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Regions of France (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised)

Basse-Normandie had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 27 regions in 2020, at 22.5 per 100,000 people. Mayotte had the lowest, at 1.4 per 100,000 people. The median was 14.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for France was 13.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest22.5Basse-Normandie
Lowest1.4Mayotte
Median14.827 regions
France13.5History

All regions, 2020

Basse-Normandie: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleBasse-Normandie22.5Bretagne: 20 per 100,000 peopleBretagne20Poitou-Charentes: 18.6 per 100,000 peoplePoitou-Charentes18.6Limousin: 18 per 100,000 peopleLimousin18Picardie: 16.6 per 100,000 peoplePicardie16.6Haute-Normandie: 16.4 per 100,000 peopleHaute-Normandie16.4Pays de la Loire: 16.3 per 100,000 peoplePays de la Loire16.3Nord-Pas de Calais: 16.2 per 100,000 peopleNord-Pas de Calais16.2Auvergne: 15.8 per 100,000 peopleAuvergne15.8Centre - Val de Loire: 15.5 per 100,000 peopleCentre - Val de Loire15.5Bourgogne: 15.4 per 100,000 peopleBourgogne15.4Champagne-Ardenne: 15.3 per 100,000 peopleChampagne-Ardenne15.3Franche-Comté: 14.9 per 100,000 peopleFranche-Comté14.9Lorraine: 14.8 per 100,000 peopleLorraine14.8Languedoc-Roussillon: 12.7 per 100,000 peopleLanguedoc-Roussillon12.7Alsace: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleAlsace12.6Aquitaine: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleAquitaine11.9La Réunion: 11.8 per 100,000 peopleLa Réunion11.8Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 11.6 per 100,000 peopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur11.6Corse: 11.4 per 100,000 peopleCorse11.4Midi-Pyrénées: 11.3 per 100,000 peopleMidi-Pyrénées11.3Rhône-Alpes: 11.3 per 100,000 peopleRhône-Alpes11.3Guadeloupe: 11 per 100,000 peopleGuadeloupe11Ile-de-France: 9 per 100,000 peopleIle-de-France9Martinique: 7.5 per 100,000 peopleMartinique7.5Guyane: 4.8 per 100,000 peopleGuyane4.8Mayotte: 1.4 per 100,000 peopleMayotte1.4
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

RankRegions2020
per 100,000 people		Change on 2019
1Basse-Normandie22.5+1.4 pts
2Bretagne20-1.5 pts
3Poitou-Charentes18.6+0.1 pts
4Limousin18-1.1 pts
5Picardie16.6+2.3 pts
6Haute-Normandie16.4+1.4 pts
7Pays de la Loire16.3-0.1 pts
8Nord-Pas de Calais16.2+0.7 pts
9Auvergne15.8+0.6 pts
10Centre - Val de Loire15.5+0.1 pts
11Bourgogne15.4+0.7 pts
12Champagne-Ardenne15.3+1.2 pts
13Franche-Comté14.9-1.1 pts
14Lorraine14.80 pts
15Languedoc-Roussillon12.7+0.1 pts
16Alsace12.6+0.3 pts
17Aquitaine11.9-0.4 pts
18La Réunion11.8-1.3 pts
19Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur11.6-0.9 pts
20Corse11.4+3.3 pts
21Midi-Pyrénées11.3-0.4 pts
22Rhône-Alpes11.3+1.3 pts
23Guadeloupe11+0.9 pts
24Ile-de-France9+0.1 pts
25Martinique7.5+0.3 pts
26Guyane4.8-5.3 pts
27Mayotte1.4+0.4 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. 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) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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/france-regions?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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). Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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/france-regions?period=2020.

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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), Regions of France (NUTS 2) 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/france-regions?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Basse-Normandie, with 22.5 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 1.4 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.

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