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A map of global suicide rates, age-standardized per 100,000 population, 2019. [needs update]
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The following are lists of countries by estimated suicide rates as published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources.[note 1] In many countries, suicide rates are underreported due to social stigma, cultural or legal concerns.[3] Thus, these figures cannot be used to compare real suicide rates, which are unknown in most countries. The global total of suicide deaths decreased from an estimated 762,000 in 2000 to 717,000 in 2021, which is 9.1 deaths per 100,000 population.[4] In high-income countries, male and female rates of suicidal behaviors differ compared to the rest of the world: while women are reportedly more prone to suicidal thoughts, rates of suicide are higher among men, which has been described as a "silent epidemic".[5][6][7][8][9] In 2021, the global rate of suicide deaths for men was 12.3 per 100,000, more than double the rate for women, which stood at 5.9 per 100,000 population. However, the sex disparity was uneven across regions, with a male-to-female ratio ranging from as low as 1.4 in the Southeast Asia Region to nearly 4.0 in the Region of the Americas.[10]

In much of the world, suicide is stigmatized and condemned for religious or cultural reasons. In some countries, suicidal behavior is a criminal offense punishable by law. Suicide is, therefore, often a secretive act surrounded by taboo and may be unrecognized, misclassified, or deliberately hidden in official records of death.[5]

— World Health Organization (2002)

As such, suicide rates may be higher than measured, with men more at risk of dying by suicide than women across nearly all cultures and backgrounds.[11] Suicide prevention and intervention is an important topic for all peoples, according to the WHO.[12]

Countries and territories by suicide rate

Background

Suicide rates by gender and country, age-standardized, per 100K population, World Health Organization, 2019.[13]
Country 2019 2000 % change
All Female Male M/F
 World 9.0 5.4 12.6 2.3 14.0 -0.36
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 87.5 34.6 146.9 4.3 42.6 1.05
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 40.9 17.0 65.0 3.8 35.8 0.14
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini 40.5 6.4 78.7 12.3 40.6 0.00
File:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati 30.6 9.5 53.6 5.7 35.6 -0.14
File:Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Micronesia 29.0 13.2 44.3 3.4 28.0 0.04
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 25.9 11.8 41.3 3.5 25.0 0.04
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 23.6 13.5 37.8 2.8 20.0 0.18
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 23.5 9.8 37.9 3.9 26.6 -0.12
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 23.2 8.9 42.6 4.8 20.9 0.11
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 23.0 9.3 39.6 4.3 32.5 -0.29
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 21.6 7.2 38.2 5.3 48.9 -0.56
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 21.2 13.4 29.9 2.2 13.9 0.52
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu 21.0 9.0 33.1 3.7 23.2 -0.10
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 20.2 7.8 35.5 4.6 46.3 -0.56
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 20.2 6.2 36.1 5.8 45.8 -0.56
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 18.8 7.7 31.1 4.1 14.5 0.30
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 18.1 6.9 30.9 4.5 39.4 -0.54
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 18.0 5.6 31.1 5.5 23.6 -0.24
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 17.7 4.7 32.7 7.0 33.5 -0.47
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands 17.4 2.4 32.2 13.4 17.4 0.00
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 17.3 8.3 27.2 3.3 23.4 -0.26
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 16.5 5.3 30.1 5.7 37.3 -0.56
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 16.2 7.9 25.4 3.2 18.9 -0.14
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 16.1 4.6 29.0 6.4 29.6 -0.46
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 15.9 7.6 25.2 3.3 19.1 -0.17
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 15.7 5.0 25.7 5.1 24.0 -0.35
File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 15.2 5.1 27.4 5.4 18.2 -0.16
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 14.8 6.5 24.0 3.7 17.3 -0.14
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 14.7 7.1 22.8 3.2 16.8 -0.13
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 14.6 7.8 20.9 2.7 16.3 -0.10
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 14.5 6.8 22.4 3.3 10.0 0.45
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 14.4 5.3 25.7 4.9 24.0 -0.40
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 14.4 6.5 24.5 3.8 16.9 -0.15
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 14.0 5.5 22.7 4.1 25.6 -0.46
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 13.9 8.4 19.6 2.3 18.3 -0.24
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 13.5 4.4 24.9 5.7 27.5 -0.51
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 13.5 8.8 18.5 2.1 19.4 -0.30
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 13.4 6.8 20.1 3.0 21.7 -0.38
File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad 13.2 6.9 20.2 2.9 15.7 -0.16
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 13.1 3.8 23.3 6.1 19.4 -0.32
File:Flag of India.svg India 12.9 11.1 14.7 1.3 19.1 -0.32
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 12.9 6.1 20.9 3.4 27.4 -0.53
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 12.7 6.1 20.3 3.3 14.7 -0.14
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 12.6 4.7 21.7 4.6 17.6 -0.28
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 12.4 5.0 20.7 4.1 14.5 -0.14
File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 12.4 6.7 19.8 3.0 17.5 -0.29
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 12.4 7.7 16.9 2.2 12.2 0.01
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 12.3 8.0 18.4 2.3 9.7 0.27
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 12.2 6.9 17.5 2.5 18.1 -0.32
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 12.2 3.3 22.1 6.7 16.3 -0.25
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 12.1 6.4 18.9 3.0 23.4 -0.48
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 12.0 4.5 20.2 4.5 25.0 -0.52
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 11.9 7.6 16.3 2.2 12.1 -0.01
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 11.8 5.5 19.1 3.5 26.6 -0.56
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo 11.6 6.1 18.3 3.0 24.7 -0.53
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 11.3 8.2 14.8 1.8 10.1 0.11
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11.3 5.6 17.0 3.0 11.8 -0.05
File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 11.2 8.0 14.9 1.9 12.7 -0.12
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 11.2 3.5 18.7 5.4 12.7 -0.12
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 11.0 5.3 18.1 3.4 15.8 -0.30
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 11.0 5.1 17.7 3.5 16.3 -0.32
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 11.0 5.2 18.5 3.6 14.4 -0.24
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 10.6 3.3 20.0 6.1 19.2 -0.45
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 10.5 1.8 20.0 11.2 9.8 0.08
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 10.4 3.7 19.4 5.2 21.7 -0.52
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 10.4 4.6 16.6 3.6 15.8 -0.34
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 10.3 5.4 15.3 2.9 10.7 -0.03
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 10.3 5.4 15.4 2.9 12.4 -0.17
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 10.2 4.1 16.7 4.1 15.6 -0.35
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 10.1 6.4 14.1 2.2 9.5 0.07
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 9.9 6.3 13.4 2.1 13.0 -0.24
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 9.8 5.7 14.2 2.5 15.9 -0.38
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 9.8 2.9 18.6 6.3 10.9 -0.10
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 9.8 4.8 14.6 3.1 11.1 -0.12
File:Flag of France.svg France 9.7 4.5 15.2 3.3 15.8 -0.39
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 9.7 6.4 12.7 2.0 11.4 -0.16
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 9.6 6.2 13.3 2.1 11.1 -0.13
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 9.5 6.0 13.1 2.2 11.7 -0.19
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 9.5 3.8 15.4 4.1 13.4 -0.29
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 9.5 5.2 14.2 2.7 18.4 -0.49
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 9.5 5.0 14.8 2.9 25.6 -0.63
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 9.3 2.6 16.7 6.5 12.6 -0.26
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 9.3 2.4 16.5 6.8 15.3 -0.39
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 9.3 6.1 12.5 2.1 8.1 0.15
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 9.2 5.4 13.3 2.5 10.8 -0.15
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 8.9 3.6 14.3 4.0 12.1 -0.26
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 8.8 6.1 10.3 3.6 13.9 1.42
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 8.8 2.5 15.0 5.9 11.5 -0.24
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 8.6 5.4 11.8 2.2 13.4 -0.36
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 8.5 5.8 11.3 2.0 10.9 -0.22
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 8.3 3.5 13.5 3.8 17.6 -0.53
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 8.3 3.7 13.1 3.6 16.2 -0.49
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 8.3 4.9 11.8 2.4 12.0 -0.31
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 8.3 3.9 12.8 3.3 11.2 -0.26
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.3 3.4 13.5 4.0 8.1 0.01
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 8.2 6.3 10.6 1.7 10.3 -0.20
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 8.2 3.7 13.5 3.6 15.6 -0.48
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 8.1 3.3 13.5 4.1 9.2 -0.12
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 8.0 3.0 13.4 4.5 10.5 -0.24
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 8.0 5.7 10.5 1.8 8.8 -0.09
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 8.0 2.3 13.9 6.0 11.6 -0.31
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 7.9 3.9 12.2 3.1 18.9 -0.58
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles 7.7 1.3 14.0 10.5 9.8 -0.21
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 7.7 3.6 11.9 3.3 6.8 0.12
File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize 7.7 1.8 13.6 7.5 10.0 -0.24
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 7.7 2.2 14.0 6.4 6.6 0.16
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 7.6 4.2 11.1 2.6 12.5 -0.39
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 7.6 1.9 13.3 6.9 6.9 0.11
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 7.4 5.5 9.4 1.7 8.8 -0.16
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 7.3 2.4 12.6 5.3 11.3 -0.35
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 7.3 4.7 10.1 2.1 10.8 -0.33
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 7.2 3.5 11.6 3.4 5.5 0.32
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 7.2 4.2 10.6 2.5 7.2 0.01
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 7.2 2.3 9.9 4.3 7.0 0.02
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 7.2 3.5 11.0 3.1 8.7 -0.17
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 7.1 5.3 9.0 1.7 8.5 -0.17
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 6.9 3.4 10.4 3.1 7.7 -0.11
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 6.9 3.8 10.1 2.7 9.2 -0.25
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 6.9 1.5 12.5 8.5 8.1 -0.15
File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 6.8 4.2 9.6 2.3 8.4 -0.19
File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan 6.7 3.4 10.4 3.1 7.9 -0.15
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 6.7 4.8 8.6 1.8 14.9 -0.55
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 6.5 2.9 10.6 3.7 14.0 -0.54
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 6.2 2.5 10.3 4.1 13.5 -0.54
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 6.2 3.3 9.0 2.8 3.6 0.69
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 6.1 2.1 11.1 5.4 6.7 -0.09
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 6.1 2.9 9.4 3.2 13.8 -0.56
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 6.0 3.5 8.6 2.5 8.7 -0.31
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan 6.0 5.7 6.2 1.1 7.7 -0.23
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 5.8 2.4 9.0 3.8 6.1 -0.05
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 5.5 3.1 8.4 2.8 6.8 -0.20
File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 5.5 3.9 7.4 1.9 6.4 -0.14
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 5.4 1.9 7.8 4.1 3.8 0.41
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 5.3 2.3 8.4 3.7 6.0 -0.11
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 5.3 3.4 7.4 2.2 5.1 0.05
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 5.4 2.2 8.7 4.0 3.9 0.37
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5.3 2.8 7.9 2.8 6.6 -0.20
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 5.2 2.6 6.3 2.4 8.0 -0.35
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5.2 2.1 8.3 3.9 6.8 -0.24
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 5.1 2.8 7.5 2.7 8.0 -0.36
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 5.1 1.9 8.5 4.6 4.9 0.04
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 5.1 3.1 6.8 2.2 6.9 -0.27
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 4.8 3.3 6.3 1.9 5.6 -0.14
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 4.7 2.4 7.3 3.0 5.3 -0.10
File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 4.7 1.9 7.8 4.1 6.3 -0.26
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 4.7 1.7 5.7 3.4 7.6 -0.39
File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor 4.5 2.4 6.7 2.8 4.9 -0.07
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 4.5 2.9 6.1 2.1 5.3 -0.15
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 4.5 1.1 6.4 5.7 6.7 -0.33
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 4.4 2.9 5.9 2.0 5.1 -0.15
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4.3 2.1 6.7 3.2 5.5 -0.22
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 4.0 1.5 6.6 4.5 3.4 0.16
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3.9 1.7 6.0 3.6 6.9 -0.44
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 3.7 1.7 6.0 3.5 5.3 -0.29
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 3.7 2.2 5.3 2.4 5.2 -0.29
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3.6 1.5 5.9 4.1 2.9 0.27
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 3.6 1.9 5.2 2.7 2.8 0.26
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3.4 2.2 4.7 2.1 3.6 -0.06
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 3.4 1.2 5.8 4.7 2.5 0.33
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 3.2 1.1 5.3 5.0 1.9 0.66
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 3.2 1.8 4.6 2.5 3.9 -0.18
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 3.0 1.1 5.1 4.7 5.1 -0.42
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 2.9 1.0 4.8 4.9 5.9 -0.52
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 2.8 1.7 3.9 2.3 3.0 -0.08
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 2.8 0.9 4.1 4.8 5.3 -0.48
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 2.7 1.4 4.1 3.0 3.4 -0.20
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 2.7 1.0 4.9 4.8 3.3 -0.19
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 2.7 0.7 3.8 5.2 3.1 -0.14
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2.6 1.9 3.3 1.7 4.7 -0.44
File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 2.6 1.0 4.4 4.5 3.0 -0.14
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 2.6 1.2 4.0 3.5 3.8 -0.33
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei 2.5 0.8 4.2 5.4 1.7 0.48
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 2.5 1.3 3.9 2.9 2.3 0.12
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 2.3 1.2 3.6 3.0 4.2 -0.44
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 2.3 1.0 3.6 3.6 2.1 0.11
File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe 2.2 1.2 3.3 2.9 2.2 -0.02
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 2.1 0.8 3.5 4.7 2.0 0.05
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 2.1 0.7 3.7 5.3 6.4 -0.67
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 2.0 0.9 3.0 3.3 3.5 -0.43
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.0 0.7 1.3 2.0 6.5 -0.84
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 2.1 -0.70
File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.0 -0.84
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 0.3 0.2 0.5 3.1 2.6 -0.88

Analysis

Deaths per million persons from self-inflicted injuries in 2012. Countries by income group.
Suicide rates by income group in 2012 (per 100,000 people)[14]
Income group (% of global pop) Suicides, 2012
(in thousands)
Global % Rate
(2012)
Male:Female
(2012)
High-income countries (18.3%) 197 24.5% 12.7 3.5 : 1
Upper-middle-income countries (34.3%) 192 23.8% 7.5 1.3 : 1
Lower-middle-income countries (35.4%) 333 41.4% 14.1 1.7 : 1
Low-income countries (12.0%) 82 10.2% 13.4 1.7 : 1
Global (100.0%) 804 100.0% 11.4 1.9 : 1

Male and female suicide rates are out of the total male population and total female population, respectively, i.e. total number of male suicides divided by the total male population. Age-standardized rates account for the influence that different population age distributions might have on the analysis of crude death rates, statistically addressing the prevailing trends by age-groups and populations' structures, to enhance long term cross-national comparability. Based on age-groups' deviation from standardized population structures, rates are rounded up or down (age-adjustment). Basically, the presence of younger individuals in any given age structure carries more weight. If the rate is rounded up, that means the median age is lower than average for that region or country, and vice versa when rounded down. Most countries listed above report a higher male suicide rate. Worldwide, there are about 3 male suicides out of 4, or a factor of 3:1. For example, the ratio in the United States was 3.36 in 2015, and 3.53 in 2016.[15][lower-alpha 1] Though age-standardization is common statistical process to categorize mortality data for comparing purposes, this approach by WHO is based on estimates which take into account issues such as under-reporting, resulting in rates differing from the official national statistics prepared and endorsed by individual countries. Revisions are also performed periodically. Age-adjusted rates are mortality rates that would have existed if all populations under study had the same age distribution as a "standard" population. Plain, crude estimated rates are available at here and here. Countries with a population less than 100 000 are excluded. Countries with large internal discrepancies are complicated to assess. Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016,[17] a rate among the ten highest in the world. There are numerous differences in living standards and income that contribute to this phenomenon, classed as an epidemic in Canada.[18]

List by other sources and years (1985–2019)

File:Suicide rate.png
Global suicide rates per 100,000 people, 1978–2009.[19]

In the list below various sources from various years are included, mixing plain crude rates with age-adjusted rates and estimated rates, so cross-national comparability is somewhat skewed. * indicates "Suicide in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Mental Health in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

  1. The male-female ratio shown below is based on the age-standardized rates: as compared to WHO world standard population, women's median age and life expectancy might be greater than that of men's for that country when rounded up, and vice versa when rounded down.[16]
  2. Nevertheless, jumping from a high building as well as drowning were common methods of suicide in Taiwan,[note 2][31][32] indicating the potential risks of type I and type II errors and misuse of statistics within the government's report. Hence, if halves of the death rates of the drowning and fall that were shown in government's report were extracted and added into the self-inflicted deaths (intentional injury death of self), it yields 0.0201% which is thought better reflecting the real case.
  3. Furthermore, jumping from a high building as well as drowning were common methods of suicide in Taiwan.[note 5][31][32]

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. The first global estimates on suicide mortality began in the early 1980s, as a single World Bank-commissioned study on general mortality data compiled by the WHO as the first work of its kind on the global burden of disease (GBD).[1] In the following years, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation acted as the coordinating center for the study then resulted in the collaboration between several researchers and institutions from many countries.[2]
  2. In government's annual release, there were 3637 people per one hundred thousands of people in 2018 died of contacting poison, accidental fall, exposure to fire or smoke, accidental drowning including sinking beneath water to death in addition to the suicidal death that was equal to 3865 people per 100,000 people.
  3. Recently released figures by official Belgian authorities suggest a considerably higher rate of 17.0 persons (total) per 100,000 people per annum in 2009 (5,712 cases in a population of 10,749,000 (=10,666,866 as of 1 January 2008 increasing by 0,77% per annum.) as of 1 January 2009)."Toenemend aantal zelfdodingen in Belgie" (in Nederlands). 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
  4. The number of death in Belgium in 2008 due to suicide "zichzelf schade toebrengen" was reported at 2000 out of a total of 103.760 death. These death comprise 1453 men and 547 women. This puts the suicide rate at about 19 per 100.000. See statbel: http://statbel.fgov.be/nl/binaries/NL%20-%20Tableau%201%2E3_T_2008_tcm325-168456.pdf Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. In government's annual release, there were 3637 people per one hundred thousands people in 2018 died of contacting poison, accidental fall, exposure to fire or smoke, accidental drowning, or sinking beneath water that were excluded from the statistical suicidal death figure equal to 3865 people per 100,000 people.
  • The updated figure of suicide rates in Belgium for 2011 is 2,084 with a total population of 10,933,607, equivalent to 18.96 per 100,000 inhabitants (source: Het Nieuwsblad, 10 April 2014).
  • Taiwan is not a member of the WHO. The Taiwanese government adopted the WHO standard in 2007. According to the Taiwanese government's self-released data, the figure is standardized based upon the population within Taiwan.[81][82]

References

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