Suicides - Country rankings
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Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 population, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 53 countries was 7.81 suicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Lesotho: 28.66 suicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Egypt: 0.63 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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| Countries | Suicides, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 28.66 | 1 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Swaziland | 27.23 | 2 | 2000 - 2021 |
| South Africa | 22.3 | 3 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Zimbabwe | 17.34 | 4 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Cape Verde | 14.9 | 5 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Eritrea | 13.23 | 6 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mozambique | 10.61 | 7 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mauritius | 10.52 | 8 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Togo | 9.34 | 9 | 2000 - 2021 |
| C.A. Republic | 9.19 | 10 | 2000 - 2021 |
| DR Congo | 8.77 | 11 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Rwanda | 8.68 | 12 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Namibia | 8.59 | 13 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Burkina Faso | 8.5 | 14 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Cameroon | 8.5 | 15 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Botswana | 8.35 | 16 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Angola | 8.11 | 17 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Djibouti | 7.96 | 18 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Somalia | 7.96 | 19 | 2000 - 2021 |
| G.-Bissau | 7.67 | 20 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Burundi | 7.65 | 21 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Malawi | 7.57 | 22 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Ivory Coast | 7.39 | 23 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Gabon | 7.3 | 24 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Zambia | 7.13 | 25 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Benin | 7.12 | 26 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Eq. Guinea | 7.03 | 27 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Senegal | 6.76 | 28 | 2000 - 2021 |
| R. of Congo | 6.71 | 29 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Sierra Leone | 6.14 | 30 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Madagascar | 6.09 | 31 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Ethiopia | 6.07 | 32 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Comoros | 6 | 33 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Liberia | 5.97 | 34 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Uganda | 5.5 | 35 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Ghana | 5.32 | 36 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Chad | 5.21 | 37 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Tanzania | 5.1 | 38 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Libya | 5 | 39 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Nigeria | 4.99 | 40 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Guinea | 4.82 | 41 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Gambia | 4.81 | 42 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Kenya | 4.58 | 43 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Niger | 4.48 | 44 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Seychelles | 4.27 | 45 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mali | 4.16 | 46 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Sudan | 3.16 | 47 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Morocco | 2.91 | 48 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Mauritania | 2.71 | 49 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Algeria | 2.18 | 50 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Tunisia | 1.84 | 51 | 2000 - 2021 |
| S.T.&Principe | 0.86 | 52 | 2000 - 2021 |
| Egypt | 0.63 | 53 | 2000 - 2021 |
Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population.
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