Suicide death rate (age-standardised)
Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 X60 to X84 and Y87.0) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).
suicide_rate (WHO) is a crude rate adjusted by WHO for under-reporting, so the two series differ. Age standardisation removes the effect of different age structures, so EU countries and regions can be compared with each other. US age-adjusted rates use the 2000 US standard population and are not comparable with these. Death certification and cause coding differ between countries, and Eurostat flags some values as following a different definition. Eurostat publishes these rates about two and a half years after the reference year.
Key facts
- Suicide death rate (age-standardised) in the European Union (27) was 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Lithuania had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 18.8 per 100,000 people, and Cyprus the lowest, at 3.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 272 places, with figures from 2011 to 2023.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
EU countries by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2023
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Ireland
- Estonia
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Noord-Brabant
- Länsi-Suomi
- Centre - Val de Loire
- Guadeloupe
- Haute-Normandie
- Guyane
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"standardised_death_rate_suicide","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=standardised_death_rate_suicide&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)