Suicide Rate by country
Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
28.66
Lesotho
Lowest
0.41
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
7.47
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,048
What the numbers show
Suicide Rate is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 28.66 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.41 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.47, and the mean is 8.59.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 70.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 114.8%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 92.8%).
Suicide Rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 28.66 | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 2 | Republic of Korea | 27.53 | 2021 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 27.23 | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 24.78 | 2021 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 24.75 | 2021 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 22.3 | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 7 | Suriname | 22.26 | 2021 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 22.12 | 2021 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 9 | Russia | 21.37 | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 10 | Ukraine | 21.21 | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 19.76 | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 19.6 | 2021 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 13 | Slovenia | 18.85 | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 18.5 | 2021 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 15 | Belgium | 18.36 | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 16 | Kiribati | 17.47 | 2021 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 17 | Japan | 17.43 | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 17.34 | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 19 | Thailand | 16.59 | 2021 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 20 | France | 16.58 | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 21 | Hungary | 16.45 | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 15.73 | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 23 | Croatia | 15.68 | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 24 | United States | 15.63 | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 25 | Belarus | 15.61 | 2021 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 26 | Latvia | 15.21 | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 15.14 | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 28 | Estonia | 14.94 | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 14.9 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 14.74 | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 14.6 | 2021 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 32 | Finland | 14.57 | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 14.51 | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 34 | Republic of Moldova | 14.14 | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 35 | Switzerland | 14.02 | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sweden | 13.84 | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 37 | Cuba | 13.79 | 2021 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 13.67 | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.34 | 2021 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 40 | Czechia | 13.33 | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 41 | Eritrea | 13.23 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 42 | Norway | 13.19 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Australia | 13.08 | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 44 | Germany | 12.9 | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 45 | India | 12.56 | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 46 | Samoa | 12 | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 47 | New Zealand | 11.92 | 2021 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 48 | Iceland | 11.91 | 2021 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 49 | Portugal | 11.52 | 2021 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands | 11.5 | 2021 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 51 | Montenegro | 11.31 | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 52 | Mozambique | 10.61 | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 53 | Mauritius | 10.52 | 2021 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 54 | Denmark | 10.46 | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 55 | Nepal | 10.14 | 2021 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 56 | Slovak Republic | 9.91 | 2021 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 57 | Romania | 9.62 | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 9.55 | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 9.51 | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 60 | Canada | 9.44 | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 61 | Togo | 9.34 | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 62 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9.31 | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 9.19 | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.97 | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 65 | China | 8.95 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 66 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.77 | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 67 | Spain | 8.72 | 2021 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 68 | Rwanda | 8.68 | 2021 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 69 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8.63 | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 8.59 | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 71 | Ireland | 8.55 | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 8.5 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 72 | Cameroon | 8.5 | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 8.35 | 2021 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 8.34 | 2021 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 76 | Fiji | 8.27 | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 8.22 | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 78 | Angola | 8.11 | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 79 | Singapore | 8.1 | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 8.06 | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 81 | Djibouti | 7.96 | 2021 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 81 | Somalia | 7.96 | 2021 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 83 | Argentina | 7.94 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 84 | South Sudan | 7.89 | 2021 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 85 | Haiti | 7.81 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 86 | Chile | 7.69 | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.67 | 2021 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 88 | Burundi | 7.65 | 2021 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 89 | El Salvador | 7.63 | 2021 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 90 | Brazil | 7.59 | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 91 | Malawi | 7.57 | 2021 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 92 | Ecuador | 7.56 | 2021 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 93 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.39 | 2021 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 94 | Gabon | 7.3 | 2021 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 94 | Viet Nam | 7.3 | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 7.13 | 2021 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 97 | Benin | 7.12 | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 98 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.03 | 2021 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 99 | Italy | 6.99 | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 6.95 | 2021 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 6.83 | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 | 2021 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 103 | Senegal | 6.76 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 104 | Congo | 6.71 | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 105 | Malta | 6.47 | 2021 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 106 | Paraguay | 6.36 | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 6.14 | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 108 | Madagascar | 6.09 | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 109 | Ethiopia | 6.07 | 2021 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 110 | Comoros | 6 | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 111 | Liberia | 5.97 | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 5.78 | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 113 | Malaysia | 5.65 | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 114 | Pakistan | 5.64 | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 115 | Uganda | 5.5 | 2021 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 116 | Puerto Rico | 5.42 | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 117 | Ghana | 5.32 | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 5.27 | 2021 | down 23.3% | flat |
| 119 | Chad | 5.21 | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 120 | Georgia | 5.1 | 2021 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 120 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.1 | 2021 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 122 | Libya | 5 | 2021 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 123 | Nigeria | 4.99 | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 124 | Colombia | 4.96 | 2021 | up 32.3% | flat |
| 125 | Guatemala | 4.94 | 2021 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 126 | Bhutan | 4.9 | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 127 | Guinea | 4.82 | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 128 | Gambia | 4.81 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 129 | Tonga | 4.73 | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 130 | Qatar | 4.7 | 2021 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 131 | Greece | 4.68 | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 132 | Bahrain | 4.66 | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 133 | Kenya | 4.58 | 2021 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 133 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.58 | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 135 | Cambodia | 4.5 | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 136 | Niger | 4.48 | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 137 | Israel | 4.37 | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 138 | Seychelles | 4.27 | 2021 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 4.24 | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 4.21 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 141 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.2 | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 4.2 | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 143 | Belize | 4.18 | 2021 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 144 | Mali | 4.16 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 145 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4.07 | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 146 | Afghanistan | 3.6 | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 3.56 | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 148 | Barbados | 3.5 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 149 | Philippines | 3.49 | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 150 | Panama | 3.29 | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 151 | Bahamas | 3.25 | 2021 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 152 | Sudan | 3.16 | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 153 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.05 | 2021 | up 114.8% | rising |
| 154 | Cyprus | 3.02 | 2021 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 155 | Honduras | 2.97 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 155 | Iraq | 2.97 | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 157 | Morocco | 2.91 | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 158 | Myanmar | 2.89 | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 2.81 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 160 | Albania | 2.75 | 2021 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritania | 2.71 | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 162 | Türkiye | 2.69 | 2021 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 163 | Armenia | 2.46 | 2021 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 2.43 | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 165 | Kuwait | 2.31 | 2021 | up 104.4% | falling |
| 166 | Algeria | 2.18 | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 167 | Tunisia | 1.84 | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 1.82 | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 169 | United Arab Emirates | 1.71 | 2021 | down 34.7% | flat |
| 170 | Jamaica | 1.69 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | 1.56 | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 172 | Peru | 1.54 | 2021 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 173 | Maldives | 1.47 | 2021 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.46 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Grenada | 1.3 | 2021 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Indonesia | 1.2 | 2021 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.95 | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 178 | Oman | 0.91 | 2021 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.86 | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 180 | Lebanon | 0.7 | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 181 | Egypt | 0.63 | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 182 | Jordan | 0.6 | 2021 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 183 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.59 | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.41 | 2021 | down 92.8% | volatile |
About this data
Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.