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

Chemnitz had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2015, at 15.4 per 100,000 people. Arnsberg had the lowest, at 7.1 per 100,000 people. The median was 12 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 11.7 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest15.4Chemnitz
Lowest7.1Arnsberg
Median1238 regions
Germany11.7History

All regions, 2015

Chemnitz: 15.4 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz15.4Niederbayern: 15.1 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern15.1Mittelfranken: 14.8 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken14.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 14.2 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt14.2Oberbayern: 14.2 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern14.2Trier: 14 per 100,000 peopleTrier14Schwaben: 13.9 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben13.9Hannover: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover13.8Dresden: 13.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden13.4Schleswig-Holstein: 13.2 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein13.2Berlin: 13 per 100,000 peopleBerlin13Freiburg: 12.7 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg12.7Koblenz: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz12.6Kassel: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleKassel12.6Tübingen: 12.5 per 100,000 peopleTübingen12.5Bremen: 12.4 per 100,000 peopleBremen12.4Saarland: 12.4 per 100,000 peopleSaarland12.4Oberfranken: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken12.3Thüringen: 12 per 100,000 peopleThüringen12Gießen: 12 per 100,000 peopleGießen12Weser-Ems: 12 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems12Leipzig: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig11.9Brandenburg: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg11.9Lüneburg: 11.8 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg11.8Darmstadt: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt11.7Hamburg: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleHamburg11.7Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 11.6 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz11.6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern11.1Stuttgart: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart11.1Braunschweig: 11 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig11Oberpfalz: 10.9 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz10.9Unterfranken: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken10.7Karlsruhe: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe10.7Köln: 8.7 per 100,000 peopleKöln8.7Münster: 8.7 per 100,000 peopleMünster8.7Detmold: 8.7 per 100,000 peopleDetmold8.7Düsseldorf: 8.2 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf8.2Arnsberg: 7.1 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg7.1
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

RankRegions2015
per 100,000 people		Change on 2014
1Chemnitz15.4+0.8 pts
2Niederbayern15.1-0.9 pts
3Mittelfranken14.8+0.8 pts
4Sachsen-Anhalt14.2-0 pts
5Oberbayern14.2+0.8 pts
6Trier14+1.5 pts
7Schwaben13.9+0.4 pts
8Hannover13.8+1.5 pts
9Dresden13.4+0.7 pts
10Schleswig-Holstein13.2+0.5 pts
11Berlin13+2.6 pts
12Freiburg12.7+0.8 pts
13Koblenz12.6-0.4 pts
14Kassel12.6-0.8 pts
15Tübingen12.5-0.5 pts
16Bremen12.4-0.3 pts
16Saarland12.4+2.1 pts
18Oberfranken12.3-0.9 pts
19Thüringen12-1 pts
20Gießen12+0.2 pts
21Weser-Ems12+1.3 pts
22Leipzig11.9-3 pts
23Brandenburg11.9+0.6 pts
24Lüneburg11.8+0.5 pts
25Darmstadt11.7-0.6 pts
25Hamburg11.7-0.5 pts
27Rheinhessen-Pfalz11.6+0.2 pts
28Mecklenburg-Vorpommern11.1+0.2 pts
29Stuttgart11.1-0.8 pts
30Braunschweig11-0.7 pts
31Oberpfalz10.9-3.3 pts
32Unterfranken10.7+0.3 pts
33Karlsruhe10.7-0.3 pts
34Köln8.7-1.3 pts
35Münster8.7-0.8 pts
36Detmold8.7-3.2 pts
37Düsseldorf8.2-1 pts
38Arnsberg7.1-2.7 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), 2015) [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), 2015. 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=2015. 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), 2015. 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=2015.

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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), 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Chemnitz, with 15.4 per 100,000 people in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Arnsberg, with 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2015.

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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