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

Oberpfalz had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2017, at 13.8 per 100,000 people. Brandenburg had the lowest, at 3.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 11.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 10.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest13.8Oberpfalz
Lowest3.7Brandenburg
Median11.338 regions
Germany10.5History

All regions, 2017

Oberpfalz: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz13.8Koblenz: 13.7 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz13.7Chemnitz: 13.4 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz13.4Sachsen-Anhalt: 13.2 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt13.2Tübingen: 13.1 per 100,000 peopleTübingen13.1Thüringen: 13 per 100,000 peopleThüringen13Dresden: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleDresden12.9Mittelfranken: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken12.9Oberfranken: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken12.2Gießen: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleGießen12.1Freiburg: 12 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg12Hamburg: 12 per 100,000 peopleHamburg12Leipzig: 12 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig12Schleswig-Holstein: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein11.9Hannover: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleHannover11.9Unterfranken: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken11.7Braunschweig: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig11.5Schwaben: 11.4 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben11.4Darmstadt: 11.3 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt11.3Kassel: 11.3 per 100,000 peopleKassel11.3Lüneburg: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg11.2Karlsruhe: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe11.1Oberbayern: 11 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern11Stuttgart: 11 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart11Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz10.8Niederbayern: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern10.7Weser-Ems: 10.3 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems10.3Detmold: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleDetmold9.9Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern9.4Saarland: 9.2 per 100,000 peopleSaarland9.2Trier: 9.2 per 100,000 peopleTrier9.2Bremen: 8.9 per 100,000 peopleBremen8.9Düsseldorf: 7.9 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf7.9Arnsberg: 7.8 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg7.8Münster: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleMünster7.6Berlin: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleBerlin7.6Köln: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleKöln7.6Brandenburg: 3.7 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg3.7
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

RankRegions2017
per 100,000 people		Change on 2016
1Oberpfalz13.8-0 pts
2Koblenz13.7+0.3 pts
3Chemnitz13.4-1.7 pts
4Sachsen-Anhalt13.2+0.9 pts
5Tübingen13.1+0.1 pts
6Thüringen13+0.4 pts
7Dresden12.9+0.1 pts
8Mittelfranken12.9-0.2 pts
9Oberfranken12.2-0.4 pts
10Gießen12.1-0.3 pts
11Freiburg12-1.1 pts
11Hamburg12-1.3 pts
11Leipzig12-1.1 pts
14Schleswig-Holstein11.9-1.2 pts
15Hannover11.9+1.6 pts
16Unterfranken11.7+1 pts
17Braunschweig11.5+1.4 pts
18Schwaben11.4-1.7 pts
19Darmstadt11.3+0.1 pts
20Kassel11.3-0.4 pts
21Lüneburg11.2+0.7 pts
22Karlsruhe11.1-0.3 pts
23Oberbayern11-1.9 pts
24Stuttgart11+0.1 pts
25Rheinhessen-Pfalz10.8+0.4 pts
26Niederbayern10.7-2.5 pts
27Weser-Ems10.3+0.8 pts
28Detmold9.9+0.5 pts
29Mecklenburg-Vorpommern9.4-0.2 pts
30Saarland9.2-2.4 pts
31Trier9.2-2.8 pts
32Bremen8.9+0.6 pts
33Düsseldorf7.9-0.3 pts
34Arnsberg7.8-0.8 pts
35Münster7.6-1.5 pts
36Berlin7.6-2.9 pts
37Köln7.6-2.2 pts
38Brandenburg3.7-7 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), 2017) [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), 2017. 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=2017. 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), 2017. 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=2017.

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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), 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Oberpfalz, with 13.8 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Brandenburg, with 3.7 per 100,000 people in 2017.

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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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