Suicide rate in Ghana

The age-standardised suicide rate in Ghana was 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2023.

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

Ghana, 2023 17.2 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.2per 100,000 people 2022: 17.4 per 100,000 people

Position in 2023 32nd of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Ghana 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	Ghana
2023	17.2 per 100,000 people
2022	17.4 per 100,000 people
2021	18.2 per 100,000 people
2020	17.8 per 100,000 people
2019	17.3 per 100,000 people
2018	16.8 per 100,000 people
2017	16.6 per 100,000 people
2016	16.5 per 100,000 people
2015	16.4 per 100,000 people
2014	17.1 per 100,000 people
2013	17.0 per 100,000 people
2012	16.7 per 100,000 people
2011	16.8 per 100,000 people
2010	16.8 per 100,000 people
2009	16.6 per 100,000 people
2008	16.2 per 100,000 people
2007	15.9 per 100,000 people
2006	15.8 per 100,000 people
2005	15.6 per 100,000 people
2004	15.3 per 100,000 people
2003	14.8 per 100,000 people
2002	14.3 per 100,000 people
2001	13.8 per 100,000 people
2000	13.5 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.2 from 17.4 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 17.0 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.2.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Ghana has the 32nd 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 Ghana
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 Ghana compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

29 Burundi 17.6 per 100,000 people
30 Cameroon 17.5 per 100,000 people
31 Republic of the Congo 17.3 per 100,000 people
32 Ghana 17.2 per 100,000 people
33 Uganda 17.2 per 100,000 people
34 Madagascar 17.0 per 100,000 people
35 Equatorial Guinea 16.8 per 100,000 people

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Ghana by sex

Total 17.2 per 100,000 people2023
Women 5.8 per 100,000 people2023
Men 31.3 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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