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The following is a List of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate of 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 many countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.
| Country | Males | Females | Total | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lithuania |
70.1 | 14.0 | 40.2 | 2004 |
 Belarus |
63.3 | 10.3 | 35.1 | 2003 |
 Russia |
61.6 | 10.7 | 34.3 | 2004 |
 South Africa[2] |
N/A | N/A | 30.0 | 2004 |
 Kazakhstan |
51.0 | 8.9 | 29.2 | 2003 |
 Hungary |
44.9 | 12.0 | 27.7 | 2003 |
 Guyana |
42.5 | 12.1 | 27.2 | 2003 |
 South Korea[3][4] |
N/A | N/A | 26.1 | 2005 |
 Slovenia |
37.9 | 13.9 | 25.6 | 2004 |
 Latvia |
42.9 | 8.5 | 24.3 | 2004 |
 Japan[5] |
35.6 | 12.8 | 24.2 | 2005 |
 Ukraine |
43.0 | 7.3 | 23.8 | 2004 |
 People's Republic of China (selected areas) |
13.0 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 1999 |
 Sri Lanka |
N/A | N/A | 21.6 | 1996 |
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31.2 | 11.4 | 21.1 | 1997 |
 Estonia |
35.5 | 7.3 | 20.3 | 2005 |
 Finland |
31.7 | 9.4 | 20.3 | 2004 |
 Croatia |
30.2 | 9.8 | 19.6 | 2004 |
 Serbia and Montenegro |
28.8 | 10.4 | 19.3 | 2002 |
 Hong Kong |
25.2 | 12.4 | 18.6 | 2004 |
 France |
27.5 | 9.1 | 18.0 | 2003 |
 Switzerland |
23.7 | 11.3 | 17.4 | 2004 |
 Austria |
26.1 | 8.2 | 16.9 | 2005 |
 Moldova |
29.3 | 5.2 | 16.7 | 2004 |
 Poland |
27.9 | 4.6 | 15.9 | 2004 |
 Czech Republic |
25.9 | 5.7 | 15.5 | 2004 |
 Uruguay |
24.5 | 6.4 | 15.1 | 2001 |
 Luxembourg |
21.9 | 7.4 | 14.6 | 2004 |
| People's Republic of China[6] |
13.0 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 1999 |
 Denmark |
19.2 | 8.1 | 13.6 | 2001 |
 Cuba |
20.3 | 6.6 | 13.5 | 2004 |
 Slovakia |
23.6 | 3.6 | 13.3 | 2002 |
 Seychelles |
N/A | N/A | 13.2 | 1998 |
 Sweden |
19.5 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 2002 |
 Bulgaria |
19.7 | 6.7 | 13.0 | 2004 |
 Germany |
19.7 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 2004 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
20.9 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 2000 |
 Romania |
21.5 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 2004 |
 Suriname |
17.8 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 2000 |
 Iceland |
17.7 | 6.2 | 12.0 | 2004 |
 New Zealand |
19.8 | 4.2 | 11.9 | 2000 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
20.3 | 3.3 | 11.8 | 1991 |
 Canada |
18.3 | 5.0 | 11.6 | 2002 |
 Norway |
15.8 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 2004 |
 Portugal |
17.5 | 4.9 | 11.0 | 2003 |
 United States |
17.9 | 4.2 | 11.0 | 2002 |
 Australia |
17.1 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 2003 |
 India |
12.8 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 2002 |
 Chile |
17.8 | 3.1 | 10.4 | 2003 |
 Singapore |
12.5 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 2003 |
 Ireland |
16.3 | 3.2 | 9.7 | 2005 |
 Netherlands |
12.7 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 2004 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
15.0 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 2004 |
 Argentina |
14.1 | 3.5 | 8.7 | 2003 |
 Turkmenistan |
13.8 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 1998 |
 Spain |
12.6 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 2004 |
 El Salvador |
12.2 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 2003 |
 Mauritius |
12.7 | 3.6 | 8.1 | 2004 |
 Zimbabwe |
10.6 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 1990 |
 Thailand |
12.0 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 2002 |
 Saint Lucia |
10.4 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 2002 |
 Belize |
13.4 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 2001 |
 Nicaragua |
11.0 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 2003 |
 Italy |
11.4 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 2002 |
 United Kingdom |
10.8 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 2004 |
 Costa Rica |
12.1 | 1.6 | 6.9 | 2004 |
 Republic of Macedonia |
9.5 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 2003 |
 Panama |
11.1 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 2003 |
 Israel |
10.4 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 2003 |
 Puerto Rico |
10.9 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 2002 |
 Ecuador |
8.6 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 2004 |
 Malta |
7.0 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 2004 |
 Uzbekistan |
8.1 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2003 |
 Colombia |
8.2 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 1999 |
 Venezuela |
8.4 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 2002 |
 Brazil |
6.8 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 2002 |
 Albania |
4.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2003 |
 Mexico |
6.7 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 2003 |
 The Bahamas |
6.0 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 2000 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
6.8 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2003 |
 Greece |
5.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 2004 |
 Bahrain |
4.9 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1988 |
 Paraguay |
4.5 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2003 |
 Tajikistan |
2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2001 |
 Georgia |
3.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2001 |
 Guatemala |
3.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2003 |
 Philippines |
2.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1993 |
 Kuwait |
2.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2002 |
 Armenia |
3.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2003 |
 Dominican Republic |
2.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2001 |
 Azerbaijan |
1.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2002 |
 Peru |
1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2000 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1987 |
 Barbados |
1.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2001 |
 Iran |
0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1991 |
 Jamaica |
0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1990 |
 Syria |
0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1985 |
 Egypt |
0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1987 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1995 |
 Haiti |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2003 |
 Honduras |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1978 |
 Jordan |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1979 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1995 |
References
- ^ "Country reports and charts available". WHO website - Mental health. World Health Organization (2008). Retrieved on 2008-09-16.
- ^ Horner, Brett; Ilse Fredericks (2005-06-12). "Suicide rate among blacks hits new highs: Studies show that more South Africans are taking their own lives than ever before", Sunday Times (Johannesburg). Retrieved on 2008-09-03.
- ^ Suicide in South Korea Case of Too Little, Too Late, OhmyNews KOREA
- ^ S. Korea has top suicide rate among OECD countries, Seoul, September 18, 2006 Yonhap News
- ^ "Japan proposes to cut suicide rate by 20 pct", AlertNet, Reuters (2007-04-27). Retrieved on 2008-09-03.
- ^ Mainland, selected rural and urban areas, representing less than 10% of all deaths occurring in the country.
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