Suicide rate in Sri Lanka

The age-standardised suicide rate in Sri Lanka was 14.0 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

Sri Lanka, 2023 14.0 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −2.0per 100,000 people 2022: 16.0 per 100,000 people

Position in 2023 62nd of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
2023	14.0 per 100,000 people
2022	16.0 per 100,000 people
2021	16.3 per 100,000 people
2020	16.8 per 100,000 people
2019	17.7 per 100,000 people
2018	17.5 per 100,000 people
2017	17.7 per 100,000 people
2016	17.7 per 100,000 people
2015	17.9 per 100,000 people
2014	17.8 per 100,000 people
2013	18.8 per 100,000 people
2012	19.6 per 100,000 people
2011	20.8 per 100,000 people
2010	20.3 per 100,000 people
2009	21.8 per 100,000 people
2008	24.4 per 100,000 people
2007	24.8 per 100,000 people
2006	27.3 per 100,000 people
2005	29.8 per 100,000 people
2004	28.9 per 100,000 people
2003	32.4 per 100,000 people
2002	33.7 per 100,000 people
2001	35.9 per 100,000 people
2000	40.7 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 −2.0 from 16.0 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 18.8 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −4.8.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Sri Lanka has the 62nd 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 Sri Lanka
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 Sri Lanka compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

59 Japan 14.4 per 100,000 people
60 Solomon Islands 14.2 per 100,000 people
61 Estonia 14.0 per 100,000 people
62 Sri Lanka 14.0 per 100,000 people
63 France 13.9 per 100,000 people
64 Latvia 13.7 per 100,000 people
65 Gambia 13.6 per 100,000 people

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Sri Lanka by sex

Total 14.0 per 100,000 people2023
Women 4.9 per 100,000 people2023
Men 25.5 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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