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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 2018, at 14.1 per 100,000 people. Düsseldorf had the lowest, at 6.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 11.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 10.6 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest14.1Chemnitz
Lowest6.7Düsseldorf
Median11.638 regions
Germany10.6History

All regions, 2018

Chemnitz: 14.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz14.1Gießen: 13.7 per 100,000 peopleGießen13.7Sachsen-Anhalt: 13 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt13Schwaben: 12.7 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben12.7Niederbayern: 12.5 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern12.5Dresden: 12.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden12.4Mittelfranken: 12.4 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken12.4Tübingen: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen12.3Thüringen: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleThüringen12.2Leipzig: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig12.2Kassel: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleKassel12.2Oberpfalz: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz12.2Schleswig-Holstein: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein12.1Freiburg: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg12.1Oberfranken: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken12.1Lüneburg: 12 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg12Oberbayern: 12 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern12Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern11.9Trier: 11.6 per 100,000 peopleTrier11.6Weser-Ems: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems11.5Bremen: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleBremen11.5Hamburg: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleHamburg11.5Unterfranken: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken11.5Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz11.2Braunschweig: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig11.1Koblenz: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz10.8Hannover: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleHannover10.7Darmstadt: 10.4 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt10.4Stuttgart: 10.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart10.3Berlin: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleBerlin9.9Saarland: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleSaarland9.9Detmold: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold9.4Karlsruhe: 9.1 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe9.1Brandenburg: 8.3 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg8.3Arnsberg: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg7.6Münster: 7.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster7.2Köln: 7.1 per 100,000 peopleKöln7.1Düsseldorf: 6.7 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf6.7Chemnitz: 14.1 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz14.1Gießen: 13.7 per 100,000 peopleGießen13.7Sachsen-Anhalt: 13 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt13Schwaben: 12.7 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben12.7Niederbayern: 12.5 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern12.5Dresden: 12.4 per 100,000 peopleDresden12.4Mittelfranken: 12.4 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken12.4Tübingen: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen12.3Thüringen: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleThüringen12.2Leipzig: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig12.2Kassel: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleKassel12.2Oberpfalz: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz12.2Schleswig-Holstein: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein12.1Freiburg: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg12.1Oberfranken: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken12.1Lüneburg: 12 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg12Oberbayern: 12 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern12Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern11.9Trier: 11.6 per 100,000 peopleTrier11.6Weser-Ems: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems11.5Bremen: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleBremen11.5Hamburg: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleHamburg11.5Unterfranken: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken11.5Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz11.2Braunschweig: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig11.1Koblenz: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz10.8Hannover: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleHannover10.7Darmstadt: 10.4 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt10.4Stuttgart: 10.3 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart10.3Berlin: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleBerlin9.9Saarland: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleSaarland9.9Detmold: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold9.4Karlsruhe: 9.1 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe9.1Brandenburg: 8.3 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg8.3Arnsberg: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg7.6Münster: 7.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster7.2Köln: 7.1 per 100,000 peopleKöln7.1Düsseldorf: 6.7 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf6.7
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

RankRegions2018
per 100,000 people		Change on 2017
1Chemnitz14.1+0.7 pts
2Gießen13.7+1.5 pts
3Sachsen-Anhalt13-0.2 pts
4Schwaben12.7+1.3 pts
5Niederbayern12.5+1.8 pts
6Dresden12.4-0.5 pts
7Mittelfranken12.4-0.5 pts
8Tübingen12.3-0.9 pts
9Thüringen12.2-0.8 pts
10Leipzig12.2+0.2 pts
11Kassel12.2+0.9 pts
12Oberpfalz12.2-1.6 pts
13Schleswig-Holstein12.1+0.2 pts
14Freiburg12.1+0.1 pts
14Oberfranken12.1-0.2 pts
16Lüneburg12+0.8 pts
17Oberbayern12+0.9 pts
18Mecklenburg-Vorpommern11.9+2.5 pts
19Trier11.6+2.4 pts
20Weser-Ems11.5+1.2 pts
21Bremen11.5+2.6 pts
21Hamburg11.5-0.5 pts
23Unterfranken11.5-0.2 pts
24Rheinhessen-Pfalz11.2+0.5 pts
25Braunschweig11.1-0.3 pts
26Koblenz10.8-3 pts
27Hannover10.7-1.2 pts
28Darmstadt10.4-1 pts
29Stuttgart10.3-0.7 pts
30Berlin9.9+2.3 pts
30Saarland9.9+0.8 pts
32Detmold9.4-0.4 pts
33Karlsruhe9.1-2 pts
34Brandenburg8.3+4.6 pts
35Arnsberg7.6-0.1 pts
36Münster7.2-0.5 pts
37Köln7.1-0.5 pts
38Düsseldorf6.7-1.2 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), 2018) [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), 2018. 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=2018. 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), 2018. 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=2018.

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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), 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Chemnitz, with 14.1 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Düsseldorf, with 6.7 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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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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