Suicide mortality rate in Barbados
Barbados: Suicide mortality rate was 3.5 per 100,000 population in 2021. ▼ Falling
Suicide mortality rate in Barbados, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in per 100,000 population.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 3.5 per 100,000 population for suicide mortality rate in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.5% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, suicide mortality rate in Barbados peaked at 5.2 per 100,000 population in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.5 per 100,000 population, in 2021.
Barbados ranks 148th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.76 per 100,000 population | 4.32 per 100,000 population | 5.2 per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.23 per 100,000 population | 3.9 per 100,000 population | 4.8 per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.82 per 100,000 population | 3.5 per 100,000 population | 4.14 per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 145 Iran 4.07 per 100,000 population compare
- 146 Afghanistan 3.6 per 100,000 population compare
- 147 East Timor 3.56 per 100,000 population compare
- 149 Philippines 3.49 per 100,000 population compare
- 150 Panama 3.29 per 100,000 population compare
- 151 Bahamas 3.25 per 100,000 population compare
More health data for Barbados
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 1,825 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 1,772 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 48,290 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 1,753 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 1,743 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 1,757 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 1,838 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 1,944 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 1,774 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 15.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is suicide mortality rate in Barbados?
- Suicide mortality rate in Barbados was 3.5 per 100,000 population in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest suicide mortality rate recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2 per 100,000 population in 2000.
- What is the lowest suicide mortality rate recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5 per 100,000 population in 2021.
- How does Barbados rank for suicide mortality rate?
- Barbados ranks 148th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is suicide mortality rate rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).