Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2012 | 8,804 | 31,727 | 40,531 | 5.50 | 20.50 | 12.90 | 1.57% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2012 | 922 | 3,570 | 4,492 | 2.87 | 11.42 | 7.07 | 7.28% |
Germany [+] | 2012 | 2,616 | 7,336 | 9,952 | 6.37 | 18.69 | 12.39 | -2.59% |
France [+] | 2012 | 2,456 | 7,494 | 9,950 | 7.28 | 23.55 | 15.16 | -6.48% |
Japan [+] | 2012 | 7,948 | 18,485 | 26,433 | 12.10 | 29.80 | 20.70 | -8.41% |
Spain [+] | 2012 | 815 | 2,724 | 3,539 | 3.44 | 11.82 | 7.57 | 9.76% |
Italy [+] | 2012 | 933 | 3,325 | 4,258 | 2.98 | 11.25 | 6.98 | 2.50% |
Portugal [+] | 2012 | 217 | 859 | 1,076 | 3.91 | 16.98 | 10.14 | 5.63% |
Greece [+] | 2012 | 91 | 417 | 508 | 1.61 | 7.60 | 4.54 | 5.83% |
Ireland [+] | 2012 | 96 | 446 | 542 | 4.05 | 19.70 | 11.81 | -1.99% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2012 | 20 | 260 | 280 | 0.81 | 4.17 | 3.28 | -3.24% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2012 | 334 | 1,184 | 1,518 | 2.21 | 7.69 | 5.87 | -1.01% |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100.00% |
Albania [+] | 2010 | 35 | 61 | 96 | 2.41 | 4.19 | 3.30 | -29.79% |
Armenia [+] | 2012 | 32 | 127 | 159 | 2.03 | 9.52 | 5.27 | 6.04% |
Angola [+] | 2012 | 1,309 | 3,341 | 4,650 | 10.25 | 26.91 | 19.05 | -0.42% |
Argentina [+] | 2012 | 631 | 2,632 | 3,263 | 3.00 | 12.90 | 7.80 | 9.86% |
Austria [+] | 2012 | 293 | 1,013 | 1,306 | 6.76 | 24.18 | 15.26 | -1.17% |
Australia [+] | 2012 | 650 | 1,930 | 2,580 | 5.70 | 17.10 | 11.30 | 5.61% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2012 | 58 | 247 | 306 | 1.24 | 5.32 | 3.27 | -6.57% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2012 | 51 | 176 | 228 | 2.62 | 9.42 | 5.94 | 3.48% |
Barbados [+] | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.37 | -52.56% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2012 | 5,927 | 3,439 | 9,366 | 7.78 | 4.53 | 6.20 | -1.43% |
Belgium [+] | 2012 | 548 | 1,514 | 2,062 | 9.63 | 27.62 | 18.47 | -2.89% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2012 | 517 | 1,011 | 1,528 | 6.00 | 11.90 | 9.22 | 6.34% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2012 | 200 | 672 | 872 | 5.36 | 18.98 | 11.99 | 15.73% |
Bahrain [+] | 2012 | 12 | 70 | 82 | 2.61 | 9.16 | 6.79 | -6.99% |
Burundi [+] | 2012 | 217 | 641 | 858 | 4.39 | 13.21 | 9.20 | -0.86% |
Benin [+] | 2012 | 269 | 651 | 920 | 5.37 | 13.02 | 9.46 | 1.07% |
Brunei [+] | 2012 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.59 | 2.47 | 1.59 | 24.22% |
Bolivia [+] | 2012 | 700 | 1,264 | 1,963 | 13.34 | 23.74 | 18.97 | -4.77% |
Brazil [+] | 2012 | 2,257 | 8,061 | 10,318 | 2.20 | 8.30 | 5.20 | 4.00% |
Bahamas [+] | 2012 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.28 | 3.36 | 1.92 | -6.34% |
Bhutan [+] | 2012 | 33 | 54 | 87 | 9.84 | 14.01 | 12.73 | 1.11% |
Botswana [+] | 2012 | 52 | 170 | 222 | 4.75 | 15.88 | 10.90 | 1.87% |
Belarus [+] | 2012 | 385 | 1,788 | 2,173 | 7.60 | 40.65 | 22.96 | -10.94% |
Belize [+] | 2012 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 2.17 | 11.93 | 6.99 | -10.73% |
Canada [+] | 2012 | 954 | 2,970 | 3,924 | 5.50 | 17.30 | 11.30 | 3.67% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2012 | 2,000 | 4,662 | 6,662 | 5.58 | 13.25 | 9.48 | 0.32% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2012 | 202 | 634 | 836 | 8.48 | 26.48 | 18.84 | -0.32% |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2012 | 114 | 308 | 422 | 4.83 | 13.11 | 10.99 | -5.99% |
Switzerland [+] | 2012 | 294 | 785 | 1,079 | 7.06 | 19.31 | 13.11 | -0.38% |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2012 | 959 | 2,754 | 3,714 | 8.84 | 24.67 | 16.92 | 1.68% |
Chile [+] | 2012 | 331 | 1,510 | 1,841 | 3.70 | 17.60 | 10.60 | -9.40% |
Cameroon [+] | 2012 | 605 | 1,999 | 2,604 | 5.73 | 19.09 | 12.12 | -0.16% |
China [+] | 2012 | 74,315 | 59,074 | 133,389 | 11.26 | 8.51 | 9.85 | 0.92% |
Colombia [+] | 2012 | 387 | 1,739 | 2,126 | 1.60 | 7.60 | 4.60 | 2.22% |
Costa Rica [+] | 2012 | 42 | 260 | 302 | 1.80 | 11.10 | 6.50 | -5.80% |
Cuba [+] | 2012 | 306 | 1,267 | 1,573 | 5.41 | 22.45 | 13.91 | -2.04% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2012 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 5.75 | 11.04 | 8.71 | 0.11% |
Cyprus [+] | 2012 | 3 | 35 | 38 | 0.45 | 8.09 | 4.17 | 18.13% |
Czechia [+] | 2012 | 282 | 1,410 | 1,692 | 5.22 | 26.93 | 15.88 | 4.54% |
Djibouti [+] | 2012 | 22 | 47 | 69 | 4.51 | 9.98 | 7.95 | 1.15% |
Denmark [+] | 2012 | 166 | 493 | 659 | 5.92 | 17.78 | 11.82 | 10.26% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2012 | 155 | 740 | 895 | 3.12 | 14.61 | 9.24 | 46.67% |
Algeria [+] | 2012 | 231 | 974 | 1,206 | 1.27 | 5.13 | 3.22 | -1.53% |
Ecuador [+] | 2012 | 365 | 1,062 | 1,427 | 4.71 | 13.72 | 9.19 | -0.22% |
Estonia [+] | 2012 | 47 | 192 | 239 | 6.80 | 31.43 | 18.30 | 11.93% |
Egypt [+] | 2012 | 637 | 1,585 | 2,222 | 1.42 | 3.43 | 2.69 | 0 |
Eritrea [+] | 2012 | 77 | 263 | 339 | 4.64 | 16.41 | 10.43 | -3.87% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2012 | 1,680 | 5,838 | 7,518 | 3.58 | 12.28 | 8.78 | 1.27% |
Finland [+] | 2012 | 219 | 656 | 875 | 7.91 | 24.63 | 16.12 | -4.45% |
Fiji [+] | 2012 | 19 | 59 | 79 | 4.27 | 12.87 | 9.17 | -0.65% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2012 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6.26 | 12.75 | 10.02 | 0.30% |
Gabon [+] | 2012 | 51 | 140 | 191 | 5.66 | 14.99 | 11.01 | 2.23% |
Grenada [+] | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.38 | 2.06 | 1.33 | 17.70% |
Georgia [+] | 2012 | 45 | 217 | 262 | 2.30 | 12.36 | 7.02 | 23.16% |
Ghana [+] | 2012 | 382 | 1,336 | 1,718 | 2.84 | 9.98 | 6.64 | 2.47% |
The Gambia [+] | 2012 | 38 | 78 | 115 | 3.61 | 7.62 | 6.06 | 0.50% |
Guinea [+] | 2012 | 286 | 621 | 907 | 5.21 | 11.73 | 7.92 | 0 |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2012 | 43 | 134 | 177 | 7.53 | 21.46 | 17.03 | -2.57% |
Guatemala [+] | 2012 | 117 | 295 | 412 | 1.57 | 4.03 | 2.70 | 12.03% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2012 | 33 | 77 | 110 | 3.95 | 9.47 | 7.22 | -2.30% |
Guyana [+] | 2012 | 57 | 152 | 209 | 15.18 | 41.09 | 27.53 | -2.31% |
Honduras [+] | 2012 | 98 | 184 | 282 | 2.24 | 4.15 | 3.26 | 0 |
Croatia [+] | 2012 | 181 | 599 | 780 | 8.15 | 29.04 | 18.22 | 10.83% |
Haiti [+] | 2012 | 309 | 822 | 1,131 | 6.07 | 16.36 | 11.19 | 6.07% |
Hungary [+] | 2012 | 547 | 1,802 | 2,349 | 10.54 | 38.13 | 23.67 | -2.19% |
Indonesia [+] | 2012 | 2,063 | 5,307 | 7,370 | 1.66 | 4.21 | 3.00 | -1.32% |
Israel [+] | 2012 | 81 | 346 | 427 | 2.00 | 8.80 | 5.40 | 3.85% |
India [+] | 2012 | 92,653 | 115,995 | 208,648 | 15.05 | 17.61 | 16.48 | -2.02% |
Iraq [+] | 2012 | 394 | 505 | 898 | 2.32 | 2.99 | 2.76 | 1.85% |
Iran [+] | 2012 | 1,170 | 1,720 | 2,890 | 3.07 | 4.38 | 3.80 | -13.83% |
Iceland [+] | 2012 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 6.88 | 15.54 | 11.22 | 32.62% |
Jamaica [+] | 2012 | 4 | 35 | 40 | 0.32 | 2.57 | 1.46 | -40.16% |
Jordan [+] | 2012 | 70 | 158 | 227 | 1.98 | 4.26 | 2.81 | 1.08% |
Kenya [+] | 2012 | 588 | 2,216 | 2,804 | 2.67 | 10.20 | 6.94 | -0.29% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2012 | 132 | 429 | 561 | 4.61 | 15.64 | 10.10 | 6.77% |
Cambodia [+] | 2012 | 661 | 1,138 | 1,799 | 8.85 | 15.56 | 12.36 | 5.37% |
Kiribati [+] | 2012 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6.35 | 22.67 | 15.08 | -0.59% |
Comoros [+] | 2012 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 5.37 | 9.67 | 7.11 | 3.34% |
North Korea [+] | 2012 | 2,164 | 2,144 | 4,308 | 17.03 | 17.60 | 17.31 | -3.73% |
South Korea [+] | 2012 | 4,538 | 9,622 | 14,160 | 18.10 | 38.20 | 28.20 | -11.60% |
Kuwait [+] | 2012 | 29 | 90 | 118 | 1.96 | 4.62 | 3.10 | 4.38% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2012 | 706 | 3,295 | 4,002 | 8.04 | 41.15 | 23.66 | -4.83% |
Laos [+] | 2012 | 320 | 496 | 816 | 9.90 | 15.13 | 12.66 | -1.78% |
Lebanon [+] | 2012 | 51 | 92 | 143 | 1.94 | 3.59 | 2.58 | 1.57% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2012 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0.77 | 15.28 | 8.20 | 67.01% |
Liechtenstein [+] | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10.80 | 11.02 | 10.91 | -1.00% |
Sri Lanka [+] | 2012 | 1,358 | 5,420 | 6,777 | 12.90 | 54.71 | 33.18 | 6.28% |
Liberia [+] | 2012 | 60 | 219 | 278 | 2.73 | 10.19 | 6.73 | 0.15% |
Lesotho [+] | 2012 | 65 | 161 | 226 | 6.25 | 15.91 | 11.56 | -0.09% |
Lithuania [+] | 2012 | 173 | 748 | 921 | 10.73 | 54.35 | 30.86 | -7.22% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2012 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 4.51 | 15.84 | 10.17 | -7.55% |
Latvia [+] | 2012 | 74 | 372 | 446 | 6.71 | 40.08 | 21.97 | 2.14% |
Libya [+] | 2012 | 94 | 318 | 411 | 3.25 | 10.63 | 6.55 | 1.55% |
Morocco [+] | 2012 | 572 | 1,023 | 1,595 | 3.45 | 6.10 | 4.84 | -4.72% |
Moldova [+] | 2012 | 123 | 543 | 666 | 6.65 | 31.73 | 18.71 | 12.30% |
Montenegro [+] | 2012 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 7.37 | 15.89 | 11.58 | -0.60% |
Madagascar [+] | 2012 | 297 | 821 | 1,118 | 2.59 | 7.13 | 5.20 | -3.35% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2010 | 35 | 87 | 122 | 3.40 | 8.40 | 5.90 | -27.16% |
Mali [+] | 2012 | 308 | 653 | 961 | 3.77 | 7.83 | 6.02 | 1.18% |
Myanmar [+] | 2012 | 819 | 1,219 | 2,038 | 3.26 | 4.86 | 4.08 | 2.51% |
Mongolia [+] | 2012 | 136 | 680 | 816 | 9.66 | 48.96 | 28.45 | -2.07% |
Mauritania [+] | 2012 | 64 | 151 | 215 | 3.42 | 8.51 | 6.22 | 4.19% |
Malta [+] | 2012 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2.84 | 9.09 | 5.95 | 23.96% |
Mauritius [+] | 2012 | 29 | 94 | 123 | 4.59 | 15.10 | 9.80 | -4.30% |
Maldives [+] | 2012 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 7.44 | 9.01 | 9.75 | -0.81% |
Malawi [+] | 2012 | 186 | 643 | 829 | 2.31 | 8.52 | 4.98 | 1.01% |
Mexico [+] | 2012 | 1,052 | 4,357 | 5,549 | 1.80 | 7.60 | 4.60 | -6.12% |
Malaysia [+] | 2012 | 421 | 1,196 | 1,617 | 2.92 | 7.84 | 5.48 | 1.86% |
Mozambique [+] | 2012 | 592 | 1,610 | 2,202 | 4.72 | 13.48 | 8.86 | -1.01% |
Namibia [+] | 2012 | 45 | 134 | 179 | 4.02 | 12.75 | 8.29 | -5.80% |
Niger [+] | 2012 | 251 | 509 | 760 | 2.83 | 5.60 | 4.24 | -2.53% |
Nigeria [+] | 2012 | 4,903 | 11,883 | 16,786 | 5.81 | 13.86 | 10.04 | 0.80% |
Nicaragua [+] | 2012 | 153 | 514 | 667 | 5.01 | 17.29 | 10.94 | 26.18% |
Netherlands [+] | 2012 | 577 | 1,256 | 1,835 | 6.80 | 14.47 | 10.59 | 6.65% |
Norway [+] | 2012 | 146 | 369 | 515 | 5.88 | 14.74 | 10.34 | -14.76% |
Nepal [+] | 2012 | 842 | 908 | 1,750 | 5.96 | 6.87 | 6.48 | 0 |
New Zealand [+] | 2012 | 145 | 404 | 549 | 6.40 | 18.70 | 12.50 | 11.61% |
Oman [+] | 2012 | 14 | 153 | 167 | 1.08 | 6.82 | 4.60 | 4.07% |
Panama [+] | 2012 | 21 | 181 | 202 | 1.13 | 9.60 | 5.32 | 1.53% |
Peru [+] | 2012 | 197 | 394 | 591 | 1.30 | 2.70 | 2.00 | 25.00% |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2012 | 153 | 480 | 633 | 3.98 | 11.49 | 8.52 | -2.18% |
Philippines [+] | 2012 | 882 | 2,757 | 3,639 | 1.82 | 5.56 | 3.78 | -8.25% |
Pakistan [+] | 2012 | 1,786 | 1,915 | 3,700 | 1.82 | 1.84 | 2.00 | 0 |
Poland [+] | 2012 | 812 | 5,560 | 6,372 | 4.15 | 30.42 | 16.87 | 4.65% |
Paraguay [+] | 2012 | 202 | 428 | 630 | 6.86 | 14.36 | 9.75 | 0.52% |
Qatar [+] | 2012 | 5 | 135 | 140 | 1.08 | 9.54 | 7.66 | -4.73% |
Romania [+] | 2012 | 353 | 2,140 | 2,493 | 3.44 | 22.15 | 12.55 | -1.95% |
Serbia [+] | 2012 | 311 | 933 | 1,244 | 8.45 | 26.67 | 17.32 | -0.57% |
Russia [+] | 2012 | 5,460 | 24,275 | 29,735 | 7.10 | 36.60 | 20.80 | -4.59% |
Rwanda [+] | 2012 | 124 | 823 | 947 | 2.22 | 15.66 | 9.02 | -2.70% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2012 | 265 | 790 | 1,055 | 2.01 | 4.48 | 3.61 | -0.55% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2012 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 4.57 | 10.97 | 8.01 | -0.62% |
Seychelles [+] | 2012 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.27 | 17.33 | 10.13 | -0.78% |
Sudan [+] | 2012 | 1,104 | 2,844 | 3,948 | 6.28 | 16.16 | 11.23 | -6.96% |
Sweden [+] | 2012 | 336 | 821 | 1,170 | 7.04 | 17.28 | 12.14 | 3.06% |
Singapore [+] | 2012 | 227 | 431 | 658 | 8.93 | 15.57 | 12.39 | 19.59% |
Slovenia [+] | 2012 | 81 | 368 | 449 | 7.70 | 35.76 | 21.58 | 0.47% |
Slovakia [+] | 2012 | 72 | 503 | 575 | 2.63 | 19.82 | 11.00 | 6.59% |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2012 | 286 | 598 | 884 | 8.43 | 17.62 | 13.17 | 6.30% |
Senegal [+] | 2012 | 247 | 656 | 903 | 3.67 | 10.09 | 6.74 | -2.32% |
Somalia [+] | 2012 | 152 | 360 | 512 | 2.45 | 5.78 | 4.33 | 8.52% |
Suriname [+] | 2012 | 31 | 100 | 132 | 11.21 | 35.87 | 24.28 | -6.65% |
South Sudan [+] | 2012 | 203 | 506 | 709 | 3.76 | 9.56 | 6.63 | -2.07% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.17 | 2.43 | 1.80 | -2.17% |
El Salvador [+] | 2012 | 146 | 610 | 756 | 4.55 | 20.72 | 12.13 | -6.76% |
Syria [+] | 2012 | 101 | 426 | 527 | 0.90 | 3.73 | 2.33 | 6.88% |
Eswatini [+] | 2012 | 47 | 135 | 182 | 8.27 | 24.81 | 17.20 | 0.47% |
Chad [+] | 2012 | 271 | 784 | 1,055 | 4.26 | 12.26 | 8.25 | 2.10% |
Togo [+] | 2012 | 179 | 455 | 634 | 5.19 | 13.10 | 9.36 | 0.21% |
Thailand [+] | 2012 | 3,317 | 7,440 | 10,756 | 9.41 | 21.95 | 15.86 | 1.60% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2012 | 80 | 228 | 308 | 2.02 | 5.73 | 3.86 | 1.31% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2012 | 28 | 60 | 88 | 5.03 | 10.25 | 7.73 | -1.53% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2012 | 132 | 401 | 533 | 4.79 | 14.85 | 9.76 | 3.83% |
Tunisia [+] | 2012 | 239 | 364 | 602 | 4.25 | 6.55 | 5.53 | 3.75% |
Tonga [+] | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.93 | 4.03 | 3.63 | 3.42% |
Türkiye [+] | 2012 | 378 | 1,072 | 1,450 | 0.99 | 2.77 | 1.88 | 23.68% |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2012 | 33 | 154 | 186 | 4.52 | 21.77 | 13.86 | -2.12% |
Tanzania [+] | 2012 | 861 | 2,483 | 3,344 | 3.54 | 10.57 | 7.32 | 0.97% |
Ukraine [+] | 2012 | 1,974 | 8,219 | 10,193 | 8.09 | 39.21 | 22.47 | 0.90% |
Uganda [+] | 2012 | 775 | 1,746 | 2,521 | 4.46 | 10.34 | 7.75 | 0.26% |
Uruguay [+] | 2012 | 122 | 489 | 612 | 7.02 | 30.07 | 17.85 | 7.79% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2012 | 744 | 1,671 | 2,415 | 5.00 | 11.23 | 8.17 | 10.70% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2012 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5.34 | 6.44 | 5.86 | -6.84% |
Venezuela [+] | 2012 | 168 | 757 | 925 | 1.14 | 5.15 | 3.14 | -2.79% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2012 | 1,628 | 4,765 | 6,393 | 3.59 | 10.83 | 7.20 | 0 |
Vanuatu [+] | 2012 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2.86 | 8.90 | 6.06 | -2.26% |
Samoa [+] | 2012 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.32 | 8.85 | 5.94 | -3.73% |
Yemen [+] | 2012 | 717 | 1,366 | 2,083 | 5.53 | 10.29 | 8.36 | 0.97% |
South Africa [+] | 2012 | 115 | 376 | 491 | 0.40 | 1.50 | 0.90 | 28.57% |
Zambia [+] | 2012 | 222 | 728 | 950 | 2.96 | 10.05 | 6.43 | -0.77% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2012 | 423 | 1,195 | 1,619 | 6.01 | 19.21 | 12.39 | -2.44% |
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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