# Suicide mortality rate

Suicide deaths in the year per 100,000 population, both sexes and all ages (SDG indicator 3.4.2). Crude rate, not age-standardized. WHO Global Health Estimates.

## Key facts

- Suicide mortality rate in the United States was 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to World Health Organization.
- Lesotho had the highest suicide mortality rate of 185 countries in 2021, at 28.7 per 100,000 people, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines the lowest, at 0.4 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 185 places, with figures from 2000 to 2021.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `suicide_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Note: WHO adjusts registered deaths for under-reporting and models countries without reliable death registration, so values differ from national counts of registered suicides. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/suicide-rate
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/suicide_rate

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | per 100,000 people | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2021 | 15.6 | World Health Organization, data.who.int. Suicide mortality rate (per 100 000 population), both sexes, all ages (SDGSUICIDE) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/F08B4FD/16BBF41 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-rate/countries.md) (185 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-rate/eu-countries.md) (27 places)