 | 1.90 | 7.90 | 4.90 | 2.08% |
Bahamas [+] | 2009 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.85 | 2.47 | 1.76 | 10.00% |
Bhutan [+] | 2009 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 9.42 | 13.75 | 12.41 | -0.16% |
Botswana [+] | 2009 | 53 | 156 | 208 | 5.04 | 15.47 | 10.66 | -2.65% |
Belarus [+] | 2009 | 584 | 2,373 | 2,957 | 11.54 | 53.72 | 31.19 | 5.66% |
Belize [+] | 2009 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 1.91 | 10.66 | 6.27 | 46.15% |
Canada [+] | 2009 | 899 | 2,986 | 3,885 | 5.30 | 17.90 | 11.60 | 4.50% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2009 | 1,778 | 4,203 | 5,981 | 5.48 | 13.21 | 9.37 | -1.16% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2009 | 182 | 566 | 747 | 7.99 | 24.70 | 17.52 | 2.52% |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2009 | 119 | 356 | 475 | 5.57 | 16.78 | 13.31 | -2.06% |
Switzerland [+] | 2009 | 278 | 827 | 1,105 | 7.10 | 21.70 | 14.30 | -16.86% |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2009 | 825 | 2,555 | 3,380 | 8.09 | 24.38 | 16.63 | -0.12% |
Chile [+] | 2009 | 424 | 1,724 | 2,148 | 4.90 | 20.80 | 12.70 | 1.60% |
Cameroon [+] | 2009 | 560 | 1,845 | 2,405 | 5.76 | 19.20 | 12.15 | -0.16% |
China [+] | 2009 | 73,880 | 58,735 | 132,616 | 11.40 | 8.56 | 9.94 | -0.80% |
Colombia [+] | 2009 | 447 | 1,812 | 2,259 | 2.00 | 8.20 | 5.00 | 0 |
Costa Rica [+] | 2009 | 42 | 238 | 280 | 1.90 | 10.50 | 6.30 | 6.78% |
Cuba [+] | 2009 | 355 | 1,230 | 1,585 | 6.29 | 21.82 | 14.05 | 7.01% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2009 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 5.66 | 10.91 | 8.58 | 1.30% |
Cyprus [+] | 2009 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 1.70 | 6.60 | 4.10 | -22.64% |
Czechia [+] | 2009 | 234 | 1,230 | 1,464 | 4.40 | 24.00 | 14.00 | 5.26% |
Djibouti [+] | 2009 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 4.69 | 9.81 | 7.88 | -0.88% |
Denmark [+] | 2009 | 145 | 477 | 622 | 5.20 | 17.40 | 11.30 | 2.73% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2009 | 99 | 478 | 577 | 2.08 | 9.80 | 6.16 | -1.28% |
Algeria [+] | 2009 | 267 | 987 | 1,255 | 1.55 | 5.50 | 3.56 | -3.52% |
Ecuador [+] | 2009 | 325 | 1,034 | 1,359 | 4.41 | 14.02 | 9.22 | 3.83% |
Estonia [+] | 2009 | 49 | 220 | 269 | 6.80 | 35.30 | 20.10 | 11.05% |
Egypt [+] | 2009 | 617 | 1,357 | 1,974 | 1.46 | 3.14 | 2.57 | -1.91% |
Eritrea [+] | 2009 | 80 | 307 | 387 | 5.13 | 20.25 | 12.56 | -5.06% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2009 | 1,511 | 5,273 | 6,784 | 3.51 | 12.07 | 8.31 | 2.21% |
Finland [+] | 2009 | 273 | 761 | 1,034 | 10.00 | 29.10 | 19.40 | 0 |
Fiji [+] | 2009 | 20 | 62 | 81 | 4.41 | 13.40 | 9.59 | 0.21% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2009 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.90 | 14.45 | 11.21 | -1.49% |
Gabon [+] | 2009 | 47 | 116 | 163 | 5.73 | 13.94 | 10.53 | -8.59% |
Grenada [+] | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.62 | 0.33 | -77.55% |
Georgia [+] | 2009 | 61 | 229 | 290 | 2.62 | 10.86 | 6.54 | 32.93% |
Ghana [+] | 2009 | 333 | 1,134 | 1,468 | 2.66 | 9.13 | 6.27 | 3.81% |
The Gambia [+] | 2009 | 33 | 71 | 105 | 3.49 | 7.70 | 6.01 | -0.83% |
Guinea [+] | 2009 | 229 | 578 | 807 | 4.48 | 11.77 | 7.62 | -0.52% |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2009 | 40 | 126 | 166 | 7.98 | 23.18 | 18.23 | 1.28% |
Guatemala [+] | 2009 | 168 | 382 | 550 | 2.39 | 5.50 | 3.84 | -27.00% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2009 | 32 | 74 | 105 | 4.07 | 9.84 | 7.27 | -3.07% |
Guyana [+] | 2009 | 63 | 137 | 200 | 16.58 | 36.77 | 26.64 | 25.31% |
Honduras [+] | 2009 | 108 | 187 | 295 | 2.64 | 4.48 | 3.62 | -3.47% |
Croatia [+] | 2009 | 172 | 618 | 790 | 7.50 | 28.90 | 17.80 | -0.56% |
Haiti [+] | 2009 | 232 | 683 | 915 | 4.74 | 14.12 | 9.40 | 5.26% |
Hungary [+] | 2009 | 559 | 1,902 | 2,461 | 10.60 | 40.00 | 24.60 | -0.40% |
Indonesia [+] | 2009 | 2,140 | 5,636 | 7,776 | 1.79 | 4.64 | 3.32 | -0.30% |
Israel [+] | 2009 | 93 | 309 | 402 | 2.50 | 8.30 | 5.40 | 12.50% |
India [+] | 2009 | 95,977 | 114,063 | 210,041 | 16.25 | 18.02 | 17.25 | -0.92% |
Iraq [+] | 2009 | 333 | 439 | 772 | 2.19 | 2.92 | 2.56 | 2.40% |
Iran [+] | 2009 | 2,006 | 4,085 | 6,092 | 5.49 | 10.82 | 8.32 | -19.30% |
Iceland [+] | 2009 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 4.40 | 18.00 | 11.30 | -5.83% |
Jamaica [+] | 2009 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 0.26 | 1.89 | 1.08 | 11.34% |
Jordan [+] | 2009 | 60 | 147 | 207 | 1.83 | 4.21 | 3.00 | 0.33% |
Kenya [+] | 2009 | 559 | 2,103 | 2,662 | 2.75 | 10.48 | 7.06 | -0.28% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2009 | 108 | 401 | 509 | 3.92 | 15.25 | 9.52 | -4.23% |
Cambodia [+] | 2009 | 596 | 985 | 1,582 | 8.33 | 14.08 | 11.22 | 0.81% |
Kiribati [+] | 2009 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6.52 | 21.93 | 14.76 | 1.37% |
Comoros [+] | 2009 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 5.45 | 8.79 | 6.84 | -16.18% |
North Korea [+] | 2009 | 2,468 | 2,398 | 4,866 | 19.64 | 19.96 | 19.79 | -2.66% |
South Korea [+] | 2009 | 5,476 | 9,936 | 15,412 | 22.30 | 40.10 | 31.30 | 19.47% |
Kuwait [+] | 2009 | 22 | 67 | 88 | 1.83 | 4.16 | 2.54 | 10.43% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2009 | 862 | 3,674 | 4,537 | 10.22 | 48.00 | 28.00 | -5.88% |
Laos [+] | 2009 | 315 | 487 | 802 | 10.16 | 15.55 | 13.04 | -1.21% |
Lebanon [+] | 2009 | 41 | 78 | 119 | 1.65 | 3.16 | 2.47 | 0.82% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2009 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6.61 | 3.39 | 26.02% |
Sri Lanka [+] | 2009 | 1,199 | 4,375 | 5,574 | 11.63 | 44.56 | 27.70 | -0.82% |
Liberia [+] | 2009 | 48 | 189 | 237 | 2.45 | 9.79 | 6.32 | 2.76% |
Lesotho [+] | 2009 | 66 | 157 | 223 | 6.40 | 15.99 | 11.64 | 1.04% |
Lithuania [+] | 2009 | 186 | 952 | 1,138 | 10.90 | 65.10 | 36.00 | 3.75% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2009 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 4.80 | 14.60 | 9.60 | 9.09% |
Latvia [+] | 2009 | 100 | 416 | 516 | 8.60 | 42.40 | 24.10 | -0.41% |
Libya [+] | 2009 | 92 | 263 | 355 | 2.94 | 8.13 | 5.95 | 1.02% |
Morocco [+] | 2009 | 639 | 1,216 | 1,855 | 4.00 | 7.56 | 5.84 | -7.15% |
Moldova [+] | 2009 | 129 | 681 | 810 | 6.96 | 39.73 | 22.72 | 5.09% |
Montenegro [+] | 2009 | 22 | 48 | 71 | 7.15 | 15.77 | 11.40 | -2.90% |
Madagascar [+] | 2009 | 307 | 803 | 1,110 | 2.92 | 7.57 | 5.64 | -2.08% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2009 | 42 | 125 | 167 | 4.10 | 12.20 | 8.10 | 2.53% |
Mali [+] | 2009 | 277 | 595 | 872 | 3.72 | 7.84 | 5.98 | 0.50% |
Myanmar [+] | 2009 | 767 | 1,092 | 1,859 | 3.12 | 4.46 | 3.81 | 1.33% |
Mongolia [+] | 2009 | 137 | 575 | 713 | 10.27 | 43.31 | 26.24 | -3.03% |
Mauritania [+] | 2009 | 57 | 136 | 193 | 3.41 | 8.31 | 6.04 | 0.50% |
Malta [+] | 2009 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 1.40 | 16.10 | 8.70 | 155.88% |
Mauritius [+] | 2009 | 25 | 98 | 123 | 4.03 | 15.78 | 9.87 | 35.95% |
Maldives [+] | 2009 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 8.30 | 10.18 | 10.33 | -3.82% |
Malawi [+] | 2009 | 158 | 607 | 765 | 2.14 | 8.77 | 5.01 | 3.09% |
Mexico [+] | 2009 | 972 | 4,087 | 5,190 | 1.70 | 7.50 | 4.50 | 7.14% |
Malaysia [+] | 2009 | 396 | 1,077 | 1,473 | 2.89 | 7.41 | 5.24 | 0.19% |
Mozambique [+] | 2009 | 560 | 1,557 | 2,117 | 4.86 | 14.25 | 9.25 | 1.65% |
Namibia [+] | 2009 | 44 | 138 | 182 | 4.14 | 13.82 | 8.88 | -1.33% |
Niger [+] | 2009 | 267 | 490 | 757 | 3.37 | 6.03 | 4.78 | -2.25% |
Nigeria [+] | 2009 | 4,328 | 10,752 | 15,080 | 5.57 | 13.64 | 9.77 | 0.83% |
Nicaragua [+] | 2009 | 149 | 510 | 659 | 5.09 | 17.95 | 11.43 | -11.87% |
Netherlands [+] | 2009 | 462 | 1,068 | 1,530 | 5.50 | 13.10 | 9.30 | 5.68% |
Norway [+] | 2009 | 157 | 416 | 573 | 6.50 | 17.30 | 11.90 | 12.26% |
Nepal [+] | 2009 | 866 | 950 | 1,817 | 6.29 | 7.17 | 6.76 | -1.60% |
New Zealand [+] | 2009 | 118 | 394 | 512 | 5.40 | 18.70 | 11.90 | -2.46% |
Oman [+] | 2009 | 11 | 100 | 111 | 0.98 | 6.40 | 3.86 | 6.63% |
Panama [+] | 2009 | 31 | 224 | 255 | 1.74 | 12.54 | 7.08 | -7.57% |
Peru [+] | 2009 | 40 | 110 | 150 | 0.30 | 0.80 | 0.50 | -64.29% |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2009 | 131 | 500 | 631 | 3.72 | 13.05 | 9.96 | 10.06% |
Philippines [+] | 2009 | 838 | 2,404 | 3,242 | 1.82 | 5.11 | 3.54 | 14.19% |
Pakistan [+] | 2009 | 1,735 | 1,898 | 3,632 | 1.88 | 1.94 | 2.09 | -1.88% |
Poland [+] | 2009 | 946 | 5,531 | 6,477 | 4.80 | 30.00 | 17.00 | 14.09% |
Paraguay [+] | 2009 | 196 | 406 | 601 | 6.92 | 14.12 | 9.75 | -1.52% |
Qatar [+] | 2009 | 4 | 97 | 101 | 1.01 | 7.90 | 6.18 | 20.47% |
Romania [+] | 2009 | 389 | 2,197 | 2,586 | 3.70 | 22.30 | 12.70 | 5.83% |
Russia [+] | 2009 | 6,499 | 31,071 | 37,570 | 8.50 | 47.30 | 26.50 | -2.21% |
Rwanda [+] | 2009 | 125 | 824 | 949 | 2.41 | 16.97 | 9.78 | -1.91% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2009 | 220 | 739 | 959 | 1.81 | 4.53 | 3.60 | 3.45% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2009 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 4.91 | 11.06 | 8.27 | -3.39% |
Seychelles [+] | 2009 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.30 | 17.92 | 10.36 | -0.19% |
Sudan [+] | 2009 | 1,085 | 2,798 | 3,883 | 6.59 | 16.96 | 9.93 | -0.30% |
Sweden [+] | 2009 | 354 | 888 | 1,242 | 7.60 | 19.20 | 13.40 | 5.51% |
Singapore [+] | 2009 | 174 | 354 | 528 | 7.22 | 13.71 | 10.58 | 6.65% |
Slovenia [+] | 2009 | 97 | 350 | 447 | 9.40 | 34.70 | 21.90 | 8.42% |
Slovakia [+] | 2009 | 58 | 543 | 601 | 2.10 | 20.70 | 11.20 | 1.82% |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2009 | 250 | 530 | 781 | 7.98 | 16.97 | 12.44 | -4.38% |
Senegal [+] | 2009 | 269 | 657 | 927 | 4.35 | 10.96 | 7.51 | -3.22% |
Somalia [+] | 2009 | 142 | 342 | 484 | 2.43 | 5.82 | 4.12 | -1.90% |
Suriname [+] | 2009 | 32 | 111 | 142 | 11.79 | 40.81 | 27.18 | -1.34% |
South Sudan [+] | 2009 | 191 | 482 | 673 | 4.07 | 10.62 | 7.29 | -0.68% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.15 | 2.46 | 1.88 | 8.05% |
El Salvador [+] | 2009 | 177 | 609 | 785 | 5.56 | 20.90 | 12.75 | 4.42% |
Syria [+] | 2009 | 95 | 332 | 427 | 0.88 | 3.01 | 2.02 | 8.02% |
Eswatini [+] | 2009 | 47 | 133 | 180 | 8.24 | 25.12 | 17.38 | 5.72% |
Chad [+] | 2009 | 237 | 670 | 907 | 4.13 | 11.64 | 7.84 | -0.51% |
Togo [+] | 2009 | 168 | 427 | 596 | 5.26 | 13.35 | 9.53 | -0.83% |
Thailand [+] | 2009 | 3,130 | 7,137 | 10,267 | 9.07 | 21.43 | 15.35 | 3.65% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2009 | 65 | 229 | 294 | 1.72 | 6.16 | 3.93 | -0.76% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2009 | 25 | 56 | 81 | 4.82 | 10.26 | 7.55 | 16.15% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2009 | 113 | 367 | 481 | 4.31 | 14.37 | 9.28 | -8.84% |
Tunisia [+] | 2009 | 211 | 324 | 535 | 3.89 | 6.03 | 5.08 | 1.80% |
Tonga [+] | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.29 | 2.63 | 2.56 | -24.48% |
Türkiye [+] | 2009 | 260 | 843 | 1,103 | 0.70 | 2.30 | 1.50 | |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2009 | 23 | 111 | 135 | 3.29 | 16.11 | 10.21 | -28.20% |
Tanzania [+] | 2009 | 748 | 2,219 | 2,967 | 3.35 | 10.26 | 7.09 | 0 |
Ukraine [+] | 2009 | 1,992 | 9,162 | 11,154 | 8.07 | 43.41 | 24.36 | 0.50% |
Uganda [+] | 2009 | 684 | 1,547 | 2,230 | 4.28 | 10.01 | 7.55 | -0.13% |
Uruguay [+] | 2009 | 101 | 411 | 512 | 5.81 | 25.49 | 15.15 | -1.50% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2009 | 483 | 1,356 | 1,839 | 3.47 | 9.78 | 6.68 | -7.09% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.82 | 5.61 | 3.30 | -25.68% |
Venezuela [+] | 2009 | 207 | 833 | 1,039 | 1.46 | 5.89 | 3.70 | -13.95% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2009 | 1,503 | 4,617 | 6,120 | 3.42 | 10.84 | 7.03 | 1.44% |
Vanuatu [+] | 2009 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3.14 | 9.88 | 6.71 | -3.17% |
Samoa [+] | 2009 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.36 | 8.59 | 5.82 | -10.46% |
Yemen [+] | 2009 | 650 | 1,272 | 1,922 | 5.48 | 10.47 | 8.37 | -1.06% |
South Africa [+] | 2009 | 92 | 280 | 372 | 0.40 | 1.10 | 0.70 | -22.22% |
Zambia [+] | 2009 | 204 | 663 | 867 | 3.00 | 10.16 | 6.42 | 0.47% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2009 | 401 | 1,154 | 1,555 | 5.98 | 19.34 | 12.72 | 1.03% |
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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