Suicide rate in Malaysia

The age-standardised suicide rate in Malaysia was 5.0 per 100,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

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

Malaysia, 2023 5.0 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.6per 100,000 people 2022: 5.6 per 100,000 people

Position in 2023 146th of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Malaysia 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	Malaysia
2023	5.0 per 100,000 people
2022	5.6 per 100,000 people
2021	5.7 per 100,000 people
2020	5.6 per 100,000 people
2019	5.9 per 100,000 people
2018	6.0 per 100,000 people
2017	6.0 per 100,000 people
2016	6.0 per 100,000 people
2015	5.9 per 100,000 people
2014	5.7 per 100,000 people
2013	5.7 per 100,000 people
2012	5.8 per 100,000 people
2011	5.9 per 100,000 people
2010	6.0 per 100,000 people
2009	6.1 per 100,000 people
2008	6.0 per 100,000 people
2007	5.7 per 100,000 people
2006	5.9 per 100,000 people
2005	6.0 per 100,000 people
2004	6.1 per 100,000 people
2003	6.2 per 100,000 people
2002	6.0 per 100,000 people
2001	6.2 per 100,000 people
2000	6.4 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of −0.6 from 5.6 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 5.7 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.7.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Malaysia has the 146th 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 Malaysia
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 Malaysia compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

143 Iraq 5.1 per 100,000 people
144 Afghanistan 5.0 per 100,000 people
145 Haiti 5.0 per 100,000 people
146 Malaysia 5.0 per 100,000 people
147 Timor-Leste 5.0 per 100,000 people
148 Panama 4.6 per 100,000 people
149 Bangladesh 4.5 per 100,000 people

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Malaysia by sex

Total 5.0 per 100,000 people2023
Women 2.0 per 100,000 people2023
Men 8.0 per 100,000 people2023

Each group's most recent published value. Open a group to see its trend.

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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