List of countries by suicide rate
The following are lists of countries by suicide rate as published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources.[note 1]
About one person in 5,000–15,000 dies by suicide every year, with an estimated global rate of 10.5 per 100,000 population[3] down from 11.6 in 2008.[4] In high-income modernised countries male and female rates of suicidal behaviors differ much compared to those in the rest of the world: while women are reportedly more prone to suicidal thoughts, rates of suicide are higher among men (suicide in men has been described as a “silent epidemic”).[5][6][7][8][9] The most suicidal country in the entire world is by a wide margin Greenland, after its last decades modernizing transformation from remote colony to welfare state, with a male-female ratio of 2.99.[10][11] India, of the South Asia region, is the greatest contributor to the absolute number of suicide deaths.[12] Europe is the most suicidal region in the world, while the Eastern Mediterranean is the least.[13][14]
According to a recent study, the global rates of suicide death have fallen by a third between 1990 and 2016, while the absolute number of suicide deaths increased by 6.7%, from 762,000 to 817,000 annually. Worldwide, the rates in 2016 were about 16 deaths per 100,000 men and 7 deaths per 100,000 women: women also experienced a greater decrease compared with men over the study period.[15][16]
In much of the world, suicide is stigmatized and condemned for religious or cultural reasons. In some countries, suicidal behavior is a criminal offence punishable by law. Suicide is therefore often a secretive act surrounded by taboo, and may be unrecognized, misclassified or deliberately hidden in official records of death.[5]
— World Health Organization (2002)
List by the World Health Organization (2016)
Suicide |
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Source: World Health Organization[note 2][note 3]
WHO region | Crude rateu | Age-standardized rateu | Crude male rateu | Crude female rateu | Male–female ratiou |
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Europe[note 4] | 15.4 | 12.85 | 24.7 | 6.6 | 3.74 |
Southeast Asia | 13.2 | 13.40 | 14.8 | 11.6 | 1.28 |
10.6 | 10.53 | 13.5 | 7.7 | 1.75 | |
Western Pacific | 10.2 | 8.45 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 1.16 |
Americas | 9.8 | 9.25 | 15.1 | 4.6 | 3.28 |
Africa | 7.4 | 11.96 | 9.9 | 4.8 | 2.06 |
Eastern Mediterranean | 3.9 | 4.30 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 1.89 |
Income group (% of global pop) | Suicides, 2012 (in thousands) | Global % | Rate (2012) | Male:Female (2012) |
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High-income countries (18.3%) | 197 | 24.5% | 12.7 | 3.5 : 1 |
Upper-middle-income countries (34.3%) | 192 | 23.8% | 7.5 | 1.3 : 1 |
Lower-middle-income countries (35.4%) | 333 | 41.4% | 14.1 | 1.7 : 1 |
Low-income countries (12.0%) | 82 | 10.2% | 13.4 | 1.7 : 1 |
Global (100.0%) | 804 | 100.0% | 11.4 | 1.9 : 1 |
Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (i.e. total number of male suicides divided by total male population). Age-standardized rates account for the influence that different population age distributions might have on the analysis of crude death rates, statistically addressing the prevailing trends by age-groups and populations' structures, to enhance long term cross-national comparability: based on age-groups' deviation from standardized population structures, rates are rounded up or down (age-adjustment). Basically, the presence of younger individuals in any given age structure carries more weight: if the rate is rounded up that means the median age is lower than average for that region (or country), and vice versa when rounded down.
Most countries listed below report a higher male suicide rate, as worldwide there are about 3 male suicides out of 4, or a factor of 3:1 (for example,[20] in the United States was 3.36 in 2015, and 3.53 in 2016).[lower-alpha 1]
Though age-standardization is common statistical process to categorize mortality data for comparing purposes this approach by WHO is based on estimates which take into account issues such as under-reporting, resulting in rates differing from the official national statistics prepared and endorsed by individual countries (and revisions are also performed periodically). Also, age-adjusted rates are mortality rates that would have existed if all populations under study had the same age distribution as a "standard" population. Plain, crude estimated rates are available at here and here. Countries with a population less than 100 000 are excluded.
Both sexes rank |
Country | Continent | Both sexes | Males | Females | Male:Female ratio | ||
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Rank | Number | Rank | Number | |||||
1 | Guyana (more info) | South America | 30.2 | 3 | 46.6 | 5 | 14.2 | 3.28 |
2 | Lesotho | Africa | 28.9 | 25 | 22.7 | 1 | 32.6 | 0.7 |
3 | Russia (more info) | Europe | 26.5 | 1 | 48.3 | 31 | 7.5 | 6.44 |
4 | Lithuania (more info) | Europe | 25.7 | 2 | 47.5 | 37 | 6.7 | 7.09 |
5 | Suriname | South America | 23.2 | 6 | 36.1 | 13 | 10.9 | 3.31 |
6 | Ivory Coast | Africa | 23.0 | 8 | 32.0 | 8 | 13.0 | 2.46 |
7 | Kazakhstan (more info) | Asia | 22.8 | 4 | 40.1 | 28 | 7.7 | 5.21 |
8 | Equatorial Guinea | Africa | 22.0 | 9 | 31.3 | 15 | 10.8 | 2.9 |
9 | Belarus (more info) | Europe | 21.4 | 5 | 39.3 | 45 | 6.2 | 6.34 |
10 | South Korea (more info) | Asia | 20.2 | 11 | 29.6 | 11 | 11.6 | 2.55 |
11 | Uganda[lower-alpha 2] | Africa | 20.0 | 37 | 21.2 | 2 | 18.7 | 1.13 |
12 | Cameroon (more info) | Africa | 19.5 | 13 | 26.9 | 10 | 12.5 | 2.15 |
13 | Zimbabwe | Africa | 19.1 | 12 | 29.1 | 12 | 11.1 | 2.62 |
14 | Ukraine (more info) | Europe | 18.5 | 7 | 34.5 | 81 | 4.7 | 7.34 |
15 | Nigeria (more info) | Africa | 17.3 | 56 | 17.5 | 3 | 17.1 | 1.02 |
16 | Latvia | Europe | 17.2 | 10 | 31.0 | 71 | 5.1 | 6.08 |
17 | Eswatini | Africa | 16.7 | 17 | 25.4 | 17 | 9.6 | 2.65 |
18 | Togo | Africa | 16.6 | 25 | 22.7 | 13 | 10.9 | 2.08 |
19 | India (more info) | Asia | 16.5 | 46 | 18.5 | 4 | 14.5 | 1.28 |
19 | Uruguay | South America | 16.5 | 14 | 26.8 | 34 | 7.1 | 3.77 |
21 | Sierra Leone | Africa | 16.1 | 50 | 18.2 | 5 | 14.2 | 1.28 |
22 | Benin | Africa | 15.7 | 27 | 22.6 | 17 | 9.6 | 2.35 |
22 | Belgium | Europe | 15.7 | 31 | 22.2 | 19 | 9.4 | 2.36 |
24 | Chad | Africa | 15.5 | 63 | 17.1 | 7 | 13.8 | 1.24 |
25 | Kiribati | Oceania | 15.2 | 15 | 25.9 | 63 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
26 | Cape Verde | Africa | 15.1 | 19 | 24.1 | 28 | 7.7 | 3.13 |
27 | Burundi | Africa | 15.0 | 24 | 23.1 | 28 | 7.7 | 3 |
28 | Burkina Faso | Africa | 14.8 | 28 | 22.4 | 20 | 9.1 | 2.46 |
29 | Estonia | Europe | 14.4 | 16 | 25.6 | 89 | 4.4 | 5.82 |
30 | Japan (more info) | Asia | 14.3 | 40 | 20.5 | 25 | 8.1 | 2.53 |
31 | Sri Lanka (more info) | Asia | 14.2 | 22 | 23.3 | 45 | 6.2 | 3.76 |
32 | Sweden (more info) | Europe | 13.8 | 39 | 20.8 | 36 | 6.8 | 3.06 |
32 | Eritrea | Africa | 13.8 | 28 | 22.4 | 53 | 6.1 | 3.67 |
34 | United States (more info) | North America | 13.7 | 38 | 21.1 | 42 | 6.4 | 3.3 |
35 | Hungary | Europe | 13.6 | 31 | 22.2 | 45 | 6.2 | 3.58 |
36 | El Salvador | North America | 13.5 | 18 | 24.8 | 90 | 4.3 | 5.77 |
37 | Liberia | Africa | 13.4 | 87 | 13.8 | 8 | 13.0 | 1.06 |
37 | Moldova | Europe | 13.4 | 19 | 24.1 | 99 | 3.8 | 6.34 |
37 | Poland | Europe | 13.4 | 21 | 23.9 | 115 | 3.4 | 7.03 |
40 | Iceland | Europe | 13.3 | 34 | 21.7 | 81 | 4.7 | 4.62 |
40 | Slovenia | Europe | 13.3 | 28 | 22.4 | 88 | 4.5 | 4.98 |
40 | Mongolia | Asia | 13.3 | 22 | 23.3 | 99 | 3.8 | 6.13 |
43 | Bolivia | South America | 12.9 | 64 | 16.9 | 21 | 8.9 | 1.9 |
43 | Thailand | Asia | 12.9 | 36 | 21.4 | 79 | 4.8 | 4.46 |
43 | Trinidad and Tobago | North America | 12.9 | 33 | 21.9 | 90 | 4.3 | 5.09 |
46 | South Africa | Africa | 12.8 | 34 | 21.7 | 71 | 5.1 | 4.25 |
47 | Haiti | North America | 12.2 | 48 | 18.3 | 42 | 6.4 | 2.86 |
48 | France (more info) | Europe | 12.1 | 52 | 17.9 | 40 | 6.5 | 2.75 |
49 | Nicaragua | North America | 11.9 | 43 | 19.2 | 74 | 5.0 | 3.84 |
50 | Senegal | Africa | 11.8 | 41 | 20.3 | 68 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
51 | Finland (more info) | Europe | 11.7 | 69 | 15.8 | 32 | 7.4 | 2.14 |
51 | Australia (more info) | Oceania | 11.7 | 59 | 17.4 | 56 | 6.0 | 2.9 |
53 | Bhutan (more info) | Asia | 11.6 | 87 | 13.8 | 21 | 8.9 | 1.55 |
53 | New Zealand | Oceania | 11.6 | 60 | 17.3 | 45 | 6.2 | 2.79 |
53 | Central African Republic | Africa | 11.6 | 51 | 18.0 | 56 | 6.0 | 3 |
56 | Botswana | Africa | 11.5 | 48 | 18.3 | 61 | 5.7 | 3.21 |
56 | Croatia | Europe | 11.5 | 44 | 18.8 | 71 | 5.1 | 3.69 |
56 | Namibia | Africa | 11.5 | 42 | 19.4 | 76 | 4.9 | 3.96 |
59 | Austria | Europe | 11.4 | 56 | 17.5 | 61 | 5.7 | 3.07 |
59 | Ethiopia | Africa | 11.4 | 45 | 18.7 | 81 | 4.7 | 3.98 |
61 | Switzerland (more info) | Europe | 11.3 | 69 | 15.8 | 35 | 6.9 | 2.29 |
61 | Zambia | Africa | 11.3 | 56 | 17.5 | 45 | 6.2 | 2.82 |
61 | F.S. Micronesia | Oceania | 11.3 | 67 | 16.2 | 45 | 6.2 | 2.61 |
64 | Comoros | Africa | 11.1 | 54 | 17.6 | 63 | 5.4 | 3.26 |
65 | Rwanda | Africa | 11.0 | 64 | 16.9 | 56 | 6.0 | 2.82 |
66 | Serbia | Europe | 10.9 | 60 | 17.3 | 68 | 5.2 | 3.33 |
66 | Ireland (more info) | Europe | 10.9 | 54 | 17.6 | 94 | 4.2 | 4.19 |
68 | North Korea[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 10.6 | 78 | 14.8 | 26 | 8.0 | 1.85 |
69 | Guinea | Africa | 10.5 | 100 | 12.7 | 23 | 8.4 | 1.51 |
69 | Czech Republic | Europe | 10.5 | 62 | 17.2 | 94 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
69 | Dominican Republic | North America | 10.5 | 52 | 17.9 | 118 | 3.2 | 5.59 |
72 | Canada (more info) | North America | 10.4 | 72 | 15.1 | 59 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
72 | Luxembourg | Europe | 10.4 | 73 | 15.0 | 59 | 5.8 | 2.59 |
74 | Norway | Europe | 10.1 | 91 | 13.6 | 40 | 6.5 | 2.09 |
74 | Cuba | North America | 10.1 | 66 | 16.4 | 96 | 4.1 | 4 |
74 | Slovakia | Europe | 10.1 | 47 | 18.4 | 137 | 2.6 | 7.08 |
77 | Gambia | Africa | 10.0 | 98 | 12.8 | 33 | 7.3 | 1.75 |
78 | Yemen[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 9.8 | 93 | 13.4 | 45 | 6.2 | 2.16 |
79 | DR Congo | Africa | 9.7 | 73 | 15.0 | 76 | 4.9 | 3.06 |
79 | Chile | South America | 9.7 | 68 | 16.0 | 99 | 3.8 | 4.21 |
81 | Nepal (more info) | Asia | 9.6 | 112 | 11.4 | 26 | 8.0 | 1.43 |
81 | Netherlands | Europe | 9.6 | 96 | 12.9 | 42 | 6.4 | 2.02 |
81 | Tanzania[lower-alpha 2] | Africa | 9.6 | 81 | 14.3 | 63 | 5.4 | 2.65 |
81 | Gabon | Africa | 9.6 | 73 | 15.0 | 90 | 4.3 | 3.49 |
85 | Sudan | Africa | 9.5 | 80 | 14.5 | 85 | 4.6 | 3.15 |
86 | Paraguay | South America | 9.3 | 104 | 12.3 | 45 | 6.2 | 1.98 |
86 | Laos | Asia | 9.3 | 96 | 12.9 | 53 | 6.1 | 2.11 |
86 | Congo | Africa | 9.3 | 85 | 13.9 | 74 | 5.0 | 2.78 |
89 | Denmark | Europe | 9.2 | 94 | 13.2 | 68 | 5.2 | 2.54 |
90 | Germany | Europe | 9.1 | 90 | 13.6 | 79 | 4.8 | 2.83 |
90 | Kyrgyzstan | Asia | 9.1 | 78 | 14.8 | 105 | 3.7 | 4 |
90 | Argentina | South America | 9.1 | 73 | 15.0 | 113 | 3.5 | 4.29 |
93 | Niger | Africa | 9.0 | 109 | 11.5 | 37 | 6.7 | 1.72 |
94 | Mali | Africa | 8.9 | 92 | 13.5 | 81 | 4.7 | 2.87 |
94 | Angola | Africa | 8.9 | 83 | 14.0 | 85 | 4.6 | 3.04 |
96 | Ghana[lower-alpha 2] | Africa | 8.7 | 69 | 15.8 | 128 | 2.9 | 5.45 |
97 | Portugal | Europe | 8.6 | 82 | 14.3 | 99 | 3.8 | 3.76 |
98 | Djibouti | Africa | 8.5 | 107 | 11.9 | 67 | 5.3 | 2.25 |
99 | Mozambique (more info) | Africa | 8.4 | 83 | 14.0 | 96 | 4.1 | 3.41 |
100 | Somalia | Africa | 8.3 | 109 | 11.5 | 63 | 5.4 | 2.13 |
100 | Seychelles | Africa | 8.3 | 73 | 15.0 | 152 | 2.1 | 7.14 |
102 | Myanmar | Asia | 8.1 | 152 | 6.3 | 16 | 9.8 | 0.64 |
103 | China (more info) | Asia | 8.0 | 143 | 7.9 | 24 | 8.3 | 0.95 |
103 | Romania (more info) | Europe | 8.0 | 85 | 13.9 | 141 | 2.4 | 5.79 |
105 | Singapore (more info) | Asia | 7.9 | 114 | 11.1 | 76 | 4.9 | 2.27 |
105 | Montenegro | Europe | 7.9 | 102 | 12.6 | 108 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
105 | Bulgaria | Europe | 7.9 | 95 | 13.1 | 118 | 3.2 | 4.09 |
108 | Malawi | Africa | 7.8 | 89 | 13.7 | 118 | 3.2 | 4.28 |
109 | United Kingdom (more info) | Europe | 7.6 | 107 | 11.9 | 113 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
110 | Mauritania | Africa | 7.5 | 106 | 12.1 | 108 | 3.6 | 3.36 |
110 | Costa Rica | North America | 7.5 | 98 | 12.8 | 143 | 2.3 | 5.57 |
112 | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 7.4 | 132 | 8.9 | 53 | 6.1 | 1.46 |
112 | Uzbekistan | Asia | 7.4 | 121 | 10.3 | 85 | 4.6 | 2.24 |
114 | Mauritius | Africa | 7.3 | 103 | 12.5 | 147 | 2.2 | 5.68 |
114 | Saint Lucia | North America | 7.3 | 100 | 12.7 | 152 | 2.1 | 6.05 |
116 | Ecuador | South America | 7.2 | 117 | 10.7 | 99 | 3.8 | 2.82 |
116 | Turkmenistan | Asia | 7.2 | 115 | 11.0 | 105 | 3.7 | 2.97 |
116 | Turkey | Europe | 7.2 | 113 | 11.3 | 118 | 3.2 | 3.53 |
119 | Papua New Guinea[lower-alpha 2] | Oceania | 7.0 | 123 | 10.2 | 99 | 3.8 | 2.68 |
119 | Vietnam | Asia | 7.0 | 116 | 10.8 | 115 | 3.4 | 3.18 |
119 | Colombia | South America | 7.0 | 109 | 11.5 | 130 | 2.8 | 4.11 |
122 | Madagascar | Africa | 6.9 | 120 | 10.5 | 108 | 3.6 | 2.92 |
123 | Georgia | Asia | 6.7 | 104 | 12.3 | 160 | 1.9 | 6.47 |
124 | Malta | Europe | 6.5 | 121 | 10.3 | 130 | 2.8 | 3.68 |
125 | East Timor | Asia | 6.4 | 130 | 9.0 | 105 | 3.7 | 2.43 |
125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 6.4 | 118 | 10.6 | 139 | 2.5 | 4.24 |
125 | Afghanistan (more info) | Asia | 6.4 | 118 | 10.6 | 152 | 2.1 | 5.05 |
128 | Malaysia[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 6.2 | 134 | 8.7 | 108 | 3.6 | 2.42 |
128 | North Macedonia | Europe | 6.2 | 126 | 9.7 | 127 | 3.0 | 3.23 |
130 | Bangladesh[lower-alpha 2] (more info) | Asia | 6.1 | 155 | 5.5 | 37 | 6.7 | 0.82 |
130 | South Sudan[lower-alpha 2] | Africa | 6.1 | 139 | 8.3 | 96 | 4.1 | 2.02 |
130 | Spain (more info) | Europe | 6.1 | 129 | 9.3 | 124 | 3.1 | 3 |
130 | Brazil | South America | 6.1 | 126 | 9.7 | 130 | 2.8 | 3.46 |
134 | Cambodia | Asia | 5.9 | 130 | 9.0 | 118 | 3.2 | 2.81 |
134 | Solomon Islands | Oceania | 5.9 | 137 | 8.5 | 118 | 3.2 | 2.66 |
134 | Belize | North America | 5.9 | 125 | 9.9 | 158 | 2.0 | 4.95 |
137 | Qatar | Asia | 5.8 | 147 | 7.3 | 173 | 1.1 | 6.64 |
138 | Bahrain | Asia | 5.7 | 143 | 7.9 | 152 | 2.1 | 3.76 |
138 | Armenia | Europe | 5.7 | 124 | 10.1 | 158 | 2.0 | 5.05 |
140 | Albania | Europe | 5.6 | 150 | 7.0 | 90 | 4.3 | 1.63 |
140 | Kenya[lower-alpha 2] | Africa | 5.6 | 126 | 9.7 | 152 | 2.1 | 4.62 |
142 | Italy | Europe | 5.5 | 138 | 8.4 | 137 | 2.6 | 3.23 |
142 | Fiji | Oceania | 5.5 | 133 | 8.8 | 139 | 2.5 | 3.52 |
142 | Libya | Africa | 5.5 | 134 | 8.7 | 143 | 2.3 | 3.78 |
145 | Vanuatu | Oceania | 5.4 | 142 | 8.1 | 134 | 2.7 | 3 |
145 | Samoa | Oceania | 5.4 | 134 | 8.7 | 147 | 2.2 | 3.95 |
147 | Israel | Asia | 5.2 | 140 | 8.2 | 141 | 2.4 | 3.42 |
147 | Mexico (more info) | North America | 5.2 | 140 | 8.2 | 143 | 2.3 | 3.57 |
149 | Peru | South America | 5.1 | 145 | 7.6 | 134 | 2.7 | 2.81 |
150 | Brunei[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 4.5 | 153 | 6.2 | 130 | 2.8 | 2.21 |
150 | Cyprus[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 4.5 | 148 | 7.2 | 160 | 1.9 | 3.79 |
152 | Egypt | Africa | 4.4 | 148 | 7.2 | 163 | 1.7 | 4.24 |
152 | Panama | North America | 4.4 | 145 | 7.6 | 171 | 1.2 | 6.33 |
154 | Iraq | Asia | 4.1 | 164 | 4.7 | 115 | 3.4 | 1.38 |
155 | Iran (more info) | Asia | 4.0 | 161 | 4.9 | 124 | 3.1 | 1.58 |
155 | Tonga | Oceania | 4.0 | 157 | 5.2 | 128 | 2.9 | 1.79 |
157 | Greece | Europe | 3.8 | 154 | 6.1 | 170 | 1.5 | 4.07 |
157 | Venezuela | South America | 3.8 | 151 | 6.6 | 171 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
159 | Jordan[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 3.7 | 164 | 4.7 | 134 | 2.7 | 1.74 |
159 | Philippines | Asia | 3.7 | 157 | 5.2 | 143 | 2.3 | 2.26 |
159 | Indonesia | Asia | 3.7 | 157 | 5.2 | 147 | 2.2 | 2.36 |
162 | Oman[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 3.5 | 163 | 4.8 | 177 | 0.9 | 5.33 |
163 | Honduras | North America | 3.4 | 156 | 5.3 | 163 | 1.7 | 3.12 |
163 | Saudi Arabia[lower-alpha 2] (more info) | Asia | 3.4 | 166 | 4.6 | 163 | 1.7 | 2.71 |
165 | Algeria | Africa | 3.3 | 161 | 4.9 | 162 | 1.8 | 2.72 |
165 | Tajikistan | Asia | 3.3 | 160 | 5.0 | 163 | 1.7 | 2.94 |
167 | Tunisia | Africa | 3.2 | 167 | 4.4 | 147 | 2.2 | 2 |
167 | Lebanon[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 3.2 | 170 | 4.2 | 147 | 2.2 | 1.91 |
169 | Morocco | Africa | 3.1 | 179 | 2.5 | 108 | 3.6 | 0.69 |
169 | Pakistan[lower-alpha 2] (more info) | Asia | 3.1 | 177 | 3.0 | 124 | 3.1 | 0.97 |
169 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa | 3.1 | 170 | 4.2 | 152 | 2.1 | 2 |
172 | Guatemala | North America | 2.9 | 167 | 4.4 | 163 | 1.7 | 2.59 |
173 | Maldives | Asia | 2.7 | 174 | 3.6 | 169 | 1.6 | 2.25 |
173 | United Arab Emirates | Asia | 2.7 | 175 | 3.5 | 181 | 0.8 | 4.38 |
175 | Azerbaijan | Asia | 2.6 | 169 | 4.3 | 175 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
176 | Syria[lower-alpha 2] | Asia | 2.4 | 173 | 3.8 | 173 | 1.1 | 3.45 |
176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | North America | 2.4 | 172 | 3.9 | 177 | 0.9 | 4.33 |
178 | Kuwait | Asia | 2.2 | 179 | 2.5 | 163 | 1.7 | 1.47 |
179 | Jamaica | North America | 2.0 | 176 | 3.2 | 177 | 0.9 | 3.56 |
180 | Grenada | North America | 1.7 | 181 | 2.1 | 175 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
181 | Bahamas[lower-alpha 2] | North America | 1.6 | 178 | 2.8 | 182 | 0.5 | 5.6 |
182 | Antigua and Barbuda | North America | 0.5 | 183 | 0.0 | 177 | 0.9 | 0 |
183 | Barbados | North America | 0.4 | 182 | 0.8 | 183 | 0.3 | 2.67 |
- The male-female ratio shown below is based on the age-standardized rates: as compared to WHO world standard population, women's median age and life expectancy might be greater than that of men's for that country when rounded up, and vice versa when rounded down.[21]
- Suicide attempts are illegal and punishable by imprisonment or other penalties in this country. This may lead to underreporting of suicides, and may bring into question the reliability of suicide-related statistics (particularly in countries with low reported suicide rates). See also Suicide legislation.
List by other sources and years (1985–2019)
In this list various sources from various years are included, mixing plain crude rates with age-adjusted rates and estimated rates, so cross-national comparability is somewhat skewed.
Regions | Male | Female | Average | Year |
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Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark)[25][10][26][27][11] (more info) | 84.99 | 28.44 | 58.28 (0.0583%) | 2016 |
Lithuania[28][29] (more info) | 65.1 | 12.4 | 24.4 (0.02827%) | 2018 |
South Korea[30] (more info) | 38.0 | 15.8 | 26.9 (0.0269%) | 2019 |
Guyana[31][32] (more info) | 41.25 | 10.20 | 25.52 (0.0255%) | 2017 |
Kazakhstan[32] (more info) | 40.68 | 8.01 | 23.81 (0.0238%) | 2017 |
Slovenia[28] | 18.09 (0.018%) | 2016 | ||
Sri Lanka[33][34] (more info) | 14.6 (0.0146%) | 2018 | ||
Hungary[28] | 17.98 (0.01798%) | 2016 | ||
Belarus[35] | 20.5 (0.0205%) | 2017 | ||
Taiwan (Estimate)[36][note 5] | 20.1 (0.0201%) | 2018 | ||
Ukraine[38] (more info) | 22.4 (0.0224%) | 2016 | ||
Uruguay[39][40] | 18 (0.018%) | 2018 | ||
Latvia[28] | 18.56 (0.0185%) | 2016 | ||
Moldova[41] | 15.9 (0.0159%) | 2016 | ||
Serbia[28] | 13.52 (0.0135%) | 2016 | ||
Belgium[42][note 6][43][note 7] | 17.0 (0.0170%) | 2016 | ||
Japan[44][45] (more info) | 23.1 | 10.1 | 16.5 (0.0165%) | 2018 |
Taiwan (Government data)[36][note 8] | 21.8 | 11.1 | 16.4 (0.0164%) | 2018 |
Croatia[28][46] | 16 (0.016%) | 2016 | ||
Bhutan[47] (more info) | 12.16 (0.0121%) | 2017 | ||
Austria[28] | 23.8 | 7.1 | 13.69 (0.01369%) | 2016 |
South Africa[48] | 15.4 (0.0154%) | 2005 | ||
Estonia[28][49] | 14.31 (0.0143%) | 2016 | ||
France[28][49] (more info) | 13.21 (0.01321%) | 2016 | ||
Suriname | 23.9 | 4.8 | 14.4 (0.0144%) | 2005 |
Finland[28][50] | 22.3 | 6.9 | 14.26 (0.01426%) | 2016 |
Europe[28][51] | 10.33 (0.0103%) | 2016 | ||
United States[52][53][54] (more info) | 21.8 | 6.0 | 14.5 (0.0145%) | 2017 |
Poland[28][55] | 12.28 (0.0138%) | 2016 | ||
Russia[56] (more info) | 13.7 (0.0137%) | 2017 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina[57] | 13.6 (0.0136%) | 2012 | ||
Czech Republic[28] | 12.57 (0.01257%) | 2016 | ||
Germany[28][58] | 11.29 (0.01129%) | 2016 | ||
Cuba | 19.0 | 5.5 | 12.3 (0.0123%) | 2008 |
Bulgaria[43] | 9.24 (0.0092%) | 2016 | ||
New Zealand[59][60] | 19.0 | 5.8 | 12.3 (0.0123%) | 2014–15 |
Hong Kong[61] (more info) | 16.2 | 8.8 | 12.3 (0.0123%) | 2011 |
Sweden[28][62] (more info) | 11.73 (0.01173%) | 2016 | ||
Portugal[43][63] | 8.95 (0.00895%) | 2016 | ||
Romania[28] | 10.13 (0.01013%) | 2016 | ||
Norway[28] | 12.08 (0.01208%) | 2016 | ||
United Kingdom[64] (more info) | 11.2 | 2018 | ||
Canada[65] (more info) | 16.9 | 5.3 | 11.5 (0.0115%) | 2009 |
Iceland[28][66] | 12.3 (0.0123%) | 2016 | ||
Chile | 18.2 | 4.2 | 11.2 (0.0112%) | 2007 |
Switzerland[67] (more info) | 17 | 5.8 | 11.2 (0.0112%) | 2011 |
Netherlands[43] | 18.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 (0.0012%) | 2015 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 17.9 | 3.8 | 10.7 (0.0107%) | 2006 |
India (more info) | 13.0 | 7.8 | 10.5 (0.0105%) | 2009 |
Ireland[68] | 17.4 | 3.4 | 10.3 (0.0103%) | 2013 |
Singapore[69] | 13.3 | 7.3 | 10.3 (0.0103%) | 2012 |
Australia (more info) | 12.7(0.012%) | 2017 | ||
Slovakia[43] | 7.48 (0.0074%) | 2016 | ||
China[70] (more info) | 9.8 (0.0098%) | 2014 | ||
Venezuela[71] | 9.5 (0.0095%) | 2019 | ||
Kyrgyzstan | 14.1 | 3.6 | 8.8 (0.0088%) | 2009 |
Turkmenistan | 13.8 | 3.5 | 8.6 (0.0086%) | 1998 |
Spain[72] (more info) | 12.7 | 4.1 | 8.3 (0.0083%) | 2013 |
North Macedonia[43] | 12.6 | 3.9 | 8.0 (0.008%) | 2009 |
El Salvador | 12.9 | 3.6 | 8.0 (0.008%) | 2008 |
Italy | 12.7 | 3.8 | 8.0 (0.0080%) | 2016 |
Zimbabwe | 10.6 | 5.2 | 7.9 (0.0079%) | 1990 |
Luxembourg[43] | 13.2 | 2.9 | 7.8 (0.0078%) | 2008 |
Argentina | 12.6 | 3.0 | 7.7 (0.0077%) | 2008 |
Ecuador | 10.5 | 3.6 | 7.1 (0.0071%) | 2009 |
Mauritius | 11.8 | 1.9 | 6.8 (0.0068%) | 2008 |
Costa Rica | 10.2 | 1.9 | 6.1 (0.0061%) | 2009 |
Thailand[73] | 9.7 | 2.58 | 6.03 (0.0613%) | 2013 |
Mongolia | 8.6 | 3.1 | 5.85 (0.0058%) | 2011 |
Israel[74] | 9.9 | 2.1 | 5.8 (0.0058%) | 2007 |
Nicaragua | 9.0 | 2.6 | 5.8 (0.0058%) | 2006 |
Panama | 9.0 | 1.9 | 5.5 (0.0055%) | 2008 |
Colombia | 7.9 | 2.0 | 4.9 (0.0049%) | 2007 |
Brazil | 7.7 | 2.0 | 4.8 (0.0048%) | 2008 |
Iran[75][76] (more info) | 3.9 | 2.1 | 4.8 (0.0048%) | 2013 |
Uzbekistan | 7.0 | 2.3 | 4.7 (0.0047%) | 2005 |
Cambodia | 4.6 (0.0046%) | 2008 | ||
Georgia | 7.1 | 1.7 | 4.3 (0.0043%) | 2009 |
Turkey[77] | 6.34 | 1.90 | 4.12 (0.00412%) | 2019 |
Albania[78] | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 (0.004%) | 2003 |
Mexico | 6.8 | 1.3 | 4.0 (0.004%) | 2008 |
Honduras[79] | 3.84 (0.00384%) | 2011 | ||
Bahrain | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 (0.0038%) | 2006 |
Belize | 6.6 | 0.7 | 3.7 (0.0037%) | 2008 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.4 | 1.9 | 3.7 (0.0037%) | 2008 |
Paraguay | 5.1 | 2.0 | 3.6 (0.0036%) | 2008 |
Cyprus[43] | 5.9 | 1.3 | 3.6 (0.0036%) | 2009 |
Guatemala | 5.6 | 1.7 | 3.6 (0.0036%) | 2008 |
Barbados | 7.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 (0.0035%) | 2006 |
Greece | 6.1 | 1.0 | 3.5 (0.0035%) | 2009 |
Malta | 5.9 | 1.0 | 3.4 (0.0034%) | 2008 |
Philippines[80] | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.75 (0.00275%) | 2005 |
Tajikistan | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 (0.0026%) | 2001 |
Saint Lucia | 4.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 (0.0024%) | 2005 |
Dominican Republic | 3.9 | 0.7 | 2.3 (0.0023%) | 2005 |
Armenia | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 (0.0019%) | 2008 |
Kuwait | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 (0.0018%) | 2009 |
The Bahamas | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 (0.0012%) | 2005 |
Pakistan[81] (more info) | 1.45 | 0.71 | 1.10 (0.0011%) | 2012 |
Peru | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 (0.0009%) | 2000 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 (0.0009%) | 1987 |
Azerbaijan | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 (0.0006%) | 2007 |
Maldives | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 (0.0003%) | 2005 |
Jamaica | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 (0.0001%) | 1990 |
Syria | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 (0.0001%) | 1985 |
Jordan[82] | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 (0.0001%) | 2008 |
Egypt | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 (0.0001%) | 2009 |
Grenada | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0%) | 2008 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0%) | 1995 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0%) | 1995 |
Haiti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0%) | 2003 |
Nepal (more info) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0%) | 2003 |
See also
Notes
- The first global estimates on suicide mortality began in the early 1990s, as a single World Bank-commissioned study on general mortality data compiled by the WHO as the first work of its kind on the global burden of disease (GBD).[1] In the following years, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation acted as the coordinating center for the study then resulted in the collaboration between several researchers and institutions from many countries.[2]
- Data revised in April 2017 and April 2018. Revision for 2015 rates is available at World Health Organization's website, including year 2016 rates.[17]
- To proportion and compare the prevalence of suicide for different countries, WHO adjusts for age (age-standardization) every country's crude mortality rate based on demographic parameters and general mortality data (life expectancy) including other relevant statistical data such as median population ages, sex ratios and age distribution (i.e. age-groups) and its future development, enhancing long term cross-national comparability. Another way to think of it, is that since populations age structures are often very different, but the likelihood of dying by suicide is generally increased with age, in order to avoid masking the sensible differences given by each country's age distributions, countries' rates are reciprocally weighted into the overall trend to globally frame national suicide rates, and the epidemiological prevalence of suicide. Age-standardization works over time as a measure of the prevalence of suicide across diversely populated countries, by rounding down when populations are composed of a higher percentage of older people compared to the "standard" population, and vice versa.
- Europe is the most suicidal region of the world according to crude rates.[14][13]
- In government's annual release, there were 3637 people per one hundred thousands of people in 2018 died of contacting poison, accidental fall, exposure to fire or smoke, accidental drowning including sinking beneath water to death in addition to the suicidal death that was equal to 3865 people per 100,000 people.[36] Nevertheless, jumping from a high building as well as drowning were commom methods of suicide in Taiwan,[37] indicating the potential risks of type I and type II errors and misuse of statistics within the gorvernment's report. Hence, if halves of the death rates of the drowning and fall that were shown in government's report were extracted and added into the self-inflicted deaths (intentional injury death of self), it yields 0.0201% which is thought better reflecting the real case.
- Recently released figures by official Belgian authorities suggest a considerably higher rate of 17.0 persons (total) per 100,000 people per annum in 2009 (5,712 cases in a population of 10,749,000 (=10,666,866 as of 1 January 2008 increasing by 0,77% per annum.) as of 1 January 2009)."Toenemend aantal zelfdodingen in Belgie" (in Dutch). 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
- The number of death in Belgium in 2008 due to suicide "zichzelf schade toebrengen" was reported at 2000 out of a total of 103.760 death. These death comprise 1453 men and 547 women. This puts the suicide rate at about 19 per 100.000. See statbel: http://statbel.fgov.be/nl/binaries/NL%20-%20Tableau%201%2E3_T_2008_tcm325-168456.pdf Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- In government's annual release, there were 3637 people per one hundred thousands people in 2018 died of contacting poison, accidental fall, exposure to fire or smoke, accidental drowning, or sinking beneath water that were excluded from the statistical suicidal death figure equal to 3865 people per 100,000 people.[36] Furthermore, jumping from a high building as well as drowning were commom methods of suicide in Taiwan.[37]
- The updated figure of suicide rates in Belgium for 2011 is 2,084 with a total population of 10,933,607, equivalent to 18.96 per 100,000 inhabitants (source: Het Nieuwsblad, 10 April 2014).
- Taiwan is not a member of the WHO. The Taiwanese government adopted the WHO standard in 2007. According to the Taiwanese government's self-released data, the figure is standardized based upon the population within Taiwan.[83][84]
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External links
- Suicide rates by country, 1950-2011 published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Top Ten Most Suicidal Countries published by International Business Times