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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 2016, at 15.1 per 100,000 people. Düsseldorf had the lowest, at 8.2 per 100,000 people. The median was 11.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 11.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest15.1Chemnitz
Lowest8.2Düsseldorf
Median11.638 regions
Germany11.3History

All regions, 2016

Chemnitz: 15.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz15.1Oberpfalz: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz13.8Koblenz: 13.5 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz13.5Hamburg: 13.3 per 100,000 peopleHamburg13.3Niederbayern: 13.3 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern13.3Freiburg: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg13.1Mittelfranken: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken13.1Schleswig-Holstein: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein13.1Schwaben: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben13.1Leipzig: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig13.1Tübingen: 13 per 100,000 peopleTübingen13Oberbayern: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern12.9Dresden: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleDresden12.9Thüringen: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleThüringen12.6Oberfranken: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken12.6Gießen: 12.5 per 100,000 peopleGießen12.5Sachsen-Anhalt: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt12.3Trier: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier11.9Kassel: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleKassel11.7Saarland: 11.6 per 100,000 peopleSaarland11.6Karlsruhe: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe11.5Darmstadt: 11.3 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt11.3Stuttgart: 10.9 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart10.9Unterfranken: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken10.8Brandenburg: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg10.6Lüneburg: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg10.6Berlin: 10.5 per 100,000 peopleBerlin10.5Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 10.4 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz10.4Hannover: 10.3 per 100,000 peopleHannover10.3Braunschweig: 10.1 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig10.1Köln: 9.8 per 100,000 peopleKöln9.8Weser-Ems: 9.6 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems9.6Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 9.6 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern9.6Detmold: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold9.4Münster: 9.1 per 100,000 peopleMünster9.1Arnsberg: 8.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg8.6Bremen: 8.4 per 100,000 peopleBremen8.4Düsseldorf: 8.2 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf8.2
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

RankRegions2016
per 100,000 people		Change on 2015
1Chemnitz15.1-0.3 pts
2Oberpfalz13.8+2.9 pts
3Koblenz13.5+0.8 pts
4Hamburg13.3+1.7 pts
5Niederbayern13.3-1.8 pts
6Freiburg13.1+0.5 pts
7Mittelfranken13.1-1.7 pts
8Schleswig-Holstein13.1-0.1 pts
8Schwaben13.1-0.8 pts
10Leipzig13.1+1.2 pts
11Tübingen13+0.5 pts
12Oberbayern12.9-1.3 pts
13Dresden12.9-0.5 pts
14Thüringen12.6+0.6 pts
15Oberfranken12.6+0.3 pts
16Gießen12.5+0.5 pts
17Sachsen-Anhalt12.3-2 pts
18Trier11.9-2 pts
19Kassel11.7-0.9 pts
20Saarland11.6-0.8 pts
21Karlsruhe11.5+0.8 pts
22Darmstadt11.3-0.4 pts
23Stuttgart10.9-0.2 pts
24Unterfranken10.8+0.1 pts
25Brandenburg10.6-1.2 pts
26Lüneburg10.6-1.3 pts
27Berlin10.5-2.5 pts
28Rheinhessen-Pfalz10.4-1.3 pts
29Hannover10.3-3.5 pts
30Braunschweig10.1-0.9 pts
31Köln9.8+1.1 pts
32Weser-Ems9.6-2.4 pts
33Mecklenburg-Vorpommern9.6-1.6 pts
34Detmold9.4+0.7 pts
35Münster9.1+0.4 pts
36Arnsberg8.6+1.5 pts
37Bremen8.4-4 pts
38Düsseldorf8.20 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.

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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), 2016) [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), 2016. 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=2016. 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), 2016. 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=2016.

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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), 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Chemnitz, with 15.1 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Düsseldorf, with 8.2 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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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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