Suicide rate in Mali

The age-standardised suicide rate in Mali was 10.5 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

Mali, 2023 10.5 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.2per 100,000 people 2022: 10.7 per 100,000 people

Position in 2023 87th of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Mali 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	Mali
2023	10.5 per 100,000 people
2022	10.7 per 100,000 people
2021	11.1 per 100,000 people
2020	11.3 per 100,000 people
2019	11.7 per 100,000 people
2018	11.7 per 100,000 people
2017	11.8 per 100,000 people
2016	11.9 per 100,000 people
2015	11.8 per 100,000 people
2014	12.1 per 100,000 people
2013	12.1 per 100,000 people
2012	11.7 per 100,000 people
2011	11.6 per 100,000 people
2010	11.6 per 100,000 people
2009	11.5 per 100,000 people
2008	11.5 per 100,000 people
2007	11.4 per 100,000 people
2006	11.3 per 100,000 people
2005	11.2 per 100,000 people
2004	11.2 per 100,000 people
2003	11.1 per 100,000 people
2002	11.1 per 100,000 people
2001	10.9 per 100,000 people
2000	10.9 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.2 from 10.7 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 12.1 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.6.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Mali has the 87th 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 Mali
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 Mali compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

84 Turkmenistan 11.1 per 100,000 people
85 North Korea 10.6 per 100,000 people
86 Paraguay 10.6 per 100,000 people
87 Mali 10.5 per 100,000 people
88 Mauritius 10.5 per 100,000 people
89 Iceland 10.4 per 100,000 people
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.2 per 100,000 people

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Mali by sex

Total 10.5 per 100,000 people2023
Women 6.2 per 100,000 people2023
Men 15.2 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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