Rankings · health
Countries by suicide rate
Suicide deaths per 100,000 people. 185 countries ranked for 2021 (per 100,000).
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| 1 |  Lesotho | 28.7 per 100,000 | +5.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 2 |  South Korea | 27.5 per 100,000 | -22.5% | = |
| 3 |  Eswatini | 27.2 per 100,000 | +40.9% | ▲ 17 |
| 4 |  Guyana | 24.8 per 100,000 | -14.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 5 |  Uruguay | 24.8 per 100,000 | +46.7% | ▲ 23 |
| 6 |  Suriname | 22.3 per 100,000 | -6.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 7 |  South Africa | 22.3 per 100,000 | +28.9% | ▲ 19 |
| 8 |  Lithuania | 22.1 per 100,000 | -42.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 9 |  Russia | 21.4 per 100,000 | -38.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 10 |  Ukraine | 21.2 per 100,000 | -11.3% | = |
| 11 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 19.8 per 100,000 | -11.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 12 |  Solomon Islands | 19.6 per 100,000 | -6.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 13 |  Slovenia | 18.9 per 100,000 | -12.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 14 |  Mongolia | 18.5 per 100,000 | -16.7% | = |
| 15 |  Belgium | 18.4 per 100,000 | -13.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 16 |  Kiribati | 17.5 per 100,000 | -16.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 17 |  Japan | 17.4 per 100,000 | -26.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 18 |  Zimbabwe | 17.3 per 100,000 | +21.0% | ▲ 19 |
| 19 |  France | 16.6 per 100,000 | -7.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 20 |  Thailand | 16.6 per 100,000 | +80.4% | ▲ 52 |
| 21 |  Hungary | 16.5 per 100,000 | -34.5% | ▼ 13 |
| 22 |  Croatia | 15.7 per 100,000 | -3.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 23 |  Vanuatu | 15.7 per 100,000 | -8.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 24 |  Belarus | 15.6 per 100,000 | -54.8% | ▼ 20 |
| 25 |  United States | 15.6 per 100,000 | +16.4% | ▲ 17 |
| 26 |  Latvia | 15.2 per 100,000 | -33.3% | ▼ 14 |
| 27 |  Republic of Serbia | 15.1 per 100,000 | -21.8% | ▼ 8 |
| 28 |  Cabo Verde | 14.9 per 100,000 | +1.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 29 |  Estonia | 14.9 per 100,000 | -15.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 30 |  Sri Lanka | 14.7 per 100,000 | -19.2% | ▼ 9 |
| 31 |  Finland | 14.6 per 100,000 | -17.5% | ▼ 7 |
| 32 |  Kazakhstan | 14.6 per 100,000 | -45.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 33 |  Austria | 14.5 per 100,000 | -11.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 34 |  Moldova | 14.1 per 100,000 | -9.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 35 |  Switzerland | 14 per 100,000 | -4.8% | = |
| 36 |  Cuba | 13.8 per 100,000 | -2.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 37 |  Sweden | 13.8 per 100,000 | -2.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 38 |  Poland | 13.7 per 100,000 | -24.3% | ▼ 16 |
| 39 |  Czechia | 13.3 per 100,000 | -17.4% | ▼ 8 |
| 40 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 13.3 per 100,000 | +18.8% | ▲ 19 |
| 41 |  Eritrea | 13.2 per 100,000 | -1.5% | = |
| 42 |  Norway | 13.2 per 100,000 | +1.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 43 |  Australia | 13.1 per 100,000 | +12.9% | ▲ 11 |
| 44 |  Germany | 12.9 per 100,000 | -2.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 45 |  India | 12.6 per 100,000 | -20.8% | ▼ 13 |
| 46 |  Samoa | 12 per 100,000 | +1.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 47 |  Iceland | 11.9 per 100,000 | +3.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 48 |  New Zealand | 11.9 per 100,000 | +4.4% | ▲ 10 |
| 49 |  Netherlands | 11.5 per 100,000 | +13.9% | ▲ 15 |
| 50 |  Portugal | 11.5 per 100,000 | -6.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 51 |  Montenegro | 11.3 per 100,000 | -20.4% | ▼ 13 |
| 52 |  Mozambique | 10.6 per 100,000 | +14.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 53 |  Denmark | 10.5 per 100,000 | -15.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 54 |  Mauritius | 10.5 per 100,000 | +9.4% | ▲ 15 |
| 55 |  Nepal | 10.1 per 100,000 | -2.9% | ▲ 8 |
| 56 |  Slovakia | 9.9 per 100,000 | -19.5% | ▼ 8 |
| 57 |  United Kingdom | 9.6 per 100,000 | +15.7% | ▲ 24 |
| 58 |  Romania | 9.6 per 100,000 | -20.7% | ▼ 9 |
| 59 |  Bulgaria | 9.5 per 100,000 | -14.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 60 |  Canada | 9.4 per 100,000 | -21.7% | ▼ 10 |
| 61 |  North Korea | 9.3 per 100,000 | -7.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 62 |  Togo | 9.3 per 100,000 | -4.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 63 |  Central African Republic | 9.2 per 100,000 | -20.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 64 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 per 100,000 | -14.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 65 |  China | 9 per 100,000 | -10.0% | = |
| 66 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.8 per 100,000 | +8.6% | ▲ 17 |
| 67 |  Spain | 8.7 per 100,000 | +22.5% | ▲ 26 |
| 68 |  Rwanda | 8.7 per 100,000 | +14.5% | ▲ 18 |
| 69 |  Ireland | 8.6 per 100,000 | -32.3% | ▼ 24 |
| 70 |  Namibia | 8.6 per 100,000 | -4.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 71 |  Venezuela | 8.6 per 100,000 | +38.7% | ▲ 40 |
| 72 |  Burkina Faso | 8.5 per 100,000 | -1.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 73 |  Cameroon | 8.5 per 100,000 | +3.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 74 |  Botswana | 8.4 per 100,000 | -45.5% | ▼ 40 |
| 75 |  Fiji | 8.3 per 100,000 | -15.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 76 |  Uzbekistan | 8.3 per 100,000 | -25.2% | ▼ 15 |
| 77 |  Luxembourg | 8.2 per 100,000 | -31.7% | ▼ 26 |
| 78 |  Angola | 8.1 per 100,000 | +15.7% | ▲ 18 |
| 79 |  Costa Rica | 8.1 per 100,000 | +24.6% | ▲ 28 |
| 80 |  Singapore | 8.1 per 100,000 | -8.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 81 |  Djibouti | 8 per 100,000 | +23.1% | ▲ 27 |
| 82 |  Somalia | 8 per 100,000 | +15.9% | ▲ 18 |
| 83 |  Argentina | 7.9 per 100,000 | -8.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 84 |  South Sudan | 7.9 per 100,000 | +61.2% | ▲ 52 |
| 85 |  Haiti | 7.8 per 100,000 | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 86 |  Burundi | 7.7 per 100,000 | +6.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 87 |  Chile | 7.7 per 100,000 | -34.7% | ▼ 35 |
| 88 |  Guinea-Bissau | 7.7 per 100,000 | +6.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 89 |  Brazil | 7.6 per 100,000 | +38.2% | ▲ 34 |
| 90 |  Ecuador | 7.6 per 100,000 | -8.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 91 |  Malawi | 7.6 per 100,000 | +15.2% | ▲ 15 |
| 92 |  El Salvador | 7.6 per 100,000 | -14.6% | ▼ 18 |
| 93 |  Ivory Coast | 7.4 per 100,000 | -12.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 94 |  Gabon | 7.3 per 100,000 | -20.7% | ▼ 23 |
| 95 |  Vietnam | 7.3 per 100,000 | +2.8% | = |
| 96 |  Benin | 7.1 per 100,000 | -4.1% | ▼ 8 |
| 97 |  Zambia | 7.1 per 100,000 | +20.3% | ▲ 19 |
| 98 |  Equatorial Guinea | 7 per 100,000 | +1.4% | = |
| 99 |  Italy | 7 per 100,000 | -6.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 100 |  Mexico | 7 per 100,000 | +32.1% | ▲ 27 |
| 101 |  Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 per 100,000 | -40.9% | ▼ 44 |
| 102 |  Senegal | 6.8 per 100,000 | +0.0% | = |
| 103 |  Turkmenistan | 6.8 per 100,000 | -8.1% | ▼ 13 |
| 104 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.7 per 100,000 | -13.0% | ▼ 19 |
| 105 |  Malta | 6.5 per 100,000 | -8.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 106 |  Paraguay | 6.4 per 100,000 | +20.8% | ▲ 22 |
| 107 |  Ethiopia | 6.1 per 100,000 | +10.9% | ▲ 17 |
| 108 |  Madagascar | 6.1 per 100,000 | +1.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 109 |  Sierra Leone | 6.1 per 100,000 | +5.2% | ▲ 8 |
| 110 |  Comoros | 6 per 100,000 | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 111 |  Liberia | 6 per 100,000 | -1.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 112 |  North Macedonia | 5.8 per 100,000 | -3.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 113 |  Malaysia | 5.7 per 100,000 | +29.5% | ▲ 29 |
| 114 |  Pakistan | 5.6 per 100,000 | -11.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 115 |  Uganda | 5.5 per 100,000 | +3.8% | ▲ 14 |
| 116 |  Puerto Rico | 5.4 per 100,000 | -19.4% | ▼ 12 |
| 117 |  Ghana | 5.3 per 100,000 | -1.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 118 |  Saint Lucia | 5.3 per 100,000 | -23.2% | ▼ 19 |
| 119 |  Chad | 5.2 per 100,000 | -5.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 120 |  Georgia | 5.1 per 100,000 | +96.2% | ▲ 47 |
| 121 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 5.1 per 100,000 | +18.6% | ▲ 25 |
| 122 |  Colombia | 5 per 100,000 | +31.6% | ▲ 30 |
| 123 |  Libya | 5 per 100,000 | -24.2% | ▼ 18 |
| 124 |  Nigeria | 5 per 100,000 | +2.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 125 |  Bhutan | 4.9 per 100,000 | -3.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 126 |  Guatemala | 4.9 per 100,000 | +2.1% | ▲ 12 |
| 127 |  Guinea | 4.8 per 100,000 | -5.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 128 |  Gambia | 4.8 per 100,000 | +0.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 129 |  Bahrain | 4.7 per 100,000 | -16.1% | ▼ 8 |
| 130 |  Greece | 4.7 per 100,000 | +9.3% | ▲ 14 |
| 131 |  Qatar | 4.7 per 100,000 | -46.6% | ▼ 56 |
| 132 |  Tonga | 4.7 per 100,000 | -6.0% | = |
| 133 |  Kenya | 4.6 per 100,000 | -19.3% | ▼ 14 |
| 134 |  Laos | 4.6 per 100,000 | -6.1% | = |
| 135 |  Cambodia | 4.5 per 100,000 | +0.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 136 |  Niger | 4.5 per 100,000 | +4.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 137 |  Israel | 4.4 per 100,000 | -21.4% | ▼ 15 |
| 138 |  Seychelles | 4.3 per 100,000 | -41.9% | ▼ 49 |
| 139 |  Belize | 4.2 per 100,000 | -38.2% | ▼ 38 |
| 140 |  Bolivia | 4.2 per 100,000 | -26.3% | ▼ 22 |
| 141 |  Dominican Republic | 4.2 per 100,000 | +0.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 142 |  Mali | 4.2 per 100,000 | +2.4% | ▲ 6 |
| 143 |  Nicaragua | 4.2 per 100,000 | -32.3% | ▼ 33 |
| 144 |  Yemen | 4.2 per 100,000 | -16.0% | ▼ 11 |
| 145 |  Iran | 4.1 per 100,000 | -14.6% | ▼ 6 |
| 146 |  Afghanistan | 3.6 per 100,000 | -2.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 147 |  Timor-Leste | 3.6 per 100,000 | -5.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 148 |  Barbados | 3.5 per 100,000 | -18.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 149 |  Philippines | 3.5 per 100,000 | +9.4% | ▲ 10 |
| 150 |  The Bahamas | 3.3 per 100,000 | -13.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 151 |  Panama | 3.3 per 100,000 | -15.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 152 |  Sudan | 3.2 per 100,000 | -13.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 153 |  Brunei | 3.1 per 100,000 | +121.4% | ▲ 23 |
| 154 |  Cyprus | 3 per 100,000 | -31.8% | ▼ 13 |
| 155 |  Honduras | 3 per 100,000 | +3.4% | ▲ 6 |
| 156 |  Iraq | 3 per 100,000 | -16.7% | = |
| 157 |  Morocco | 2.9 per 100,000 | -27.5% | ▼ 8 |
| 158 |  Myanmar | 2.9 per 100,000 | -9.4% | = |
| 159 |  Albania | 2.8 per 100,000 | -59.4% | ▼ 62 |
| 160 |  Bangladesh | 2.8 per 100,000 | -15.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 161 |  Mauritania | 2.7 per 100,000 | +3.8% | ▲ 7 |
| 162 |  Turkey | 2.7 per 100,000 | -12.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 163 |  Armenia | 2.5 per 100,000 | -62.7% | ▼ 60 |
| 164 |  Tajikistan | 2.4 per 100,000 | -17.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 165 |  Kuwait | 2.3 per 100,000 | +109.1% | ▲ 13 |
| 166 |  Algeria | 2.2 per 100,000 | -12.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 167 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.8 per 100,000 | +5.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 168 |  Tunisia | 1.8 per 100,000 | -33.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 169 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.7 per 100,000 | -34.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 170 |  Jamaica | 1.7 per 100,000 | +13.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 171 |  Azerbaijan | 1.6 per 100,000 | -40.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 172 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1.5 per 100,000 | – | ▲ 13 |
| 173 |  Maldives | 1.5 per 100,000 | -44.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 174 |  Peru | 1.5 per 100,000 | -28.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 175 |  Grenada | 1.3 per 100,000 | -23.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 176 |  Indonesia | 1.2 per 100,000 | -33.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 177 |  Saudi Arabia | 1 per 100,000 | -16.7% | = |
| 178 |  Oman | 0.9 per 100,000 | -55.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 179 |  São Tomé and Principe | 0.9 per 100,000 | +12.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 180 |  Lebanon | 0.7 per 100,000 | -12.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 181 |  Palestine | 0.7 per 100,000 | +16.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 182 |  Egypt | 0.6 per 100,000 | -40.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 183 |  Jordan | 0.6 per 100,000 | -33.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 184 |  Syria | 0.6 per 100,000 | +0.0% | = |
| 185 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4 per 100,000 | -93.0% | ▼ 65 |
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