Notes

  • Topic: Health: Mortality
  • Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population.
  • Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

List of countries ordered by: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

CountrySuicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
1Sri Lanka35.30 /100,000
2Lithuania32.70 /100,000
3Republic of Korea32.00 /100,000
4Guyana29.00 /100,000
5Mongolia28.30 /100,000
6Kazakhstan27.50 /100,000
7Suriname26.60 /100,000
8Belarus22.80 /100,000
9Equatorial Guinea22.60 /100,000
10Poland22.30 /100,000
11Latvia21.70 /100,000
12Hungary21.60 /100,000
13Slovenia21.40 /100,000
14Angola20.50 /100,000
15Belgium20.50 /100,000
16Ukraine20.10 /100,000
17Russian Federation20.10 /100,000
18Japan19.60 /100,000
19Estonia18.90 /100,000
20Bolivia18.70 /100,000
21Côte d'Ivoire18.10 /100,000
22Croatia17.50 /100,000
23Central African Republic17.40 /100,000
24Serbia17.00 /100,000
25Uruguay17.00 /100,000
26France16.90 /100,000
27Austria16.40 /100,000
28Finland16.20 /100,000
29Thailand16.00 /100,000
30Bulgaria15.90 /100,000
31Dem. People's Republic of Korea15.80 /100,000
32India15.70 /100,000
33Sweden15.40 /100,000
34Sierra Leone15.30 /100,000
35Switzerland15.10 /100,000
36Republic of Moldova14.80 /100,000
37Swaziland14.70 /100,000
38Trinidad and Tobago14.50 /100,000
39Kiribati14.30 /100,000
40United States of America14.30 /100,000
41Argentina14.20 /100,000
42Cuba14.00 /100,000
43Czech Republic13.70 /100,000
44Portugal13.60 /100,000
45Germany13.40 /100,000
46Iceland13.10 /100,000
47New Zealand12.60 /100,000
48Slovakia12.50 /100,000
49Laos12.30 /100,000
50Canada12.30 /100,000
51Denmark12.20 /100,000
52Netherlands11.90 /100,000
53Cameroon11.90 /100,000
54Cambodia11.90 /100,000
55Australia11.80 /100,000
56Ireland11.70 /100,000
57Bhutan11.70 /100,000
58Romania11.70 /100,000
59Micronesia (Fed. States of)11.20 /100,000
60Haiti11.20 /100,000
61Luxembourg11.10 /100,000
62El Salvador11.10 /100,000
63Montenegro11.00 /100,000
64Gabon10.90 /100,000
65Norway10.90 /100,000
66South Africa10.70 /100,000
67LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN10.65 /100,000
68Zimbabwe10.50 /100,000
69Lesotho10.40 /100,000
70Papua New Guinea10.30 /100,000
71Sudan10.20 /100,000
72Paraguay10.20 /100,000
73China10.00 /100,000
74Turkmenistan10.00 /100,000
75Chile9.90 /100,000
76Singapore9.90 /100,000
77Nigeria9.90 /100,000
78D.R. Congo9.80 /100,000
79Botswana9.70 /100,000
80Congo9.60 /100,000
81Nicaragua9.50 /100,000
82Togo9.50 /100,000
83Benin9.30 /100,000
84Mauritius9.30 /100,000
85Uzbekistan9.30 /100,000
86Seychelles9.30 /100,000
87Burkina Faso9.20 /100,000
88Puerto Rico9.00 /100,000
89Turkey8.70 /100,000
90Chad8.70 /100,000
91Maldives8.60 /100,000
92Djibouti8.60 /100,000
93United Kingdom8.50 /100,000
94Cabo Verde8.50 /100,000
95Fiji8.50 /100,000
96Rwanda8.50 /100,000
97Spain8.50 /100,000
98Mozambique8.40 /100,000
99Ethiopia8.40 /100,000
100Yemen8.20 /100,000
101TFYR Macedonia8.00 /100,000
102Burundi8.00 /100,000
103Solomon Islands7.90 /100,000
104Italy7.90 /100,000
105Costa Rica7.70 /100,000
106Guinea7.70 /100,000
107Least developed countries7.67 /100,000
108Namibia7.60 /100,000
109Ecuador7.50 /100,000
110Kyrgyzstan7.40 /100,000
111Viet Nam7.40 /100,000
112Comoros7.40 /100,000
113Belize7.30 /100,000
114Uganda7.10 /100,000
115Timor-Leste7.10 /100,000
116Tanzania7.00 /100,000
117Ghana6.90 /100,000
118Saint Lucia6.80 /100,000
119Dominican Republic6.80 /100,000
120Eritrea6.70 /100,000
121Georgia6.70 /100,000
122Bahrain6.50 /100,000
123Kenya6.50 /100,000
124South Sudan6.40 /100,000
125Zambia6.40 /100,000
126Qatar6.40 /100,000
127Guinea-Bissau6.30 /100,000
128Liberia6.30 /100,000
129Brazil6.30 /100,000
130Gambia6.20 /100,000
131Senegal6.10 /100,000
132Colombia6.10 /100,000
133Nepal6.00 /100,000
134Bosnia and Herzegovina6.00 /100,000
135Malta6.00 /100,000
136Mauritania5.90 /100,000
137Peru5.80 /100,000
138Malaysia5.80 /100,000
139Vanuatu5.80 /100,000
140Mali5.70 /100,000
141Samoa5.70 /100,000
142Oman5.60 /100,000
143Israel5.50 /100,000
144Tunisia5.50 /100,000
145Panama5.50 /100,000
146Libya5.50 /100,000
147Afghanistan5.50 /100,000
148Malawi5.50 /100,000
149Bangladesh5.50 /100,000
150Armenia5.40 /100,000
151Somalia5.40 /100,000
152Mexico5.00 /100,000
153Morocco4.80 /100,000
154Cyprus4.70 /100,000
155Madagascar4.60 /100,000
156Greece4.30 /100,000
157Myanmar4.30 /100,000
158Albania4.30 /100,000
159Niger4.10 /100,000
160Kuwait4.00 /100,000
161Tajikistan4.00 /100,000
162Iran3.60 /100,000
163Tonga3.50 /100,000
164Honduras3.50 /100,000
165Saudi Arabia3.40 /100,000
166Philippines3.40 /100,000
167Azerbaijan3.30 /100,000
168Jordan3.20 /100,000
169Algeria3.10 /100,000
170Lebanon3.10 /100,000
171Venezuela3.00 /100,000
172Iraq3.00 /100,000
173United Arab Emirates2.90 /100,000
174Indonesia2.90 /100,000
175Syrian Arab Republic2.70 /100,000
176Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.70 /100,000
177Egypt2.60 /100,000
178Guatemala2.50 /100,000
179Pakistan2.10 /100,000
180Sao Tome and Principe2.00 /100,000
181Bahamas1.80 /100,000
182State of Palestine1.80 /100,000
183Jamaica1.40 /100,000
184Brunei Darussalam1.30 /100,000
185Grenada0.50 /100,000
186Barbados0.40 /100,000
187Antigua and Barbuda0.00 /100,000

Source: Health Nutrition and Population Statistics - World Bank - Downloaded in August 2017