Suicide

mortality rate
Suicides deaths occur in adolescents and adults of all ages
Last updated: 2018-04-05

Each circle/bar represents a country. The dotted grey line indicates the regional average, and the dashed grey line indicates the global average.
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Suicide mortality rate (per 100 000 population), by WHO region, 2016
Africa

Americas
South-East
Asia
Europe
Eastern
Mediterranean
Western
Pacific Global average: 10.6
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Suicide mortality rate (per 100 000 population)

Distribution by country (in selected WHO region) mouse-over the y-axis to sort

20.0

10.0
Regional average: 7.4

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United Republ..

Equatorial Gui..
Sao Tome an..

Malawi

Mali

Democratci R..

Senegal

Central Africa..

Burundi
Algeria
Kenya

South Sudan
Madagascar
Guinea-Bissau
Mauritania
Niger
Angola

Mozambique
Gambia
Ghana

Congo

Zambia
Guinea
Rwanda
Comoros
Liberia
Gabon
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso

Mauritius
Eritrea
Namibia
Chad

Botswana
Seychelles
Nigeria
Togo
Sierra Leone
Benin
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Cabo Verde
South Africa
Cameroon
Swaziland
Côte d’Ivoire

Lesotho
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