Ireland vs Rwanda: Suicide mortality rate

Ireland

8.55 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Rwanda

8.68 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Ireland rank

71st

Rwanda rank

68th

Suicide mortality rate over time

Rwanda currently reports 8.68 per 100,000 population against 8.55 per 100,000 population in Ireland, a difference of 0.13 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 71st and Rwanda ranks 68th of 185 countries.

Indicator: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
Unit: per 100,000 population
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).