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Suicide rate

Deaths by intentional self-harm per 100,000 population. WHO country figures are age-standardized; state figures follow NVSS conventions. Reporting completeness varies by country.

Darker = better (lower), by rank · 183 countries · WHO Global Health Observatory · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

183 · WHO Global Health Observatory
  1. 1stSaint Vincent and the Grenadines0.4
  2. 2ndSyria0.6
  3. 3rdJordan0.6
  4. 4thEgypt0.6
  5. 5thLebanon0.7
  6. 6thSão Tomé and Príncipe0.9
  7. 7thOman0.9
  8. 8thSaudi Arabia0.9
  9. 9thIndonesia1.2
  10. 10thGrenada1.3
  11. 11thAntigua and Barbuda1.5
  12. 12thMaldives1.5
  13. 13thPeru1.5
  14. 14thAzerbaijan1.6
  15. 15thJamaica1.7
  16. 16thUnited Arab Emirates1.7
  17. 17thPapua New Guinea1.8
  18. 18thTunisia1.8
  19. 19thAlgeria2.2
  20. 20thKuwait2.3
  21. 21stTajikistan2.4
  22. 22ndArmenia2.5
  23. 23rdTürkiye2.7
  24. 24thMauritania2.7
  25. 25thAlbania2.8
  26. 26thBangladesh2.8
  27. 27thMyanmar2.9
  28. 28thMorocco2.9
  29. 29thHonduras3
  30. 30thIraq3
  31. 31stCyprus3
  32. 32ndBrunei3
  33. 33rdSudan3.2
  34. 34thBahamas3.3
  35. 35thPanama3.3
  36. 36thPhilippines3.5
  37. 37thBarbados3.5
  38. 38thTimor-Leste3.6
  39. 39thAfghanistan3.6
  40. 40thIran4.1
  41. 41stMali4.2
  42. 42ndBelize4.2
  43. 43rdBolivia4.2
  44. 44thDominican Republic4.2
  45. 45thYemen4.2
  46. 46thNicaragua4.2
  47. 47thSeychelles4.3
  48. 48thIsrael4.4
  49. 49thNiger4.5
  50. 50thCambodia4.5
  51. 51stLaos4.6
  52. 52ndKenya4.6
  53. 53rdBahrain4.7
  54. 54thGreece4.7
  55. 55thQatar4.7
  56. 56thTonga4.7
  57. 57thGambia4.8
  58. 58thGuinea4.8
  59. 59thBhutan4.9
  60. 60thGuatemala4.9
  61. 61stColombia5
  62. 62ndNigeria5
  63. 63rdLibya5
  64. 64thGeorgia5.1
  65. 65thTanzania5.1
  66. 66thChad5.2
  67. 67thSaint Lucia5.3
  68. 68thGhana5.3
  69. 69thUganda5.5
  70. 70thPakistan5.6
  71. 71stMalaysia5.7
  72. 72ndNorth Macedonia5.8
  73. 73rdLiberia6
  74. 74thComoros6
  75. 75thEthiopia6.1
  76. 76thMadagascar6.1
  77. 77thSierra Leone6.1
  78. 78thParaguay6.4
  79. 79thMalta6.5
  80. 80thRepublic of the Congo6.7
  81. 81stSenegal6.8
  82. 82ndKyrgyzstan6.8
  83. 83rdTurkmenistan6.8
  84. 84thMexico7
  85. 85thItaly7
  86. 86thEquatorial Guinea7
  87. 87thBenin7.1
  88. 88thZambia7.1
  89. 89thGabon7.3
  90. 90thVietnam7.3
  91. 91stIvory Coast7.4
  92. 92ndEcuador7.6
  93. 93rdMalawi7.6
  94. 94thBrazil7.6
  95. 95thEl Salvador7.6
  96. 96thBurundi7.7
  97. 97thGuinea-Bissau7.7
  98. 98thChile7.7
  99. 99thHaiti7.8
  100. 100thSouth Sudan7.9
  101. 101stArgentina7.9
  102. 102ndSomalia8
  103. 103rdDjibouti8
  104. 104thCosta Rica8.1
  105. 105thSingapore8.1
  106. 106thAngola8.1
  107. 107thLuxembourg8.2
  108. 108thFiji8.3
  109. 109thUzbekistan8.3
  110. 110thBotswana8.4
  111. 111thCameroon8.5
  112. 112thBurkina Faso8.5
  113. 113thIreland8.5
  114. 114thNamibia8.6
  115. 115thVenezuela8.6
  116. 116thRwanda8.7
  117. 117thSpain8.7
  118. 118thDR Congo8.8
  119. 119thChina8.9
  120. 120thBosnia and Herzegovina9
  121. 121stCentral African Republic9.2
  122. 122ndNorth Korea9.3
  123. 123rdTogo9.3
  124. 124thCanada9.4
  125. 125thBulgaria9.5
  126. 126thUnited Kingdom9.5
  127. 127thRomania9.6
  128. 128thSlovakia9.9
  129. 129thNepal10.1
  130. 130thDenmark10.5
  131. 131stMauritius10.5
  132. 132ndMozambique10.6
  133. 133rdMontenegro11.3
  134. 134thNetherlands11.5
  135. 135thPortugal11.5
  136. 136thIceland11.9
  137. 137thNew Zealand11.9
  138. 138thSamoa12
  139. 139thIndia12.6
  140. 140thGermany12.9
  141. 141stAustralia13.1
  142. 142ndNorway13.2
  143. 143rdEritrea13.2
  144. 144thCzechia13.3
  145. 145thTrinidad and Tobago13.3
  146. 146thPoland13.7
  147. 147thCuba13.8
  148. 148thSweden13.8
  149. 149thSwitzerland14
  150. 150thMoldova14.1
  151. 151stAustria14.5
  152. 152ndFinland14.6
  153. 153rdKazakhstan14.6
  154. 154thSri Lanka14.7
  155. 155thCape Verde14.9
  156. 156thEstonia14.9
  157. 157thSerbia15.1
  158. 158thLatvia15.2
  159. 159thBelarus15.6
  160. 160thUnited States15.6
  161. 161stCroatia15.7
  162. 162ndVanuatu15.7
  163. 163rdHungary16.5
  164. 164thFrance16.6
  165. 165thThailand16.6
  166. 166thZimbabwe17.3
  167. 167thJapan17.4
  168. 168thKiribati17.5
  169. 169thBelgium18.4
  170. 170thMongolia18.5
  171. 171stSlovenia18.9
  172. 172ndSolomon Islands19.6
  173. 173rdMicronesia19.8
  174. 174thUkraine21.2
  175. 175thRussia21.4
  176. 176thLithuania22.1
  177. 177thSuriname22.3
  178. 178thSouth Africa22.3
  179. 179thUruguay24.8
  180. 180thGuyana24.8
  181. 181stEswatini27.2
  182. 182ndSouth Korea27.5
  183. 183rdLesotho28.7

US states

51 · CDC (NVSS)
  1. 1stDistrict of Columbia6.5
  2. 2ndNew Jersey7.3
  3. 3rdNew York8.7
  4. 4thMassachusetts9.3
  5. 5thRhode Island9.6
  6. 6thMaryland10.2
  7. 7thCalifornia10.3
  8. 8thConnecticut10.9
  9. 9thIllinois11.4
  10. 10thDelaware12.1
  11. 11thVirginia13.7
  12. 12thHawaii13.9
  13. 13thPennsylvania14.2
  14. 14thLouisiana14.3
  15. 14thMinnesota14.3
  16. 16thMichigan14.4
  17. 17thTexas14.7
  18. 18thGeorgia14.9
  19. 19thNebraska15
  20. 19thNorth Carolina15
  21. 21stMississippi15.3
  22. 22ndWashington15.6
  23. 22ndWisconsin15.6
  24. 24thOhio15.7
  25. 25thFlorida16.1
  26. 26thVermont16.2
  27. 27thAlabama16.4
  28. 28thSouth Carolina16.8
  29. 29thIndiana17.1
  30. 29thIowa17.1
  31. 29thWest Virginia17.1
  32. 32ndTennessee17.2
  33. 33rdNew Hampshire17.7
  34. 34thKansas17.9
  35. 35thNorth Dakota18.5
  36. 36thKentucky18.6
  37. 36thMissouri18.6
  38. 38thArkansas19.3
  39. 39thUtah19.5
  40. 40thArizona20.4
  41. 40thMaine20.4
  42. 42ndNevada21.2
  43. 43rdOklahoma21.4
  44. 44thSouth Dakota21.5
  45. 45thIdaho22.2
  46. 45thOregon22.2
  47. 47thColorado22.3
  48. 48thNew Mexico25.2
  49. 49thMontana28.2
  50. 50thWyoming28.9
  51. 51stAlaska30.3

183 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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