List of countries by suicide rate

The following is a list of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization, in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate deaths officially recorded as suicides in the most recent available year, last updated in 2011. The WHO statistics are based on the official reports from each respective country, and therefore, no more accurate than the record-keeping in the specific country.

Incidence of suicide tends to be under-reported due to both religious and social pressures, and possibly completely unreported in some areas. Since the data might be skewed, comparing suicide rates between nations is statistically unsound. For example attempted suicide is illegal in Nepal and people who attempt suicide when caught are subject to imprisonment, fines or both; therefore, any suicide figures for Nepal will underestimate the incidence.[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). 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.

List

Suicides per 100,000 people per year[2]
Rank Country Male Female Average Year
1  Greenland[3][4][5] (more info) 116.9 45.0 83.0 (0.0830%) 2011
2  Lithuania[6] (more info) 65.1 12.4 36.7 (0.0367%) 2013
3  South Korea[7] (more info) 39.8 17.3 28.5 (0.0285%) 2013
4  Guyana[8](more info) 39.0 13.4 26.4 (0.0264%) 2006
5  Kazakhstan[8](more info) 43.0 9.4 25.6 (0.0256%) 2008
6  Slovenia[9] 34.6 9.4 21.8 (0.0218%) 2011
7  Japan (more info)[10] 28.2 12.3 20.1 (0.0201%) 2014
9  Hungary[11] 21.1 (0.0211%) 2013
10  Belarus[12][13] 20.5 (0.0205%) 2012
11  Ukraine[14] (more info) 19.8 (0.0198%) 2012
12  Latvia[15] 19.0 (0.0190%) 2013
13  Russia[16] (more info) 18.2 (0.0182%) 2014
14  Moldova 17.6 (0.0176%) 2008
15  Poland 17.5 (0.0175%) 2013
16  Sri Lanka[17] (more info) 34.8 9.24 21.3 (0.0213%) 2011
17  Belgium[18][note 1][19][note 2] 17.0 (0.017%) 2009
18  Uruguay[20] 16.5 (0.0165%) 2012
19  Bhutan[21](more info) 16.2 (0.0162%) 2011
20  Croatia[22] 16.3 (0.0163%) 2013
21  Finland[23] 24.6 7.9 16.0 (0.016%) 2012
22  South Africa[24] 15.4 (0.0154%) 2005
23  Austria 23.8 7.1 15.45 (0.01545%) 2009
24  Taiwan[25] 20.5 9.7 15.1 (0.0151%) 2011
25  Estonia[26] 27.3 4.5 14.8 (0.0148%) 2010
26  France[26] (more info) 22.8 7.4 14.7 (0.0147%) 2010
27  Suriname 23.9 4.8 14.4 (0.0144%) 2005
28  Bosnia and Herzegovina[27] 13.3 (0.0133%) 2011
29  Czech Republic 12.8 (0.0128%) 2010
30  United States[28] 20.2 5.5 12.6 (0.0126%) 2013
31  Cuba 19.0 5.5 12.3 (0.0123%) 2008
32  Bulgaria 18.8 6.2 12.3 (0.0123%) 2008
33  Hong Kong[29] 16.2 8.8 12.3 (0.0123%) 2011
34  Germany[30] 18.9 6.4 12.5 (0.0125%) 2013
35  Sweden[31] 17.3 6.9 12.0 (0.0120%) 2012
36  Romania 20.8 3.7 11.9 (0.0119%) 2009
37  Norway 14.0 5.0 11.9 (0.0119%) 2012
38  United Kingdom[32] (more info) 18.2 5.1 11.8 (0.0118%) 2011
39  New Zealand[33] 17.0 6.4 11.5 (0.0115%) 2010
40  Canada[34] (more info) 16.9 5.3 11.5 (0.0115%) 2009
41  Denmark[35] 16.6 6.2 11.3 (0.0113%) 2010
42  Iceland[36] 18.3 4.6 11.3 (0.0113%) 2009
43  Chile 18.2 4.2 11.2 (0.0112%) 2007
44   Switzerland[37] 17 5.8 11.2 (0.0112%) 2011
45  Trinidad and Tobago 17.9 3.8 10.7 (0.0107%) 2006
46  India (more info) 13.0 7.8 10.5 (0.0105%) 2009
47  Ireland[38] 17.4 3.4 10.3 (0.0103%) 2013
48  Singapore[39] 13.3 7.3 10.3 (0.0103%) 2012
49  Australia[40] 15.3 4.8 10.0 (0.01%) 2011
17  Serbia[41] 24.9 9.0 17.3 (0.0173%) 2011
50  Slovakia[19] 17.4 2.8 9.9 (0.0099%) 2011
51  Portugal[42][19] 15.5 4.1 9.6 (0.0096%) 2011
52  Kyrgyzstan 14.1 3.6 8.8 (0.0088%) 2009
53  Netherlands[19] 12.0 5.0 8.8 (0.0088%) 2010
54  Turkmenistan 13.8 3.5 8.6 (0.0086%) 1998
55  Republic of Macedonia[19] 12.6 3.9 8.0 (0.008%) 2009
56  El Salvador 12.9 3.6 8.0 (0.008%) 2008
57 China China[43](more info) 22.23 (0.0222%) 2013
58  Zimbabwe 10.6 5.2 7.9 (0.0079%) 1990
59  Luxembourg[19] 13.2 2.9 7.8 (0.0078%) 2008
60  Argentina 12.6 3.0 7.7 (0.0077%) 2008
61  Spain[44] 11.8 3.4 7.6 (0.0076%) 2012
62  Ecuador 10.5 3.6 7.1 (0.0071%) 2009
63  Mauritius 11.8 1.9 6.8 (0.0068%) 2008
64  Italy 10.0 2.8 6.3 (0.0063%) 2007
65  Costa Rica 10.2 1.9 6.1 (0.0061%) 2009
66  Thailand[45] 9.5 2.7 6.1 (0.0061%) 2011
67  Mongolia 8.6 3.1 5.85 (0.0058%) 2011
68  Israel[46] 9.9 2.1 5.8 (0.0058%) 2007
69  Nicaragua 9.0 2.6 5.8 (0.0058%) 2006
70  Panama 9.0 1.9 5.5 (0.0055%) 2008
71  Colombia 7.9 2.0 4.9 (0.0049%) 2007
72  Brazil 7.7 2.0 4.8 (0.0048%) 2008
73  Iran[47][48] 3.9 2.1 04.8 (0.0048%) 2013
74  Uzbekistan 7.0 2.3 4.7 (0.0047%) 2005
75  Cambodia 4.6 (0.0046%) 2008
76  Georgia 7.1 1.7 4.3 (0.0043%) 2009
77  Turkey[49] 4.19 (0.00419%) 2013
78  Albania[50] 4.7 3.3 4.0 (0.004%) 2003
79  Mexico 6.8 1.3 4.0 (0.004%) 2008
80  Honduras[51] 3.84 (0.00384%) 2011
81  Bahrain 4.0 3.5 3.8 (0.0038%) 2006
82  Belize 6.6 0.7 3.7 (0.0037%) 2008
83  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.4 1.9 3.7 (0.0037%) 2008
84  Paraguay 5.1 2.0 3.6 (0.0036%) 2008
85  Cyprus[19] 5.9 1.3 3.6 (0.0036%) 2009
86  Guatemala 5.6 1.7 3.6 (0.0036%) 2008
87  Barbados 7.3 0.0 3.5 (0.0035%) 2006
88  Greece 6.1 1.0 3.5 (0.0035%) 2009
89  Malta 5.9 1.0 3.4 (0.0034%) 2008
90  Venezuela 5.3 1.2 3.2 (0.0032%) 2007
91  Philippines[52] 4.5 1.0 2.75 (0.00275%) 2005
92  Tajikistan 2.9 2.3 2.6 (0.0026%) 2001
93  Saint Lucia 4.9 0.0 2.4 (0.0024%) 2005
94  Dominican Republic 3.9 0.7 2.3 (0.0023%) 2005
95  Armenia 2.8 1.1 1.9 (0.0019%) 2008
96  Kuwait 1.9 1.7 1.8 (0.0018%) 2009
97  The Bahamas 1.9 0.6 1.2 (0.0012%) 2005
98  Pakistan[53] 1.45 0.71 1.10 (0.0011%) 2012
99  Peru 1.1 0.6 0.9 (0.0009%) 2000
100  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.0 1.8 0.9 (0.0009%) 1987
101  Azerbaijan 1.0 0.3 0.6 (0.0006%) 2007
102  Maldives 0.7 0.0 0.3 (0.0003%) 2005
103  Jamaica 0.3 0.0 0.1 (0.0001%) 1990
104  Syria 0.2 0.0 0.1 (0.0001%) 1985
105  Jordan[54] 0.2 0.0 0.1 (0.0001%) 2008
106  Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.1 (0.0001%) 2009
107  Grenada 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0%) 2008
108  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0%) 1995
109  Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0%) 1995
110  Haiti 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0%) 2003
111    Nepal 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0%) 2003

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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". 2011.
  2. ↑ 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

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