List of countries by suicide rate

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The following is a list of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization from 2008 in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate deaths officially recorded as suicides. 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). The total rate of suicides is based on the total number of suicides divided by the total population rather than merely the average of the male and female suicide rates, because the gender ratio in most countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.

Contents

List

Suicides per 100,000 people per year[2]






Rank Country Male Female Total Year
1  Lithuania 61.3 10.4 34.1 2009
2  South Korea[3] (more info) 41.4 21.0 31.2 2010
3  Guyana 39.0 13.4 26.4 2006
4  Kazakhstan 43.0 9.4 25.6 2008
5  Belarus[4][5] N/A N/A 25.3 2010
6  Japan (more info)[6][7] 36.5 14.3 24.6 2010
7  Hungary[8] 40.0 10.6 24.6 2009
8  Russia[9] N/A N/A 23.5 2010
9  Latvia 40.0 8.2 22.9 2009
10  Slovenia 34.6 9.4 21.9 2009
11  Sri Lanka[10] N/A N/A 21.6 1996
12  Ukraine 37.8 7.0 21.2 2009
13  Serbia and Montenegro 28.4 11.1 19.5 2006
14  Finland 29.0 10.0 19.3 2009
15  Estonia 20.6 7.3 18.1 2008
16  Switzerland 24.8 11.4 18.0 2007
17  Croatia 28.9 7.5 17.8 2009
18  Belgium[note 1][8] 26.5 9.3 17.6 2009
19  Moldova 30.1 5.6 17.4 2008
20  France 24.7 8.5 16.3 2007
21  Uruguay 26.0 6.3 15.8 2004
22  South Africa[11] 25.3 5.6 15.4 2005
23  Austria 23.8 7.1 15.2 2009
24  Poland 26.4 4.1 14.9 2008
25  Hong Kong 19.0 10.7 14.6 2009
26  Suriname 23.9 4.8 14.4 2005
27  Czech Republic 23.9 4.4 14.0 2009
28  Seychelles[12] N/A N/A 13.2 1998
29  New Zealand[13] 20.3 6.5 13.2 2008
30  Sweden 18.7 6.8 12.7 2008
31  Cuba 19.0 5.5 12.3 2008
32  Bulgaria 18.8 6.2 12.3 2008
33  Romania 21.0 3.5 12.0 2009
34  Norway 17.3 6.5 11.9 2009
35  Denmark 17.5 6.4 11.9 2006
36  Ireland 19.0 4.7 11.8 2009
37  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.3 3.3 11.8 1991
38  Canada 17.3 5.4 11.3 2004
39  Iceland[14] 17.9 4.5 11.3 2009
40  Chile 18.2 4.2 11.1 2007
41  United States (more info) 17.7 4.5 11.0 2005
42  Trinidad and Tobago 17.9 3.8 10.7 2006
43  India (more info) 13.0 7.8 10.5 2009
44  Singapore 12.9 7.7 10.3 2006
45  Slovakia[8] 19.8 1.9 10.3 2009
46  Australia[15] 14.9 4.5 9.7 2009
47  Germany[8] 15.1 4.4 9.5 2009
48  Kyrgyzstan 14.1 3.6 8.8 2009
49  Turkmenistan 13.8 3.5 8.6 1998
50  Netherlands [8] 12.0 5.0 8.5 2009
51  Costa Rica 13.2 2.5 8.0 2006
52  Republic of Macedonia[8] 12.6 3.9 8.0 2009
53  Portugal[8] 13.2 3.4 7.9 2008
54  Argentina 12.7 3.4 7.9 2005
55  Zimbabwe 10.6 5.2 7.9 1990
56  Luxembourg[8] 13.2 2.9 7.8 2008
57  Thailand 12.0 3.8 7.8 2002
58  Saint Lucia 10.4 5.0 7.7 2002
59  Spain 11.9 3.4 7.6 2008
60  Belize 13.4 1.6 7.6 2001
61  Puerto Rico 13.2 2.0 7.4 2005
62  Nicaragua 11.1 3.3 7.2 2005
63  Ecuador 9.1 4.5 6.8 2006
64  El Salvador 10.2 3.7 6.8 2006
65  People's Republic of China [16]
(more info)		 19.7 8 13.85 2008
66  United Kingdom 10.9 3.0 6.9 2009
67  Mauritius 11.8 1.9 6.8 2008
68  Italy 10.0 2.8 6.3 2007
69  Grenada 9.8 1.9 5.9 2005
70  Israel[17] 9.9 2.1 5.8 2007
71  Panama 10.4 0.8 5.7 2006
72  Colombia 7.8 2.1 4.9 2005
73  Uzbekistan 7.0 2.3 4.7 2005
74  Brazil 7.3 1.9 4.6 2005
75  Paraguay 5.5 2.7 4.1 2004
76  Albania[18] 4.7 3.3 4.0 2008
77  Mexico 6.8 1.3 4.0 2008
78  Turkey[19] 5.36 2.50 3.94 2008
79  Venezuela 6.1 1.4 3.8 2005
80  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.3 0.0 3.7 2004
81  Cyprus[8] 5.9 1.3 3.6 2009
82  Greece 6.1 1.0 3.5 2009
83  Malta 5.9 1.0 3.4 2008
84  Bahrain 4.9 0.5 3.1 1988
85  Tajikistan 2.9 2.3 2.6 2001
86  Armenia 3.9 1.0 2.4 2006
87  Guatemala 3.6 1.1 2.3 2006
88  Georgia 3.4 1.1 2.2 2001
89  Philippines 2.5 1.7 2.1 1993
90  Kuwait 2.5 1.4 2.0 2002
91  Pakistan [20] 2.0 2008
92  Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.0 1987
93  Dominican Republic 2.6 0.6 1.6 2004
94  Jordan 0.0 0.0 1.1 2009
95  The Bahamas 1.9 0.0 1.0 2002
96  Peru 1.1 0.6 0.9 2000
97  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.0 1.8 0.9 1987
98  Barbados 1.4 0.0 0.7 2001
99  Azerbaijan 1.0 0.3 0.6 2007
100  Maldives 0.7 0.0 0.3 2005
101  Iran 0.3 0.1 0.2 1991
102  Jamaica 0.3 0.0 0.1 1990
103  Syria 0.2 0.0 0.1 1985
104  Honduras 0.0 0.0 0.0 1978
105  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
106  Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
107  Haiti 0.0 0.0 0.0 2003

Notes

  1. ^ Recently released figures by official Belgian authorities suggest a considerably higher rate of 53.1 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 1st January 2009)."Toenemend aantal zelfdodingen in Belgie". 2011. http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/5036/Binnenland/article/detail/1216317/2011/02/01/Toenemend-aantal-zelfdodingen-in-Belgie.dhtml. 

References

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  2. ^ Unless otherwise stated all statistics are from WHO: "Country reports and charts available". WHO website - Mental health. World Health Organization. 2009. http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 
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