List of countries by suicide rate

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The following is a List of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate of suicides. Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (e.g. total male population divided by total number of male suicides). 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 many countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.

This list should be used with caution. Little data is available documenting suicide rates in Africa, and the Middle East. Even in countries where cause-of-death data is collected systematically, differing societal attitudes to suicide may have a major impact on the recorded figures. (For example, in Christian countries, an automobile hitting a tree in broad daylight with perfect road conditions might be recorded as an accidental death out of deference for the suffering of the bereaved.)

Suicides per 100,000 people per year:[1][2]
Rank Country Year Males Females Total
1. Lithuania 2003 74.3 13.9 42.1
2. Russia 2002 69.3 11.9 38.7
3. Belarus 2003 63.3 10.3 35.1
4. Kazakhstan 2002 50.2 8.8 28.8
5. Slovenia 2003 45.0 12.0 28.1
6. Hungary 2003 44.9 12.0 27.7
7. Estonia 2002 47.7 9.8 27.3
8. Ukraine 2002 46.7 8.4 26.1
9. Latvia 2003 45.0 9.7 26.0
10. Japan 2002 35.2 12.8 23.8
11. Sri Lanka 1996 NA NA 21.6
12. Belgium 1997 31.2 11.4 21.1
13. Finland 2003 31.9 9.8 20.6
14. Croatia 2003 31.4 8.4 19.5
15. Switzerland 2001 26.5 10.6 18.4
16. Cuba 1996 24.5 12.0 18.3
17. Austria 2003 27.1 9.3 17.9
18. Republic of Korea (South Korea) 2002 24.7 11.2 17.9
19. France 2001 26.6 9.1 17.6
20. Republic of Moldova 2003 30.6 4.8 17.2
21. Czech Republic 2003 27.5 6.8 16.9
22. Poland 2002 26.6 5.0 15.5
23. Hong Kong SAR, China 2002 20.7 10.2 15.3
24. Romania 2002 23.9 4.7 14.1
25. Bulgaria 2003 21.0 7.3 14
26. China (selected areas) 1999 13.0 14.8 13.9
27. Denmark 2000 20.2 7.2 13.6
28. Germany 2001 20.4 7.0 13.5
29. Sweden 2001 18.9 8.1 13.4
30. Slovakia 2002 23.6 3.6 13.3
31. Seychelles 1998 NA NA 13.2
32. Australia 2001 20.1 5.3 12.7
33. Ireland 2001 21.4 4.1 12.7
34. Iceland 2001 19.6 5.6 12.6
35. Canada 2001 18.7 5.2 11.9
36. Mauritius 2000 18.8 5.2 11.9
37. New Zealand 2000 19.8 4.2 11.9
38. Suriname 1992 16.6 7.2 11.9
39. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1991 20.3 3.3 11.8
40. Portugal 2002 18.9 4.9 11.7
41. Trinidad and Tobago 1994 17.4 5 11.6
42. Luxembourg 2003 18.5 3.5 10.9
43. Norway 2002 16.1 5.8 10.9
44. India 1998 12.2 9.1 10.7
45. United States 2002 17.6 4.1 11.0
46. Guyana 1994 14.6 6.5 10.5
47. Uruguay 1990 16.6 4.2 10.3
48. Kyrgyzstan 2003 16.1 3.2 9.6
49. Singapore 2002 11.4 7.6 9.5
50. Netherlands 2003 12.7 5.9 9.2
51. Puerto Rico 1992 16.1 1.9 8.7
52. Turkmenistan 1998 13.8 3.5 8.6
53. Spain 2002 12.6 3.9 8.2
54. El Salvador 1993 10.4 5.5 7.9
55. Zimbabwe 1990 10.6 5.2 7.9
56. Saint Lucia 1988 9.3 5.8 7.5
57. Republic of Macedonia 2000 10.3 4.5 7.4
58. Italy 2001 11.1 3.3 7.1
59. United Kingdom 2002 10.8 3.1 6.9
60. Barbados 1995 9.5 3.7 6.5
61. Belize 1995 12.1 0.9 6.5
62. Argentina 1996 9.9 3.0 6.4
63. Israel 2000 9.9 2.7 6.3
64. Uzbekistan 2002 9.3 3.1 6.2
65. Costa Rica 1995 9.7 2.1 5.9
66. Chile 1994 10.2 1.4 5.7
67. Venezuela 1994 8.3 1.9 5.1
68. Malta 2003 8.6 1.5 5.0
69. Ecuador 1995 6.4 3.2 4.8
70. Brazil 1995 6.6 1.8 4.1
71. Albania 2003 4.7 3.3 4.0
72. Thailand 1994 5.6 2.4 4
73. Panama 1987 5.6 1.9 3.8
74. Colombia 1994 5.5 1.5 3.5
75. Nicaragua 1994 4.7 2.2 3.4
76. Bahrain 1988 4.9 0.5 3.1
77. Mexico 1995 5.4 1.0 3.1
78. Greece 2002 4.7 1.2 2.9
79. Tajikistan 2001 2.9 2.3 2.6
80. Paraguay 1994 3.4 1.2 2.3
81. Georgia 2001 3.4 1.1 2.2
82. Philippines 1993 2.5 1.7 2.1
83. Kuwait 2002 2.5 1.4 2.0
84. Armenia 2003 3.2 0.5 1.8
85. Azerbaijan 2002 1.8 0.5 1.1
86. Bahamas 1995 2.2 0 1.1
87. São Tomé and Príncipe 1987 0 1.8 0.9
88. Guatemala 1984 0.9 0.1 0.5
89. Peru 1989 0.6 0.4 0.5
90. Jamaica 1985 0.5 0.2 0.3
91. Iran 1991 0.3 0.1 0.2
92. Syrian Arab Republic 1985 0.2 0.0 0.1
93. Antigua and Barbuda 1995 0 0 0
94. Dominican Republic 1994 0 0 0
95. Egypt 1987 0.1 0 0
96. Honduras 1978 0 0 0
97. Jordan 1979 0 0 0
98. St. Kitts and Nevis 1995 0 0 0
99. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1996 0 0 0

  1. ^ Table of WHO suicide rates by gender as of December 2005.
  2. ^ WHO country reports and charts for suicide rates retrieved June 6, 2006.
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