* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 population, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 182 countries was 8.55 suicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Lesotho: 28.66 suicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.41 suicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: suicides per 100,000 people; Source: The World Health Organization
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Suicides, 2021 Global rank Available data
Lesotho 28.66 1 2000 - 2021
South Korea 27.53 2 2000 - 2021
Swaziland 27.23 3 2000 - 2021
Guyana 24.78 4 2000 - 2021
Uruguay 24.75 5 2000 - 2021
South Africa 22.3 6 2000 - 2021
Suriname 22.26 7 2000 - 2021
Lithuania 22.12 8 2000 - 2021
Russia 21.37 9 2000 - 2021
Ukraine 21.21 10 2000 - 2021
Micronesia 19.76 11 2000 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 19.6 12 2000 - 2021
Slovenia 18.85 13 2000 - 2021
Mongolia 18.5 14 2000 - 2021
Belgium 18.36 15 2000 - 2021
Kiribati 17.47 16 2000 - 2021
Japan 17.43 17 2000 - 2021
Zimbabwe 17.34 18 2000 - 2021
Thailand 16.59 19 2000 - 2021
France 16.58 20 2000 - 2021
Hungary 16.45 21 2000 - 2021
Vanuatu 15.73 22 2000 - 2021
Croatia 15.68 23 2000 - 2021
USA 15.63 24 2000 - 2021
Belarus 15.61 25 2000 - 2021
Latvia 15.21 26 2000 - 2021
Serbia 15.14 27 2000 - 2021
Estonia 14.94 28 2000 - 2021
Cape Verde 14.9 29 2000 - 2021
Sri Lanka 14.74 30 2000 - 2021
Kazakhstan 14.6 31 2000 - 2021
Finland 14.57 32 2000 - 2021
Austria 14.51 33 2000 - 2021
Moldova 14.14 34 2000 - 2021
Switzerland 14.02 35 2000 - 2021
Sweden 13.84 36 2000 - 2021
Poland 13.67 37 2000 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 13.34 38 2000 - 2021
Czechia 13.33 39 2000 - 2021
Eritrea 13.23 40 2000 - 2021
Norway 13.19 41 2000 - 2021
Australia 13.08 42 2000 - 2021
Germany 12.9 43 2000 - 2021
India 12.56 44 2000 - 2021
Samoa 12 45 2000 - 2021
New Zealand 11.92 46 2000 - 2021
Iceland 11.91 47 2000 - 2021
Portugal 11.52 48 2000 - 2021
Netherlands 11.5 49 2000 - 2021
Montenegro 11.31 50 2000 - 2021
Mozambique 10.61 51 2000 - 2021
Mauritius 10.52 52 2000 - 2021
Denmark 10.46 53 2000 - 2021
Nepal 10.14 54 2000 - 2021
Slovakia 9.91 55 2000 - 2021
Romania 9.62 56 2000 - 2021
UK 9.55 57 2000 - 2021
Bulgaria 9.51 58 2000 - 2021
Canada 9.44 59 2000 - 2021
Togo 9.34 60 2000 - 2021
North Korea 9.31 61 2000 - 2021
C.A. Republic 9.19 62 2000 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 8.97 63 2000 - 2021
China 8.95 64 2000 - 2021
DR Congo 8.77 65 2000 - 2021
Spain 8.72 66 2000 - 2021
Rwanda 8.68 67 2000 - 2021
Venezuela 8.63 68 2000 - 2021
Namibia 8.59 69 2000 - 2021
Ireland 8.55 70 2000 - 2021
Burkina Faso 8.5 71 2000 - 2021
Cameroon 8.5 72 2000 - 2021
Botswana 8.35 73 2000 - 2021
Uzbekistan 8.34 74 2000 - 2021
Fiji 8.27 75 2000 - 2021
Luxembourg 8.22 76 2000 - 2021
Angola 8.11 77 2000 - 2021
Singapore 8.1 78 2000 - 2021
Costa Rica 8.06 79 2000 - 2021
Djibouti 7.96 80 2000 - 2021
Somalia 7.96 81 2000 - 2021
Argentina 7.94 82 2000 - 2021
Haiti 7.81 83 2000 - 2021
Chile 7.69 84 2000 - 2021
G.-Bissau 7.67 85 2000 - 2021
Burundi 7.65 86 2000 - 2021
El Salvador 7.63 87 2000 - 2021
Brazil 7.59 88 2000 - 2021
Malawi 7.57 89 2000 - 2021
Ecuador 7.56 90 2000 - 2021
Ivory Coast 7.39 91 2000 - 2021
Gabon 7.3 92 2000 - 2021
Vietnam 7.3 93 2000 - 2021
Zambia 7.13 94 2000 - 2021
Benin 7.12 95 2000 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 7.03 96 2000 - 2021
Italy 6.99 97 2000 - 2021
Mexico 6.95 98 2000 - 2021
Turkmenistan 6.83 99 2000 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 6.8 100 2000 - 2021
Senegal 6.76 101 2000 - 2021
R. of Congo 6.71 102 2000 - 2021
Malta 6.47 103 2000 - 2021
Paraguay 6.36 104 2000 - 2021
Sierra Leone 6.14 105 2000 - 2021
Madagascar 6.09 106 2000 - 2021
Ethiopia 6.07 107 2000 - 2021
Comoros 6 108 2000 - 2021
Liberia 5.97 109 2000 - 2021
North Macedonia 5.78 110 2000 - 2021
Malaysia 5.65 111 2000 - 2021
Pakistan 5.64 112 2000 - 2021
Uganda 5.5 113 2000 - 2021
Puerto Rico 5.42 114 2000 - 2021
Ghana 5.32 115 2000 - 2021
Saint Lucia 5.27 116 2000 - 2021
Chad 5.21 117 2000 - 2021
Georgia 5.1 118 2000 - 2021
Tanzania 5.1 119 2000 - 2021
Libya 5 120 2000 - 2021
Nigeria 4.99 121 2000 - 2021
Colombia 4.96 122 2000 - 2021
Guatemala 4.94 123 2000 - 2021
Bhutan 4.9 124 2000 - 2021
Guinea 4.82 125 2000 - 2021
Gambia 4.81 126 2000 - 2021
Tonga 4.73 127 2000 - 2021
Qatar 4.7 128 2000 - 2021
Greece 4.68 129 2000 - 2021
Bahrain 4.66 130 2000 - 2021
Kenya 4.58 131 2000 - 2021
Laos 4.58 132 2000 - 2021
Cambodia 4.5 133 2000 - 2021
Niger 4.48 134 2000 - 2021
Israel 4.37 135 2000 - 2021
Seychelles 4.27 136 2000 - 2021
Nicaragua 4.24 137 2000 - 2021
Yemen 4.21 138 2000 - 2021
Bolivia 4.2 139 2000 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 4.2 140 2000 - 2021
Belize 4.18 141 2000 - 2021
Mali 4.16 142 2000 - 2021
Iran 4.07 143 2000 - 2021
Afghanistan 3.6 144 2000 - 2021
Barbados 3.5 145 2000 - 2021
Philippines 3.49 146 2000 - 2021
Panama 3.29 147 2000 - 2021
Bahamas 3.25 148 2000 - 2021
Sudan 3.16 149 2000 - 2021
Brunei 3.05 150 2000 - 2021
Cyprus 3.02 151 2000 - 2021
Honduras 2.97 152 2000 - 2021
Iraq 2.97 153 2000 - 2021
Morocco 2.91 154 2000 - 2021
Burma 2.89 155 2000 - 2021
Bangladesh 2.81 156 2000 - 2021
Albania 2.75 157 2000 - 2021
Mauritania 2.71 158 2000 - 2021
Turkey 2.69 159 2000 - 2021
Armenia 2.46 160 2000 - 2021
Tajikistan 2.43 161 2000 - 2021
Kuwait 2.31 162 2000 - 2021
Algeria 2.18 163 2000 - 2021
Tunisia 1.84 164 2000 - 2021
Papua N.G. 1.82 165 2000 - 2021
UA Emirates 1.71 166 2000 - 2021
Jamaica 1.69 167 2000 - 2021
Azerbaijan 1.56 168 2000 - 2021
Peru 1.54 169 2000 - 2021
Maldives 1.47 170 2000 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 1.46 171 2000 - 2021
Grenada 1.3 172 2000 - 2021
Indonesia 1.2 173 2000 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 0.95 174 2000 - 2021
Oman 0.91 175 2000 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 0.86 176 2000 - 2021
Lebanon 0.7 177 2000 - 2021
Palestine 0.65 178 2000 - 2021
Egypt 0.63 179 2000 - 2021
Jordan 0.6 180 2000 - 2021
Syria 0.59 181 2000 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 0.41 182 2000 - 2021


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Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population.

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