EU countries by suicide death rate (age-standardised)

Lithuania had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 21.3 per 100,000 people. Cyprus had the lowest, at 3.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 10.5 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest21.3Lithuania

Lowest3.5Cyprus

Median10.527 EU countries

European Union (27)10.3History

All EU countries, 2020

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2020 per 100,000 people	Change on 2019
1	Lithuania	21.3	-1.6 pts
2	Hungary	17.1	+1.4 pts
3	Slovenia	17.1	-1.2 pts
4	Estonia	16.3	+1.4 pts
5	Latvia	15.6	+0.6 pts
6	Belgium	15.3	-0 pts
7	France	13.5	+0.2 pts
8	Croatia	13.2	-0.8 pts
9	Finland	13	-0.5 pts
10	Poland	11.9	-0 pts
11	Sweden	11.9	-0.8 pts
12	Austria	11.7	-0.6 pts
13	Czechia	11.6	+0.4 pts
14	Netherlands	10.5	0 pts
15	Germany	10.3	+0.1 pts
16	Denmark	10	-0.5 pts
17	Luxembourg	10	-1.5 pts
18	Ireland	9.6	+1.4 pts
19	Romania	9	0 pts
20	Portugal	8.5	-0.3 pts
21	Bulgaria	8	0 pts
22	Spain	7.9	+0.5 pts
23	Slovakia	6.9	-0.1 pts
24	Italy	5.6	-0 pts
25	Greece	4	-0.6 pts
26	Malta	4	0 pts
27	Cyprus	3.5	-0.9 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2) (EU countries by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table

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Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-death-rate-age-standardised/eu-countries?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). EU countries by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-death-rate-age-standardised/eu-countries?period=2020.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-death-rate-age-standardised/eu-countries?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised)?

Lithuania, with 21.3 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest suicide death rate (age-standardised)?

Cyprus, with 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.