Suicides - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 population, 2019:
The average for 2019 based on 180 countries was 9.49 suicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Lesotho: 72.4 suicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Antigua and Barbuda: 0.4 suicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2019. 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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| Countries | Suicides, 2019 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 72.4 | 1 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Guyana | 40.3 | 2 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Swaziland | 29.4 | 3 | 2000 - 2019 |
| South Korea | 28.6 | 4 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Kiribati | 28.3 | 5 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Micronesia | 28.2 | 6 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Lithuania | 26.1 | 7 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Suriname | 25.4 | 8 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Russia | 25.1 | 9 | 2000 - 2019 |
| South Africa | 23.5 | 10 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Ukraine | 21.6 | 11 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Belarus | 21.2 | 12 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Uruguay | 21.2 | 13 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Montenegro | 21 | 14 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Latvia | 20.1 | 15 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Slovenia | 19.8 | 16 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Belgium | 18.3 | 17 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Vanuatu | 18 | 18 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Mongolia | 17.9 | 19 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Kazakhstan | 17.6 | 20 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Hungary | 16.6 | 21 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Croatia | 16.4 | 22 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Botswana | 16.1 | 23 | 2000 - 2019 |
| USA | 16.1 | 24 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Finland | 15.3 | 25 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Japan | 15.3 | 26 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Estonia | 14.9 | 27 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Moldova | 14.7 | 28 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Solomon Isl. | 14.7 | 29 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Sweden | 14.7 | 30 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Austria | 14.6 | 31 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Switzerland | 14.5 | 32 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Zimbabwe | 14.1 | 33 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 34 | 2000 - 2019 |
| France | 13.8 | 35 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Mozambique | 13.6 | 36 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Cape Verde | 12.9 | 37 | 2000 - 2019 |
| India | 12.7 | 38 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Samoa | 12.6 | 39 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Australia | 12.5 | 40 | 2000 - 2019 |
| C.A. Republic | 12.3 | 41 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Germany | 12.3 | 42 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Czechia | 12.2 | 43 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Slovakia | 12.1 | 44 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Iceland | 11.9 | 45 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Canada | 11.8 | 46 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Netherlands | 11.8 | 47 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Norway | 11.8 | 48 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Portugal | 11.5 | 49 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Serbia | 11.4 | 50 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Luxembourg | 11.3 | 51 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Poland | 11.3 | 52 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Singapore | 11.2 | 53 | 2000 - 2019 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 54 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 10.9 | 55 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Eritrea | 10.9 | 56 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Denmark | 10.7 | 57 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Bulgaria | 9.7 | 58 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Namibia | 9.7 | 59 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Romania | 9.7 | 60 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Djibouti | 9.6 | 61 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Haiti | 9.6 | 62 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Ireland | 9.6 | 63 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Mauritius | 9.5 | 64 | 2000 - 2019 |
| North Korea | 9.4 | 65 | 2000 - 2019 |
| North Macedonia | 9.4 | 66 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Georgia | 9.2 | 67 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 68 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Chile | 9 | 69 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Fiji | 9 | 70 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Nepal | 9 | 71 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Bahrain | 8.9 | 72 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Ivory Coast | 8.9 | 73 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Pakistan | 8.9 | 74 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Thailand | 8.8 | 75 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Togo | 8.8 | 76 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Tr.&Tobago | 8.7 | 77 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Argentina | 8.4 | 78 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Gabon | 8.4 | 79 | 2000 - 2019 |
| China | 8.1 | 80 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Costa Rica | 8.1 | 81 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Seychelles | 8.1 | 82 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Uzbekistan | 8 | 83 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Eq. Guinea | 7.9 | 84 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Saint Lucia | 7.9 | 85 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Somalia | 7.9 | 86 | 2000 - 2019 |
| UK | 7.9 | 87 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Benin | 7.8 | 88 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Spain | 7.7 | 89 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Ecuador | 7.6 | 90 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Burkina Faso | 7.5 | 91 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Vietnam | 7.5 | 92 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7.4 | 93 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Zambia | 7.3 | 94 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Morocco | 7.2 | 95 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Belize | 7.1 | 96 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Guinea | 7 | 97 | 2000 - 2019 |
| G.-Bissau | 7 | 98 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Brazil | 6.9 | 99 | 2000 - 2019 |
| DR Congo | 6.7 | 100 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Italy | 6.7 | 101 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Sierra Leone | 6.7 | 102 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Ghana | 6.6 | 103 | 2000 - 2019 |
| R. of Congo | 6.5 | 104 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Chad | 6.4 | 105 | 2000 - 2019 |
| UA Emirates | 6.4 | 106 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Bolivia | 6.2 | 107 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Burundi | 6.2 | 108 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Angola | 6.1 | 109 | 2000 - 2019 |
| El Salvador | 6.1 | 110 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Kenya | 6.1 | 111 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Malta | 6.1 | 112 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 113 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 114 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Senegal | 6 | 115 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Guatemala | 5.9 | 116 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Qatar | 5.8 | 117 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Yemen | 5.8 | 118 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Malaysia | 5.7 | 119 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Turkmenistan | 5.7 | 120 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Rwanda | 5.6 | 121 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Madagascar | 5.5 | 122 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Comoros | 5.4 | 123 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Ethiopia | 5.4 | 124 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Laos | 5.4 | 125 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Malawi | 5.4 | 126 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Israel | 5.3 | 127 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Mexico | 5.3 | 128 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Niger | 5.3 | 129 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Iran | 5.2 | 130 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Greece | 5.1 | 131 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Cambodia | 4.9 | 132 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Domin. Rep. | 4.9 | 133 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Oman | 4.9 | 134 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Gambia | 4.8 | 135 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Bhutan | 4.6 | 136 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Uganda | 4.6 | 137 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Liberia | 4.5 | 138 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Libya | 4.5 | 139 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Nicaragua | 4.4 | 140 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Albania | 4.3 | 141 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Tajikistan | 4.3 | 142 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Tanzania | 4.3 | 143 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Afghanistan | 4.1 | 144 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Azerbaijan | 4.1 | 145 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Mali | 4.1 | 146 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Colombia | 3.9 | 147 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Sudan | 3.8 | 148 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Tonga | 3.8 | 149 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Bangladesh | 3.7 | 150 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Cyprus | 3.6 | 151 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Iraq | 3.6 | 152 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Bahamas | 3.5 | 153 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Nigeria | 3.5 | 154 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Armenia | 3.3 | 155 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Tunisia | 3.3 | 156 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Mauritania | 3.1 | 157 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Egypt | 3 | 158 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Papua N.G. | 3 | 159 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Burma | 2.9 | 160 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Kuwait | 2.9 | 161 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Panama | 2.9 | 162 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Lebanon | 2.8 | 163 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Peru | 2.8 | 164 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Brunei | 2.7 | 165 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Maldives | 2.7 | 166 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Algeria | 2.5 | 167 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Indonesia | 2.4 | 168 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Jamaica | 2.4 | 169 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Turkey | 2.4 | 170 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Philippines | 2.2 | 171 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Honduras | 2.1 | 172 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Venezuela | 2.1 | 173 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Syria | 2 | 174 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Jordan | 1.6 | 175 | 2000 - 2019 |
| S.T.&Principe | 1.5 | 176 | 2000 - 2019 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 1 | 177 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Grenada | 0.7 | 178 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Barbados | 0.6 | 179 | 2000 - 2019 |
| Ant.& Barb. | 0.4 | 180 | 2000 - 2019 |
Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population.
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