List of countries by suicide rate

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World map of suicide rates per 100,000.

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 of suicides. Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (e.g. total male population divided by total number of male suicides). 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 many countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.

This list should be used with caution. Little data is available documenting suicide rates in Africa, and the Middle East. Even in countries where cause-of-death data is collected systematically, differing societal attitudes toward suicide may impact the recorded figures (e.g., misreporting a suicide as an accidental death out of deference for the bereaved).

Suicides per 100,000 people per year:[1][2]
Rank Country Year Males Females Total
1. Template:Flagicon Lithuania[3][4] 2005 68.1 12.9 38.6
2. Template:Flagicon Belarus 2003 63.3 10.3 35.1
3. Template:Flagicon Russia 2004 61.6 10.7 34.3
4. Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan 2003 51.0 8.9 29.2
5. Template:Flagicon Slovenia 2003 45.0 12.0 28.1
6. Template:Flagicon Hungary 2003 44.9 12.0 27.7
7. Template:Flagicon Latvia 2004 42.9 8.5 24.3
8. Template:Flagicon Japan 2004 35.6 12.8 24.0
9. Template:Flagicon Ukraine 2004 43.0 7.3 23.8
10. Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka 1996 NA NA 21.6
11. Template:Flagicon Belgium 1997 31.2 11.4 21.1
12. Template:Flagicon Finland 2003 31.9 9.8 20.6
13. Template:Flagicon Estonia 2005 35.5 7.3 20.3
14. Template:Flagicon Croatia 2004 30.2 9.8 19.6
15. Template:Flagicon Serbia and Montenegro 2002 28.8 10.4 19.3
16. Template:Flagicon Switzerland 2001 26.5 10.6 18.4
17. Template:Flagicon Cuba 1996 24.5 12.0 18.3
18. Template:Flagicon Austria 2003 27.1 9.3 17.9
19. Template:Flagicon Republic of Korea 2002 24.7 11.2 17.9
20. Template:Flagicon France 2001 26.6 9.1 17.6
21. Template:Flagicon Republic of Moldova 2004 29.3 5.2 16.7
22. Template:Flagicon Czech Republic 2004 25.9 5.7 15.5
23. Template:Flagicon Poland 2002 26.6 5.0 15.5
24. Template:Flagicon Hong Kong SAR, China 2002 20.7 10.2 15.3
25. Template:Flagicon Romania 2002 23.9 4.7 14.1
26. Template:Flagicon Bulgaria 2003 21.0 7.3 14.0
27. Template:Flagicon China (selected areas) 1999 13.0 14.8 13.9
28. Template:Flagicon Denmark 2000 20.2 7.2 13.6
29. Template:Flagicon Germany 2001 20.4 7.0 13.5
30. Template:Flagicon Sweden 2001 18.9 8.1 13.4
31. Template:Flagicon Slovakia 2002 23.6 3.6 13.3
32. Template:Flagicon Seychelles 1998 NA NA 13.2
33. Template:Flagicon Australia 2001 20.1 5.3 12.7
34. Template:Flagicon Ireland 2001 21.4 4.1 12.7
35. Template:Flagicon Iceland 2001 19.6 5.6 12.6
36. Template:Flagicon Canada 2001 18.7 5.2 11.9
37. Template:Flagicon Mauritius 2000 18.8 5.2 11.9
38. Template:Flagicon New Zealand 2000 19.8 4.2 11.9
39. Template:Flagicon Suriname 1992 16.6 7.2 11.9
40. Template:Flagicon Bosnia and Herzegovina 1991 20.3 3.3 11.8
41. Template:Flagicon Portugal 2002 18.9 4.9 11.7
42. Template:Flagicon Trinidad and Tobago 1994 17.4 5 11.6
43. Template:Flagicon Luxembourg 2003 18.5 3.5 10.9
44. Template:Flagicon Norway 2002 16.1 5.8 10.9
45. Template:Flagicon India 1998 12.2 9.1 10.7
46. Template:Flagicon United States 2002 17.6 4.1 11.0
47. Template:Flagicon Guyana 1994 14.6 6.5 10.5
48. Template:Flagicon Uruguay 1990 16.6 4.2 10.3
49. Template:Flagicon Kyrgyzstan 2003 16.1 3.2 9.6
50. Template:Flagicon Singapore 2002 11.4 7.6 9.5
51. Template:Flagicon Netherlands 2003 12.7 5.9 9.2
52. Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico 1992 16.1 1.9 8.7
53. Template:Flagicon Turkmenistan 1998 13.8 3.5 8.6
54. Template:Flagicon Spain 2002 12.6 3.9 8.2
55. Template:Flagicon El Salvador 1993 10.4 5.5 7.9
56. Template:Flagicon Zimbabwe 1990 10.6 5.2 7.9
57. Template:Flagicon Saint Lucia 1988 9.3 5.8 7.5
58. Template:Flagicon Republic of Macedonia 2000 10.3 4.5 7.4
59. Template:Flagicon Italy 2001 11.1 3.3 7.1
60. Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 2004 10.8 3.3 7.0
61. Template:Flagicon Barbados 1995 9.5 3.7 6.5
62. Template:Flagicon Belize 1995 12.1 0.9 6.5
63. Template:Flagicon Argentina 1996 9.9 3.0 6.4
64. Template:Flagicon Israel 2003 10.4 2.1 6.2
65. Template:Flagicon Uzbekistan 2002 9.3 3.1 6.2
66. Template:Flagicon Costa Rica 1995 9.7 2.1 5.9
67. Template:Flagicon Chile 1994 10.2 1.4 5.7
68. Template:Flagicon Venezuela 1994 8.3 1.9 5.1
69. Template:Flagicon Malta 2003 8.6 1.5 5.0
70. Template:Flagicon Ecuador 1995 6.4 3.2 4.8
71. Template:Flagicon Brazil 1995 6.6 1.8 4.1
72. Template:Flagicon Albania 2003 4.7 3.3 4.0
73. Template:Flagicon Thailand 1994 5.6 2.4 4
74. Template:Flagicon Panama 1987 5.6 1.9 3.8
75. Template:Flagicon Colombia 1994 5.5 1.5 3.5
76. Template:Flagicon Nicaragua 1994 4.7 2.2 3.4
77. Template:Flagicon Bahrain 1988 4.9 0.5 3.1
78. Template:Flagicon Mexico 1995 5.4 1.0 3.1
79. Template:Flagicon Greece 2002 4.7 1.2 2.9
80. Template:Flagicon Tajikistan 2001 2.9 2.3 2.6
81. Template:Flagicon Paraguay 1994 3.4 1.2 2.3
82. Template:Flagicon Georgia 2001 3.4 1.1 2.2
83. Template:Flagicon Philippines 1993 2.5 1.7 2.1
84. Template:Flagicon Kuwait 2002 2.5 1.4 2.0
85. Template:Flagicon Armenia 2003 3.2 0.5 1.8
86. Template:Flagicon Azerbaijan 2002 1.8 0.5 1.1
87. Template:Flagicon Bahamas 1995 2.2 0 1.1
88. Template:Flagicon São Tomé and Príncipe 1987 0 1.8 0.9
89. Template:Flagicon Guatemala 1984 0.9 0.1 0.5
90. Template:Flagicon Peru 1989 0.6 0.4 0.5
91. Template:Flagicon Jamaica 1985 0.5 0.2 0.3
92. Template:Flagicon Iran 1991 0.3 0.1 0.2
93. Template:Flagicon Syria 1985 0.2 0.0 0.1
94. Template:Flagicon Antigua and Barbuda 1995 0 0 0
95. Template:Flagicon Dominican Republic 1994 0 0 0
96. Template:Flagicon Egypt 1987 0.1 0 0
97. Template:Flagicon Honduras 1978 0 0 0
98. Template:Flagicon Jordan 1979 0 0 0
99. Template:Flagicon St. Kitts and Nevis 1995 0 0 0
100. Template:Flagicon St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1996 0 0 0

Notes

  1. Table of WHO suicide rates by gender
  2. WHO country reports and charts for suicide rates
  3. Template:Lt icon Lithuanian suicide rate graph as of 2005
  4. Template:Lt icon Official report on death causes in Lithuania

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