Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) by country
Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).
Countries reporting
185
Highest
28.66 per 100,000 population
Lesotho
Lowest
0.41 per 100,000 population
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
7.39 per 100,000 population
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
5,104
What the numbers show
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 28.66 per 100,000 population in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.41 per 100,000 population in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.39 per 100,000 population, and the mean is 8.55 per 100,000 population.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 70.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 114.8%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 92.8%).
Suicide mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 28.66 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 2 | South Korea | 27.53 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 27.23 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 24.78 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 24.75 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 22.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 7 | Suriname | 22.26 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 22.12 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 9 | Russia | 21.37 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 10 | Ukraine | 21.21 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | Micronesia (country) | 19.76 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 19.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 13 | Slovenia | 18.85 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 18.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 15 | Belgium | 18.36 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 16 | Kiribati | 17.47 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 17 | Japan | 17.43 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 17.34 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 19 | Thailand | 16.59 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 20 | France | 16.58 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 21 | Hungary | 16.45 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 15.73 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 23 | Croatia | 15.68 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 24 | United States | 15.63 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 25 | Belarus | 15.61 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 26 | Latvia | 15.21 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 15.14 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 28 | Estonia | 14.94 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 14.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 14.74 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 14.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 32 | Finland | 14.57 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 14.51 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 34 | Moldova | 14.14 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 35 | Switzerland | 14.02 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sweden | 13.84 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 37 | Cuba | 13.79 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 13.67 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.34 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 40 | Czechia | 13.33 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 41 | Eritrea | 13.23 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 42 | Norway | 13.19 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Australia | 13.08 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 44 | Germany | 12.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 45 | India | 12.56 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 46 | Samoa | 12 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 47 | New Zealand | 11.92 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 48 | Iceland | 11.91 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 49 | Portugal | 11.52 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands | 11.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 51 | Montenegro | 11.31 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 52 | Mozambique | 10.61 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 53 | Mauritius | 10.52 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 54 | Denmark | 10.46 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 55 | Nepal | 10.14 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 56 | Slovakia | 9.91 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 57 | Romania | 9.62 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 9.55 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 9.51 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 60 | Canada | 9.44 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 61 | Togo | 9.34 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 62 | North Korea | 9.31 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 9.19 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.97 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 65 | China | 8.95 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 66 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.77 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 67 | Spain | 8.72 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 68 | Rwanda | 8.68 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 69 | Venezuela | 8.63 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 8.59 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 71 | Ireland | 8.55 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 8.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 72 | Cameroon | 8.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 8.35 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 8.34 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 76 | Fiji | 8.27 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 8.22 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 78 | Angola | 8.11 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 79 | Singapore | 8.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 8.06 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 81 | Djibouti | 7.96 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 81 | Somalia | 7.96 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 83 | Argentina | 7.94 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 84 | South Sudan | 7.89 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 85 | Haiti | 7.81 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 86 | Chile | 7.69 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.67 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 88 | Burundi | 7.65 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 89 | El Salvador | 7.63 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 90 | Brazil | 7.59 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 91 | Malawi | 7.57 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 92 | Ecuador | 7.56 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 93 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.39 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 94 | Gabon | 7.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 94 | Vietnam | 7.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 7.13 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 97 | Benin | 7.12 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 98 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.03 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 99 | Italy | 6.99 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 6.95 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 6.83 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 103 | Senegal | 6.76 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 104 | Congo | 6.71 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 105 | Malta | 6.47 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 106 | Paraguay | 6.36 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 6.14 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 108 | Madagascar | 6.09 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 109 | Ethiopia | 6.07 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 110 | Comoros | 6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 111 | Liberia | 5.97 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 5.78 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 113 | Malaysia | 5.65 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 114 | Pakistan | 5.64 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 115 | Uganda | 5.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 116 | Puerto Rico | 5.42 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 117 | Ghana | 5.32 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 5.27 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 23.3% | flat |
| 119 | Chad | 5.21 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 120 | Georgia | 5.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 120 | Tanzania | 5.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 122 | Libya | 5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 123 | Nigeria | 4.99 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 124 | Colombia | 4.96 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 32.3% | flat |
| 125 | Guatemala | 4.94 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 126 | Bhutan | 4.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 127 | Guinea | 4.82 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 128 | Gambia | 4.81 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 129 | Tonga | 4.73 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 130 | Qatar | 4.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 131 | Greece | 4.68 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 132 | Bahrain | 4.66 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 133 | Kenya | 4.58 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 133 | Laos | 4.58 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 135 | Cambodia | 4.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 136 | Niger | 4.48 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 137 | Israel | 4.37 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 138 | Seychelles | 4.27 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 4.24 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 4.21 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 141 | Bolivia | 4.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 4.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 143 | Belize | 4.18 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 144 | Mali | 4.16 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 145 | Iran | 4.07 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 146 | Afghanistan | 3.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 147 | East Timor | 3.56 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 148 | Barbados | 3.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 149 | Philippines | 3.49 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 150 | Panama | 3.29 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 151 | Bahamas | 3.25 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 152 | Sudan | 3.16 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 153 | Brunei | 3.05 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 114.8% | rising |
| 154 | Cyprus | 3.02 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 155 | Honduras | 2.97 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 155 | Iraq | 2.97 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 157 | Morocco | 2.91 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 158 | Myanmar | 2.89 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 2.81 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 160 | Albania | 2.75 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritania | 2.71 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 162 | Turkey | 2.69 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 163 | Armenia | 2.46 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 2.43 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 165 | Kuwait | 2.31 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 104.4% | falling |
| 166 | Algeria | 2.18 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 167 | Tunisia | 1.84 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 1.82 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 169 | United Arab Emirates | 1.71 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 34.7% | flat |
| 170 | Jamaica | 1.69 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | 1.56 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 172 | Peru | 1.54 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 173 | Maldives | 1.47 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.46 per 100,000 population | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Grenada | 1.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Indonesia | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.95 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 178 | Oman | 0.91 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.86 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 180 | Lebanon | 0.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 181 | Palestine | 0.65 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 182 | Egypt | 0.63 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 183 | Jordan | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 184 | Syria | 0.59 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.41 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 92.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 14.99 per 100,000 population
- Post-demographic dividend 14.67 per 100,000 population
- High income 14.29 per 100,000 population
- Pacific island small states 13.7 per 100,000 population
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.32 per 100,000 population
- Caribbean small states 13.15 per 100,000 population
- Central Europe and the Baltics 13.12 per 100,000 population
- Europe & Central Asia 12.54 per 100,000 population
- OECD members 12.45 per 100,000 population
- European Union 12.09 per 100,000 population
- Euro area 11.88 per 100,000 population
- South Asia 11.54 per 100,000 population
About this data
Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).