Suicide rates in countries throughout the world

Suicide Rates (per 100.000) Source: World Health Organization (as of November 1999; see the most-recent WHO data from the year 2008)
Country	Year	Males	Females
Albania	1993	2.9	1.7
Antigua and Barbuda	1995	0	0
Argentina	1993	10.6	2.9
Armenia	1992	3.6	1.0
Australia (Details)	1995	19.0	5.1
Austria	1997	30.0	10.0
Azerbaijan	1996	1.5	0.3
Bahamas	1995	2.2	0
Bahrain	1988	4.9	0.5
Barbados	1995	9.5	3.7
Belarus	1993	48.7	9.6
Belgium	1992	26.7	11.0
Belize	1995	12.0	0.9
Brazil	1992	5.6	1.6
Bulgaria	1994	25.3	9.7
Canada (Details)	1995	21.5	5.4
Chile	1994	10.2	1.4
China (mainland)	1994	14.3	17.9
China (SAR Hong Kong)	1996	15.9	9.1
Colombia	1994	5.5	1.5
Costa Rica	1994	8.0	1.8
Croatia	1996	34.2	11.3
Cuba	1995	25.6	14.9
Czech Republic	1996	24.0	6.8
Denmark	1996	24.3	9.8
Dominican Republic	1994	0	0
Ecuador	1995	6.4	3.2
Egypt	1987	0.1	0
El Salvador	1990	15.6	7.7
Estonia	1996	64.3	14.1
Finland	1996	38.7	10.7
France	1995	30.4	10.8
Georgia	1990	5.4	2.0
Germany	1997	22.1	8.1
Greece	1996	5.7	1.2
Guatemala	1984	0.9	0.1
Guyana	1994	14.6	6.5
Honduras	1978	0	0
Hungary	1997	49.2	15.6
Iceland	1995	16.4	3.8
India	1995	11.4	8.0
Iran	1991	0.3	0.1
Ireland	1995	17.9	4.6
Israel	1996	8.2	2.6
Italy	1993	12.7	4.0
Jamaica	1985	0.5	0.2
Japan	1996	24.3	11.5
Jordan	1979	0	0
Kazakhstan	1996	51.9	9.5
Kuwait	1994	1.8	1.9
Kyrgyzstan	1996	17.6	3.8
Latvia	1998	59.5	11.8
Lithuania	1998	73.7	13.7
Luxembourg	1997	29.0	9.8
Malta	1997	5.9	2.1
Mauritius	1996	20.6	6.4
Mexico	1995	5.4	1.0
Netherlands	1995	13.1	6.5
New Zealand	1994	23.6	5.8
Nicaragua	1994	4.7	2.2
Norway	1995	19.1	6.2
Panama	1987	5.6	1.9
Paraguay	1994	3.4	1.2
Peru	1989	0.6	0.4
Philippines	1993	2.5	1.7
Poland	1996	24.1	4.6
Portugal	1996	10.3	3.1
Puerto Rico	1992	16.1	1.9
Republic of Korea	1995	14.5	6.7
Republic of Moldova	1996	30.9	6.2
Romania	1996	21.1	4.3
Russian Federation	1995	72.9	13.7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1995	0	0
Saint Lucia	1986-88	11.0	3.0
St. Vincent and The Grenadines	1982-85	2.0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	1987	0	1.8
Seychelles	1985-87	12.2	0
Singapore	1997	14.3	8.0
Slovenia	1996	48.0	13.9
Spain	1995	12.5	3.7
Sri Lanka	1995	44.7	16.6
Suriname	1992	16.6	7.2
Sweden	1996	20.0	8.5
Switzerland	1994	30.9	12.2
Syrian Arab Republic	1985	0.2	0
Tajikistan	1992	5.1	2.3
Thailand	1994	5.6	2.4
Trinidad and Tobago	1994	17.4	5.0
Turkmenistan	1994	8.1	3.4
Ukraine	1992	38.2	9.2
United Kingdom	1997	11.0	3.2
United States of America (Details)	1996	19.3	4.4
Uruguay	1990	16.6	4.2
Uzbekistan	1993	9.3	3.2
Venezuela	1994	8.3	1.9
Yugoslavia	1990	21.6	9.2
Zimbabwe	1990	10.6	5.2

Table B

Suicide Rates (per 100,000) — Various Countries Source World Health Organization (as of November 1999; see the most-recent WHO data from the year 2008)
Country	Males	Females
Lithuania	73.7	13.7
Russian Federation	72.9	13.7
Estonia	64.3	14.1
Latvia	59.5	11.8
Kazakhstan	51.9	9.5
Hungary	49.2	15.6
Belarus	48.7	9.6
Slovenia	48.0	13.9
Sri Lanka	44.7	16.6
Finland	38.7	10.7
Ukraine	38.2	9.2
Croatia	34.2	11.3
Republic of Moldova	30.9	6.2
Switzerland	30.9	12.2
France	30.4	10.8
Austria	30.0	10.0
Luxembourg	29.0	9.8
Belgium	26.7	11.0
Cuba	25.6	14.9
Bulgaria	25.3	9.7
Denmark	24.3	9.8
Japan	24.3	11.5
Poland	24.1	4.6
Czech Republic	24.0	6.8
New Zealand	23.6	5.8
Germany	22.1	8.1
Yugoslavia	21.6	9.2
Canada (Details)	21.5	5.4
Romania	21.1	4.3
Mauritius	20.6	6.4
Sweden	20.0	8.5
United States of America (Details)	19.3	4.4
Norway	19.1	6.2
Australia (Details)	19.0	5.1
Ireland	17.9	4.6
Kyrgyzstan	17.6	3.8
Trinidad and Tobago	17.4	5.0
Suriname	16.6	7.2
Uruguay	16.6	4.2
Iceland	16.4	3.8
Puerto Rico	16.1	1.9
China (SAR Hong Kong)	15.9	9.1
El Salvador	15.6	7.7
Guyana	14.6	6.5
Republic of Korea	14.5	6.7
China (mainland)	14.3	17.9
Singapore	14.3	8.0
Netherlands	13.1	6.5
Italy	12.7	4.0
Spain	12.5	3.7
Seychelles	12.2	0.0
Belize	12.0	0.9
India	11.4	8.0
Saint Lucia	11.0	3.0
United Kingdom	11.0	3.2
Argentina	10.6	2.9
Zimbabwe	10.6	5.2
Portugal	10.3	3.1
Chile	10.2	1.4
Barbados	9.5	3.7
Uzbekistan	9.3	3.2
Venezuela	8.3	1.9
Israel	8.2	2.6
Turkmenistan	8.1	3.4
Costa Rica	8.0	1.8
Ecuador	6.4	3.2
Malta	5.9	2.1
Greece	5.7	1.2
Brazil	5.6	1.6
Panama	5.6	1.9
Thailand	5.6	2.4
Colombia	5.5	1.5
Georgia	5.4	2.0
Mexico	5.4	1.0
Tajikistan	5.1	2.3
Bahrain	4.9	0.5
Nicaragua	4.7	2.2
Armenia	3.6	1.0
Paraguay	3.4	1.2
Albania	2.9	1.7
Philippines	2.5	1.7
Bahamas	2.2	0.0
St. Vincent and The Grenadines	2.0	0.0
Kuwait	1.8	1.9
Azerbaijan	1.5	0.3
Guatemala	0.9	0.1
Peru	0.6	0.4
Jamaica	0.5	0.2
Iran	0.3	0.1
Syrian Arab Republic	0.2	0.0
Egypt	0.1	0.0
Antigua and Barbuda	0.0	0.0
Dominican Republic	0.0	0.0
Honduras	0.0	0.0
Jordan	0.0	0.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0	0.0
Sao Tome and Principe	0.0	1.8

Suicide Rates (per 100,000) — Various Countries
Source: World Health Organization
Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year and sex (Table); Most recent year available; as of 2008
http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/

Rank	Country	Year	Males	Females	Both
1	LITHUANIA	5	68.1	12.9	81.0
2	BELARUS	3	63.3	10.3	73.6
3	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	5	58.1	9.8	67.9
4	SRI LANKA	91	44.6	16.8	61.4
5	HUNGARY	5	42.3	11.2	53.5
6	SLOVENIA	6	42.1	11.1	53.2
7	KAZAKHSTAN	5	45.0	8.1	53.1
8	LATVIA	5	42.0	9.6	51.6
9	JAPAN	6	34.8	13.2	48.0
10	UKRAINE	5	40.9	7.0	47.9
11	GUYANA	5	33.8	11.6	45.4
12	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	6	29.6	14.1	43.7
13	ESTONIA	5	35.5	7.3	42.8
14	BELGIUM	97	31.2	11.4	42.6
15	FINLAND	6	31.1	9.6	40.7
16	CROATIA	5	30.5	9.7	40.2
17	SERBIA	6	28.4	11.1	39.5
18	REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA	6	31.5	5.1	36.6
19	FRANCE	5	26.4	9.2	35.6
20	SWITZERLAND	5	24.7	10.5	35.2
21	CHINA (Hong Kong SAR)	5	22.0	13.1	35.1
22	POLAND	5	27.8	4.6	32.4
23	AUSTRIA	6	24.7	7.0	31.7
24	CZECH REPUBLIC	5	25.5	5.6	31.1
25	URUGUAY	1	24.5	6.4	30.9
26	CHINA (Selected rural & urban areas)	99	13.0	14.8	27.8
27	DENMARK	1	19.2	8.1	27.3
28	SWEDEN	2	19.5	7.1	26.6
29	BULGARIA	4	19.7	6.7	26.4
30	GERMANY	4	19.7	6.6	26.3
31	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	0	20.9	4.9	25.8
32	SLOVAKIA	5	22.3	3.4	25.7
33	ROMANIA	4	21.5	4.0	25.5
34	CUBA	5	18.6	6.2	24.8
35	SURINAME	0	17.8	6.4	24.2
36	NEW ZEALAND	0	19.8	4.2	24.0
37	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	91	20.3	3.3	23.6
38	NORWAY	5	15.7	7.4	23.1
39	CANADA	4	17.3	5.4	22.7
40	PORTUGAL	3	17.5	4.9	22.4
41	ICELAND	5	16.2	6.1	22.3
42	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	5	17.7	4.5	22.2
43	LUXEMBOURG	5	17.7	4.3	22.0
44	AUSTRALIA	3	17.1	4.7	21.8
45	INDIA	98	12.2	9.1	21.3
46	CHILE	3	17.8	3.1	20.9
47	SINGAPORE	6	12.9	7.7	20.6
48	IRELAND	5	16.3	3.2	19.5
49	NETHERLANDS	4	12.7	6.0	18.7
50	KYRGYZSTAN	5	15.3	3.2	18.5
51	ARGENTINA	3	14.1	3.5	17.6
52	TURKMENISTAN	98	13.8	3.5	17.3
53	MAURITIUS	5	13.2	3.8	17.0
54	SPAIN	5	12.0	3.8	15.8
55	THAILAND	2	12.0	3.8	15.8
56	ZIMBABWE	90	10.6	5.2	15.8
57	SAINT LUCIA	2	10.4	5.0	15.4
58	BELIZE	1	13.4	1.6	15.0
59	ECUADOR	5	10.4	4.0	14.4
60	ITALY	3	11.0	3.4	14.4
61	NICARAGUA	5	11.1	3.3	14.4
62	EL SALVADOR	5	10.3	3.5	13.8
63	UNITED KINGDOM	5	10.4	3.2	13.6
64	TFYR MACEDONIA	3	9.5	4.0	13.5
65	PUERTO RICO	2	10.9	1.8	12.7
66	COSTA RICA	5	10.6	1.9	12.5
67	ISRAEL	3	10.4	2.1	12.5
68	PANAMA	3	11.1	1.4	12.5
69	MALTA	4	7.0	4.9	11.9
70	COLOMBIA	0	8.9	2.6	11.5
71	UZBEKISTAN	3	8.1	3.0	11.1
72	VENEZUELA	2	8.4	1.8	10.2
73	SEYCHELLES	87	9.1	0.0	9.1
74	BRAZIL	2	6.8	1.9	8.7
75	MEXICO	5	7.0	1.4	8.4
76	ALBANIA	3	4.7	3.3	8.0
77	BAHAMAS	0	6.0	1.3	7.3
78	GREECE	6	5.9	1.2	7.1
79	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	3	6.8	0.0	6.8
80	PARAGUAY	3	4.5	1.6	6.1
81	BAHRAIN	88	4.9	0.5	5.4
82	TAJIKISTAN	1	2.9	2.3	5.2
83	GEORGIA	1	3.4	1.1	4.5
84	GUATEMALA	3	3.4	0.9	4.3
85	PHILIPPINES	93	2.5	1.7	4.2
86	KUWAIT	2	2.5	1.4	3.9
87	ARMENIA	3	3.2	0.5	3.7
88	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	1	2.9	0.6	3.5
89	AZERBAIJAN	2	1.8	0.5	2.3
90	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	87	0.0	1.8	1.8
91	PERU	0	1.1	0.6	1.7
92	BARBADOS	1	1.4	0.0	1.4
93	IRAN	91	0.3	0.1	0.4
94	JAMAICA	90	0.3	0.0	0.3
95	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	85	0.2	0.0	0.2
96	EGYPT	87	0.1	0.0	0.1
97	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	95	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	HAITI	3	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	HONDURAS	78	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	JORDAN	79	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	95	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Posted 2000 09 25
Updates:
2001 02 11 (format changes)
2002 12 19 (added map of male suicide rates)
2005 03 19 (added poster "Save the Males")

Suicide rates in countries throughout the world

Table A

Table B