
India: Suicides
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India |
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 population |
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Latest value | 12.7 |
Reference | 2019 |
Measure | suicides per 100,000 people |
Source | The World Health Organization |
For that indicator, we provide data for India from 2000 to 2019. The average value for India during that period was 14.4 suicides per 100,000 people with a minimum of 12 suicides per 100,000 people in 2017 and a maximum of 17 suicides per 100,000 people in 2000.
The latest value from 2019 is 12.7 suicides per 100,000 people. For comparison, the world average in 2019 based on 180
countries is 9.49 suicides per 100,000 people.
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Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population.