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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 deaths officially recorded as suicides in the most recent available year, last updated in 2011. The WHO statistics are based on the official reports from each respective country, and therefore, no more accurate than the record-keeping in the specific country.

Incidence of suicide tends to be under-reported due to both religious and social pressures, and possibly completely unreported in some areas. Since the data might be skewed, comparing suicide rates between nations is statistically unsound.

Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (i.e. total number of male suicides divided by total male population). 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 most countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.

List

Suicides per 100,000 people per year[1]
Rank Country Male Female Average Year
1  Greenland[2][3] (more info) 133.6 79.2 108.1 2010[4]
2  South Korea[5] (more info) 39.3 19.7 31.7 2011
3  Lithuania[6] (more info) 54.6 11.6 31.6 2012
4  Guyana (more info) 39.0 13.4 26.4 2006
5  Kazakhstan (more info) 43.0 9.4 25.6 2008
6  Belarus[7][8] 22.9 2011
7 China China[9] (more info) 22.23 2011
8  Slovenia[10] 34.6 9.4 21.8 2011
9  Hungary[11] 37.4 8.5 21.7 2009
10  Japan (more info)[12] 21.7 2012
11  Sri Lanka( more info) 34.8 9.24 14.7 2011[13]
12  Ukraine (more info) 37.8 7.0 21.2 2009
13  Russia[14] (more info) 20.2 2012
14  Croatia[15] 30.2 10.0 19.7 2002
15  Latvia 18.2 2010 [16]
16  Moldova 17.4 2008
17  Serbia 24.9 9.0 17.3 2011[17]
18  Belgium[note 1][11][note 2] 17[18] 2009
19  Finland[19] 25.6 7.1 16.1 2011
20  Bhutan[20] 16.2 2011
21  Uruguay 26.0 6.3 15.8 2004
22  South Africa[21] 15.4 2005
23  Poland 27.8 3.8 15.3 2010
24  Taiwan[22] 20.5 9.7 15.1 2011
25  Estonia 27.3 4.5 14.8 2010 [16]
26  France (more info) 22.8 7.4 14.7 2010 [16]
27  Suriname 23.9 4.8 14.4 2005
28  Bosnia and Herzegovina[23] 13.3 2011
29  Austria 23.8 7.1 12.8 2009
30  Czech Republic 12.8 2010
31  Cuba 19.0 5.5 12.3 2008
32  Bulgaria 18.8 6.2 12.3 2008
33  United States[24] (more info) 19.5 5.5 12.0 2009
34  Romania 20.8 3.7 11.9 2009
35  Norway 11.9 2011
36  Ireland[25] 11.4 2011
37  United Kingdom (more info) 18.2 5.1 11.8 2011[26]
38  New Zealand[27] 17.0 6.4 11.5 2010
39  Portugal[11] 11.5 2011[28]
40  Canada (more info) 17.9 5.3 11.5 2009[29]
41  Denmark 16.6 6.2 11.3 2010[30]
42  Iceland[31] 18.3 4.6 11.3 2009
43  Chile 18.2 4.2 11.2 2007
44  Sweden 16.4 5.9 11.1 2010
45   Switzerland 16.5 6.2 11.1 2009
46  Trinidad and Tobago 17.9 3.8 10.7 2006
47  India (more info) 13.0 7.8 10.5 2009
48  Slovakia[11] 17.4 2.8 9.9 2011
49  Germany[11] 15.6 4.7 9.9 2010
50  Australia[32] 14.9 4.4 9.7 2009
51  Kyrgyzstan 14.1 3.6 8.8 2009
52  Turkmenistan 13.8 3.5 8.6 1998
53  Netherlands [11] 12.0 5.0 8.8 2010
54  Republic of Macedonia[11] 12.6 3.9 8.0 2009
55  El Salvador 12.9 3.6 8.0 2008
56  Zimbabwe 10.6 5.2 7.9 1990
57  Luxembourg[11] 13.2 2.9 7.8 2008
58  Thailand 12.0 3.8 7.8 2002
59  Argentina 12.6 3.0 7.7 2008
60  Spain 11.9 3.4 7.6 2008
61  Singapore 4.49 2.59 3.54 2011[33]
62  Puerto Rico 13.2 2.0 7.4 2005
63  Ecuador 10.5 3.6 7.1 2009
64  Mauritius 11.8 1.9 6.8 2008
65  Iran[34] 7.6 5.1 6.4 2001
66  Italy 10.0 2.8 6.3 2007
67  Costa Rica 10.2 1.9 6.1 2009
68  Israel[35] 9.9 2.1 5.8 2007
69  Nicaragua 9.0 2.6 5.8 2006
70  Panama 9.0 1.9 5.5 2008
71  Colombia 7.9 2.0 4.9 2007
72  Brazil 7.7 2.0 4.8 2008
73  Uzbekistan 7.0 2.3 4.7 2005
74  Cambodia 4.6 2008
75  Georgia 7.1 1.7 4.3 2009
76  Albania[36] 4.7 3.3 4.0 2003
77  Mexico 6.8 1.3 4.0 2008
78  Honduras[37] 3.84 2011
79  Bahrain 4.0 3.5 3.8 2006
80  Belize 6.6 0.7 3.7 2008
81  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.4 1.9 3.7 2008
82  Turkey[38] 3.62 2011
83  Paraguay 5.1 2.0 3.6 2008
84  Cyprus[11] 5.9 1.3 3.6 2009
85  Guatemala 5.6 1.7 3.6 2008
86  Barbados 7.3 0.0 3.5 2006
87  Greece 6.1 1.0 3.5 2009
88  Malta 5.9 1.0 3.4 2008
89  Venezuela 5.3 1.2 3.2 2007
90  Philippines 4.5 1 2.75 2005[39]
91  Tajikistan 2.9 2.3 2.6 2001
92  Saint Lucia 4.9 0.0 2.4 2005
93  Dominican Republic 3.9 0.7 2.3 2005
94  Armenia 2.8 1.1 1.9 2008
95  Kuwait 1.9 1.7 1.8 2009
96  The Bahamas 1.9 0.6 1.2 2005
97  Jordan 0.0 0.0 1.1 2009
98  Pakistan [40] 1.45 0.71 1.10 2012
99  Peru 1.1 0.6 0.9 2000
100  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.0 1.8 0.9 1987
101  Azerbaijan 1.0 0.3 0.6 2007
102  Maldives 0.7 0.0 0.3 2005
103  Jamaica 0.3 0.0 0.1 1990
104  Syria 0.2 0.0 0.1 1985
105  Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.1 2009
106  Grenada 0.0 0.0 0.0 2008
107  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
108  Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
109  Haiti 0.0 0.0 0 2003
110    Nepal 0.0 0.0 0 2003

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Recently released figures by official Belgian authorities suggest a considerably higher rate of 17.0 persons (total) per 100,000 people per annum in 2009 (5,712 cases in a population of 10,749,000 (=10,666,866 as of 1 January 2008 increasing by 0,77% per annum.) as of 1st January 2009)."Toenemend aantal zelfdodingen in Belgie". 2011.
  2. ^ The number of death in Belgium in 2008 due to suicide "zichzelf schade toebrengen" was reported at 2000 out of a total of 103.760 death. These death comprise 1453 men and 547 women. This puts the suicide rate at about 19 per 100.000. See statbel: http://statbel.fgov.be/nl/binaries/NL%20-%20Tableau%201%2E3_T_2008_tcm325-168456.pdf

References

  1. ^ Unless otherwise stated all statistics are from WHO: "Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year and sex (Table)". World Health Organization. 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  2. ^ "The Suicide Capital of the World". Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Rising suicide rate baffles Greenland". Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Statistics Greenland".
  5. ^ "Causes of Death Statistics in 2011" (PDF). Statistics Korea. 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  6. ^ "Savižudybių statistika;". Valstybinis psichikos sveikatos centras. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  7. ^ "WHO/Europe Facts and figures(for 2010);". Who.int. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  8. ^ "The number of suicides in Belarus decreased by 10% (for 2011);". naviny.by. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  9. ^ "China's suicide rate 'among highest in world'". AFP. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  10. ^ Unless otherwise stated all statistics are from WHO: "Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year and sex (Table)". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Death Due To Suicide". Eurostat. European Commission. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  12. ^ "Nikkei; LEAD: No. Of Suicides Falls Below 30,000 For 1st Time In 15 Years". Nikkei. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  13. ^ "Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry Vol 3(2) December 2012".
  14. ^ "Rosstat". Rosstat. 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  15. ^ Hrvatski zavod za zdravstvo. "MENTALNE BOLESTI I POREME ĆAJI U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ". Statistika HZZJ. Zagreb. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  16. ^ a b c http://www.stat.ee/57205
  17. ^ "Report of Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia". Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  18. ^ Eurostat
  19. ^ "Deaths and age-standardized death rates by cause of death and gender, Statistics Finland". 2012-12-21.
  20. ^ "World Suicide Death Rate Rankings (WHO)" (PDF). 2011-12-16.
  21. ^ This data is for urban areas only. Burrows, Stephanie (February 2006). "Suicide Mortality in South Africa". Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) http://www.springerlink.com/content/px7v1186u51k738w The data available for the whole of South Africa in 2007 are: men 1.4, women 0.4, total 0.9 (source: WHO)
  22. ^ "Causes of death, Department of Health, Taiwan" (XLS). Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  23. ^ SRNA (16.04.2012). "BiH: Prošle godine ubilo se 507 lica, od čega 16 maloletnika". SRNA. Retrieved 4 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ "National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 60" (PDF).
  25. ^ http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0711/328736-recorded-suicides-rose-7-last-year-cso/
  26. ^ "UK suicide rate rises 'significantly' in 2011".
  27. ^ "Suicide Facts: Deaths and intentional self-harm hospitalisations 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  28. ^ "Crise aumenta número de suicídios em Portugal" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2013-02-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ "Suicides and suicide rate, by sex and by age group, Canada".
  30. ^ "Center for Selvmordsforskning, statistikbank".
  31. ^ "36 died from own hand". Hagstofa Íslands/Statistical Bureau of Iceland. Morgunblaðið. 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  32. ^ Overview of suicide in Australia. Response Ability. 2009.
  33. ^ Samaritians of Singapore. "Suicide Statistics in Singapore" (PDF).
  34. ^ "A guide for the adults psychiatric illness care (To the doctors)" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Medical Education. 2001. p. 88. Retrieved 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) behdasht.gov.ir
  35. ^ "Adobe Acrobat - loss_2011.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  36. ^ "WHO | Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year and sex (Table)". Who.int. 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  37. ^ "Mortalidad y otros (Mortality and others)" (PDF). IUDPAS. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  38. ^ "TÜİK İntihar İstatistikleri". http://www.tuik.gov.tr. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  39. ^ http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/suicide-rate-has-steadily-risen-in-philippines-for-21-years-report-1.1049675
  40. ^ Based on a population of 180.4 million in 2012 (Population Reference Bureau), a sex ratio of 1.06 males/female (CIA World Factbook, 2013) and figures from 'State of Human Rights in 2012' by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan: 1,976 persons committed suicide in 2012 across the country of which 626 were women.
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