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Countries by suicide mortality rate

Eswatini had the highest suicide mortality rate of 185 countries in 2018, at 29.9 per 100,000 people. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 7.3 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest29.9Eswatini
Lowest0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median7.3185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2018

Eswatini: 29.9 per 100,000 peopleEswatini29.9Guyana: 29 per 100,000 peopleGuyana29South Korea: 28.3 per 100,000 peopleSouth Korea28.3Lesotho: 27.9 per 100,000 peopleLesotho27.9Lithuania: 27.4 per 100,000 peopleLithuania27.4Suriname: 26.5 per 100,000 peopleSuriname26.5Russia: 25.9 per 100,000 peopleRussia25.9Ukraine: 23.5 per 100,000 peopleUkraine23.5Uruguay: 23.2 per 100,000 peopleUruguay23.2Solomon Islands: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleSolomon Islands20.6Micronesia: 20.5 per 100,000 peopleMicronesia20.5South Africa: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleSouth Africa19.2Kiribati: 19.1 per 100,000 peopleKiribati19.1Belarus: 18.7 per 100,000 peopleBelarus18.7Belgium: 18.6 per 100,000 peopleBelgium18.6Kazakhstan: 18.6 per 100,000 peopleKazakhstan18.6Latvia: 18.1 per 100,000 peopleLatvia18.1Hungary: 17.8 per 100,000 peopleHungary17.8Slovenia: 17.4 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia17.4Mongolia: 17.1 per 100,000 peopleMongolia17.1Japan: 16.9 per 100,000 peopleJapan16.9Croatia: 16.8 per 100,000 peopleCroatia16.8Vanuatu: 16.2 per 100,000 peopleVanuatu16.2Zimbabwe: 16.1 per 100,000 peopleZimbabwe16.1Estonia: 15.8 per 100,000 peopleEstonia15.8Austria: 15.7 per 100,000 peopleAustria15.7Finland: 15.7 per 100,000 peopleFinland15.7Serbia: 15.6 per 100,000 peopleSerbia15.6Sri Lanka: 15.5 per 100,000 peopleSri Lanka15.5United States: 15.4 per 100,000 peopleUnited States15.4France: 15.2 per 100,000 peopleFrance15.2Sweden: 14.6 per 100,000 peopleSweden14.6Cape Verde: 14.5 per 100,000 peopleCape Verde14.5India: 14.3 per 100,000 peopleIndia14.3Switzerland: 14.3 per 100,000 peopleSwitzerland14.3Cuba: 14.1 per 100,000 peopleCuba14.1Trinidad and Tobago: 13.7 per 100,000 peopleTrinidad and Tobago13.7Czechia: 13.6 per 100,000 peopleCzechia13.6Montenegro: 13.5 per 100,000 peopleMontenegro13.5Poland: 13.5 per 100,000 peoplePoland13.5
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

RankCountries2018
per 100,000 people		Change on 2017
1Eswatini29.9+1 pts
2Guyana29-3 pts
3South Korea28.3+2.7 pts
4Lesotho27.9+1.8 pts
5Lithuania27.4-2.1 pts
6Suriname26.5+0.6 pts
7Russia25.9-1.4 pts
8Ukraine23.5+1.7 pts
9Uruguay23.2+2.2 pts
10Solomon Islands20.6+0.1 pts
11Micronesia20.5+0.1 pts
12South Africa19.2+1 pts
13Kiribati19.1-0.5 pts
14Belarus18.7-0.3 pts
15Belgium18.6+0.2 pts
16Kazakhstan18.6-0.3 pts
17Latvia18.1-3 pts
18Hungary17.8+0.3 pts
19Slovenia17.4-3 pts
20Mongolia17.1-0.7 pts
21Japan16.9-0.3 pts
22Croatia16.8+1.3 pts
23Vanuatu16.2-0 pts
24Zimbabwe16.1+1 pts
25Estonia15.8-2.1 pts
26Austria15.7+0.2 pts
27Finland15.7-0 pts
28Serbia15.6-0.7 pts
29Sri Lanka15.5+0.3 pts
30United States15.4+0.2 pts
31France15.2+0.4 pts
32Sweden14.6+0.2 pts
33Cape Verde14.5-0.3 pts
34India14.3-0.6 pts
35Switzerland14.3-0.1 pts
36Cuba14.1-0.5 pts
37Trinidad and Tobago13.7+0.1 pts
38Czechia13.6-0.3 pts
39Montenegro13.5+0.2 pts
40Poland13.5+0.2 pts
41Australia13.4-0.5 pts
42Norway13.3+1.6 pts
43Eritrea13.2+0.1 pts
44Moldova13.1-0.5 pts
45Samoa13-0.1 pts
46Germany12.8+0.3 pts
47Thailand12.8+0.6 pts
48Canada12.6+0.7 pts
49Mozambique12.5-0 pts
50Portugal11.8-0.3 pts
51New Zealand11.7-1.1 pts
52Netherlands11.3-0.6 pts
53Denmark11.20 pts
54Uzbekistan10.7-1 pts
55Nepal10.60 pts
56Bosnia and Herzegovina10.4-0.1 pts
57Central African Republic10.3-0.7 pts
58Slovakia10.2+1.1 pts
59Romania10.2+0.1 pts
60Luxembourg10.1+0.1 pts
61North Korea9.8-0.4 pts
62Botswana9.8-0.9 pts
63Togo9.8-0 pts
64Bulgaria9.7-0.6 pts
65Fiji9.6-0.1 pts
66Chile9.5-0.5 pts
67Iceland9.4-1.6 pts
68Argentina9.3+0.3 pts
69Ireland9.3+0.8 pts
70Gabon9.3-0 pts
71United Kingdom9.2+1.2 pts
72Mauritius9-0.5 pts
73Singapore8.9+0.5 pts
74Kyrgyzstan8.8-0.3 pts
75China8.7+0.1 pts
76Democratic Republic of the Congo8.7+0.1 pts
77Burkina Faso8.6-0.1 pts
78Ecuador8.5-0.5 pts
79Haiti8.4+0.4 pts
80Namibia8.3-0.6 pts
81Djibouti8.2+0.1 pts
82Cameroon8.1-0.1 pts
83Rwanda8.10 pts
84Somalia7.9-0 pts
85Seychelles7.9+0.1 pts
86Spain7.8-0.3 pts
87Côte d’Ivoire7.70 pts
88Equatorial Guinea7.6+0.4 pts
89Costa Rica7.5+1.9 pts
90Vietnam7.5-0 pts
91Venezuela7.4-0.6 pts
92Paraguay7.4+1.2 pts
93El Salvador7.3-1.2 pts
94Qatar7.3-0.2 pts
95Benin7.2-0.1 pts
96Angola7.2+0.7 pts
97Guinea-Bissau7.1-0.1 pts
98Georgia7+2.6 pts
99Turkmenistan7-0.1 pts
100Malawi7+0.1 pts
101Burundi6.9-0 pts
102Saint Lucia6.9-0.2 pts
103Senegal6.9-0.1 pts
104Italy6.9-0.2 pts
105Brazil6.7-0.2 pts
106South Sudan6.7+0.7 pts
107Republic of the Congo6.60 pts
108Kenya6.5+0.8 pts
109Libya6.5+0.2 pts
110Comoros6.2-0 pts
111Dominican Republic6.2-0.5 pts
112Pakistan6.2-0.2 pts
113Sierra Leone6.2+0.1 pts
114Bahrain6-0 pts
115Madagascar5.90 pts
116Liberia5.9-0.1 pts
117Mexico5.8+0.1 pts
118Puerto Rico5.8-1.2 pts
119Guatemala5.6-0.3 pts
120Belize5.6-0.7 pts
121Cyprus5.6+1.2 pts
122Ethiopia5.6+0.2 pts
123Zambia5.5-0.1 pts
124North Macedonia5.5+0.1 pts
125Bolivia5.4-0.1 pts
126Greece5.4+0.4 pts
127Israel5.4+0.3 pts
128Ghana5.3-0.2 pts
129Nicaragua5.3+0.3 pts
130Malaysia5.2+0.2 pts
131Chad5.2+0.1 pts
132Colombia5+0.4 pts
133Bhutan5-0.3 pts
134Malta5-0.2 pts
135Guinea5-0 pts
136Gambia4.9-0 pts
137Uganda4.7+0.2 pts
138Tonga4.7-0 pts
139Yemen4.6-0.2 pts
140Laos4.6-0 pts
141Niger4.50 pts
142Cambodia4.40 pts
143Nigeria4.4+0.1 pts
144Iran4.3-0.2 pts
145Tanzania4.2+0.5 pts
146Barbados4.1+0.2 pts
147Mali4.1-0.1 pts
148Albania3.8-0.1 pts
149Timor-Leste3.6+0.1 pts
150Philippines3.6+0.4 pts
151Afghanistan3.60 pts
152Sudan3.5+0.1 pts
153Bahamas3.4-0.2 pts
154Türkiye3.40 pts
155Iraq3.3-0 pts
156Morocco3.2-0.1 pts
157Bangladesh3.1-0 pts
158Myanmar3.10 pts
159Honduras30 pts
160Panama2.8-0.2 pts
161Mauritania2.8-0 pts
162Brunei2.7+0.2 pts
163Tunisia2.70 pts
164Tajikistan2.7-0 pts
165United Arab Emirates2.50 pts
166Armenia2.3-0.9 pts
167Algeria2.10 pts
168Oman2+0.1 pts
169Maldives2-0.4 pts
170Papua New Guinea2+0.1 pts
171Kuwait1.8-0.1 pts
172Peru1.8+0.4 pts
173Azerbaijan1.8-0.1 pts
174Jamaica1.6-0 pts
175Indonesia1.6-0 pts
176Saudi Arabia1.1+0.1 pts
177Egypt0.9-0 pts
178São Tomé and Príncipe0.8-0 pts
179Jordan0.8-0 pts
180Lebanon0.7-0 pts
181Palestine0.70 pts
182Syria0.60 pts
183Grenada0.1-0.4 pts
184Antigua and Barbuda00 pts
184Saint Vincent and the Grenadines00 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.

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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?

Eswatini, with 29.9 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest suicide mortality rate?

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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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