| Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2013 | 9,069 | 31,991 | 41,060 | 5.60 | 20.60 | 13.00 | 0.78% |
| United Kingdom [+] | 2013 | 956 | 3,642 | 4,598 | 2.93 | 11.59 | 7.19 | 1.70% |
| Germany [+] | 2013 | 2,643 | 7,513 | 10,156 | 6.43 | 19.02 | 12.59 | 1.61% |
| France [+] | 2013 | 2,437 | 7,423 | 9,860 | 7.14 | 23.27 | 14.95 | -1.39% |
| Japan [+] | 2013 | 7,905 | 18,158 | 26,063 | 12.10 | 29.30 | 20.50 | -0.97% |
| Spain [+] | 2013 | 959 | 2,911 | 3,870 | 4.05 | 12.69 | 8.31 | 9.77% |
| Italy [+] | 2013 | 968 | 3,323 | 4,291 | 3.07 | 11.14 | 6.98 | 0 |
| Portugal [+] | 2013 | 241 | 812 | 1,053 | 4.40 | 16.32 | 10.07 | -0.69% |
| Greece [+] | 2013 | 108 | 425 | 533 | 1.94 | 7.92 | 4.85 | 6.83% |
| Ireland [+] | 2013 | 96 | 391 | 487 | 4.16 | 17.03 | 10.53 | -10.84% |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2013 | 19 | 251 | 270 | 0.79 | 4.00 | 3.12 | -4.88% |
| Afghanistan [+] | 2013 | 358 | 1,272 | 1,631 | 2.30 | 7.98 | 6.10 | 3.92% |
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.26 | |
| Albania [+] | 2010 | 35 | 61 | 96 | 2.41 | 4.19 | 3.30 | -29.79% |
| Armenia [+] | 2013 | 36 | 127 | 163 | 2.29 | 8.81 | 5.41 | 2.66% |
| Angola [+] | 2013 | 1,374 | 3,499 | 4,874 | 10.37 | 27.14 | 19.38 | 1.73% |
| Argentina [+] | 2013 | 590 | 2,407 | 2,997 | 2.70 | 11.70 | 7.10 | -8.97% |
| Austria [+] | 2013 | 327 | 980 | 1,307 | 7.51 | 23.65 | 15.39 | 0.85% |
| Australia [+] | 2013 | 664 | 1,944 | 2,608 | 5.70 | 16.90 | 11.30 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2013 | 59 | 255 | 314 | 1.24 | 5.41 | 3.32 | 1.53% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2013 | 52 | 176 | 228 | 2.78 | 9.97 | 5.94 | 0 |
| Barbados [+] | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.46 | 0.23 | -37.84% |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2013 | 5,734 | 3,496 | 9,230 | 7.42 | 4.55 | 6.04 | -2.58% |
| Belgium [+] | 2013 | 540 | 1,395 | 1,935 | 9.43 | 25.04 | 17.10 | -7.42% |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2013 | 542 | 1,043 | 1,584 | 6.10 | 11.90 | 9.28 | 0.65% |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2013 | 147 | 577 | 724 | 3.94 | 16.29 | 9.95 | -17.01% |
| Bahrain [+] | 2013 | 12 | 73 | 86 | 2.58 | 9.33 | 6.84 | 0.74% |
| Burundi [+] | 2013 | 220 | 657 | 877 | 4.29 | 13.06 | 9.12 | -0.87% |
| Benin [+] | 2013 | 279 | 674 | 953 | 5.41 | 13.09 | 9.53 | 0.74% |
| Brunei [+] | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.75 | 1.75 | 1.30 | -18.24% |
| Bolivia [+] | 2013 | 704 | 1,285 | 1,989 | 13.20 | 23.75 | 18.92 | -0.26% |
| Brazil [+] | 2013 | 2,223 | 8,309 | 10,532 | 2.20 | 8.50 | 5.30 | 1.92% |
| Bahamas [+] | 2013 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.30 | 3.18 | 1.83 | -4.69% |
| Bhutan [+] | 2013 | 34 | 55 | 88 | 9.84 | 14.09 | 12.75 | 0.16% |
| Botswana [+] | 2013 | 52 | 170 | 222 | 4.62 | 15.55 | 10.74 | -1.47% |
| Belarus [+] | 2013 | 386 | 1,835 | 2,221 | 7.62 | 41.69 | 23.46 | 2.18% |
| Belize [+] | 2013 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 1.63 | 12.84 | 7.15 | 2.29% |
| Canada [+] | 2013 | 1,012 | 3,038 | 4,050 | 5.70 | 17.50 | 11.50 | 1.77% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2013 | 2,086 | 4,809 | 6,895 | 5.63 | 13.21 | 9.50 | 0.21% |
| Central African Republic [+] | 2013 | 210 | 653 | 862 | 8.76 | 27.10 | 19.38 | 2.87% |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2013 | 113 | 334 | 448 | 4.69 | 13.88 | 11.36 | 3.37% |
| Switzerland [+] | 2013 | 293 | 828 | 1,121 | 7.01 | 19.80 | 13.33 | 1.68% |
| Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2013 | 1,009 | 2,842 | 3,851 | 9.11 | 24.95 | 17.10 | 1.06% |
| Chile [+] | 2013 | 318 | 1,420 | 1,738 | 3.60 | 16.40 | 9.90 | -6.60% |
| Cameroon [+] | 2013 | 623 | 2,049 | 2,672 | 5.74 | 19.02 | 12.10 | -0.17% |
| China [+] | 2013 | 75,591 | 60,626 | 136,218 | 11.39 | 8.69 | 10.01 | 1.62% |
| Colombia [+] | 2013 | 405 | 1,669 | 2,074 | 1.70 | 7.20 | 4.40 | -4.35% |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2013 | 39 | 273 | 312 | 1.70 | 11.50 | 6.60 | 1.54% |
| Cuba [+] | 2013 | 319 | 1,286 | 1,605 | 5.62 | 22.77 | 14.18 | 1.94% |
| Cabo Verde [+] | 2013 | 16 | 30 | 45 | 5.75 | 11.12 | 8.75 | 0.46% |
| Cyprus [+] | 2013 | 5 | 40 | 45 | 1.13 | 9.30 | 5.10 | 22.30% |
| Czechia [+] | 2013 | 285 | 1,321 | 1,606 | 5.31 | 25.18 | 15.07 | -5.10% |
| Djibouti [+] | 2013 | 22 | 49 | 71 | 4.55 | 10.14 | 8.07 | 1.51% |
| Denmark [+] | 2013 | 160 | 455 | 615 | 5.69 | 16.26 | 10.95 | -7.36% |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2013 | 127 | 560 | 686 | 2.52 | 10.92 | 7.01 | -24.13% |
| Algeria [+] | 2013 | 232 | 974 | 1,206 | 1.25 | 5.03 | 3.15 | -2.17% |
| Ecuador [+] | 2013 | 278 | 802 | 1,080 | 3.54 | 10.20 | 6.85 | -25.46% |
| Estonia [+] | 2013 | 48 | 171 | 219 | 6.69 | 28.27 | 16.77 | -8.36% |
| Egypt [+] | 2013 | 614 | 1,628 | 2,242 | 1.33 | 3.44 | 2.65 | -1.49% |
| Eritrea [+] | 2013 | 77 | 262 | 339 | 4.60 | 16.17 | 10.30 | -1.25% |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2013 | 1,719 | 5,962 | 7,682 | 3.57 | 12.20 | 8.83 | 0.57% |
| Finland [+] | 2013 | 222 | 676 | 898 | 8.03 | 24.91 | 16.33 | 1.30% |
| Fiji [+] | 2013 | 19 | 60 | 78 | 4.20 | 12.87 | 9.10 | -0.76% |
| Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2013 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.65 | 14.73 | 11.31 | 12.87% |
| Gabon [+] | 2013 | 51 | 137 | 189 | 5.50 | 14.17 | 10.46 | -5.00% |
| Grenada [+] | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.44 | 1.54 | 1.08 | -18.80% |
| Georgia [+] | 2013 | 45 | 217 | 262 | 1.92 | 10.13 | 5.84 | -16.81% |
| Ghana [+] | 2013 | 391 | 1,395 | 1,786 | 2.83 | 10.16 | 6.74 | 1.51% |
| The Gambia [+] | 2013 | 39 | 79 | 118 | 3.62 | 7.51 | 6.00 | -0.99% |
| Guinea [+] | 2013 | 299 | 630 | 929 | 5.31 | 11.61 | 7.91 | -0.13% |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2013 | 44 | 137 | 181 | 7.48 | 21.00 | 16.72 | -1.82% |
| Guatemala [+] | 2013 | 125 | 291 | 416 | 1.65 | 3.90 | 2.67 | -1.11% |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2013 | 34 | 80 | 114 | 3.93 | 9.61 | 7.32 | 1.39% |
| Guyana [+] | 2013 | 56 | 155 | 211 | 14.86 | 41.75 | 27.68 | 0.54% |
| Honduras [+] | 2013 | 105 | 191 | 295 | 2.36 | 4.21 | 3.36 | 3.07% |
| Croatia [+] | 2013 | 147 | 550 | 697 | 6.68 | 26.64 | 16.31 | -10.48% |
| Haiti [+] | 2013 | 320 | 848 | 1,168 | 6.21 | 16.63 | 11.38 | 1.70% |
| Hungary [+] | 2013 | 505 | 1,588 | 2,093 | 9.68 | 33.61 | 21.08 | -10.94% |
| Indonesia [+] | 2013 | 2,022 | 5,342 | 7,364 | 1.61 | 4.19 | 2.96 | -1.33% |
| Israel [+] | 2013 | 80 | 291 | 371 | 2.00 | 7.30 | 4.60 | -14.81% |
| India [+] | 2013 | 91,482 | 116,362 | 207,845 | 14.67 | 17.44 | 16.23 | -1.52% |
| Iraq [+] | 2013 | 424 | 541 | 965 | 2.38 | 3.06 | 2.89 | 4.71% |
| Iran [+] | 2013 | 1,131 | 1,660 | 2,791 | 2.93 | 4.17 | 3.62 | -4.74% |
| Iceland [+] | 2013 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 8.67 | 20.94 | 14.83 | 32.17% |
| Jamaica [+] | 2013 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 0.31 | 2.53 | 1.44 | -1.37% |
| Jordan [+] | 2013 | 71 | 163 | 235 | 1.92 | 4.11 | 2.75 | -2.14% |
| Kenya [+] | 2013 | 595 | 2,285 | 2,881 | 2.64 | 10.27 | 6.96 | 0.29% |
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2013 | 99 | 355 | 454 | 3.38 | 12.68 | 8.01 | -20.69% |
| Cambodia [+] | 2013 | 671 | 1,187 | 1,858 | 8.85 | 15.99 | 12.62 | 2.10% |
| Kiribati [+] | 2013 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6.26 | 22.48 | 14.87 | -1.39% |
| Comoros [+] | 2013 | 19 | 34 | 52 | 5.30 | 9.67 | 7.04 | -0.98% |
| North Korea [+] | 2013 | 2,097 | 2,089 | 4,186 | 16.45 | 17.05 | 16.74 | -3.29% |
| South Korea [+] | 2013 | 4,367 | 10,060 | 14,427 | 17.40 | 39.80 | 28.60 | 1.42% |
| Kuwait [+] | 2013 | 32 | 107 | 139 | 2.08 | 5.10 | 3.57 | 15.16% |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2013 | 1,012 | 4,345 | 5,358 | 11.37 | 53.44 | 31.22 | 31.95% |
| Laos [+] | 2013 | 319 | 496 | 814 | 9.74 | 14.89 | 12.45 | -1.66% |
| Lebanon [+] | 2013 | 55 | 103 | 158 | 1.93 | 3.64 | 2.67 | 3.49% |
| Saint Lucia [+] | 2013 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2.18 | 11.63 | 7.01 | -14.51% |
| Liechtenstein [+] | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.80 | 16.37 | 8.11 | -25.66% |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2013 | 1,407 | 5,639 | 7,046 | 13.26 | 56.54 | 34.23 | 3.16% |
| Liberia [+] | 2013 | 62 | 221 | 283 | 2.78 | 10.08 | 6.67 | -0.89% |
| Lesotho [+] | 2013 | 66 | 158 | 223 | 6.25 | 15.45 | 11.36 | -1.73% |
| Lithuania [+] | 2013 | 198 | 886 | 1,084 | 12.35 | 65.25 | 36.72 | 18.99% |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2013 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 5.89 | 10.30 | 8.10 | -20.35% |
| Latvia [+] | 2013 | 62 | 323 | 385 | 5.68 | 35.26 | 19.28 | -12.24% |
| Libya [+] | 2013 | 92 | 325 | 417 | 3.14 | 10.66 | 6.65 | 1.53% |
| Morocco [+] | 2013 | 572 | 1,033 | 1,605 | 3.40 | 6.08 | 4.81 | -0.62% |
| Moldova [+] | 2013 | 106 | 555 | 661 | 5.72 | 32.43 | 18.57 | -0.75% |
| Montenegro [+] | 2013 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 7.24 | 14.96 | 11.06 | -4.49% |
| Madagascar [+] | 2013 | 299 | 831 | 1,131 | 2.55 | 7.02 | 5.11 | -1.73% |
| North Macedonia [+] | 2010 | 35 | 87 | 122 | 3.40 | 8.40 | 5.90 | -27.16% |
| Mali [+] | 2013 | 317 | 666 | 983 | 3.77 | 7.75 | 5.98 | -0.66% |
| Myanmar [+] | 2013 | 836 | 1,273 | 2,109 | 3.29 | 5.04 | 4.19 | 2.70% |
| Mongolia [+] | 2013 | 137 | 694 | 831 | 9.58 | 49.02 | 28.35 | -0.35% |
| Mauritania [+] | 2013 | 66 | 156 | 222 | 3.44 | 8.53 | 6.27 | 0.80% |
| Malta [+] | 2013 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 0.47 | 9.88 | 5.16 | -13.28% |
| Mauritius [+] | 2013 | 18 | 86 | 104 | 2.80 | 13.79 | 8.25 | -15.82% |
| Maldives [+] | 2013 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 7.07 | 8.52 | 9.42 | -3.38% |
| Malawi [+] | 2013 | 197 | 667 | 864 | 2.38 | 8.59 | 5.05 | 1.41% |
| Mexico [+] | 2013 | 1,050 | 4,701 | 5,909 | 1.70 | 8.10 | 4.90 | 6.52% |
| Malaysia [+] | 2013 | 423 | 1,233 | 1,656 | 2.89 | 7.96 | 5.48 | 0 |
| Mozambique [+] | 2013 | 610 | 1,626 | 2,236 | 4.72 | 13.19 | 8.75 | -1.24% |
| Namibia [+] | 2013 | 46 | 137 | 183 | 4.08 | 12.81 | 8.33 | 0.48% |
| Niger [+] | 2013 | 257 | 527 | 783 | 2.79 | 5.57 | 4.20 | -0.94% |
| Nigeria [+] | 2013 | 5,091 | 12,083 | 17,175 | 5.88 | 13.72 | 9.83 | -2.09% |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2013 | 142 | 471 | 613 | 4.58 | 15.61 | 9.95 | -9.05% |
| Netherlands [+] | 2013 | 559 | 1,365 | 1,924 | 6.54 | 16.02 | 11.24 | 6.14% |
| Norway [+] | 2013 | 179 | 387 | 566 | 6.92 | 14.89 | 10.93 | 5.71% |
| Nepal [+] | 2013 | 833 | 895 | 1,729 | 5.86 | 6.80 | 6.42 | -0.93% |
| New Zealand [+] | 2013 | 147 | 366 | 513 | 6.50 | 16.80 | 11.50 | -8.00% |
| Oman [+] | 2013 | 16 | 204 | 220 | 1.20 | 8.28 | 5.71 | 24.13% |
| Panama [+] | 2013 | 16 | 170 | 186 | 0.83 | 8.87 | 4.82 | -9.40% |
| Peru [+] | 2013 | 98 | 246 | 344 | 0.60 | 1.70 | 1.10 | -45.00% |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2013 | 174 | 511 | 685 | 4.39 | 11.93 | 9.02 | 5.87% |
| Philippines [+] | 2013 | 874 | 2,637 | 3,510 | 1.77 | 5.23 | 3.59 | -5.03% |
| Pakistan [+] | 2013 | 1,795 | 1,960 | 3,756 | 1.80 | 1.86 | 1.99 | -0.50% |
| Poland [+] | 2013 | 840 | 5,380 | 6,220 | 4.30 | 29.47 | 16.48 | -2.31% |
| Paraguay [+] | 2013 | 204 | 452 | 657 | 6.85 | 14.96 | 10.01 | 2.67% |
| Qatar [+] | 2013 | 5 | 133 | 138 | 1.02 | 8.80 | 6.89 | -10.05% |
| Romania [+] | 2013 | 363 | 2,042 | 2,405 | 3.60 | 21.16 | 12.17 | -3.03% |
| Serbia [+] | 2013 | 296 | 902 | 1,198 | 8.05 | 25.91 | 16.75 | -3.29% |
| Russia [+] | 2013 | 4,985 | 23,794 | 28,779 | 6.50 | 35.80 | 20.10 | -3.37% |
| Rwanda [+] | 2013 | 126 | 833 | 959 | 2.21 | 15.46 | 8.64 | -4.21% |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2013 | 263 | 800 | 1,063 | 1.95 | 4.44 | 3.54 | -1.94% |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2013 | 13 | 33 | 45 | 4.50 | 10.93 | 7.95 | -0.75% |
| Seychelles [+] | 2013 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.24 | 16.97 | 9.91 | -2.17% |
| Sudan [+] | 2013 | 1,111 | 2,853 | 3,964 | 6.18 | 15.84 | 11.01 | -1.96% |
| Sweden [+] | 2013 | 370 | 862 | 1,249 | 7.71 | 18.02 | 12.85 | 5.85% |
| Singapore [+] | 2013 | 183 | 452 | 635 | 7.10 | 16.05 | 11.77 | -5.00% |
| Slovenia [+] | 2013 | 92 | 368 | 460 | 8.65 | 35.88 | 22.14 | 2.59% |
| Slovakia [+] | 2013 | 83 | 537 | 620 | 3.13 | 21.00 | 11.84 | 7.64% |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2013 | 300 | 621 | 921 | 8.61 | 17.84 | 13.42 | 1.90% |
| Senegal [+] | 2013 | 241 | 662 | 903 | 3.49 | 9.91 | 6.55 | -2.82% |
| Somalia [+] | 2013 | 155 | 377 | 533 | 2.42 | 5.86 | 4.37 | 0.92% |
| Suriname [+] | 2013 | 33 | 105 | 139 | 11.87 | 37.27 | 25.22 | 3.87% |
| South Sudan [+] | 2013 | 211 | 520 | 731 | 3.76 | 9.47 | 6.59 | -0.60% |
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.20 | 2.52 | 1.86 | 3.33% |
| El Salvador [+] | 2013 | 158 | 555 | 713 | 4.90 | 18.79 | 11.39 | -6.10% |
| Syria [+] | 2013 | 96 | 411 | 507 | 0.90 | 3.80 | 2.36 | 1.29% |
| Eswatini [+] | 2013 | 47 | 138 | 185 | 8.28 | 25.23 | 17.44 | 1.40% |
| Chad [+] | 2013 | 286 | 824 | 1,110 | 4.34 | 12.43 | 8.39 | 1.70% |
| Togo [+] | 2013 | 185 | 465 | 651 | 5.23 | 13.06 | 9.36 | 0 |
| Thailand [+] | 2013 | 3,349 | 7,526 | 10,874 | 9.43 | 22.09 | 15.96 | 0.63% |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2013 | 85 | 231 | 317 | 2.10 | 5.68 | 3.87 | 0.26% |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2013 | 28 | 60 | 88 | 5.01 | 10.11 | 7.67 | -0.78% |
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2013 | 144 | 422 | 567 | 5.13 | 15.36 | 10.19 | 4.41% |
| Tunisia [+] | 2013 | 246 | 369 | 616 | 4.33 | 6.58 | 5.59 | 1.08% |
| Tonga [+] | 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.93 | 4.05 | 3.63 | 0 |
| Türkiye [+] | 2013 | 476 | 1,392 | 1,868 | 1.25 | 3.63 | 2.44 | 29.79% |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2013 | 33 | 161 | 194 | 4.55 | 22.59 | 14.31 | 3.25% |
| Tanzania [+] | 2013 | 922 | 2,653 | 3,575 | 3.68 | 10.96 | 7.26 | -0.82% |
| Ukraine [+] | 2013 | 1,928 | 7,759 | 9,686 | 7.92 | 37.09 | 21.41 | -4.72% |
| Uganda [+] | 2013 | 814 | 1,820 | 2,633 | 4.55 | 10.46 | 7.86 | 1.42% |
| Uruguay [+] | 2013 | 125 | 420 | 545 | 7.16 | 25.73 | 15.85 | -11.20% |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2013 | 802 | 1,917 | 2,720 | 5.31 | 12.68 | 9.07 | 11.02% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.23 | 5.44 | 3.34 | -43.00% |
| Venezuela [+] | 2013 | 146 | 651 | 797 | 0.97 | 4.38 | 2.67 | -14.97% |
| Viet Nam [+] | 2013 | 1,683 | 4,825 | 6,507 | 3.68 | 10.84 | 7.25 | 0.69% |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2013 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2.80 | 8.73 | 5.94 | -1.98% |
| Samoa [+] | 2013 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.31 | 8.82 | 5.91 | -0.51% |
| Yemen [+] | 2013 | 739 | 1,395 | 2,134 | 5.55 | 10.21 | 8.34 | -0.24% |
| South Africa [+] | 2013 | 120 | 470 | 590 | 0.40 | 1.80 | 1.10 | 22.22% |
| Zambia [+] | 2013 | 231 | 757 | 987 | 2.98 | 10.10 | 6.47 | 0.62% |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2013 | 433 | 1,206 | 1,639 | 6.02 | 18.95 | 12.20 | -1.53% |
Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com
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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