Suicide rate in Samoa

The age-standardised suicide rate in Samoa was 12.1 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

Samoa, 2023 12.1 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.5per 100,000 people 2022: 12.6 per 100,000 people

Position in 2023 79th of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Samoa 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	Samoa
2023	12.1 per 100,000 people
2022	12.6 per 100,000 people
2021	12.2 per 100,000 people
2020	12.9 per 100,000 people
2019	13.1 per 100,000 people
2018	13.3 per 100,000 people
2017	13.5 per 100,000 people
2016	13.6 per 100,000 people
2015	13.3 per 100,000 people
2014	13.1 per 100,000 people
2013	12.9 per 100,000 people
2012	12.6 per 100,000 people
2011	12.5 per 100,000 people
2010	12.4 per 100,000 people
2009	12.4 per 100,000 people
2008	12.3 per 100,000 people
2007	12.5 per 100,000 people
2006	12.6 per 100,000 people
2005	12.7 per 100,000 people
2004	12.9 per 100,000 people
2003	13.0 per 100,000 people
2002	13.4 per 100,000 people
2001	13.7 per 100,000 people
2000	14.1 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.5 from 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 12.9 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.8.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Samoa has the 79th 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 Samoa
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 Samoa compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

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
80 Croatia 11.9 per 100,000 people
81 Norway 11.6 per 100,000 people
82 Switzerland 11.6 per 100,000 people

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Samoa by sex

Total 12.1 per 100,000 people2023
Women 6.6 per 100,000 people2023
Men 18.1 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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