Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2011 | 8,496 | 30,946 | 39,442 | 5.40 | 20.20 | 12.70 | 2.42% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2011 | 881 | 3,275 | 4,156 | 2.75 | 10.56 | 6.59 | -1.64% |
Germany [+] | 2011 | 2,504 | 7,662 | 10,166 | 6.11 | 19.64 | 12.72 | 3.41% |
France [+] | 2011 | 2,645 | 7,907 | 10,552 | 7.89 | 25.07 | 16.21 | -0.55% |
Japan [+] | 2011 | 8,992 | 19,904 | 28,896 | 13.70 | 32.00 | 22.60 | -2.16% |
Spain [+] | 2011 | 745 | 2,435 | 3,180 | 3.18 | 10.74 | 6.89 | 0.58% |
Italy [+] | 2011 | 863 | 3,293 | 4,156 | 2.78 | 11.10 | 6.81 | 3.18% |
Portugal [+] | 2011 | 224 | 794 | 1,018 | 4.08 | 15.65 | 9.60 | -7.69% |
Greece [+] | 2011 | 84 | 393 | 477 | 1.48 | 7.21 | 4.29 | 26.18% |
Ireland [+] | 2011 | 96 | 458 | 554 | 4.12 | 20.12 | 12.05 | 12.62% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2011 | 20 | 265 | 285 | 0.85 | 4.26 | 3.39 | -3.14% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2011 | 313 | 1,173 | 1,485 | 2.16 | 7.93 | 5.93 | 0 |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.13 | -43.48% |
Albania [+] | 2010 | 35 | 61 | 96 | 2.41 | 4.19 | 3.30 | -29.79% |
Armenia [+] | 2011 | 33 | 130 | 163 | 1.93 | 8.19 | 4.97 | 4.19% |
Angola [+] | 2011 | 1,269 | 3,264 | 4,533 | 10.32 | 27.30 | 19.13 | 0.47% |
Argentina [+] | 2011 | 586 | 2,342 | 2,928 | 2.80 | 11.60 | 7.10 | -2.74% |
Austria [+] | 2011 | 316 | 992 | 1,308 | 7.30 | 24.02 | 15.44 | 2.25% |
Australia [+] | 2011 | 581 | 1,811 | 2,392 | 5.20 | 16.30 | 10.70 | -2.73% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2011 | 61 | 263 | 323 | 1.30 | 5.73 | 3.50 | -1.41% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2011 | 49 | 171 | 220 | 2.51 | 9.12 | 5.74 | -4.17% |
Barbados [+] | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.41 | 1.21 | 0.78 | -53.29% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2011 | 6,044 | 3,345 | 9,389 | 8.04 | 4.46 | 6.29 | -2.33% |
Belgium [+] | 2011 | 608 | 1,510 | 2,118 | 10.73 | 27.60 | 19.02 | 3.37% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2011 | 473 | 920 | 1,394 | 5.66 | 11.17 | 8.67 | -3.34% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2011 | 157 | 606 | 763 | 4.16 | 16.88 | 10.36 | -10.69% |
Bahrain [+] | 2011 | 12 | 75 | 87 | 2.72 | 9.93 | 7.30 | 3.99% |
Burundi [+] | 2011 | 214 | 625 | 840 | 4.49 | 13.36 | 9.28 | -1.17% |
Benin [+] | 2011 | 259 | 626 | 885 | 5.32 | 12.91 | 9.36 | 0.65% |
Brunei [+] | 2011 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.42 | 1.28 | 80.28% |
Bolivia [+] | 2011 | 718 | 1,313 | 2,030 | 13.91 | 25.06 | 19.92 | -1.87% |
Brazil [+] | 2011 | 2,089 | 7,762 | 9,851 | 2.10 | 8.10 | 5.00 | 4.17% |
Bahamas [+] | 2011 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.63 | 3.23 | 2.05 | 3.02% |
Bhutan [+] | 2011 | 32 | 53 | 85 | 9.71 | 13.86 | 12.59 | 1.94% |
Botswana [+] | 2011 | 52 | 164 | 216 | 4.76 | 15.63 | 10.70 | 2.29% |
Belarus [+] | 2011 | 440 | 2,000 | 2,440 | 8.68 | 45.48 | 25.78 | -7.60% |
Belize [+] | 2011 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 2.00 | 13.77 | 7.83 | 29.42% |
Canada [+] | 2011 | 946 | 2,780 | 3,726 | 5.50 | 16.30 | 10.90 | -6.03% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2011 | 1,933 | 4,504 | 6,438 | 5.58 | 13.24 | 9.45 | -0.42% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2011 | 204 | 631 | 835 | 8.65 | 26.60 | 18.90 | 1.72% |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2011 | 112 | 327 | 438 | 4.86 | 14.29 | 11.69 | -6.70% |
Switzerland [+] | 2011 | 287 | 780 | 1,067 | 6.93 | 19.56 | 13.16 | 2.02% |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2011 | 906 | 2,653 | 3,559 | 8.53 | 24.24 | 16.64 | 0.24% |
Chile [+] | 2011 | 370 | 1,657 | 2,027 | 4.20 | 19.50 | 11.70 | 0 |
Cameroon [+] | 2011 | 590 | 1,947 | 2,537 | 5.75 | 19.13 | 12.14 | 0.08% |
China [+] | 2011 | 73,410 | 58,136 | 131,546 | 11.18 | 8.42 | 9.76 | -0.61% |
Colombia [+] | 2011 | 383 | 1,669 | 2,052 | 1.60 | 7.30 | 4.50 | -4.26% |
Costa Rica [+] | 2011 | 53 | 263 | 316 | 2.30 | 11.30 | 6.90 | 0 |
Cuba [+] | 2011 | 333 | 1,271 | 1,604 | 5.88 | 22.54 | 14.20 | -2.67% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2011 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 5.71 | 11.07 | 8.70 | 1.16% |
Cyprus [+] | 2011 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 1.14 | 6.04 | 3.53 | -23.26% |
Czechia [+] | 2011 | 256 | 1,366 | 1,622 | 4.73 | 26.03 | 15.19 | 6.22% |
Djibouti [+] | 2011 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 4.53 | 9.84 | 7.86 | 1.68% |
Denmark [+] | 2011 | 157 | 441 | 598 | 5.55 | 15.97 | 10.72 | 6.14% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2011 | 114 | 489 | 603 | 2.33 | 9.78 | 6.30 | -8.83% |
Algeria [+] | 2011 | 234 | 966 | 1,200 | 1.31 | 5.18 | 3.27 | -3.82% |
Ecuador [+] | 2011 | 376 | 1,030 | 1,406 | 4.94 | 13.52 | 9.21 | 3.60% |
Estonia [+] | 2011 | 40 | 178 | 218 | 5.65 | 28.60 | 16.35 | -2.10% |
Egypt [+] | 2011 | 608 | 1,559 | 2,167 | 1.38 | 3.45 | 2.69 | 4.26% |
Eritrea [+] | 2011 | 77 | 271 | 348 | 4.73 | 17.18 | 10.85 | -6.71% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2011 | 1,632 | 5,672 | 7,303 | 3.58 | 12.27 | 8.67 | 2.12% |
Finland [+] | 2011 | 201 | 709 | 910 | 7.33 | 26.76 | 16.87 | -5.22% |
Fiji [+] | 2011 | 19 | 60 | 79 | 4.26 | 12.94 | 9.23 | -2.74% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2011 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6.33 | 12.69 | 9.99 | -10.88% |
Gabon [+] | 2011 | 50 | 130 | 180 | 5.70 | 14.48 | 10.77 | 1.13% |
Grenada [+] | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 1.13 | 88.33% |
Georgia [+] | 2011 | 49 | 208 | 256 | 2.08 | 9.68 | 5.70 | -4.04% |
Ghana [+] | 2011 | 368 | 1,269 | 1,638 | 2.80 | 9.72 | 6.48 | 3.02% |
The Gambia [+] | 2011 | 36 | 75 | 111 | 3.57 | 7.62 | 6.03 | 1.34% |
Guinea [+] | 2011 | 270 | 614 | 884 | 5.04 | 11.89 | 7.92 | 0.64% |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2011 | 42 | 132 | 174 | 7.66 | 22.07 | 17.48 | -2.18% |
Guatemala [+] | 2011 | 120 | 241 | 361 | 1.63 | 3.35 | 2.41 | -22.26% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2011 | 33 | 77 | 110 | 4.02 | 9.79 | 7.39 | -1.07% |
Guyana [+] | 2011 | 49 | 164 | 213 | 13.19 | 44.25 | 28.18 | 9.35% |
Honduras [+] | 2011 | 96 | 181 | 277 | 2.26 | 4.14 | 3.26 | -4.96% |
Croatia [+] | 2011 | 184 | 528 | 712 | 8.21 | 25.27 | 16.44 | -6.59% |
Haiti [+] | 2011 | 284 | 766 | 1,050 | 5.66 | 15.49 | 10.55 | 7.87% |
Hungary [+] | 2011 | 575 | 1,847 | 2,422 | 10.97 | 38.80 | 24.20 | -2.81% |
Indonesia [+] | 2011 | 2,092 | 5,275 | 7,367 | 1.71 | 4.24 | 3.04 | -4.40% |
Israel [+] | 2011 | 85 | 320 | 405 | 2.20 | 8.30 | 5.20 | -17.46% |
India [+] | 2011 | 93,963 | 116,379 | 210,342 | 15.47 | 17.90 | 16.82 | -1.18% |
Iraq [+] | 2011 | 374 | 486 | 859 | 2.30 | 3.01 | 2.71 | 3.83% |
Iran [+] | 2011 | 1,303 | 2,011 | 3,314 | 3.47 | 5.18 | 4.41 | -27.70% |
Iceland [+] | 2011 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 3.15 | 13.73 | 8.46 | -41.66% |
Jamaica [+] | 2011 | 6 | 60 | 66 | 0.45 | 4.39 | 2.44 | 378.43% |
Jordan [+] | 2011 | 65 | 148 | 213 | 1.89 | 4.05 | 2.78 | -5.44% |
Kenya [+] | 2011 | 570 | 2,179 | 2,748 | 2.66 | 10.28 | 6.96 | -0.71% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2011 | 118 | 400 | 518 | 4.18 | 14.85 | 9.46 | 7.99% |
Cambodia [+] | 2011 | 628 | 1,062 | 1,690 | 8.53 | 14.73 | 11.73 | 3.53% |
Kiribati [+] | 2011 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6.43 | 22.94 | 15.17 | 0.86% |
Comoros [+] | 2011 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 5.37 | 9.11 | 6.88 | -12.47% |
North Korea [+] | 2011 | 2,249 | 2,208 | 4,457 | 17.77 | 18.21 | 17.98 | -4.77% |
South Korea [+] | 2011 | 5,040 | 10,866 | 15,906 | 20.30 | 43.30 | 31.90 | 1.59% |
Kuwait [+] | 2011 | 27 | 82 | 110 | 2.02 | 4.60 | 2.97 | 0.34% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2011 | 760 | 3,385 | 4,145 | 8.77 | 42.91 | 24.86 | -5.94% |
Laos [+] | 2011 | 322 | 496 | 818 | 10.11 | 15.35 | 12.89 | -0.54% |
Lebanon [+] | 2011 | 46 | 86 | 132 | 1.83 | 3.43 | 2.54 | 2.83% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2011 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.35 | 9.19 | 4.91 | -28.11% |
Liechtenstein [+] | 2011 | 3 | 3 | 5.45 | 16.70 | 11.02 | ||
Sri Lanka [+] | 2011 | 1,300 | 5,068 | 6,368 | 12.39 | 51.16 | 31.22 | 9.31% |
Liberia [+] | 2011 | 57 | 213 | 270 | 2.69 | 10.31 | 6.72 | 4.67% |
Lesotho [+] | 2011 | 66 | 158 | 225 | 6.39 | 15.83 | 11.57 | -0.17% |
Lithuania [+] | 2011 | 198 | 811 | 1,009 | 12.13 | 57.98 | 33.26 | 1.09% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2011 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 7.30 | 14.72 | 11.00 | 2.80% |
Latvia [+] | 2011 | 75 | 366 | 441 | 6.71 | 39.09 | 21.51 | 2.92% |
Libya [+] | 2011 | 92 | 290 | 382 | 3.04 | 9.21 | 6.45 | 2.22% |
Morocco [+] | 2011 | 584 | 1,071 | 1,654 | 3.56 | 6.48 | 5.08 | -4.51% |
Moldova [+] | 2011 | 90 | 503 | 593 | 4.88 | 29.38 | 16.66 | -28.86% |
Montenegro [+] | 2011 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 7.37 | 16.04 | 11.65 | 5.62% |
Madagascar [+] | 2011 | 301 | 823 | 1,124 | 2.71 | 7.33 | 5.38 | -2.00% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2010 | 35 | 87 | 122 | 3.40 | 8.40 | 5.90 | -27.16% |
Mali [+] | 2011 | 295 | 628 | 923 | 3.72 | 7.75 | 5.95 | 0.34% |
Myanmar [+] | 2011 | 803 | 1,166 | 1,969 | 3.22 | 4.69 | 3.98 | 2.84% |
Mongolia [+] | 2011 | 136 | 681 | 817 | 9.87 | 49.84 | 29.05 | -10.15% |
Mauritania [+] | 2011 | 61 | 140 | 201 | 3.38 | 8.14 | 5.97 | -1.32% |
Malta [+] | 2011 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 1.00 | 9.66 | 4.80 | -36.00% |
Mauritius [+] | 2011 | 25 | 103 | 128 | 3.98 | 16.59 | 10.24 | 23.23% |
Maldives [+] | 2011 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 7.82 | 9.09 | 9.83 | -3.53% |
Malawi [+] | 2011 | 175 | 621 | 796 | 2.25 | 8.47 | 4.93 | -1.40% |
Mexico [+] | 2011 | 1,076 | 4,526 | 5,718 | 1.80 | 8.00 | 4.90 | 13.95% |
Malaysia [+] | 2011 | 413 | 1,152 | 1,564 | 2.92 | 7.67 | 5.38 | 2.09% |
Mozambique [+] | 2011 | 579 | 1,586 | 2,165 | 4.75 | 13.70 | 8.95 | -1.32% |
Namibia [+] | 2011 | 44 | 142 | 186 | 3.99 | 13.80 | 8.80 | -4.03% |
Niger [+] | 2011 | 253 | 498 | 751 | 2.97 | 5.69 | 4.35 | -4.81% |
Nigeria [+] | 2011 | 4,710 | 11,507 | 16,217 | 5.74 | 13.80 | 9.96 | 1.43% |
Nicaragua [+] | 2011 | 130 | 383 | 513 | 4.33 | 13.07 | 8.67 | -13.30% |
Netherlands [+] | 2011 | 524 | 1,183 | 1,709 | 6.11 | 13.83 | 9.93 | 2.37% |
Norway [+] | 2011 | 164 | 434 | 598 | 6.63 | 17.62 | 12.13 | 8.30% |
Nepal [+] | 2011 | 846 | 907 | 1,753 | 6.03 | 6.85 | 6.48 | -1.22% |
New Zealand [+] | 2011 | 116 | 377 | 493 | 5.20 | 17.60 | 11.20 | -8.94% |
Oman [+] | 2011 | 13 | 132 | 146 | 1.07 | 6.71 | 4.42 | -7.92% |
Panama [+] | 2011 | 24 | 171 | 195 | 1.30 | 9.26 | 5.24 | -8.39% |
Peru [+] | 2011 | 157 | 321 | 478 | 1.10 | 2.20 | 1.60 | 77.78% |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2011 | 141 | 473 | 614 | 3.75 | 11.65 | 8.71 | -11.21% |
Philippines [+] | 2011 | 927 | 2,973 | 3,900 | 1.95 | 6.10 | 4.12 | 8.14% |
Pakistan [+] | 2011 | 1,770 | 1,852 | 3,622 | 1.83 | 1.81 | 2.00 | -1.48% |
Poland [+] | 2011 | 761 | 5,358 | 6,119 | 3.88 | 29.16 | 16.12 | -2.89% |
Paraguay [+] | 2011 | 199 | 419 | 617 | 6.85 | 14.23 | 9.70 | 1.15% |
Qatar [+] | 2011 | 5 | 134 | 139 | 1.08 | 9.96 | 8.04 | 10.74% |
Romania [+] | 2011 | 395 | 2,143 | 2,538 | 3.90 | 22.18 | 12.80 | -6.57% |
Serbia [+] | 2011 | 347 | 909 | 1,256 | 9.35 | 25.92 | 17.42 | |
Russia [+] | 2011 | 5,580 | 25,564 | 31,144 | 7.30 | 38.70 | 21.80 | -7.23% |
Rwanda [+] | 2011 | 125 | 820 | 946 | 2.30 | 16.01 | 9.27 | -1.49% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2011 | 253 | 778 | 1,031 | 1.97 | 4.50 | 3.63 | 2.54% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2011 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 4.66 | 10.96 | 8.06 | 0.25% |
Seychelles [+] | 2011 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.30 | 17.48 | 10.21 | 3.03% |
Sudan [+] | 2011 | 1,101 | 2,840 | 3,941 | 6.41 | 16.48 | 12.07 | 23.29% |
Sweden [+] | 2011 | 323 | 791 | 1,114 | 6.81 | 16.78 | 11.78 | -3.44% |
Singapore [+] | 2011 | 181 | 356 | 537 | 7.28 | 13.20 | 10.36 | -2.17% |
Slovenia [+] | 2011 | 89 | 354 | 443 | 8.58 | 34.66 | 21.48 | 6.34% |
Slovakia [+] | 2011 | 65 | 471 | 536 | 2.38 | 18.68 | 10.32 | -11.79% |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2011 | 267 | 546 | 813 | 8.08 | 16.51 | 12.39 | -5.20% |
Senegal [+] | 2011 | 254 | 645 | 899 | 3.88 | 10.20 | 6.90 | -3.90% |
Somalia [+] | 2011 | 145 | 342 | 487 | 2.39 | 5.59 | 3.99 | 2.05% |
Suriname [+] | 2011 | 33 | 108 | 140 | 11.83 | 38.95 | 26.01 | -5.04% |
South Sudan [+] | 2011 | 197 | 497 | 693 | 3.79 | 9.82 | 6.77 | -4.65% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.16 | 2.39 | 1.84 | -1.08% |
El Salvador [+] | 2011 | 181 | 627 | 808 | 5.64 | 21.39 | 13.01 | 8.87% |
Syria [+] | 2011 | 103 | 392 | 495 | 0.92 | 3.42 | 2.18 | -2.24% |
Eswatini [+] | 2011 | 47 | 133 | 179 | 8.26 | 24.65 | 17.12 | -1.78% |
Chad [+] | 2011 | 258 | 741 | 999 | 4.20 | 12.00 | 8.08 | 1.00% |
Togo [+] | 2011 | 175 | 441 | 616 | 5.18 | 13.06 | 9.34 | -0.53% |
Thailand [+] | 2011 | 3,275 | 7,263 | 10,538 | 9.35 | 21.55 | 15.61 | -0.26% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2011 | 74 | 224 | 297 | 1.89 | 5.75 | 3.81 | 0.53% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2011 | 27 | 60 | 87 | 5.00 | 10.56 | 7.85 | 2.21% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2011 | 126 | 378 | 504 | 4.63 | 14.29 | 9.40 | -0.32% |
Tunisia [+] | 2011 | 228 | 345 | 573 | 4.11 | 6.29 | 5.33 | 1.91% |
Tonga [+] | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.84 | 3.88 | 3.51 | -4.36% |
Türkiye [+] | 2011 | 298 | 850 | 1,148 | 0.79 | 2.24 | 1.52 | -27.62% |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2011 | 33 | 156 | 189 | 4.64 | 22.24 | 14.16 | 10.11% |
Tanzania [+] | 2011 | 839 | 2,376 | 3,215 | 3.55 | 10.42 | 7.25 | 0.55% |
Ukraine [+] | 2011 | 1,923 | 8,199 | 10,121 | 7.85 | 39.08 | 22.27 | -1.15% |
Uganda [+] | 2011 | 747 | 1,690 | 2,437 | 4.42 | 10.31 | 7.73 | 2.52% |
Uruguay [+] | 2011 | 124 | 441 | 565 | 7.15 | 27.17 | 16.56 | 1.91% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2011 | 652 | 1,499 | 2,150 | 4.44 | 10.22 | 7.38 | 7.58% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2011 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2.64 | 9.80 | 6.29 | 65.09% |
Venezuela [+] | 2011 | 154 | 786 | 940 | 1.06 | 5.42 | 3.23 | -7.71% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2011 | 1,582 | 4,743 | 6,325 | 3.53 | 10.90 | 7.20 | 0.84% |
Vanuatu [+] | 2011 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2.91 | 9.12 | 6.20 | -2.21% |
Samoa [+] | 2011 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2.37 | 9.19 | 6.17 | -0.32% |
Yemen [+] | 2011 | 697 | 1,311 | 2,008 | 5.54 | 10.17 | 8.28 | -2.24% |
South Africa [+] | 2011 | 75 | 284 | 359 | 0.30 | 1.10 | 0.70 | -12.50% |
Zambia [+] | 2011 | 217 | 712 | 929 | 2.99 | 10.17 | 6.48 | 0.31% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2011 | 401 | 1,182 | 1,582 | 5.79 | 19.33 | 12.70 | -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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