Suicide mortality rate (age-standardised)

Deaths by suicide per 100,000 people in a year, age-standardised to the WHO standard population (SDG indicator 3.4.2). WHO estimate.

Deaths per 100,000 people Annual 185 countries 2000 to 2023 Source: WHO

Highest in 2023 54.8 per 100,000 people Guyana Lowest in 2023 0.2 per 100,000 people Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Countries ranked for 2023 185 Updated by the source on 15 October 2026

185 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.

Trend 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	United States	China	India	Germany
2023	13.3 per 100,000 people	8.0 per 100,000 people	15.3 per 100,000 people	10.0 per 100,000 people
2022	12.8 per 100,000 people	8.5 per 100,000 people	15.8 per 100,000 people	10.6 per 100,000 people
2021	12.3 per 100,000 people	9.1 per 100,000 people	15.5 per 100,000 people	10.2 per 100,000 people
2020	12.3 per 100,000 people	9.5 per 100,000 people	16.0 per 100,000 people	10.5 per 100,000 people
2019	14.0 per 100,000 people	9.3 per 100,000 people	16.1 per 100,000 people	10.2 per 100,000 people
2018	14.3 per 100,000 people	8.9 per 100,000 people	15.8 per 100,000 people	10.5 per 100,000 people
2017	14.1 per 100,000 people	8.7 per 100,000 people	15.9 per 100,000 people	10.3 per 100,000 people
2016	13.6 per 100,000 people	8.9 per 100,000 people	15.9 per 100,000 people	10.7 per 100,000 people
2015	13.5 per 100,000 people	9.2 per 100,000 people	16.3 per 100,000 people	10.9 per 100,000 people
2014	13.2 per 100,000 people	9.6 per 100,000 people	16.5 per 100,000 people	11.1 per 100,000 people
2013	12.8 per 100,000 people	9.9 per 100,000 people	16.9 per 100,000 people	11.2 per 100,000 people
2012	12.8 per 100,000 people	10.6 per 100,000 people	17.1 per 100,000 people	10.8 per 100,000 people
2011	12.6 per 100,000 people	11.2 per 100,000 people	17.3 per 100,000 people	11.2 per 100,000 people
2010	12.4 per 100,000 people	11.7 per 100,000 people	17.5 per 100,000 people	11.2 per 100,000 people
2009	12.0 per 100,000 people	12.4 per 100,000 people	17.6 per 100,000 people	10.8 per 100,000 people
2008	11.9 per 100,000 people	13.3 per 100,000 people	18.1 per 100,000 people	10.8 per 100,000 people
2007	11.6 per 100,000 people	14.2 per 100,000 people	19.0 per 100,000 people	10.7 per 100,000 people
2006	11.3 per 100,000 people	15.4 per 100,000 people	19.8 per 100,000 people	11.2 per 100,000 people
2005	11.3 per 100,000 people	17.0 per 100,000 people	20.1 per 100,000 people	11.8 per 100,000 people
2004	11.4 per 100,000 people	18.1 per 100,000 people	20.0 per 100,000 people	12.5 per 100,000 people
2003	11.3 per 100,000 people	18.0 per 100,000 people	19.9 per 100,000 people	13.0 per 100,000 people
2002	11.4 per 100,000 people	18.6 per 100,000 people	19.9 per 100,000 people	13.2 per 100,000 people
2001	11.2 per 100,000 people	19.2 per 100,000 people	19.6 per 100,000 people	13.3 per 100,000 people
2000	10.9 per 100,000 people	20.1 per 100,000 people	19.5 per 100,000 people	13.3 per 100,000 people

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In short

Among the 185 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Guyana (54.8 per 100,000 people) and the lowest Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (0.2 per 100,000 people).
Half of the countries are above 10.0 per 100,000 people and half below.
From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 55 countries and fell in 105.

About this measure

Definition: Deaths by suicide per 100,000 people in a year, age-standardised to the WHO standard population (SDG indicator 3.4.2). WHO estimate.
Unit: Deaths per 100,000 people
Frequency: Annual
Changes are shown as: Differences in the same unit (per 100,000 people)

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Suicide is under-reported in some countries because of stigma or how deaths are registered.

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
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

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

1 Guyana 54.8 per 100,000 people
2 Lesotho 35.0 per 100,000 people
3 Suriname 35.0 per 100,000 people
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 27.8 per 100,000 people
5 Gabon 26.3 per 100,000 people
6 Eritrea 25.8 per 100,000 people
7 Central African Republic 24.0 per 100,000 people
8 South Korea 23.4 per 100,000 people
9 Eswatini 23.0 per 100,000 people
10 Uruguay 22.2 per 100,000 people
11 Malawi 21.5 per 100,000 people
12 Comoros 20.8 per 100,000 people
13 Zambia 20.7 per 100,000 people
14 Lithuania 20.1 per 100,000 people
15 Russia 19.8 per 100,000 people
16 Burkina Faso 19.7 per 100,000 people
17 Djibouti 19.5 per 100,000 people
18 Cabo Verde 19.3 per 100,000 people
19 Kenya 19.1 per 100,000 people
20 Ukraine 18.9 per 100,000 people
21 Belarus 18.7 per 100,000 people
22 Guinea-Bissau 18.6 per 100,000 people
23 Chad 18.4 per 100,000 people
24 Kazakhstan 18.2 per 100,000 people
25 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18.0 per 100,000 people
26 Kiribati 18.0 per 100,000 people
27 Nepal 18.0 per 100,000 people
28 Angola 17.6 per 100,000 people
29 Burundi 17.6 per 100,000 people
30 Cameroon 17.5 per 100,000 people
31 Republic of the Congo 17.3 per 100,000 people
32 Ghana 17.2 per 100,000 people
33 Uganda 17.2 per 100,000 people
34 Madagascar 17.0 per 100,000 people
35 Equatorial Guinea 16.8 per 100,000 people
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
43 South Sudan 16.2 per 100,000 people
44 Mongolia 16.0 per 100,000 people
45 Senegal 15.8 per 100,000 people
46 Botswana 15.7 per 100,000 people
47 Hungary 15.6 per 100,000 people
48 India 15.3 per 100,000 people
49 Belgium 15.1 per 100,000 people
50 Zimbabwe 15.1 per 100,000 people
51 Slovenia 15.0 per 100,000 people
52 Togo 15.0 per 100,000 people
53 Sierra Leone 14.9 per 100,000 people
54 Tanzania 14.9 per 100,000 people
55 Cuba 14.6 per 100,000 people
56 Micronesia 14.6 per 100,000 people
57 Rwanda 14.5 per 100,000 people
58 Ethiopia 14.4 per 100,000 people
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
66 Moldova 13.5 per 100,000 people
67 Poland 13.4 per 100,000 people
68 United States 13.3 per 100,000 people
69 Finland 13.1 per 100,000 people
70 Guinea 13.1 per 100,000 people
71 New Zealand 13.0 per 100,000 people
72 Liberia 12.9 per 100,000 people
73 Austria 12.7 per 100,000 people
74 Sweden 12.7 per 100,000 people
75 Trinidad and Tobago 12.7 per 100,000 people
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
83 Argentina 11.2 per 100,000 people
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
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
97 Thailand 9.6 per 100,000 people
98 United Kingdom 9.6 per 100,000 people
99 Belize 9.5 per 100,000 people
100 Dominican Republic 9.3 per 100,000 people
101 Luxembourg 9.2 per 100,000 people
102 Chile 9.1 per 100,000 people
103 Pakistan 9.1 per 100,000 people
104 Brazil 8.8 per 100,000 people
105 Mexico 8.7 per 100,000 people
106 Denmark 8.6 per 100,000 people
107 Fiji 8.6 per 100,000 people
108 Portugal 8.6 per 100,000 people
109 Kyrgyzstan 8.5 per 100,000 people
110 Canada 8.4 per 100,000 people
111 Seychelles 8.4 per 100,000 people
112 Slovakia 8.4 per 100,000 people
113 Romania 8.2 per 100,000 people
114 China 8.0 per 100,000 people
115 Venezuela 8.0 per 100,000 people
116 Uzbekistan 7.8 per 100,000 people
117 Bhutan 7.7 per 100,000 people
118 Bulgaria 7.6 per 100,000 people
119 Saint Lucia 7.6 per 100,000 people
120 Singapore 7.3 per 100,000 people
121 Ireland 7.2 per 100,000 people
122 Nicaragua 7.1 per 100,000 people
123 Spain 7.1 per 100,000 people
124 Costa Rica 6.9 per 100,000 people
125 Israel 6.9 per 100,000 people
126 Colombia 6.8 per 100,000 people
127 Nigeria 6.5 per 100,000 people
128 Puerto Rico (US) 6.5 per 100,000 people
129 Malta 6.1 per 100,000 people
130 Iran 6.0 per 100,000 people
131 Bolivia 5.8 per 100,000 people
132 Honduras 5.8 per 100,000 people
133 Italy 5.7 per 100,000 people
134 Georgia 5.6 per 100,000 people
135 Ecuador 5.5 per 100,000 people
136 Grenada 5.5 per 100,000 people
137 Guatemala 5.5 per 100,000 people
138 Yemen 5.5 per 100,000 people
139 Tajikistan 5.4 per 100,000 people
140 Albania 5.3 per 100,000 people
141 Cambodia 5.2 per 100,000 people
142 North Macedonia 5.2 per 100,000 people
143 Iraq 5.1 per 100,000 people
144 Afghanistan 5.0 per 100,000 people
145 Haiti 5.0 per 100,000 people
146 Malaysia 5.0 per 100,000 people
147 Timor-Leste 5.0 per 100,000 people
148 Panama 4.6 per 100,000 people
149 Bangladesh 4.5 per 100,000 people
150 Barbados 4.5 per 100,000 people
151 Laos 4.4 per 100,000 people
152 Libya 4.4 per 100,000 people
153 Myanmar 4.1 per 100,000 people
154 Tonga 4.1 per 100,000 people
155 Greece 3.9 per 100,000 people
156 Cyprus 3.8 per 100,000 people
157 Armenia 3.7 per 100,000 people
158 Sudan 3.7 per 100,000 people
159 Türkiye 3.7 per 100,000 people
160 Morocco 3.4 per 100,000 people
161 Maldives 3.3 per 100,000 people
162 Algeria 3.2 per 100,000 people
163 Philippines 3.1 per 100,000 people
164 Azerbaijan 3.0 per 100,000 people
165 Brunei 3.0 per 100,000 people
166 Qatar 3.0 per 100,000 people
167 Papua New Guinea 2.9 per 100,000 people
168 Peru 2.9 per 100,000 people
169 Tunisia 2.9 per 100,000 people
170 Kuwait 2.8 per 100,000 people
171 United Arab Emirates 2.8 per 100,000 people
172 Bahrain 2.5 per 100,000 people
173 Bahamas 2.4 per 100,000 people
174 São Tomé and Príncipe 2.3 per 100,000 people
175 Indonesia 2.2 per 100,000 people
176 Saudi Arabia 2.2 per 100,000 people
177 Jamaica 2.0 per 100,000 people
178 West Bank and Gaza 1.5 per 100,000 people
179 Antigua and Barbuda 1.4 per 100,000 people
180 Syria 1.4 per 100,000 people
181 Lebanon 1.2 per 100,000 people
182 Jordan 1.1 per 100,000 people
183 Oman 1.1 per 100,000 people
184 Egypt 0.8 per 100,000 people
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2 per 100,000 people

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WHO. "Suicide mortality rate (age-standardised)." PiSpace Open Data, publication 29, retrieved 14 November 2026. https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/who-suicide-rate

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WHO. (2026). Suicide mortality rate (age-standardised) [Data set]. PiSpace Open Data. https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/who-suicide-rate?pub=29

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@misc{who_suicide_rate_29,
  author = {{WHO}},
  title = {Suicide mortality rate (age-standardised)},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {PiSpace Open Data},
  url = {https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/who-suicide-rate?pub=29},
  note = {Publication 29, retrieved 2026-11-14}
}

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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.