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Suicide rate around the world
Suicide rate, 2017: highest in Greenland, at 51.1 per 100,000 people, and lowest in Kuwait, at 2.5 per 100,000 people, of 195 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
Every country, by its latest figure
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 51.1 | 2017 | |
| 2 | Lesotho | 31.7 | 2017 | |
| 3 | Lithuania | 28 | 2017 | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 26.4 | 2017 | |
| 5 | Kiribati | 26.4 | 2017 | |
| 6 | Guyana | 26.1 | 2017 | |
| 7 | Ukraine | 25.6 | 2017 | |
| 8 | Russia | 25.1 | 2017 | |
| 9 | Suriname | 24.8 | 2017 | |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 23.1 | 2017 | |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 23 | 2017 | |
| 12 | Marshall Islands | 22.5 | 2017 | |
| 13 | Eswatini | 22.3 | 2017 | |
| 14 | South Korea | 20.8 | 2017 | |
| 15 | Guam | 20.6 | 2017 | |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 19.8 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Belarus | 19 | 2017 | |
| 18 | Vanuatu | 17.7 | 2017 | |
| 19 | Mozambique | 17.2 | 2017 | |
| 20 | Micronesia | 17.1 | 2017 | |
| 21 | Latvia | 17 | 2017 | |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 16.9 | 2017 | |
| 23 | Uruguay | 16.8 | 2017 | |
| 24 | Cape Verde | 16.8 | 2017 | |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 16.4 | 2017 | |
| 26 | Eritrea | 15.7 | 2017 | |
| 27 | Japan | 15.7 | 2017 | |
| 28 | India | 15.6 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Mongolia | 15.4 | 2017 | |
| 30 | Slovenia | 14.4 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Hungary | 14.3 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Belgium | 14.3 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Congo - Brazzaville | 14 | 2017 | |
| 34 | Cameroon | 14 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Poland | 14 | 2017 | |
| 36 | Côte d’Ivoire | 13.9 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Moldova | 13.6 | 2017 | |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.6 | 2017 | |
| 39 | Taiwan | 13.5 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Liberia | 13.2 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 13.2 | 2017 | |
| 42 | Zambia | 13.1 | 2017 | |
| 43 | Finland | 12.9 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Senegal | 12.9 | 2017 | |
| 45 | United States | 12.8 | 2017 | |
| 46 | Estonia | 12.7 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Serbia | 12.7 | 2017 | |
| 48 | Burundi | 12.6 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Gabon | 12.5 | 2017 | |
| 50 | France | 12.4 | 2017 | |
| 51 | Togo | 12.3 | 2017 | |
| 52 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12.2 | 2017 | |
| 53 | Malawi | 12.1 | 2017 | |
| 54 | South Sudan | 12 | 2017 | |
| 55 | Angola | 12 | 2017 | |
| 56 | Namibia | 11.8 | 2017 | |
| 57 | Congo - Kinshasa | 11.6 | 2017 | |
| 58 | Uganda | 11.5 | 2017 | |
| 59 | New Zealand | 11.3 | 2017 | |
| 60 | Cuba | 11.3 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Austria | 11.2 | 2017 | |
| 62 | South Africa | 11.2 | 2017 | |
| 63 | Benin | 11.1 | 2017 | |
| 64 | Guinea | 11.1 | 2017 | |
| 65 | Sweden | 11.1 | 2017 | |
| 66 | North Korea | 11.1 | 2017 | |
| 67 | Kenya | 11.1 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Croatia | 11.1 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Australia | 11.1 | 2017 | |
| 70 | Chad | 11 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Madagascar | 11 | 2017 | |
| 72 | Rwanda | 11 | 2017 | |
| 73 | Canada | 10.9 | 2017 | |
| 74 | Czechia | 10.8 | 2017 | |
| 75 | Argentina | 10.6 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Thailand | 10.4 | 2017 | |
| 77 | Chile | 10.1 | 2017 | |
| 78 | Trinidad & Tobago | 10.1 | 2017 | |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 2017 | |
| 80 | Botswana | 10 | 2017 | |
| 81 | Samoa | 10 | 2017 | |
| 82 | Somalia | 9.9 | 2017 | |
| 83 | Germany | 9.9 | 2017 | |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 9.9 | 2017 | |
| 85 | Fiji | 9.8 | 2017 | |
| 86 | El Salvador | 9.8 | 2017 | |
| 87 | Gambia | 9.7 | 2017 | |
| 88 | Ghana | 9.7 | 2017 | |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 9.6 | 2017 | |
| 90 | Iceland | 9.6 | 2017 | |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 9.5 | 2017 | |
| 92 | Slovakia | 9.5 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 9.4 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Montenegro | 9.4 | 2017 | |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.3 | 2017 | |
| 96 | Switzerland | 9.3 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Norway | 9.3 | 2017 | |
| 98 | Ecuador | 9.2 | 2017 | |
| 99 | Afghanistan | 9.2 | 2017 | |
| 100 | Netherlands | 9.2 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Romania | 9.2 | 2017 | |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 8.9 | 2017 | |
| 103 | Tanzania | 8.8 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Denmark | 8.8 | 2017 | |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 8.7 | 2017 | |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 8.7 | 2017 | |
| 107 | Venezuela | 8.7 | 2017 | |
| 108 | Haiti | 8.6 | 2017 | |
| 109 | Djibouti | 8.4 | 2017 | |
| 110 | Laos | 8.4 | 2017 | |
| 111 | Ireland | 8.4 | 2017 | |
| 112 | Nepal | 8.4 | 2017 | |
| 113 | Comoros | 8.3 | 2017 | |
| 114 | Mauritius | 8.3 | 2017 | |
| 115 | Armenia | 8.3 | 2017 | |
| 116 | Libya | 8.1 | 2017 | |
| 117 | Seychelles | 8 | 2017 | |
| 118 | Andorra | 7.9 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Malaysia | 7.8 | 2017 | |
| 120 | Belize | 7.8 | 2017 | |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 7.8 | 2017 | |
| 122 | Portugal | 7.7 | 2017 | |
| 123 | Niger | 7.6 | 2017 | |
| 124 | Nigeria | 7.5 | 2017 | |
| 125 | Georgia | 7.5 | 2017 | |
| 126 | Vietnam | 7.4 | 2017 | |
| 127 | Timor-Leste | 7.4 | 2017 | |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 7.4 | 2017 | |
| 129 | Singapore | 7.3 | 2017 | |
| 130 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 7.2 | 2017 | |
| 131 | China | 7.2 | 2017 | |
| 132 | Morocco | 7.1 | 2017 | |
| 133 | St. Lucia | 6.9 | 2017 | |
| 134 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 6.8 | 2017 | |
| 135 | Mali | 6.8 | 2017 | |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 6.8 | 2017 | |
| 137 | American Samoa | 6.7 | 2017 | |
| 138 | Mauritania | 6.6 | 2017 | |
| 139 | Bolivia | 6.4 | 2017 | |
| 140 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 6.3 | 2017 | |
| 141 | Brunei | 6.2 | 2017 | |
| 142 | Brazil | 6.1 | 2017 | |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 6.1 | 2017 | |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 6 | 2017 | |
| 145 | Yemen | 6 | 2017 | |
| 146 | Philippines | 6 | 2017 | |
| 147 | Tonga | 6 | 2017 | |
| 148 | Mexico | 5.9 | 2017 | |
| 149 | Guatemala | 5.9 | 2017 | |
| 150 | Nicaragua | 5.9 | 2017 | |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 5.8 | 2017 | |
| 152 | Paraguay | 5.8 | 2017 | |
| 153 | Israel | 5.7 | 2017 | |
| 154 | Bhutan | 5.7 | 2017 | |
| 155 | Colombia | 5.5 | 2017 | |
| 156 | Spain | 5.5 | 2017 | |
| 157 | Egypt | 5.5 | 2017 | |
| 158 | Iran | 5.4 | 2017 | |
| 159 | Albania | 5.1 | 2017 | |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 5.1 | 2017 | |
| 161 | Myanmar (Burma) | 5 | 2017 | |
| 162 | Sudan | 5 | 2017 | |
| 163 | Panama | 5 | 2017 | |
| 164 | Grenada | 4.9 | 2017 | |
| 165 | Lebanon | 4.8 | 2017 | |
| 166 | Italy | 4.8 | 2017 | |
| 167 | Qatar | 4.6 | 2017 | |
| 168 | Cyprus | 4.6 | 2017 | |
| 169 | Cambodia | 4.5 | 2017 | |
| 170 | Dominica | 4.5 | 2017 | |
| 171 | Malta | 4.5 | 2017 | |
| 172 | Pakistan | 4.4 | 2017 | |
| 173 | Honduras | 4.4 | 2017 | |
| 174 | Bahrain | 4.2 | 2017 | |
| 175 | Algeria | 4.1 | 2017 | |
| 176 | Iraq | 4.1 | 2017 | |
| 177 | Azerbaijan | 4.1 | 2017 | |
| 178 | Barbados | 4 | 2017 | |
| 179 | Jamaica | 3.6 | 2017 | |
| 180 | Palestinian Territories | 3.5 | 2017 | |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 3.5 | 2017 | |
| 182 | Greece | 3.5 | 2017 | |
| 183 | Bermuda | 3.4 | 2017 | |
| 184 | Maldives | 3.3 | 2017 | |
| 185 | Türkiye | 3.3 | 2017 | |
| 186 | Jordan | 3.2 | 2017 | |
| 187 | Bahamas | 3.2 | 2017 | |
| 188 | Peru | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 189 | Indonesia | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 190 | Tunisia | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 191 | Syria | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 192 | Saudi Arabia | 2.9 | 2017 | |
| 193 | Oman | 2.9 | 2017 | |
| 194 | Antigua & Barbuda | 2.7 | 2017 | |
| 195 | Kuwait | 2.5 | 2017 |
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Good to know
- Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
- Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
- The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.
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