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List of countries by suicide rate

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World map of suicide rates per 100,000. Red: >13, yellow: 6.5-13, blue: <6.5.


File:Hungarian suicide rate.png

Suicide rate in Hungary (1950-2005), 1983: 45.3 suicides per 100,000 people, it was the second highest rate (after Lithuania, 1995: 45.6[1]) in recorded human history

The following is a list of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization from 2008 in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate deaths officially recorded as suicides. Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (i.e. total number of male suicides divided by total male population). The total rate of suicides is based on the total number of suicides divided by the total population rather than merely the average of the male and female suicide rates, because the gender ratio in most countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.

List[]

Suicide
Clinical aspects
Suicide crisis
Assessment of suicide risk
Intervention | Prevention
Crisis hotline | Suicide watch
Suicide and mental health
Attempted suicide
Related phenomena
Parasuicide | Self-harm
Suicidal ideation | Suicide note
Types of suicide
Suicide by method
Altruistic suicide
Assisted suicide | Copycat suicide
Cult suicide | Euthanasia
Forced suicide| Internet suicide
Mass suicide | Murder-suicide
Ritual suicide | Suicide attack
Suicide pact | Teenage suicide
Jail suicide | Copycat suicide
Further aspects
Suicide and gender
Suicide and occupation
Suicide crisis intervention
Suicide prevention centres
Suicide and clinical training
Views on suicide
History of suicide
Medical | Cultural
Legal | Philosophical
Religious | Right to die
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Suicides per 100,000 people per year[2]
Country Males Females Total pop. Year
Template:Country data Belarus 63.3 10.3 35.1 2003
Template:Country data Lithuania

[3] || 55.9 || 9.1 || 30.7 || 2008

Template:Country data Russia 53.9 9.5 30.1 2006
Template:Country data Kazakhstan 46.2 9.0 26.9 2007
Template:Country data Latvia 34.1 7.7 19.9 2007
Template:Country data Japan 
See: Suicide in Japan || 35.8 || 13.7 || 24.4 || 2007
Template:Country data Guyana 33.8 11.6 22.9 2005
Template:Country data Ukraine 40.9 7.0 22.6 2005
Template:Country data South Korea 
See: Suicide in South Korea || 29.6 || 14.1 || 21.9 || 2006
Template:Country data Sri Lanka

[4] || N/A

N/A 21.6 1996
Template:Country data Hungary

[5] || 37.1 || 8.6 || 21.5 || 2008

Template:Country data Belgium 27.2 9.5 18.2 1999
Template:Country data Finland 28.9 9.0 18.8 2007
Template:Country data Croatia 26.9 9.7 18.0 2006
Template:Country data Serbia and Montenegro 28.4 11.1 19.5 2006
Template:Country data Slovenia

[6] || 32.1 || 7.9 || 19.8 || 2008

Template:Country data Hong Kong 19.3 11.5 15.2 2006
Template:Country data Moldova 28.0 4.3 15.7 2007
Template:Country data France 25.5 9.0 17.0 2006
Template:Country data Switzerland 23.5 11.7 17.5 2006
Template:Country data Estonia

[7] || 29.1 || 6.2 || 16.5 || 2008

Template:Country data Poland 26.8 4.4 15.2 2006
Template:Country flag2 24.7 7.0 15.6 2006
Template:Country data Uruguay 24.5 6.4 15.1 2001
Template:Country data People's Republic of China 13.0 14.8 13.9 1999
Template:Country data Seychelles

[8] || N/A

N/A 13.2 1998
Template:Country data New Zealand

[9] || 20.3 || 6.5 || 13.2 || 2008

Template:Country data Sweden 19.5 7.1 13.3 2002
Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago 20.9 4.9 12.8 2000
Template:Country data Slovakia 22.3 3.4 12.6 2005
Template:Country data Romania 21.5 4.0 12.5 2004
Template:Country data Cuba 18.6 6.2 12.4 2004
Template:Country data Suriname 17.8 6.4 12.1 2000
Template:Country data Czech Republic

[10] || 20.2 || 4.2 || 11.8 || 2008

Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.3 3.3 11.8 1991
Template:Country data Norway 15.7 7.4 11.6 2005
Template:Country data Canada 17.9 5.4 11.6 2005
Template:Country data Iceland 16.2 6.1 11.2 2005
Template:Country data Portugal 17.5 4.9 11.2 2003
Template:Country data United States 17.7 4.5 11.1 2005
Template:Country data Luxembourg 17.7 4.3 11.0 2005
Template:Country data Australia 17.1 4.7 10.9 2003
Template:Country data Denmark

[11] || 16.0 || 5.7 || 10.6 || 2006

Template:Country data India 12.2 9.1 10.6 1998
Template:Country data Chile 17.8 3.1 10.4 2003
Template:Country data Singapore 12.9 7.7 10.3 2006
Template:Country data South Africa

[12] || 25.3 || 5.6 || N/A

2005
Template:Country data Bulgaria

[13] || 15.3 || 4.7 || 9.5 || 2007

Template:Country data Netherlands 12.7 6.0 9.4 2004
Template:Country data Germany

[14] || 14.9 || 4.4 || 9.4 || 2007

Template:Country data Ireland

[15] || 14.5 || 4.2 || 9.3 || 2008

Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan 15.3 3.2 9.2 2005
Template:Country data Argentina 14.1 3.5 8.7 2003
Template:Country data Turkmenistan 13.8 3.5 8.6 1998
Template:Country data Mauritius 13.2 3.8 8.5 2005
Template:Country data Zimbabwe 10.6 5.2 7.9 1990
Template:Country data Thailand 12.0 3.8 7.8 2002
Template:Country data Saint Lucia 10.4 5.0 7.7 2002
Template:Country data Belize 13.4 1.6 7.6 2001
Template:Country data Ecuador 10.4 4.0 7.2 2005
Template:Country data Nicaragua 11.1 3.3 7.2 2005
Template:Country data Italy

[16] || 8.4 || 2.3 || 5.2 || 2007

Template:Country data El Salvador 10.3 3.5 6.9 2005
Template:Country data Republic of Macedonia 9.5 4.0 6.8 2003
Template:Country flag2

[17] || 10.4 || 3.2 || 6.8 || 2005

Template:Country data Costa Rica 10.6 1.9 6.3 2005
Template:Country data Panama 11.1 1.4 6.3 2003
Template:Country data Israel 10.4 2.1 6.2 2003
Template:Country data Puerto Rico 10.9 1.8 6.2 2002
Template:Country data Spain

[18] || 9.6 || 3.0 || 6.1 || 2007

Template:Country data Malta 7.0 4.9 6.0 2004
Template:Country data Colombia 8.9 2.6 5.7 1999
Template:Country data Uzbekistan 8.1 3.0 5.5 2003
Template:Country data Venezuela 8.4 1.8 5.1 2002
Template:Country data Cyprus

[19] || 7.0 || 1.7 || 4.3 || 2008

Template:Country data Brazil 6.8 1.9 4.3 2002
Template:Country data Mexico 7.0 1.4 4.1 2005
Template:Country data Albania 
[20] || 4.7 || 3.3 || 4.0 || 2003
Template:Country data The Bahamas 6.0 1.3 3.6 2000
Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.8 0.0 3.4 2003
Template:Country data Bahrain 4.9 0.5 3.1 1988
Template:Country data Paraguay 4.5 1.6 3.1 2003
Template:Country data Greece

[21] || 4.8 || 1.0 || 2.8 || 2008

Template:Country data Tajikistan 2.9 2.3 2.6 2001
Template:Country data Georgia 3.4 1.1 2.2 2001
Template:Country data Guatemala 3.4 0.9 2.1 2003
Template:Country data Philippines 2.5 1.7 2.1 1993
Template:Country data Kuwait 2.5 1.4 2.0 2002
Template:Country data Armenia 3.2 0.5 1.8 2003
Template:Country data Dominican Republic 2.9 0.6 1.8 2001
Template:Country data Turkey 2.3 2.9 1.8 1995 [22]
Template:Country data Azerbaijan 1.8 0.5 1.1 2002
Template:Country data Peru 1.1 0.6 0.9 2000
Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe 0.0 1.8 0.9 1987
Template:Country data Barbados 1.4 0.0 0.7 2001
Template:Country data Iran 0.3 0.1 0.2 1991
Template:Country data Jamaica 0.3 0.0 0.1 1990
Template:Country data Syria 0.2 0.0 0.1 1985
Template:Country data Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.0 1987
Template:Country data Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
Template:Country data Haiti 0.0 0.0 0.0 2003
Template:Country data Honduras 0.0 0.0 0.0 1978
Template:Country data Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0 1979
Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995

References[]

  1. ↑ Suicide rate in Lithuania (WHO)
  2. ↑ Unless otherwise stated all statistics are from WHO: Country reports and charts available. WHO website - Mental health. World Health Organization. URL accessed on 2008-09-16.
  3. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  4. ↑ Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1991 when the rate was men: 44.6, women: 16.8
  5. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  6. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. IVZ/STAT. Stat.si. URL accessed on 2010-01-28.
  7. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  8. ↑ Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1985 when the rate was men: 21.5, women: 3.7
  9. ↑ http://www.socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/sr08-health.pdf New Zealand Government 2008 Social Report
  10. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  11. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  12. ↑ This data is for urban areas only. There is no recent data available for the whole of South Africa includeonly>Burrows, Stephanie, Lucie Laflamme. "Suicide Mortality in South Africa", Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, February 2006. Retrieved on 2009-07-05.
  13. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  14. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  15. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  16. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  17. ↑ The suicide rate varies greatly between the different countries that make up the United Kingdom. In Scotland, which has its own health system the suicide rate is men: 24.9, women: 8.2, combined: 16.0 Scottish Public Health Observatory (see link to excel spreadsheet)
  18. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  19. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  20. ↑ http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/index.html
  21. ↑ Death Due To Suicide. Eurostat. European Commission. URL accessed on 2010-01-10.
  22. ↑ http://lokman.cu.edu.tr/psikiyatri/derindex/kriz/1997/1/43.pdf

See also[]

  • List of OECD countries by suicide rate

External links[]

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