Countries | Date | Female suicides | Male suicides | Suicides | Female suicide rate | Male suicide rate | Suicide rate | Ch. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States [+] | 2014 | 9,645 | 33,059 | 42,704 | 6.00 | 21.10 | 13.40 | 3.08% |
United Kingdom [+] | 2014 | 1,030 | 3,433 | 4,463 | 3.13 | 10.85 | 6.93 | -3.62% |
Germany [+] | 2014 | 2,603 | 7,685 | 10,288 | 6.31 | 19.33 | 12.69 | 0.79% |
France [+] | 2014 | 2,267 | 6,817 | 9,084 | 6.62 | 21.18 | 13.67 | -8.56% |
Japan [+] | 2014 | 7,542 | 16,875 | 24,417 | 11.50 | 27.30 | 19.20 | -6.34% |
Spain [+] | 2014 | 972 | 2,938 | 3,910 | 4.12 | 12.86 | 8.42 | 1.34% |
Italy [+] | 2014 | 932 | 3,215 | 4,147 | 2.94 | 10.68 | 6.69 | -4.15% |
Portugal [+] | 2014 | 298 | 925 | 1,223 | 5.48 | 18.68 | 11.75 | 16.68% |
Greece [+] | 2014 | 115 | 450 | 565 | 2.04 | 8.41 | 5.13 | 5.77% |
Ireland [+] | 2014 | 87 | 399 | 486 | 3.74 | 17.27 | 10.43 | -0.95% |
United Arab Emirates [+] | 2014 | 19 | 246 | 265 | 0.77 | 3.90 | 3.01 | -3.53% |
Afghanistan [+] | 2014 | 379 | 1,328 | 1,707 | 2.35 | 8.03 | 6.18 | 1.31% |
Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | -96.15% |
Albania [+] | 2010 | 35 | 61 | 96 | 2.41 | 4.19 | 3.30 | -29.79% |
Armenia [+] | 2014 | 37 | 125 | 163 | 2.36 | 8.72 | 5.40 | -0.18% |
Angola [+] | 2014 | 1,411 | 3,553 | 4,964 | 10.26 | 26.55 | 19.17 | -1.08% |
Argentina [+] | 2014 | 688 | 2,560 | 3,248 | 3.20 | 12.30 | 7.60 | 7.04% |
Austria [+] | 2014 | 329 | 1,012 | 1,341 | 7.42 | 23.89 | 15.47 | 0.52% |
Australia [+] | 2014 | 714 | 2,205 | 2,919 | 6.00 | 18.90 | 12.40 | 9.73% |
Azerbaijan [+] | 2014 | 59 | 256 | 315 | 1.23 | 5.36 | 3.29 | -0.90% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2014 | 52 | 176 | 228 | 2.85 | 10.07 | 5.95 | 0.17% |
Barbados [+] | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.44 | 91.30% |
Bangladesh [+] | 2014 | 5,394 | 3,580 | 8,974 | 6.89 | 4.61 | 5.81 | -3.81% |
Belgium [+] | 2014 | 566 | 1,367 | 1,933 | 9.93 | 24.61 | 17.15 | 0.29% |
Burkina Faso [+] | 2014 | 561 | 1,070 | 1,631 | 6.13 | 11.85 | 9.27 | -0.11% |
Bulgaria [+] | 2014 | 174 | 557 | 731 | 4.66 | 15.68 | 10.02 | 0.70% |
Bahrain [+] | 2014 | 12 | 76 | 88 | 2.49 | 9.36 | 6.72 | -1.75% |
Burundi [+] | 2014 | 221 | 668 | 889 | 4.18 | 12.83 | 8.97 | -1.64% |
Benin [+] | 2014 | 288 | 696 | 985 | 5.43 | 13.14 | 9.57 | 0.42% |
Brunei [+] | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.29 | 1.07 | 1.20 | -7.69% |
Bolivia [+] | 2014 | 704 | 1,300 | 2,004 | 12.98 | 23.67 | 18.79 | -0.69% |
Brazil [+] | 2014 | 2,233 | 8,419 | 10,652 | 2.20 | 8.50 | 5.30 | 0 |
Bahamas [+] | 2014 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.43 | 3.35 | 1.98 | 8.20% |
Bhutan [+] | 2014 | 34 | 56 | 90 | 9.81 | 14.32 | 12.84 | 0.71% |
Botswana [+] | 2014 | 52 | 168 | 220 | 4.52 | 15.11 | 10.53 | -1.96% |
Belarus [+] | 2014 | 327 | 1,748 | 2,075 | 6.45 | 39.65 | 21.89 | -6.69% |
Belize [+] | 2014 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 3.24 | 11.58 | 7.29 | 1.96% |
Canada [+] | 2014 | 1,094 | 3,156 | 4,250 | 6.10 | 18.00 | 12.00 | 4.35% |
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2014 | 2,206 | 5,050 | 7,256 | 5.75 | 13.40 | 9.69 | 2.00% |
Central African Republic [+] | 2014 | 206 | 648 | 854 | 8.62 | 26.93 | 19.13 | -1.29% |
Republic of the Congo [+] | 2014 | 112 | 330 | 442 | 4.52 | 13.39 | 10.96 | -3.52% |
Switzerland [+] | 2014 | 286 | 781 | 1,067 | 6.76 | 18.90 | 12.77 | -4.20% |
Côte d'Ivoire [+] | 2014 | 1,048 | 2,923 | 3,970 | 9.24 | 25.08 | 17.18 | 0.47% |
Chile [+] | 2014 | 314 | 1,475 | 1,789 | 3.50 | 16.80 | 10.10 | 2.02% |
Cameroon [+] | 2014 | 638 | 2,105 | 2,743 | 5.70 | 18.96 | 12.09 | -0.08% |
China [+] | 2014 | 75,991 | 61,307 | 137,298 | 11.35 | 8.73 | 9.97 | -0.40% |
Colombia [+] | 2014 | 372 | 1,764 | 2,136 | 1.50 | 7.50 | 4.50 | 2.27% |
Costa Rica [+] | 2014 | 45 | 223 | 268 | 1.90 | 9.30 | 5.60 | -15.15% |
Cuba [+] | 2014 | 323 | 1,195 | 1,519 | 5.69 | 21.16 | 13.40 | -5.50% |
Cabo Verde [+] | 2014 | 15 | 30 | 46 | 5.57 | 11.16 | 8.67 | -0.91% |
Cyprus [+] | 2014 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 2.51 | 6.75 | 4.57 | -10.39% |
Czechia [+] | 2014 | 298 | 1,225 | 1,523 | 5.47 | 23.25 | 14.20 | -5.77% |
Djibouti [+] | 2014 | 23 | 52 | 75 | 4.66 | 10.58 | 8.37 | 3.72% |
Denmark [+] | 2014 | 166 | 488 | 654 | 5.81 | 17.31 | 11.52 | 5.21% |
Dominican Republic [+] | 2014 | 127 | 569 | 696 | 2.49 | 10.97 | 7.04 | 0.43% |
Algeria [+] | 2014 | 234 | 978 | 1,212 | 1.23 | 4.95 | 3.10 | -1.59% |
Ecuador [+] | 2014 | 271 | 1,045 | 1,316 | 3.40 | 13.09 | 8.21 | 19.85% |
Estonia [+] | 2014 | 49 | 193 | 242 | 6.85 | 31.72 | 18.47 | 10.14% |
Egypt [+] | 2014 | 642 | 1,685 | 2,327 | 1.36 | 3.48 | 2.68 | 1.13% |
Eritrea [+] | 2014 | 78 | 267 | 344 | 4.59 | 16.30 | 10.36 | 0.58% |
Ethiopia [+] | 2014 | 1,782 | 6,144 | 7,926 | 3.60 | 12.24 | 8.97 | 1.59% |
Finland [+] | 2014 | 191 | 606 | 797 | 6.92 | 22.23 | 14.45 | -11.51% |
Fiji [+] | 2014 | 18 | 58 | 77 | 4.07 | 12.63 | 8.88 | -2.42% |
Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2014 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6.51 | 14.53 | 11.06 | -2.21% |
Gabon [+] | 2014 | 53 | 141 | 194 | 5.49 | 14.07 | 10.39 | -0.67% |
Grenada [+] | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.09 | 0 | 0.58 | -46.30% |
Georgia [+] | 2014 | 48 | 217 | 265 | 2.44 | 12.20 | 7.10 | 21.58% |
Ghana [+] | 2014 | 398 | 1,445 | 1,843 | 2.81 | 10.28 | 6.80 | 0.89% |
The Gambia [+] | 2014 | 40 | 82 | 122 | 3.66 | 7.51 | 6.02 | 0.33% |
Guinea [+] | 2014 | 303 | 643 | 946 | 5.24 | 11.56 | 7.85 | -0.76% |
Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2014 | 46 | 141 | 187 | 7.43 | 20.70 | 16.53 | -1.14% |
Guatemala [+] | 2014 | 149 | 312 | 462 | 1.93 | 4.12 | 2.90 | 8.61% |
Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2014 | 35 | 83 | 117 | 3.91 | 9.64 | 7.37 | 0.68% |
Guyana [+] | 2014 | 59 | 162 | 220 | 15.48 | 43.55 | 28.85 | 4.23% |
Honduras [+] | 2014 | 102 | 189 | 291 | 2.26 | 4.09 | 3.25 | -3.27% |
Croatia [+] | 2014 | 188 | 538 | 726 | 8.49 | 26.22 | 17.04 | 4.48% |
Haiti [+] | 2014 | 325 | 856 | 1,181 | 6.21 | 16.54 | 11.34 | -0.35% |
Hungary [+] | 2014 | 447 | 1,480 | 1,927 | 8.67 | 31.39 | 19.49 | -7.54% |
Indonesia [+] | 2014 | 1,979 | 5,349 | 7,329 | 1.56 | 4.14 | 2.91 | -1.69% |
Israel [+] | 2014 | 86 | 294 | 380 | 2.10 | 7.20 | 4.60 | 0 |
India [+] | 2014 | 90,953 | 116,775 | 207,728 | 14.40 | 17.29 | 15.89 | -2.09% |
Iraq [+] | 2014 | 454 | 580 | 1,034 | 2.47 | 3.16 | 2.81 | -2.77% |
Iran [+] | 2014 | 1,122 | 1,701 | 2,824 | 2.85 | 4.19 | 3.62 | 0 |
Iceland [+] | 2014 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 6.74 | 19.48 | 13.13 | -11.46% |
Jamaica [+] | 2014 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 0.31 | 2.57 | 1.47 | 2.08% |
Jordan [+] | 2014 | 73 | 167 | 240 | 1.75 | 3.71 | 2.69 | -2.18% |
Kenya [+] | 2014 | 618 | 2,339 | 2,957 | 2.68 | 10.27 | 6.97 | 0.14% |
Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2014 | 110 | 376 | 485 | 3.69 | 13.14 | 8.40 | 4.87% |
Cambodia [+] | 2014 | 666 | 1,210 | 1,876 | 8.67 | 16.08 | 12.61 | -0.08% |
Kiribati [+] | 2014 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6.13 | 22.34 | 14.80 | -0.47% |
Comoros [+] | 2014 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 5.66 | 10.48 | 7.55 | 7.24% |
North Korea [+] | 2014 | 2,037 | 2,045 | 4,082 | 15.91 | 16.60 | 16.25 | -2.93% |
South Korea [+] | 2014 | 4,100 | 9,736 | 13,836 | 16.20 | 38.30 | 27.30 | -4.55% |
Kuwait [+] | 2014 | 34 | 113 | 147 | 2.13 | 5.20 | 3.64 | 1.96% |
Kazakhstan [+] | 2014 | 883 | 4,148 | 5,030 | 9.78 | 50.22 | 28.88 | -7.50% |
Laos [+] | 2014 | 318 | 508 | 826 | 9.58 | 15.06 | 12.44 | -0.08% |
Lebanon [+] | 2014 | 59 | 115 | 174 | 1.88 | 3.68 | 2.78 | 4.12% |
Saint Lucia [+] | 2014 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2.86 | 12.63 | 7.81 | 11.41% |
Liechtenstein [+] | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.80 | 21.65 | 10.74 | 32.43% |
Sri Lanka [+] | 2014 | 1,440 | 5,779 | 7,219 | 13.44 | 57.46 | 34.74 | 1.49% |
Liberia [+] | 2014 | 54 | 215 | 269 | 2.39 | 9.58 | 6.17 | -7.50% |
Lesotho [+] | 2014 | 65 | 158 | 223 | 6.15 | 15.31 | 11.28 | -0.70% |
Lithuania [+] | 2014 | 160 | 771 | 931 | 10.12 | 57.29 | 31.89 | -13.15% |
Luxembourg [+] | 2014 | 15 | 60 | 75 | 5.76 | 19.03 | 12.40 | 53.09% |
Latvia [+] | 2014 | 71 | 313 | 384 | 6.67 | 34.24 | 19.31 | 0.16% |
Libya [+] | 2014 | 87 | 293 | 380 | 2.91 | 9.45 | 6.07 | -8.72% |
Morocco [+] | 2014 | 573 | 1,051 | 1,623 | 3.36 | 6.10 | 4.81 | 0 |
Moldova [+] | 2014 | 92 | 568 | 661 | 5.00 | 33.24 | 18.58 | 0.05% |
Montenegro [+] | 2014 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 7.22 | 14.98 | 11.05 | -0.09% |
Madagascar [+] | 2014 | 302 | 841 | 1,143 | 2.50 | 6.92 | 5.01 | -1.96% |
North Macedonia [+] | 2010 | 35 | 87 | 122 | 3.40 | 8.40 | 5.90 | -27.16% |
Mali [+] | 2014 | 326 | 678 | 1,003 | 3.75 | 7.64 | 5.92 | -1.00% |
Myanmar [+] | 2014 | 866 | 1,358 | 2,224 | 3.38 | 5.33 | 4.38 | 4.53% |
Mongolia [+] | 2014 | 138 | 704 | 842 | 9.46 | 48.76 | 28.10 | -0.88% |
Mauritania [+] | 2014 | 69 | 163 | 231 | 3.48 | 8.68 | 6.39 | 1.91% |
Malta [+] | 2014 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 2.30 | 12.41 | 7.36 | 42.64% |
Mauritius [+] | 2014 | 27 | 100 | 127 | 4.23 | 16.08 | 10.10 | 22.42% |
Maldives [+] | 2014 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 6.77 | 8.20 | 9.25 | -1.80% |
Malawi [+] | 2014 | 207 | 700 | 907 | 2.44 | 8.76 | 5.15 | 1.98% |
Mexico [+] | 2014 | 1,231 | 4,984 | 6,337 | 2.00 | 8.50 | 5.20 | 6.12% |
Malaysia [+] | 2014 | 428 | 1,259 | 1,687 | 2.87 | 8.01 | 5.49 | 0.18% |
Mozambique [+] | 2014 | 634 | 1,659 | 2,293 | 4.76 | 13.04 | 8.72 | -0.34% |
Namibia [+] | 2014 | 47 | 141 | 188 | 4.05 | 12.97 | 8.38 | 0.60% |
Niger [+] | 2014 | 265 | 540 | 805 | 2.77 | 5.50 | 4.16 | -0.95% |
Nigeria [+] | 2014 | 5,309 | 12,465 | 17,774 | 5.97 | 13.78 | 9.91 | 0.81% |
Nicaragua [+] | 2014 | 136 | 447 | 582 | 4.30 | 14.60 | 9.36 | -5.93% |
Netherlands [+] | 2014 | 600 | 1,296 | 1,897 | 6.98 | 15.21 | 11.06 | -1.60% |
Norway [+] | 2014 | 147 | 416 | 563 | 5.68 | 15.56 | 10.65 | -2.56% |
Nepal [+] | 2014 | 828 | 899 | 1,726 | 5.78 | 6.84 | 6.42 | 0 |
New Zealand [+] | 2014 | 130 | 377 | 507 | 5.70 | 17.00 | 11.20 | -2.61% |
Oman [+] | 2014 | 17 | 223 | 240 | 1.20 | 8.59 | 6.00 | 5.08% |
Panama [+] | 2014 | 26 | 210 | 237 | 1.36 | 10.81 | 6.05 | 25.52% |
Peru [+] | 2014 | 138 | 264 | 402 | 0.90 | 1.80 | 1.30 | 18.18% |
Papua New Guinea [+] | 2014 | 200 | 585 | 785 | 4.92 | 13.31 | 10.12 | 12.20% |
Philippines [+] | 2014 | 862 | 2,607 | 3,469 | 1.72 | 5.08 | 3.49 | -2.79% |
Pakistan [+] | 2014 | 1,805 | 2,015 | 3,820 | 1.78 | 1.89 | 1.98 | -0.50% |
Poland [+] | 2014 | 811 | 5,140 | 5,951 | 4.16 | 28.05 | 15.73 | -4.55% |
Paraguay [+] | 2014 | 208 | 462 | 670 | 6.86 | 15.08 | 10.06 | 0.50% |
Qatar [+] | 2014 | 6 | 132 | 138 | 1.00 | 8.02 | 6.23 | -9.58% |
Romania [+] | 2014 | 322 | 1,879 | 2,201 | 3.21 | 19.61 | 11.22 | -7.81% |
Serbia [+] | 2014 | 277 | 857 | 1,134 | 7.57 | 24.68 | 15.90 | -5.07% |
Russia [+] | 2014 | 4,665 | 21,941 | 26,606 | 6.00 | 32.90 | 18.50 | -7.96% |
Rwanda [+] | 2014 | 128 | 848 | 976 | 2.19 | 15.36 | 8.59 | -0.58% |
Saudi Arabia [+] | 2014 | 262 | 798 | 1,060 | 1.91 | 4.34 | 3.49 | -1.41% |
Solomon Islands [+] | 2014 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 4.40 | 10.93 | 7.88 | -0.88% |
Seychelles [+] | 2014 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2.23 | 16.77 | 9.86 | -0.50% |
Sudan [+] | 2014 | 1,130 | 2,914 | 4,045 | 6.11 | 15.75 | 10.93 | -0.73% |
Sweden [+] | 2014 | 365 | 791 | 1,180 | 7.54 | 16.33 | 11.93 | -7.16% |
Singapore [+] | 2014 | 179 | 467 | 645 | 6.84 | 16.34 | 11.80 | 0.25% |
Slovenia [+] | 2014 | 65 | 330 | 395 | 6.25 | 32.40 | 19.20 | -13.28% |
Slovakia [+] | 2014 | 83 | 473 | 556 | 3.06 | 18.37 | 10.52 | -11.15% |
Sierra Leone [+] | 2014 | 295 | 652 | 946 | 8.26 | 18.24 | 13.49 | 0.52% |
Senegal [+] | 2014 | 235 | 672 | 907 | 3.31 | 9.79 | 6.40 | -2.29% |
Somalia [+] | 2014 | 160 | 396 | 556 | 2.41 | 5.93 | 4.18 | -4.35% |
Suriname [+] | 2014 | 33 | 106 | 140 | 11.67 | 37.27 | 24.96 | -1.03% |
South Sudan [+] | 2014 | 218 | 541 | 760 | 3.85 | 9.76 | 6.77 | 2.73% |
Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.21 | 2.51 | 1.86 | 0 |
El Salvador [+] | 2014 | 155 | 540 | 695 | 4.77 | 18.20 | 11.03 | -3.16% |
Syria [+] | 2014 | 92 | 405 | 497 | 0.92 | 4.00 | 2.47 | 4.66% |
Eswatini [+] | 2014 | 48 | 138 | 186 | 8.38 | 24.95 | 17.35 | -0.52% |
Chad [+] | 2014 | 303 | 865 | 1,167 | 4.43 | 12.59 | 8.54 | 1.79% |
Togo [+] | 2014 | 192 | 481 | 673 | 5.28 | 13.15 | 9.42 | 0.64% |
Thailand [+] | 2014 | 3,358 | 7,621 | 10,980 | 9.40 | 22.26 | 16.04 | 0.50% |
Tajikistan [+] | 2014 | 88 | 239 | 327 | 2.13 | 5.73 | 3.92 | 1.29% |
Timor-Leste [+] | 2014 | 28 | 61 | 89 | 4.82 | 10.04 | 7.55 | -1.56% |
Turkmenistan [+] | 2014 | 137 | 396 | 533 | 4.77 | 14.15 | 9.41 | -7.65% |
Tunisia [+] | 2014 | 249 | 371 | 620 | 4.33 | 6.53 | 5.56 | -0.54% |
Tonga [+] | 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.92 | 4.08 | 3.66 | 0.83% |
Türkiye [+] | 2014 | 408 | 1,209 | 1,617 | 1.05 | 3.10 | 2.08 | -14.75% |
Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2014 | 33 | 162 | 196 | 4.51 | 22.71 | 14.36 | 0.35% |
Tanzania [+] | 2014 | 933 | 2,673 | 3,606 | 3.61 | 10.70 | 7.10 | -2.20% |
Ukraine [+] | 2014 | 1,856 | 6,972 | 8,828 | 8.08 | 35.24 | 20.65 | -3.55% |
Uganda [+] | 2014 | 835 | 1,859 | 2,694 | 4.53 | 10.38 | 7.81 | -0.64% |
Uruguay [+] | 2014 | 137 | 456 | 593 | 7.81 | 27.83 | 17.16 | 8.26% |
Uzbekistan [+] | 2014 | 907 | 2,054 | 2,962 | 5.90 | 13.36 | 9.71 | 7.06% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.31 | 2.06 | 1.17 | -64.97% |
Venezuela [+] | 2014 | 160 | 760 | 920 | 1.05 | 5.06 | 3.05 | 14.23% |
Viet Nam [+] | 2014 | 1,716 | 4,980 | 6,696 | 3.71 | 11.07 | 7.38 | 1.79% |
Vanuatu [+] | 2014 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2.69 | 8.52 | 5.78 | -2.69% |
Samoa [+] | 2014 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.28 | 8.64 | 5.82 | -1.52% |
Yemen [+] | 2014 | 752 | 1,404 | 2,156 | 5.49 | 9.99 | 8.22 | -1.44% |
South Africa [+] | 2014 | 121 | 461 | 582 | 0.40 | 1.70 | 1.10 | 0 |
Zambia [+] | 2014 | 236 | 785 | 1,021 | 2.95 | 10.14 | 6.50 | 0.46% |
Zimbabwe [+] | 2014 | 435 | 1,200 | 1,635 | 5.92 | 18.43 | 11.86 | -2.79% |
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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