Countries by suicide mortality rate

Lithuania had the highest suicide mortality rate of 185 countries in 2012, at 35.1 per 100,000 people. Antigua and Barbuda had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 7.3 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest35.1Lithuania

Lowest0Antigua and Barbuda

Median7.3185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2012

per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Suicide mortality rate (per 100 000 population), both sexes, all ages (SDGSUICIDE). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 per 100,000 people	Change on 2011
1	Lithuania	35.1	-3.2 pts
2	Russia	33.6	-1 pts
3	South Korea	31	-4.5 pts
4	Guyana	30.8	+1.7 pts
5	Belarus	28.5	-6 pts
6	Kazakhstan	25.3	-1.2 pts
7	Hungary	25	-0.2 pts
8	Suriname	24.6	+0.7 pts
9	Ukraine	24.3	+0.4 pts
10	Latvia	23.6	+0.8 pts
11	Micronesia	22.3	+0.1 pts
12	Japan	21.8	-1.7 pts
13	Slovenia	21.8	+0.1 pts
14	Lesotho	21.7	-5.6 pts
15	Mongolia	21.2	-1 pts
16	Belgium	20.9	-0.3 pts
17	Solomon Islands	20.8	-0 pts
18	Kiribati	20.5	-0.5 pts
19	Eswatini	20.4	+1.1 pts
20	Estonia	19.4	+1.9 pts
21	Serbia	19.4	+0.1 pts
22	Poland	18.6	+0.5 pts
23	Croatia	18.3	+1.9 pts
24	South Africa	18.2	+0.9 pts
25	Uruguay	18	+1.1 pts
26	Vanuatu	17.2	+0.1 pts
27	France	17.1	-0.9 pts
28	Sri Lanka	17.1	-1.1 pts
29	Finland	16.9	-0.9 pts
30	Moldova	16.7	+1.2 pts
31	Czechia	16.7	+0.6 pts
32	Austria	16.2	-0.1 pts
33	India	15.9	0 pts
34	Botswana	15	-0.3 pts
35	Cape Verde	14.9	+0.2 pts
36	Sweden	14.9	+0.8 pts
37	Switzerland	14.7	+0.1 pts
38	Zimbabwe	14.2	-0.1 pts
39	Montenegro	13.8	-0.4 pts
40	Cuba	13.7	-0.3 pts
41	United States	13.7	+0.2 pts
42	Iceland	13.5	+2 pts
43	Portugal	13.5	+1.2 pts
44	Eritrea	13.1	-0.2 pts
45	Germany	12.9	-0.3 pts
46	Denmark	12.8	+0.4 pts
47	Slovakia	12.7	+0.4 pts
48	Bulgaria	12.6	+1.6 pts
49	New Zealand	12.6	+1.2 pts
50	Canada	12.6	+0.6 pts
51	Romania	12.6	+0.5 pts
52	Ireland	12.4	-0.3 pts
53	Australia	12.2	+0.6 pts
54	Samoa	11.9	+0.1 pts
55	Uzbekistan	11.5	+0.4 pts
56	Luxembourg	11.3	-0.7 pts
57	Kyrgyzstan	11.2	-0.2 pts
58	Norway	11	-2 pts
59	Netherlands	10.7	+0.6 pts
60	Chile	10.6	-1.2 pts
61	Singapore	10.6	+1.8 pts
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.3	-0.3 pts
63	Nepal	10.2	-0.2 pts
64	Trinidad and Tobago	10.1	-1.1 pts
65	Central African Republic	10	-1.5 pts
66	Fiji	10	+0.1 pts
67	North Korea	10	-0 pts
68	Mauritius	10	+0.3 pts
69	Togo	9.7	-0 pts
70	China	9.4	-0.6 pts
71	Thailand	9.4	+0.2 pts
72	Mozambique	9.3	-0 pts
73	Argentina	9.3	+0.7 pts
74	Burkina Faso	8.9	+0.4 pts
75	Gabon	8.9	-0.3 pts
76	Côte d’Ivoire	8.8	+0.3 pts
77	Namibia	8.8	-0.2 pts
78	Cameroon	8.3	+0.1 pts
79	United Kingdom	8.3	-0.1 pts
80	Saint Lucia	8.2	+1.3 pts
81	Ecuador	8.2	-0.1 pts
82	Qatar	8.1	-0.7 pts
83	Haiti	8.1	+0.3 pts
84	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.1	0 pts
85	North Macedonia	8.1	+2.1 pts
86	Republic of the Congo	8.1	+0.3 pts
87	Spain	7.7	+0.6 pts
88	Italy	7.6	+0.2 pts
89	Rwanda	7.6	0 pts
90	Somalia	7.6	+0.7 pts
91	Armenia	7.6	+0.8 pts
92	Benin	7.4	-0 pts
93	Seychelles	7.3	-0.2 pts
94	Turkmenistan	7.3	-0.1 pts
95	Vietnam	7.2	+0.1 pts
96	Burundi	7.1	-0.1 pts
97	Guinea-Bissau	7	-0.2 pts
98	Senegal	7	+0.2 pts
99	El Salvador	6.9	-2.1 pts
100	Angola	6.8	-0.2 pts
101	Equatorial Guinea	6.8	-0.1 pts
102	Djibouti	6.8	+0.3 pts
103	Puerto Rico	6.5	-0.2 pts
104	Malawi	6.5	-0.1 pts
105	Belize	6.5	-0.3 pts
106	Pakistan	6.4	+0.2 pts
107	Costa Rica	6.2	-0.3 pts
108	Venezuela	6.2	-0 pts
109	Comoros	6.1	+0.1 pts
110	Malta	6.1	-1 pts
111	Israel	6	+0.4 pts
112	Liberia	6	-0.1 pts
113	Sierra Leone	5.9	+0.1 pts
114	Madagascar	5.8	-0.1 pts
115	Bahrain	5.8	+0.2 pts
116	Zambia	5.8	-0.1 pts
117	Cyprus	5.7	+1.4 pts
118	Brazil	5.6	+0.2 pts
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.6	-0.1 pts
120	Ethiopia	5.4	-0.1 pts
121	Bolivia	5.4	-0.3 pts
122	Chad	5.4	-0.1 pts
123	Honduras	5.4	+2.5 pts
124	Ghana	5.4	0 pts
125	Paraguay	5.3	0 pts
126	Kenya	5.2	-0.4 pts
127	Bhutan	5.2	+0.1 pts
128	Uganda	5.1	-0.2 pts
129	Guinea	5.1	0 pts
130	Nicaragua	5.1	-1.1 pts
131	Tonga	4.9	-0.1 pts
132	South Sudan	4.9	+0.1 pts
133	Dominican Republic	4.9	+0.7 pts
134	Yemen	4.9	-0.1 pts
135	Mexico	4.9	-0.4 pts
136	Gambia	4.8	+0.1 pts
137	Laos	4.8	-0.1 pts
138	Nigeria	4.8	-0.1 pts
139	Greece	4.7	+0.4 pts
140	Guatemala	4.6	-0.2 pts
141	Cambodia	4.6	+0.1 pts
142	Iran	4.5	-0.3 pts
143	Albania	4.5	-2.4 pts
144	Niger	4.4	+0.1 pts
145	Libya	4.4	-2.2 pts
146	Mali	4.2	+0.1 pts
147	Malaysia	4.2	-0.2 pts
148	Tanzania	4.1	-0.2 pts
149	Barbados	3.9	-0.4 pts
150	Morocco	3.9	-0.1 pts
151	Colombia	3.8	+0.1 pts
152	Afghanistan	3.6	-0 pts
153	Timor-Leste	3.6	-0.2 pts
154	Bahamas	3.6	-0.2 pts
155	Panama	3.6	-0.4 pts
156	Iraq	3.5	-0.1 pts
157	Sudan	3.5	-0.2 pts
158	Myanmar	3.2	-0 pts
159	Türkiye	3.2	+0.1 pts
160	Bangladesh	3.1	-0.2 pts
161	Philippines	2.9	-0.3 pts
162	Tajikistan	2.9	0 pts
163	Mauritania	2.8	+0.2 pts
164	Maldives	2.8	+0.1 pts
165	Georgia	2.7	+0.1 pts
166	United Arab Emirates	2.7	0 pts
167	Tunisia	2.6	-0.1 pts
168	Peru	2.6	+0.4 pts
169	Azerbaijan	2.5	-0.2 pts
170	Algeria	2.4	-0.2 pts
171	Oman	2	+0.1 pts
172	Grenada	1.9	+0.1 pts
173	Indonesia	1.7	-0 pts
174	Papua New Guinea	1.7	-0 pts
175	Brunei	1.6	+0.2 pts
176	Kuwait	1.3	+0.2 pts
177	Egypt	1	+0.1 pts
178	Jamaica	1	-0.5 pts
179	Saudi Arabia	1	-0.2 pts
180	Jordan	0.9	-0 pts
181	Lebanon	0.8	0 pts
182	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.8	0 pts
183	Palestine	0.7	+0.1 pts
184	Syria	0.6	0 pts
185	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0 pts

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About this ranking

Suicide deaths in the year per 100,000 population, both sexes and all ages (SDG indicator 3.4.2). Crude rate, not age-standardized. WHO Global Health Estimates.

WHO adjusts registered deaths for under-reporting and models countries without reliable death registration, so values differ from national counts of registered suicides. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Health Organization, data.who.int. Suicide mortality rate (per 100 000 population), both sexes, all ages (SDGSUICIDE) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/F08B4FD/16BBF41 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Which country has the highest suicide mortality rate?

Lithuania, with 35.1 per 100,000 people in 2012, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest suicide mortality rate?

Antigua and Barbuda, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Suicide mortality rate (per 100 000 population), both sexes, all ages (SDGSUICIDE). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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