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Countries by suicide mortality rate

Lesotho had the highest suicide mortality rate of 185 countries in 2019, at 28.8 per 100,000 people. Antigua and Barbuda had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 7.4 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest28.8Lesotho
Lowest0Antigua and Barbuda
Median7.4185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2019

Lesotho: 28.8 per 100,000 peopleLesotho28.8South Korea: 28.4 per 100,000 peopleSouth Korea28.4Eswatini: 28.1 per 100,000 peopleEswatini28.1Guyana: 27.6 per 100,000 peopleGuyana27.6Lithuania: 26.3 per 100,000 peopleLithuania26.3Suriname: 26.3 per 100,000 peopleSuriname26.3Russia: 24.5 per 100,000 peopleRussia24.5Uruguay: 23.4 per 100,000 peopleUruguay23.4Ukraine: 23.3 per 100,000 peopleUkraine23.3Micronesia: 20.5 per 100,000 peopleMicronesia20.5Solomon Islands: 20.4 per 100,000 peopleSolomon Islands20.4South Africa: 20.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Africa20.1Kiribati: 19.8 per 100,000 peopleKiribati19.8Slovenia: 19.3 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia19.3Kazakhstan: 18.8 per 100,000 peopleKazakhstan18.8Belgium: 18.1 per 100,000 peopleBelgium18.1Belarus: 17.5 per 100,000 peopleBelarus17.5Mongolia: 17.3 per 100,000 peopleMongolia17.3Latvia: 17.2 per 100,000 peopleLatvia17.2Hungary: 16.7 per 100,000 peopleHungary16.7Japan: 16.5 per 100,000 peopleJapan16.5Vanuatu: 16.1 per 100,000 peopleVanuatu16.1Sri Lanka: 15.9 per 100,000 peopleSri Lanka15.9Zimbabwe: 15.8 per 100,000 peopleZimbabwe15.8Serbia: 15.7 per 100,000 peopleSerbia15.7Estonia: 15.6 per 100,000 peopleEstonia15.6United States: 15.1 per 100,000 peopleUnited States15.1France: 15 per 100,000 peopleFrance15Croatia: 14.9 per 100,000 peopleCroatia14.9Sweden: 14.6 per 100,000 peopleSweden14.6Austria: 14.6 per 100,000 peopleAustria14.6Cape Verde: 14.6 per 100,000 peopleCape Verde14.6Finland: 14.4 per 100,000 peopleFinland14.4Switzerland: 14.2 per 100,000 peopleSwitzerland14.2Montenegro: 14.1 per 100,000 peopleMontenegro14.1Australia: 14 per 100,000 peopleAustralia14India: 14 per 100,000 peopleIndia14Cuba: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleCuba13.8Trinidad and Tobago: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleTrinidad and Tobago13.8Poland: 13.7 per 100,000 peoplePoland13.7
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

RankCountries2019
per 100,000 people		Change on 2018
1Lesotho28.8+0.9 pts
2South Korea28.4+0.2 pts
3Eswatini28.1-1.7 pts
4Guyana27.6-1.4 pts
5Lithuania26.3-1.1 pts
6Suriname26.3-0.2 pts
7Russia24.5-1.4 pts
8Uruguay23.4+0.2 pts
9Ukraine23.3-0.2 pts
10Micronesia20.5+0.1 pts
11Solomon Islands20.4-0.2 pts
12South Africa20.1+1 pts
13Kiribati19.8+0.7 pts
14Slovenia19.3+1.9 pts
15Kazakhstan18.8+0.2 pts
16Belgium18.1-0.5 pts
17Belarus17.5-1.1 pts
18Mongolia17.3+0.2 pts
19Latvia17.2-0.9 pts
20Hungary16.7-1.1 pts
21Japan16.5-0.4 pts
22Vanuatu16.1-0 pts
23Sri Lanka15.9+0.5 pts
24Zimbabwe15.8-0.3 pts
25Serbia15.7+0.1 pts
26Estonia15.6-0.2 pts
27United States15.1-0.3 pts
28France15-0.1 pts
29Croatia14.9-1.9 pts
30Sweden14.6-0 pts
31Austria14.6-1.1 pts
32Cape Verde14.6+0.1 pts
33Finland14.4-1.3 pts
34Switzerland14.2-0 pts
35Montenegro14.1+0.6 pts
36Australia14+0.6 pts
37India14-0.3 pts
38Cuba13.8-0.3 pts
39Trinidad and Tobago13.8+0.1 pts
40Poland13.7+0.2 pts
41Thailand13.6+0.8 pts
42Eritrea13-0.2 pts
43Samoa12.9-0.1 pts
44Canada12.7+0.1 pts
45Moldova12.7-0.4 pts
46Portugal12.7+0.8 pts
47Norway12.6-0.8 pts
48Germany12.5-0.3 pts
49Czechia12.2-1.4 pts
50Iceland12+2.6 pts
51New Zealand11.8+0.1 pts
52Mozambique11.6-0.9 pts
53Denmark11.4+0.2 pts
54Luxembourg11.2+1.1 pts
55Netherlands11-0.2 pts
56Bosnia and Herzegovina10.9+0.5 pts
57Nepal10.6-0 pts
58Uzbekistan10.1-0.6 pts
59North Korea10.1+0.2 pts
60Togo9.8-0 pts
61Chile9.8+0.2 pts
62Mauritius9.8+0.8 pts
63Central African Republic9.5-0.9 pts
64Fiji9.4-0.1 pts
65United Kingdom9.4+0.2 pts
66Argentina9.3-0 pts
67Romania9.2-1.1 pts
68Bulgaria9-0.7 pts
69Slovakia9-1.2 pts
70Botswana9-0.8 pts
71Gabon8.9-0.4 pts
72China8.70 pts
73Kyrgyzstan8.6-0.2 pts
74Haiti8.6+0.2 pts
75Ecuador8.50 pts
76Burkina Faso8.4-0.2 pts
77Singapore8.4-0.5 pts
78Democratic Republic of the Congo8.3-0.3 pts
79Namibia8.30 pts
80Rwanda8.3+0.2 pts
81Cameroon8.2+0.1 pts
82Spain8.1+0.3 pts
83Ireland8.1-1.2 pts
84Djibouti8-0.2 pts
85Seychelles8+0.1 pts
86Paraguay7.9+0.5 pts
87Somalia7.9-0 pts
88El Salvador7.8+0.5 pts
89Côte d’Ivoire7.80 pts
90Equatorial Guinea7.7+0.1 pts
91Vietnam7.5+0.1 pts
92Angola7.5+0.4 pts
93Guinea-Bissau7.4+0.3 pts
94Georgia7.3+0.3 pts
95Malawi7.3+0.3 pts
96South Sudan7.2+0.6 pts
97Saint Lucia7.2+0.3 pts
98Benin7.20 pts
99Venezuela7.2-0.3 pts
100Costa Rica7.1-0.5 pts
101Republic of the Congo7.1+0.4 pts
102Senegal7+0.1 pts
103Qatar7-0.3 pts
104Turkmenistan6.9-0.1 pts
105Burundi6.9-0.1 pts
106Italy6.8-0.1 pts
107Brazil6.70 pts
108Kenya6.5-0.1 pts
109Comoros6.2-0.1 pts
110Mexico6.2+0.3 pts
111Sierra Leone6.1-0 pts
112Pakistan6.1-0.1 pts
113Madagascar60 pts
114Malta5.9+0.9 pts
115Libya5.9-0.5 pts
116Guatemala5.9+0.3 pts
117Liberia5.9-0 pts
118Dominican Republic5.8-0.4 pts
119Zambia5.8+0.2 pts
120Puerto Rico5.7-0 pts
121Ethiopia5.7+0.1 pts
122Bahrain5.4-0.6 pts
123Malaysia5.4+0.1 pts
124Bolivia5.3-0.1 pts
125Ghana5.3-0.1 pts
126Chad5.3+0.1 pts
127Uganda5.1+0.4 pts
128Colombia5.1+0.1 pts
129Greece5.1-0.3 pts
130Israel5-0.3 pts
131Belize5-0.6 pts
132Guinea50 pts
133Gambia5+0.1 pts
134North Macedonia5-0.4 pts
135Bhutan4.8-0.2 pts
136Barbados4.8+0.7 pts
137Nicaragua4.7-0.6 pts
138Tonga4.6-0.1 pts
139Laos4.6-0 pts
140Niger4.50 pts
141Cyprus4.5-1.1 pts
142Tanzania4.5+0.2 pts
143Cambodia4.50 pts
144Nigeria4.4-0 pts
145Yemen4.3-0.2 pts
146Iran4.3-0.1 pts
147Mali4-0.1 pts
148Timor-Leste3.8+0.2 pts
149Albania3.8-0 pts
150Bahamas3.6+0.2 pts
151Türkiye3.5+0.2 pts
152Afghanistan3.5-0 pts
153Sudan3.4-0.1 pts
154Iraq3.2-0 pts
155Morocco3.2-0 pts
156Bangladesh3.10 pts
157Myanmar3.10 pts
158Honduras3.10 pts
159Philippines3-0.6 pts
160Mauritania2.7-0 pts
161Armenia2.7+0.4 pts
162Tajikistan2.6-0.1 pts
163Tunisia2.6-0.1 pts
164Panama2.6-0.3 pts
165Maldives2.5+0.5 pts
166Brunei2.5-0.2 pts
167United Arab Emirates2.5-0.1 pts
168Peru2.2+0.4 pts
169Papua New Guinea2.1+0.1 pts
170Algeria2-0 pts
171Oman2-0 pts
172Kuwait1.9+0.1 pts
173Azerbaijan1.80 pts
174Jamaica1.70 pts
175Indonesia1.60 pts
176Saudi Arabia1.1-0 pts
177Grenada1+0.9 pts
178Egypt0.90 pts
179São Tomé and Príncipe0.90 pts
180Jordan0.80 pts
181Lebanon0.7-0 pts
182Palestine0.7-0 pts
183Syria0.6-0 pts
184Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.3+0.3 pts
185Antigua and Barbuda00 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?

Lesotho, with 28.8 per 100,000 people in 2019, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest suicide mortality rate?

Antigua and Barbuda, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2019.

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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