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How common is suicide?

Suicide rate, 185 countries & territories. Suicide deaths per 100,000 people a year, age-standardised (WHO estimates). Suicide is under-reported in many places, so small gaps say little.

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lowest≥ 3.7 per 100k≥ 5.8 per 100k≥ 8.6 per 100k≥ 11.9 per 100k≥ 14.9 per 100k≥ 17.9 per 100k no data
Source: World Health Organization — Global Health Observatory· 2022 / 2023

The ranking

  1. 1 Guyana 54.8 per 100k 2023
  2. 2 Lesotho 35 per 100k 2023
  3. 3 Suriname 35 per 100k 2023
  4. 4 Somalia 27.8 per 100k 2023
  5. 5 Gabon 26.3 per 100k 2023
  6. 6 Eritrea 25.8 per 100k 2023
  7. 7 Central African Republic 24 per 100k 2023
  8. 8 South Korea 23.4 per 100k 2023
  9. 9 Eswatini 23 per 100k 2023
  10. 10 Uruguay 22.2 per 100k 2023
  11. 11 Malawi 21.5 per 100k 2023
  12. 12 Comoros 20.8 per 100k 2023
  13. 13 Zambia 20.7 per 100k 2023
  14. 14 Lithuania 20.1 per 100k 2023
  15. 15 Russia 19.8 per 100k 2023
  16. 16 Burkina Faso 19.7 per 100k 2023
  17. 17 Djibouti 19.5 per 100k 2023
  18. 18 Cape Verde 19.3 per 100k 2023
  19. 19 Kenya 19.1 per 100k 2023
  20. 20 Ukraine 18.9 per 100k 2023
  21. 21 Belarus 18.7 per 100k 2023
  22. 22 Guinea-Bissau 18.6 per 100k 2023
  23. 23 Chad 18.4 per 100k 2023
  24. 24 Kazakhstan 18.2 per 100k 2023
  25. 25 DR Congo 18 per 100k 2023
  26. 26 Kiribati 18 per 100k 2023
  27. 27 Nepal 18 per 100k 2023
  28. 28 Angola 17.6 per 100k 2023
  29. 29 Burundi 17.6 per 100k 2023
  30. 30 Cameroon 17.5 per 100k 2023
  31. 31 Congo 17.3 per 100k 2023
  32. 32 Ghana 17.2 per 100k 2023
  33. 33 Uganda 17.2 per 100k 2023
  34. 34 Madagascar 17 per 100k 2023
  35. 35 Equatorial Guinea 16.8 per 100k 2023
  36. 36 Montenegro 16.8 per 100k 2023
  37. 37 Mozambique 16.7 per 100k 2023
  38. 38 Ivory Coast 16.5 per 100k 2023
  39. 39 Vanuatu 16.4 per 100k 2023
  40. 40 Benin 16.2 per 100k 2023
  41. 41 Namibia 16.2 per 100k 2023
  42. 42 South Sudan 16.2 per 100k 2023
  43. 43 South Africa 16.2 per 100k 2023
  44. 44 Mongolia 16 per 100k 2023
  45. 45 Senegal 15.8 per 100k 2023
  46. 46 Botswana 15.7 per 100k 2023
  47. 47 Hungary 15.6 per 100k 2023
  48. 48 India 15.3 per 100k 2023
  49. 49 Belgium 15.1 per 100k 2023
  50. 50 Zimbabwe 15.1 per 100k 2023

Reference years differ by country (2022–2023); each row shows its own year.

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