EU regions (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised)
Limousin had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 237 regions in 2021, at 21.9 per 100,000 people. Voreio Aigaio had the lowest, at 1.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 10.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.2 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limousin | 21.9 | +3.9 pts |
| 2 | Dél-Alföld | 21.7 | -2.2 pts |
| 3 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 21.6 | +2.6 pts |
| 4 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 21.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 5 | Bretagne | 21 | +1 pts |
| 6 | Basse-Normandie | 21 | -1.5 pts |
| 7 | Poitou-Charentes | 20.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 8 | Prov. Namur | 20.1 | +1.8 pts |
| 9 | Prov. Liège | 19 | +1.4 pts |
| 10 | Panonska Hrvatska | 18.1 | +3 pts |
| 11 | Mellersta Norrland | 17.8 | +5.9 pts |
| 12 | Észak-Alföld | 17.7 | -3 pts |
| 13 | Franche-Comté | 17.7 | +2.7 pts |
| 14 | Zahodna Slovenija | 17.4 | +3 pts |
| 15 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 17.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 16 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 17.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 17 | Prov. Hainaut | 16.9 | -1 pts |
| 18 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 16.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 19 | Észak-Magyarország | 16.5 | +1 pts |
| 20 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 16.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 21 | Auvergne | 16.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 22 | Pays de la Loire | 16.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 23 | Kärnten | 15.9 | +2 pts |
| 24 | Pest | 15.7 | -1 pts |
| 25 | Haute-Normandie | 15.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 26 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 15.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 27 | Picardie | 15.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 28 | Lubuskie | 15.3 | +3.5 pts |
| 29 | Warszawski stołeczny | 15.2 | +5.4 pts |
| 30 | Steiermark | 15 | -1.3 pts |
| 31 | Algarve | 15 | -0.6 pts |
| 32 | Sostinės regionas | 14.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 33 | Etelä-Suomi | 14.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 34 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 14.8 | +3.7 pts |
| 35 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 14.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 36 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 14.6 | -2.6 pts |
| 37 | Centre - Val de Loire | 14.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 38 | Champagne-Ardenne | 14.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 39 | Leipzig | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 40 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 14.3 | -1.7 pts |
| 41 | Lorraine | 14.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 42 | Chemnitz | 14 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Centru | 14 | +1.3 pts |
| 44 | Eesti | 14 | -2.3 pts |
| 45 | Świętokrzyskie | 14 | -7.2 pts |
| 46 | Praha | 13.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 47 | Norra Mellansverige | 13.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 48 | Közép-Dunántúl | 13.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 49 | Budapest | 13.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 50 | Lubelskie | 13.6 | -3.6 pts |
| 51 | Bourgogne | 13.6 | -1.8 pts |
| 52 | Thüringen | 13.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 53 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 13.5 | +4.7 pts |
| 54 | Pomorskie | 13.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 55 | Latvija | 13.4 | -2.2 pts |
| 56 | Zeeland | 13.3 | +3.7 pts |
| 57 | Łódzkie | 13.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 58 | Niederösterreich | 13.1 | +1.9 pts |
| 59 | Sydsverige | 13.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 60 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 13 | +1.9 pts |
| 61 | Groningen | 12.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 62 | Dresden | 12.9 | +1 pts |
| 63 | Småland med öarna | 12.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 64 | Dél-Dunántúl | 12.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 64 | Västsverige | 12.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 66 | Moravskoslezsko | 12.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 67 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 12.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 68 | Alsace | 12.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 69 | Jihozápad | 12.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 70 | Zachodniopomorskie | 12.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 71 | Mittelfranken | 12.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 72 | Oberösterreich | 12.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 73 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 12.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 74 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 12.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 75 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 12.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 76 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 12.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 77 | Freiburg | 12.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 77 | Salzburg | 12.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 79 | Midi-Pyrénées | 12.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 80 | Severen tsentralen | 12.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 81 | Severovýchod | 12.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 82 | Länsi-Suomi | 12 | -1.1 pts |
| 83 | Prov. Antwerpen | 12 | -0.8 pts |
| 84 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 12 | +0.4 pts |
| 85 | Jihovýchod | 11.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 86 | Östra Mellansverige | 11.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 87 | Gießen | 11.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 88 | Berlin | 11.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 89 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 11.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 90 | Severozapaden | 11.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 91 | Friesland (NL) | 11.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 92 | Aquitaine | 11.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 93 | Burgenland | 11.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 94 | Guadeloupe | 11.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 95 | Niederbayern | 11.5 | -1.9 pts |
| 96 | Oberbayern | 11.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 97 | Nord-Est | 11.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 97 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 11.4 | -3.3 pts |
| 99 | Saarland | 11.3 | +3.2 pts |
| 100 | Noord-Brabant | 11.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 101 | Gelderland | 11.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 102 | Schwaben | 11.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 103 | Hannover | 11.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 103 | Wielkopolskie | 11.2 | +1 pts |
| 105 | Övre Norrland | 11.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 105 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 11.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 107 | Oberfranken | 11.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 108 | Corse | 11.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 109 | Hamburg | 11.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 110 | Asturias | 11 | +0.9 pts |
| 110 | Oberpfalz | 11 | -0.4 pts |
| 112 | Tübingen | 11 | -1.7 pts |
| 113 | Střední Čechy | 11 | -1.6 pts |
| 114 | Trier | 10.9 | +2.6 pts |
| 115 | Galicia | 10.9 | +1 pts |
| 116 | Rhône-Alpes | 10.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 117 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 10.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 118 | Kassel | 10.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 118 | Koblenz | 10.8 | -1.7 pts |
| 120 | Schleswig-Holstein | 10.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 121 | Opolskie | 10.8 | +1.2 pts |
| 122 | Overijssel | 10.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 123 | Noord-Holland | 10.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 124 | Podkarpackie | 10.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 125 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 10.6 | +3 pts |
| 126 | Southern | 10.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 127 | Midtjylland | 10.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 128 | Brandenburg | 10.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 129 | Limburg (NL) | 10.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 130 | Vorarlberg | 10.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 131 | Małopolskie | 10.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 131 | Podlaskie | 10.3 | -2.8 pts |
| 133 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 10.3 | -3.3 pts |
| 134 | Darmstadt | 10.2 | -1.4 pts |
| 135 | Unterfranken | 10.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 136 | Stuttgart | 10.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 137 | Guyane | 10 | +5.2 pts |
| 138 | Sud-Est | 10 | +0.6 pts |
| 139 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 9.8 | -3.7 pts |
| 140 | Andalusia | 9.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 141 | Canary Islands | 9.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 141 | Drenthe | 9.7 | -1.7 pts |
| 143 | Nord-Vest | 9.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 144 | Sjælland | 9.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 145 | Weser-Ems | 9.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 146 | Śląskie | 9.4 | +2.6 pts |
| 147 | Západné Slovensko | 9.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 148 | Nordjylland | 9.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 149 | Karlsruhe | 9.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 150 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 9.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 151 | Yugoiztochen | 9.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 152 | Tirol | 9.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 153 | Stockholm | 9.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 154 | Severozápad | 9.1 | -2.4 pts |
| 155 | Syddanmark | 9 | -2 pts |
| 156 | La Réunion | 9 | -2.8 pts |
| 157 | Ionia Nisia | 9 | +3.4 pts |
| 158 | Lüneburg | 8.9 | -1.8 pts |
| 159 | Braunschweig | 8.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 160 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 8.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 161 | Hovedstaden | 8.9 | -1 pts |
| 162 | Castile and León | 8.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 162 | Střední Morava | 8.8 | +1 pts |
| 164 | Northern and Western | 8.8 | -3.7 pts |
| 165 | Navarre | 8.7 | +2.2 pts |
| 166 | Grad Zagreb | 8.6 | -1 pts |
| 167 | Eastern and Midland | 8.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 167 | Sardegna | 8.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 169 | Severoiztochen | 8.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 170 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 8.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 171 | Sud-Muntenia | 8.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 172 | Ile-de-France | 8.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 173 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 8.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 174 | Bremen | 8.1 | -2.5 pts |
| 174 | Umbria | 8.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 176 | Region of Murcia | 8.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 177 | Flevoland | 8.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 178 | Aragon | 8 | +1 pts |
| 179 | Dolnośląskie | 8 | -4 pts |
| 180 | Wien | 8 | -1.5 pts |
| 181 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 8 | -2.1 pts |
| 182 | Castilla-La Mancha | 7.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 183 | Arnsberg | 7.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 183 | Piemonte | 7.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 185 | Detmold | 7.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 186 | Valencian Community | 7.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 187 | Vest | 7.4 | -2.2 pts |
| 188 | Cantabria | 7.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 189 | Düsseldorf | 7.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 190 | Catalonia | 7.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 191 | Balearic Islands | 7.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 192 | Extremadura | 7 | -1.1 pts |
| 193 | Emilia-Romagna | 7 | -0.4 pts |
| 194 | La Rioja | 6.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 195 | Abruzzo | 6.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 196 | Bratislavský kraj | 6.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 197 | Veneto | 6.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 198 | Malta | 6.6 | +2.6 pts |
| 199 | Toscana | 6.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 200 | Kriti | 6.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 201 | Norte | 6.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 202 | Stredné Slovensko | 6.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 203 | Basque Country | 6.2 | -1.2 pts |
| 204 | Köln | 6.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 205 | Luxembourg | 6.1 | -3.9 pts |
| 206 | Münster | 6.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 207 | Martinique | 6.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 208 | Lombardia | 6.1 | -0 pts |
| 209 | Liguria | 5.7 | +1.5 pts |
| 210 | Ceuta | 5.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 211 | Východné Slovensko | 5.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 212 | Marche | 5.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 213 | Basilicata | 5.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 214 | Lazio | 5.1 | +1 pts |
| 215 | Dytiki Elláda | 5.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 216 | Community of Madrid | 5 | -0.4 pts |
| 217 | Sicilia | 4.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 218 | Melilla | 4.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 219 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 4.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 220 | Calabria | 4.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 221 | Dytiki Makedonia | 4.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 222 | Puglia | 4.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 223 | Kentriki Makedonia | 4.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 224 | Thessalia | 4.1 | 0 pts |
| 225 | Ipeiros | 4.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 226 | Sterea Elláda | 4 | -0.1 pts |
| 227 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 3.8 | 0 pts |
| 228 | Attiki | 3.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 229 | Molise | 3.7 | -1 pts |
| 230 | Peloponnisos | 3.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 231 | Åland | 3.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 231 | Campania | 3.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 233 | Notio Aigaio | 2.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 234 | Yugozapaden | 2.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 235 | Kýpros | 2.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 236 | Mayotte | 1.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 237 | Voreio Aigaio | 1.5 | -0.8 pts |
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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 regions are compared on one definition. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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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.Citation styles
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Which region has the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised)?
Limousin, with 21.9 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest suicide death rate (age-standardised)?
Voreio Aigaio, with 1.5 per 100,000 people in 2021.
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. 7 regions have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.
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