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

Leipzig had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 38 regions in 2019, at 14.6 per 100,000 people. Münster had the lowest, at 6.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 10.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 10.2 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest14.6Leipzig
Lowest6.6Münster
Median10.838 regions
Germany10.2History

All regions, 2019

Leipzig: 14.6 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig14.6Oberpfalz: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz13.8Sachsen-Anhalt: 13 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt13Chemnitz: 12.8 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz12.8Schleswig-Holstein: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein12.1Hamburg: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg12.1Kassel: 11.9 per 100,000 peopleKassel11.9Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern11.7Koblenz: 11.6 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz11.6Trier: 11.3 per 100,000 peopleTrier11.3Thüringen: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleThüringen11.2Freiburg: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg11.2Schwaben: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben11.1Oberbayern: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern11.1Tübingen: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleTübingen11.1Saarland: 11 per 100,000 peopleSaarland11Oberfranken: 10.9 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken10.9Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 10.9 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz10.9Hannover: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleHannover10.8Dresden: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleDresden10.7Darmstadt: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt10.7Mittelfranken: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken10.6Stuttgart: 10.5 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart10.5Gießen: 10.3 per 100,000 peopleGießen10.3Niederbayern: 10.3 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern10.3Berlin: 10 per 100,000 peopleBerlin10Weser-Ems: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems9.9Lüneburg: 9.8 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg9.8Brandenburg: 9.7 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg9.7Braunschweig: 9.7 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig9.7Karlsruhe: 9.7 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe9.7Unterfranken: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken9.4Detmold: 8.7 per 100,000 peopleDetmold8.7Bremen: 8.4 per 100,000 peopleBremen8.4Düsseldorf: 7.4 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf7.4Arnsberg: 6.6 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg6.6Köln: 6.6 per 100,000 peopleKöln6.6Münster: 6.6 per 100,000 peopleMünster6.6
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

RankRegions2019
per 100,000 people		Change on 2018
1Leipzig14.6+2.4 pts
2Oberpfalz13.8+1.7 pts
3Sachsen-Anhalt13+0.1 pts
4Chemnitz12.8-1.4 pts
5Schleswig-Holstein12.10 pts
6Hamburg12.1+0.6 pts
7Kassel11.9-0.3 pts
8Mecklenburg-Vorpommern11.7-0.2 pts
9Koblenz11.6+0.9 pts
10Trier11.3-0.3 pts
11Thüringen11.2-1 pts
12Freiburg11.2-0.9 pts
13Schwaben11.1-1.5 pts
14Oberbayern11.1-0.9 pts
14Tübingen11.1-1.2 pts
16Saarland11+1 pts
17Oberfranken10.9-1.2 pts
17Rheinhessen-Pfalz10.9-0.3 pts
19Hannover10.8+0.1 pts
20Dresden10.7-1.7 pts
21Darmstadt10.7+0.3 pts
22Mittelfranken10.6-1.9 pts
23Stuttgart10.5+0.2 pts
24Gießen10.3-3.3 pts
25Niederbayern10.3-2.2 pts
26Berlin100 pts
27Weser-Ems9.9-1.6 pts
28Lüneburg9.8-2.2 pts
29Brandenburg9.7+1.4 pts
30Braunschweig9.7-1.5 pts
31Karlsruhe9.7+0.6 pts
32Unterfranken9.4-2.1 pts
33Detmold8.7-0.7 pts
34Bremen8.4-3.1 pts
35Düsseldorf7.4+0.6 pts
36Arnsberg6.6-1 pts
37Köln6.6-0.4 pts
38Münster6.6-0.6 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.

How to cite

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), 2019) [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), 2019. 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=2019. 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), 2019. 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=2019.

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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), 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Leipzig, with 14.6 per 100,000 people in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Münster, with 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2019.

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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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