Suicide rate in Australia

The age-standardised suicide rate in Australia was 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2016.

Suicide mortality rate (age-standardised) Deaths per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: WHO

Australia, 2023 12.6 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.1per 100,000 people 2022: 12.7 per 100,000 people

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 11.0 per 100,000 people Middle value of 38 countries

Position in 2023 76th of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Australia over time

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Deaths per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Suicide mortality rate (age-standardised) (deaths per 100,000 people), 2000 to 2023
Period	Australia
2023	12.6 per 100,000 people
2022	12.7 per 100,000 people
2021	12.9 per 100,000 people
2020	12.7 per 100,000 people
2019	13.2 per 100,000 people
2018	12.8 per 100,000 people
2017	13.3 per 100,000 people
2016	12.0 per 100,000 people
2015	12.9 per 100,000 people
2014	12.3 per 100,000 people
2013	11.3 per 100,000 people
2012	11.4 per 100,000 people
2011	11.0 per 100,000 people
2010	11.4 per 100,000 people
2009	11.0 per 100,000 people
2008	11.4 per 100,000 people
2007	11.0 per 100,000 people
2006	10.8 per 100,000 people
2005	11.4 per 100,000 people
2004	10.8 per 100,000 people
2003	10.9 per 100,000 people
2002	11.9 per 100,000 people
2001	12.8 per 100,000 people
2000	12.6 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.1 from 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 11.3 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +1.3.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Australia has the 76th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer: WHO
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code: MH_12 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2000 to 2023 for Australia
Provider update: 15 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution: Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory

How Australia compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

73 Austria 12.7 per 100,000 people
74 Sweden 12.7 per 100,000 people
75 Trinidad and Tobago 12.7 per 100,000 people
76 Australia 12.6 per 100,000 people
77 Niger 12.6 per 100,000 people
78 Czechia 12.2 per 100,000 people
79 Samoa 12.1 per 100,000 people

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Australia by sex

Total 12.6 per 100,000 people2023
Women 6.2 per 100,000 people2023
Men 19.1 per 100,000 people2023

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What this measures

Deaths by suicide per 100,000 people in a year, age-standardised to the WHO standard population (SDG indicator 3.4.2). WHO estimate.

Suicide is under-reported in some countries because of stigma or how deaths are registered.

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