Suicide rate in Vanuatu

The age-standardised suicide rate in Vanuatu was 16.4 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

Vanuatu, 2023 16.4 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.4per 100,000 people 2022: 16.8 per 100,000 people

Position in 2023 39th of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
2023	16.4 per 100,000 people
2022	16.8 per 100,000 people
2021	16.9 per 100,000 people
2020	16.6 per 100,000 people
2019	16.7 per 100,000 people
2018	16.8 per 100,000 people
2017	16.8 per 100,000 people
2016	16.7 per 100,000 people
2015	16.7 per 100,000 people
2014	16.7 per 100,000 people
2013	16.7 per 100,000 people
2012	16.8 per 100,000 people
2011	17.0 per 100,000 people
2010	17.0 per 100,000 people
2009	17.1 per 100,000 people
2008	17.3 per 100,000 people
2007	17.5 per 100,000 people
2006	17.5 per 100,000 people
2005	17.7 per 100,000 people
2004	17.5 per 100,000 people
2003	17.7 per 100,000 people
2002	18.1 per 100,000 people
2001	18.6 per 100,000 people
2000	18.6 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.4 from 16.8 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 16.7 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.3.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Vanuatu has the 39th 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 Vanuatu
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 Vanuatu compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

36 Montenegro 16.8 per 100,000 people
37 Mozambique 16.7 per 100,000 people
38 Côte d'Ivoire 16.5 per 100,000 people
39 Vanuatu 16.4 per 100,000 people
40 Benin 16.2 per 100,000 people
41 Namibia 16.2 per 100,000 people
42 South Africa 16.2 per 100,000 people

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Vanuatu by sex

Total 16.4 per 100,000 people2023
Women 7.5 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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