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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 2021, at 14.5 per 100,000 people. Münster had the lowest, at 6.1 per 100,000 people. The median was 11 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 10.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest14.5Leipzig
Lowest6.1Münster
Median1138 regions
Germany10.3History

All regions, 2021

Leipzig: 14.5 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig14.5Chemnitz: 14 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz14Thüringen: 13.5 per 100,000 peopleThüringen13.5Dresden: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleDresden12.9Sachsen-Anhalt: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt12.9Mittelfranken: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken12.6Freiburg: 12.1 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg12.1Gießen: 11.8 per 100,000 peopleGießen11.8Berlin: 11.8 per 100,000 peopleBerlin11.8Niederbayern: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern11.5Oberbayern: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern11.5Saarland: 11.3 per 100,000 peopleSaarland11.3Schwaben: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben11.2Hannover: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleHannover11.2Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz11.2Oberfranken: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken11.1Hamburg: 11.1 per 100,000 peopleHamburg11.1Oberpfalz: 11 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz11Tübingen: 11 per 100,000 peopleTübingen11Trier: 10.9 per 100,000 peopleTrier10.9Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 10.9 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern10.9Kassel: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleKassel10.8Koblenz: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz10.8Schleswig-Holstein: 10.8 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein10.8Brandenburg: 10.4 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg10.4Darmstadt: 10.2 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt10.2Unterfranken: 10.2 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken10.2Stuttgart: 10.1 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart10.1Weser-Ems: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems9.5Karlsruhe: 9.3 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe9.3Lüneburg: 8.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg8.9Braunschweig: 8.9 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig8.9Bremen: 8.1 per 100,000 peopleBremen8.1Arnsberg: 7.8 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg7.8Detmold: 7.7 per 100,000 peopleDetmold7.7Düsseldorf: 7.3 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf7.3Köln: 6.2 per 100,000 peopleKöln6.2Münster: 6.1 per 100,000 peopleMünster6.1
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

RankRegions2021
per 100,000 people		Change on 2020
1Leipzig14.5-0.1 pts
2Chemnitz14-0.1 pts
3Thüringen13.5+0.5 pts
4Dresden12.9+1 pts
5Sachsen-Anhalt12.9-0.6 pts
6Mittelfranken12.6+0.7 pts
7Freiburg12.1+1.2 pts
8Gießen11.8+1.1 pts
9Berlin11.8+1.1 pts
10Niederbayern11.5-1.9 pts
11Oberbayern11.5+1.1 pts
12Saarland11.3+3.2 pts
13Schwaben11.2+0.4 pts
14Hannover11.2-0.2 pts
15Rheinhessen-Pfalz11.2+0.9 pts
16Oberfranken11.1+0.1 pts
17Hamburg11.1-0.5 pts
18Oberpfalz11-0.4 pts
19Tübingen11-1.7 pts
20Trier10.9+2.6 pts
21Mecklenburg-Vorpommern10.9-0.9 pts
22Kassel10.8-0.6 pts
22Koblenz10.8-1.7 pts
24Schleswig-Holstein10.8-0.9 pts
25Brandenburg10.4+0.8 pts
26Darmstadt10.2-1.4 pts
27Unterfranken10.2+0.4 pts
28Stuttgart10.1+0.7 pts
29Weser-Ems9.5-0.1 pts
30Karlsruhe9.3+0.2 pts
31Lüneburg8.9-1.8 pts
32Braunschweig8.9-0.7 pts
33Bremen8.1-2.5 pts
34Arnsberg7.8+0.2 pts
35Detmold7.7-0.4 pts
36Düsseldorf7.3+0.5 pts
37Köln6.2-0.9 pts
38Münster6.1-0.5 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), 2021) [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), 2021. 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=2021. 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), 2021. 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=2021.

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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), 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Leipzig, with 14.5 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Münster, with 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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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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