Suicide rate by country, 2023
Deaths by suicide per 100,000 people in a year, age-standardised to the WHO standard population (SDG indicator 3.4.2). WHO estimate.
185 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Guyana (54.8 per 100,000 people). Lowest: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (0.2 per 100,000 people). The median is 10.0 per 100,000 people.
Highest 10
- 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
Lowest 10
- 185. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2 per 100,000 people
- 184. Egypt 0.8 per 100,000 people
- 183. Oman 1.1 per 100,000 people
- 182. Jordan 1.1 per 100,000 people
- 181. Lebanon 1.2 per 100,000 people
- 180. Syria 1.4 per 100,000 people
- 179. Antigua and Barbuda 1.4 per 100,000 people
- 178. West Bank and Gaza 1.5 per 100,000 people
- 177. Jamaica 2.0 per 100,000 people
- 176. Saudi Arabia 2.2 per 100,000 people
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 185. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 54.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 2 | Lesotho | 35.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 3 | Suriname | 35.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 4 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 27.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 5 | Gabon | 26.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 6 | Eritrea | 25.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 24.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 8 | South Korea | 23.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 9 | Eswatini | 23.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 10 | Uruguay | 22.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 11 | Malawi | 21.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 12 | Comoros | 20.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 13 | Zambia | 20.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 14 | Lithuania | 20.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 15 | Russia | 19.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 19.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 17 | Djibouti | 19.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 19.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 19 | Kenya | 19.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 20 | Ukraine | 18.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 21 | Belarus | 18.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 23 | Chad | 18.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 18.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 26 | Kiribati | 18.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 27 | Nepal | 18.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 28 | Angola | 17.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 29 | Burundi | 17.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 30 | Cameroon | 17.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 17.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 32 | Ghana | 17.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 33 | Uganda | 17.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 34 | Madagascar | 17.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 35 | Equatorial Guinea | 16.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 36 | Montenegro | 16.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 37 | Mozambique | 16.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 39 | Vanuatu | 16.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 40 | Benin | 16.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 41 | Namibia | 16.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 42 | South Africa | 16.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 43 | South Sudan | 16.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 44 | Mongolia | 16.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 45 | Senegal | 15.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 46 | Botswana | 15.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 47 | Hungary | 15.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 48 | India | 15.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 49 | Belgium | 15.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 15.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 51 | Slovenia | 15.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 52 | Togo | 15.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 14.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 54 | Tanzania | 14.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 55 | Cuba | 14.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 56 | Micronesia | 14.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 57 | Rwanda | 14.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 14.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 59 | Japan | 14.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 14.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 61 | Estonia | 14.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 14.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 63 | France | 13.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 64 | Latvia | 13.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 65 | Gambia | 13.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 66 | Moldova | 13.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 67 | Poland | 13.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 68 | United States | 13.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 69 | Finland | 13.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 70 | Guinea | 13.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 71 | New Zealand | 13.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 72 | Liberia | 12.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 73 | Austria | 12.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 74 | Sweden | 12.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 76 | Australia | 12.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 77 | Niger | 12.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 78 | Czechia | 12.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 79 | Samoa | 12.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 80 | Croatia | 11.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 81 | Norway | 11.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 82 | Switzerland | 11.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 83 | Argentina | 11.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 11.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 85 | North Korea | 10.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 86 | Paraguay | 10.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 87 | Mali | 10.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 88 | Mauritius | 10.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 89 | Iceland | 10.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 91 | Serbia | 10.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 92 | Germany | 10.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 93 | Viet Nam | 10.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 94 | El Salvador | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 95 | Mauritania | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 96 | Netherlands | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 97 | Thailand | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 98 | United Kingdom | 9.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 99 | Belize | 9.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 9.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 9.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 102 | Chile | 9.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 103 | Pakistan | 9.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 104 | Brazil | 8.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 105 | Mexico | 8.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 106 | Denmark | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 107 | Fiji | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 108 | Portugal | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 110 | Canada | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 111 | Seychelles | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 112 | Slovakia | 8.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 113 | Romania | 8.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 114 | China | 8.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 115 | Venezuela | 8.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 116 | Uzbekistan | 7.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 117 | Bhutan | 7.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 119 | Saint Lucia | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 120 | Singapore | 7.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 121 | Ireland | 7.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 7.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 123 | Spain | 7.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 6.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 125 | Israel | 6.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 126 | Colombia | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 127 | Nigeria | 6.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 128 | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 129 | Malta | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 130 | Iran | 6.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 131 | Bolivia | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 132 | Honduras | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 133 | Italy | 5.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 134 | Georgia | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 135 | Ecuador | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 136 | Grenada | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 137 | Guatemala | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 138 | Yemen | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 140 | Albania | 5.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 141 | Cambodia | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 143 | Iraq | 5.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 144 | Afghanistan | 5.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 145 | Haiti | 5.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 146 | Malaysia | 5.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 5.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 148 | Panama | 4.6 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 4.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 150 | Barbados | 4.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 151 | Laos | 4.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 152 | Libya | 4.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 153 | Myanmar | 4.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 154 | Tonga | 4.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 155 | Greece | 3.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 156 | Cyprus | 3.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 157 | Armenia | 3.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 158 | Sudan | 3.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 159 | Türkiye | 3.7 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 160 | Morocco | 3.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 161 | Maldives | 3.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 162 | Algeria | 3.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 163 | Philippines | 3.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 164 | Azerbaijan | 3.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 165 | Brunei | 3.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 166 | Qatar | 3.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 168 | Peru | 2.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 169 | Tunisia | 2.9 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 170 | Kuwait | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 172 | Bahrain | 2.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 173 | Bahamas | 2.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 174 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2.3 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 175 | Indonesia | 2.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 176 | Saudi Arabia | 2.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 177 | Jamaica | 2.0 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 178 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 180 | Syria | 1.4 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 181 | Lebanon | 1.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 182 | Jordan | 1.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 183 | Oman | 1.1 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 184 | Egypt | 0.8 per 100,000 people | 2023 | |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2 per 100,000 people | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by WHO; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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