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Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

World Bank code: SH.STA.SUIC.MA.P5 • Data available for 185 countries • Latest year: 2021

In , Eswatini led Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) at 45.00.

The world median across 185 reporting countries was 10.59.

What this measures: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2021

Reporting
185 countries
Median
10.59
Mean
13.03
25th percentile
6.17
75th percentile
17.67
Range
0.80 – 45.00

World at a Glance — 2021

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 19.52AUBrunei Darussalam: 5.19BNCambodia: 6.34KHChina: 10.32CNFiji: 11.25FJIndonesia: 1.49IDJapan: 23.60JPKiribati: 31.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 10.53KPKorea, Rep.: 38.16KRLao PDR: 6.55LAMalaysia: 8.79MYMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 31.06FMMongolia: 32.16MNMyanmar: 4.78MMNew Zealand: 17.85NZPapua New Guinea: 2.21PGPhilippines: 5.23PHSamoa: 16.97WSSingapore: 11.11SGSolomon Islands: 29.18SBThailand: 28.22THTimor-Leste: 4.80TLTonga: 6.05TOVanuatu: 24.65VUViet Nam: 10.38VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 3.19ALArmenia: 4.17AMAustria: 23.56ATAzerbaijan: 2.33AZBelarus: 27.70BYBelgium: 26.25BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 13.70BABulgaria: 15.18BGCroatia: 25.09HRCyprus: 3.84CYCzechia: 21.20CZDenmark: 14.65DKEstonia: 25.10EEFinland: 20.51FIFrance: 24.10FRGeorgia: 9.46GEGermany: 18.36DEGreece: 7.94GRHungary: 26.20HUIceland: 14.39ISIreland: 12.59IEItaly: 10.52ITKazakhstan: 24.40KZKyrgyz Republic: 10.53KGLatvia: 27.50LVLithuania: 36.73LTLuxembourg: 12.13LUMoldova: 24.82MDMontenegro: 17.05MENetherlands: 15.45NLNorth Macedonia: 7.91MKNorway: 18.86NOPoland: 24.11PLPortugal: 17.67PTRomania: 16.36RORussian Federation: 36.68RUSerbia: 22.98RSSlovak Republic: 17.13SKSlovenia: 29.95SISpain: 13.12ESSweden: 18.92SESwitzerland: 18.92CHTajikistan: 3.56TJTurkiye: 4.29TRTurkmenistan: 10.32TMUkraine: 37.65UAUnited Kingdom: 14.65GBUzbekistan: 10.59UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 1.65AGArgentina: 12.58ARBahamas, The: 5.89BSBarbados: 6.17BBBelize: 6.84BZBolivia: 6.03BOBrazil: 11.40BRChile: 12.30CLColombia: 7.91COCosta Rica: 13.45CRCuba: 23.49CUDominican Republic: 6.93DOEcuador: 12.51ECEl Salvador: 12.59SVGrenada: 1.92GDGuatemala: 7.10GTGuyana: 39.95GYHaiti: 10.61HTHonduras: 4.97HNJamaica: 2.99JMMexico: 11.56MXNicaragua: 6.90NIPanama: 5.59PAParaguay: 8.01PYPeru: 2.28PEPuerto Rico (US): 9.41PRSt. Lucia: 9.32LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.80VCSuriname: 30.47SRTrinidad and Tobago: 22.25TTUruguay: 39.85UYVenezuela, RB: 15.38VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 4.81AFAlgeria: 2.99DZBahrain: 6.62BHDjibouti: 9.56DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 0.92EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 5.77IRIraq: 4.42IQIsrael: 6.31ILJordan: 0.90JOKuwait: 3.58KWLebanon: 0.86LBLibya: 7.22LYMalta: 8.38MTMorocco: 3.39MAOman: 1.35OMPakistan: 8.02PKQatar: 6.24QASaudi Arabia: 1.14SASyrian Arab Republic: 0.91SYTunisia: 2.47TNUnited Arab Emirates: 2.46AEWest Bank and Gaza: 1.07PSYemen, Rep.: 5.55YENorth AmericaCanada: 14.20CAUnited States: 24.69USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 3.65BDBhutan: 6.19BTIndia: 13.80INMaldives: 2.17MVNepal: 13.33NPSri Lanka: 24.22LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 12.47AOBenin: 11.14BJBotswana: 11.19BWBurkina Faso: 13.02BFBurundi: 11.47BICabo Verde: 25.27CVCameroon: 13.49CMCentral African Republic: 14.72CFChad: 7.37TDComoros: 7.46KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 13.71CDCongo, Rep.: 10.11CGCote d'Ivoire: 12.00CIEquatorial Guinea: 10.20GQEritrea: 19.42EREswatini: 45.00SZEthiopia: 9.06ETGabon: 12.02GAGambia, The: 6.55GMGhana: 8.30GHGuinea: 6.13GNGuinea-Bissau: 11.57GWKenya: 6.69KELesotho: 41.35LSLiberia: 8.02LRMadagascar: 8.69MGMalawi: 12.47MWMali: 5.50MLMauritania: 3.74MRMauritius: 17.95MUMozambique: 15.56MZNamibia: 13.86NANiger: 5.95NENigeria: 8.38NGRwanda: 12.80RWSao Tome and Principe: 1.29STSenegal: 10.43SNSeychelles: 6.34SCSierra Leone: 7.80SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 9.82SOSouth Africa: 35.40ZASouth Sudan: 12.06SSSudan: 3.91SDTanzania: 7.52TZTogo: 14.65TGUganda: 8.79UGZambia: 11.25ZMZimbabwe: 23.57ZW

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Highest Values — 2021

# Country Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
1 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 45.00
2 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 41.35
3 Guyana Latin America & Caribbean 39.95
4 Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean 39.85
5 Korea, Rep. East Asia & Pacific 38.16
6 Ukraine Europe & Central Asia 37.65
7 Lithuania Europe & Central Asia 36.73
8 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 36.68
9 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 35.40
10 Mongolia East Asia & Pacific 32.16

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 58 16.57
Upper middle income 50 12.57
Lower middle income 50 11.04
Low income 25 9.83
Not classified 2 12.22

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 26 15.28
Europe & Central Asia 48 17.55
Latin America & Caribbean 32 11.53
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 4.13
North America 2 19.45
South Asia 6 10.56
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 12.61

Lowest Values — 2021

# Country Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.80
2 Lebanon 0.86
3 Jordan 0.90
4 Syrian Arab Republic 0.91
5 Egypt, Arab Rep. 0.92
6 West Bank and Gaza 1.07
7 Saudi Arabia 1.14
8 Sao Tome and Principe 1.29
9 Oman 1.35
10 Indonesia 1.49
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.STA.SUIC.MA.P5), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2021.