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World map of suicide rates per 100,000. Red: >13, yellow: 6.5-13, blue: <6.5.
Suicide rate in Hungary (1950-2005), 1983: 45.3 suicides per 100,000 people, it was the second highest rate (after Lithuania, 1995: 45.6[1]) in recorded human history

The following is a list of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization from 2008 in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate deaths officially recorded as suicides. Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (i.e. total number of male suicides divided by total male population). The total rate of suicides is based on the total number of suicides divided by the total population rather than merely the average of the male and female suicide rates, because the gender ratio in most countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.

List

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Suicides per 100,000 people per year[2]
Position Country Male Female Total pop. Year
1  Belarus 63.3 10.3 35.1 2003
2  Lithuania[3] 55.9 9.1 30.7 2008
3  Russia 53.9 9.5 30.1 2008
4  Kazakhstan 46.2 9.0 26.9 2007
5  Japan See: Suicide in Japan 35.8 13.7 24.4 2007
6  Guyana 33.8 11.6 22.9 2005
7  Ukraine 40.9 7.0 22.6 2005
8  South Korea See: Suicide in South Korea 29.6 14.1 21.9 2006
9  Sri Lanka[4] - - 21.6 1996
10  Hungary[3] 37.1 8.6 21.5 2008
11  Latvia 34.1 7.7 19.9 2007
12  Slovenia[5] 32.1 7.9 19.8 2008
13  Serbia and Montenegro 28.4 11.1 19.5 2006
14  Finland 28.9 9.0 18.8 2007
15  Belgium 27.2 9.5 18.2 1999
16  Croatia 26.9 9.7 18.0 2006
17   Switzerland 23.5 11.7 17.5 2006
18  France 25.5 9.0 17.0 2006
19  Estonia[3] 29.1 6.2 16.5 2008
20  Uruguay 26.0 6.3 15.8 2004
21  Moldova 28.0 4.3 15.7 2007
22  Austria 23.8 7.4 15.4 2007
23  South Africa[6] 25.3 5.6 15.4 2005
24  Hong Kong 19.3 11.5 15.2 2006
25  Poland 26.8 4.4 15.2 2006
26  Suriname 23.9 4.8 14.4 2005
27  People's Republic of China See: Suicide in the People's Republic of China 13.0 14.8 13.9 1999
28  New Zealand[7] 20.3 6.5 13.2 2008
29  Sweden 18.1 8.3 13.2 2006
30  Seychelles[8] - - 13.2 1998
31  Slovakia 22.3 3.4 12.6 2005
32  Cuba 19.6 4.9 12.3 2006
33  Trinidad and Tobago 20.4 4.0 12.0 2002
34  Iceland 18.9 4.6 11.9 2007
35  Czech Republic[3] 20.2 4.2 11.8 2008
36  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.3 3.3 11.8 1991
37  Canada [9] 17.9 5.4 11.6 2005
38  Portugal 17.9 5.5 11.5 2004
39  Norway 16.8 6.0 11.4 2006
40  Romania 18.9 4.0 11.3 2007
41  United States See: Suicide in the United States 17.7 4.5 11.1 2005
42  Luxembourg 17.7 4.3 11.0 2005
43  Denmark[3] 16.0 5.7 10.6 2006
44  India 12.2 9.1 10.6 1998
45  Australia 16.7 4.4 10.5 2004
46  Mauritius 16.0 4.8 10.4 2007
47  Singapore 12.9 7.7 10.3 2006
48  Chile 17.4 3.4 10.3 2005
49  Bulgaria[3] 15.3 4.7 9.5 2007
50  Germany[3] 14.9 4.4 9.4 2007
51  Ireland[3] 14.5 4.2 9.3 2008
52  Kyrgyzstan 14.4 3.7 9.0 2006
53  Turkmenistan 13.8 3.5 8.6 1998
54  Netherlands 11.6 5.0 8.3 2007
55  Costa Rica 13.2 2.5 8.0 2006
56  Argentina 12.7 3.4 7.9 2005
57  Zimbabwe 10.6 5.2 7.9 1990
58  Thailand 12.0 3.8 7.8 2002
59  Saint Lucia 10.4 5.0 7.7 2002
60  Belize 13.4 1.6 7.6 2001
61  Puerto Rico 13.2 2.0 7.4 2005
62  Nicaragua 11.1 3.3 7.2 2005
63  Ecuador 9.1 4.5 6.8 2006
64  El Salvador 10.2 3.7 6.8 2006
65  Republic of Macedonia 9.5 4.0 6.8 2003
66  United Kingdom[10] 10.1 2.8 6.4 2007
67  Malta 12.3 0.5 6.4 2007
68  Spain[3] 9.6 3.0 6.1 2007
69  Israel 8.7 3.3 5.9 2005
70  Grenada 9.8 1.9 5.9 2005
71  Panama 10.4 0.8 5.7 2006
72  Italy[3] 8.4 2.3 5.2 2007
73  Colombia 7.8 2.1 4.9 2005
74  Uzbekistan 7.0 2.3 4.7 2005
75  Brazil 7.3 1.9 4.6 2005
76  Cyprus[3] 7.0 1.7 4.3 2008
77  Paraguay 5.5 2.7 4.1 2004
78  Mexico 6.8 1.3 4.0 2006
79  Albania [11] 4.7 3.3 4.0 2003
80  Turkey[12] 5.36 2.50 3.94 2008
81  Venezuela 6.1 1.4 3.8 2005
82  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.3 0.0 3.7 2004
83  Bahrain 4.9 0.5 3.1 1988
84  Greece[3] 4.8 1.0 2.8 2008
85  Tajikistan 2.9 2.3 2.6 2001
86  Armenia 3.9 1.0 2.4 2006
87  Guatemala 3.6 1.1 2.3 2006
88  Georgia 3.4 1.1 2.2 2001
89  Philippines 2.5 1.7 2.1 1993
90  Kuwait 2.5 1.4 2.0 2002
91  Dominican Republic 2.6 0.6 1.6 2004
92  The Bahamas 1.9 0.0 1.0 2002
93  Peru 1.1 0.6 0.9 2000
94  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.0 1.8 0.9 1987
95  Barbados 1.4 0.0 0.7 2001
96  Azerbaijan 1.0 0.3 0.6 2007
97  Maldives 0.7 0.0 0.3 2005
98  Iran 0.3 0.1 0.2 1991
99  Jamaica 0.3 0.0 0.1 1990
100  Syria 0.2 0.0 0.1 1985
101  Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.0 1987
102  Honduras 0.0 0.0 0.0 1978
103  Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0 1979
104  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
105  Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
106  Haiti 0.0 0.0 0.0 2003


References

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  1. ^ Suicide rate in Lithuania (WHO)
  2. ^ Unless otherwise stated all statistics are from WHO: "Country reports and charts available". WHO website - Mental health. World Health Organization. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Death Due To Suicide". Eurostat. European Commission. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  4. ^ Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1991 when the rate was men: 44.6, women: 16.8
  5. ^ "Death Due To Suicide". IVZ/STAT. Stat.si. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  6. ^ This data is for urban areas only. There is no recent data available for the whole of South Africa Burrows, Stephanie (February 2006). "Suicide Mortality in South Africa". Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Retrieved 2009-07-05. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ http://socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/2008/sr08-health.pdf New Zealand Government 2008 Social Report
  8. ^ Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1985 when the rate was men: 21.5, women: 3.7
  9. ^ Not WHO data[citation needed]
  10. ^ The suicide rate varies greatly between the different countries that make up the United Kingdom. In Scotland, which has its own health system the suicide rate is men: 24.9, women: 8.2, combined: 16.0 Scottish Public Health Observatory (see link to excel spreadsheet)
  11. ^ http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/index.html
  12. ^ http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetay&ArticleID=986936&Date=22.03.2010&CategoryID=77

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