Suicide rate in Viet Nam

The age-standardised suicide rate in Viet Nam was 10.0 per 100,000 people in 2023.

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

Viet Nam, 2023 10.0 Deaths per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.3per 100,000 people 2022: 10.3 per 100,000 people

Position in 2023 93rd of 185 See the full ranking

Suicide rate in Viet Nam 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	Viet Nam
2023	10.0 per 100,000 people
2022	10.3 per 100,000 people
2021	9.9 per 100,000 people
2020	10.3 per 100,000 people
2019	10.2 per 100,000 people
2018	10.2 per 100,000 people
2017	10.2 per 100,000 people
2016	10.2 per 100,000 people
2015	10.4 per 100,000 people
2014	10.2 per 100,000 people
2013	10.2 per 100,000 people
2012	10.1 per 100,000 people
2011	10.1 per 100,000 people
2010	9.9 per 100,000 people
2009	9.8 per 100,000 people
2008	9.6 per 100,000 people
2007	9.5 per 100,000 people
2006	9.5 per 100,000 people
2005	9.4 per 100,000 people
2004	9.4 per 100,000 people
2003	9.3 per 100,000 people
2002	9.2 per 100,000 people
2001	9.1 per 100,000 people
2000	9.1 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.3 from 10.3 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 10.2 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.2.
Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Viet Nam has the 93rd 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 Viet Nam
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 Viet Nam compares in 2023 Neighbouring positions among 185 countries with a value for 2023.

90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.2 per 100,000 people
91 Serbia 10.1 per 100,000 people
92 Germany 10.0 per 100,000 people
93 Viet Nam 10.0 per 100,000 people
94 El Salvador 9.6 per 100,000 people
95 Mauritania 9.6 per 100,000 people
96 Netherlands 9.6 per 100,000 people

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Viet Nam by sex

Total 10.0 per 100,000 people2023
Women 6.0 per 100,000 people2023
Men 14.7 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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