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

Niederbayern had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2012, at 14.8 per 100,000 people. Detmold had the lowest, at 8.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 12.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 11.8 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest14.8Niederbayern
Lowest8.3Detmold
Median12.338 regions
Germany11.8History

All regions, 2012

Niederbayern: 14.8 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern14.8Dresden: 14.6 per 100,000 peopleDresden14.6Gießen: 14.3 per 100,000 peopleGießen14.3Chemnitz: 14 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz14Oberbayern: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern13.8Thüringen: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleThüringen13.8Hannover: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover13.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 13.7 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt13.7Oberpfalz: 13.6 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz13.6Leipzig: 13.4 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig13.4Freiburg: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg13.1Tübingen: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleTübingen13.1Schwaben: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben13.1Kassel: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleKassel12.9Trier: 12.8 per 100,000 peopleTrier12.8Hamburg: 12.7 per 100,000 peopleHamburg12.7Oberfranken: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken12.6Mittelfranken: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken12.6Schleswig-Holstein: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein12.3Koblenz: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz12.2Stuttgart: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart11.7Karlsruhe: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe11.7Bremen: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleBremen11.7Unterfranken: 11.6 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken11.6Darmstadt: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt11.5Lüneburg: 11.4 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg11.4Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 11.4 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz11.4Saarland: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleSaarland11.2Braunschweig: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig11.2Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern10.6Brandenburg: 10.5 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg10.5Köln: 10 per 100,000 peopleKöln10Arnsberg: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg9.9Berlin: 9.6 per 100,000 peopleBerlin9.6Weser-Ems: 9.3 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems9.3Düsseldorf: 9.2 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf9.2Münster: 9.1 per 100,000 peopleMünster9.1Detmold: 8.3 per 100,000 peopleDetmold8.3
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

RankRegions2012
per 100,000 people		Change on 2011
1Niederbayern14.8-0.1 pts
2Dresden14.6+0.1 pts
3Gießen14.3+1.2 pts
4Chemnitz14-1.3 pts
5Oberbayern13.8-0.2 pts
6Thüringen13.8+0.8 pts
7Hannover13.8+0.3 pts
8Sachsen-Anhalt13.7+1.6 pts
9Oberpfalz13.6-2.2 pts
10Leipzig13.4+0.2 pts
11Freiburg13.1-0.3 pts
12Tübingen13.1+2.2 pts
13Schwaben13.1-1.4 pts
14Kassel12.9-0.6 pts
15Trier12.8-0.5 pts
16Hamburg12.7-0.9 pts
17Oberfranken12.6+0.7 pts
18Mittelfranken12.6-1.2 pts
19Schleswig-Holstein12.3-0.3 pts
20Koblenz12.2-1 pts
21Stuttgart11.7-0.4 pts
22Karlsruhe11.7-0.3 pts
23Bremen11.7-4 pts
24Unterfranken11.6+1.2 pts
25Darmstadt11.5-1.9 pts
26Lüneburg11.4-0.7 pts
27Rheinhessen-Pfalz11.4-1.4 pts
28Saarland11.2-1.1 pts
29Braunschweig11.2+0.3 pts
30Mecklenburg-Vorpommern10.6+0.2 pts
31Brandenburg10.50 pts
32Köln10+0.2 pts
33Arnsberg9.9-0.1 pts
34Berlin9.6-0.7 pts
35Weser-Ems9.3-2.1 pts
36Düsseldorf9.2-0.9 pts
37Münster9.1+0.5 pts
38Detmold8.3-2.3 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 regions are compared on one definition. 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.

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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 Germany (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012) [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 Germany (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012. 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/germany-regions?period=2012. 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 Germany (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012. 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/germany-regions?period=2012.

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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 Germany (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012 [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/germany-regions?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Niederbayern, with 14.8 per 100,000 people in 2012, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Detmold, with 8.3 per 100,000 people in 2012.

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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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