Countries by suicide mortality rate
Lesotho had the highest suicide mortality rate of 185 countries in 2020, at 33.4 per 100,000 people. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had the lowest, at 0.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 7.1 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
Top 40 countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 33.4 | +4.6 pts |
| 2 | Guyana | 29.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 3 | Suriname | 28.5 | +2.1 pts |
| 4 | South Korea | 27.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 5 | Lithuania | 24.5 | -1.8 pts |
| 6 | Eswatini | 23.8 | -4.3 pts |
| 7 | Uruguay | 22.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 8 | Ukraine | 22.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 9 | South Africa | 21.1 | +1 pts |
| 10 | Russia | 21 | -3.5 pts |
| 11 | Solomon Islands | 19.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 12 | Micronesia | 19.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 13 | Mongolia | 18.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 14 | Kiribati | 18.6 | -1.2 pts |
| 15 | Hungary | 18.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 16 | Latvia | 18 | +0.8 pts |
| 17 | Slovenia | 17.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 18 | Estonia | 17.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 19 | Japan | 17.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 17 | -1.8 pts |
| 21 | Belgium | 16.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 22 | Belarus | 16.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 23 | France | 16.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 24 | Serbia | 15.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 15.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 26 | Thailand | 15.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 15.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 28 | Montenegro | 15.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 29 | United States | 15 | -0.2 pts |
| 30 | Croatia | 14.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 31 | Cuba | 14.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 32 | Finland | 14.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 34 | Austria | 14 | -0.6 pts |
| 35 | Poland | 13.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 36 | Switzerland | 13.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 37 | Cape Verde | 13.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 38 | Sweden | 13.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 39 | Australia | 13 | -1 pts |
| 40 | India | 13 | -1 pts |
| 41 | Iceland | 12.9 | +1 pts |
| 42 | Eritrea | 12.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Germany | 12.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 44 | Czechia | 12.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 45 | Norway | 12.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 12.4 | -3.5 pts |
| 47 | Portugal | 12.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 48 | Samoa | 12 | -0.9 pts |
| 49 | Canada | 11.6 | -1 pts |
| 50 | Moldova | 11.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 51 | Mauritius | 11.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 52 | New Zealand | 11.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 53 | Netherlands | 11.1 | 0 pts |
| 54 | Denmark | 10.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 55 | Mozambique | 10.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 10 | +1 pts |
| 57 | Nepal | 9.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 59 | Romania | 9.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 9.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 9.7 | -1.5 pts |
| 62 | Fiji | 9.4 | -0 pts |
| 63 | Togo | 9.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 64 | Slovakia | 9.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 65 | North Korea | 9.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 66 | Singapore | 8.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 67 | Botswana | 8.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 68 | United Kingdom | 8.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 69 | China | 8.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 70 | Spain | 8.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 71 | Ireland | 8.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 8.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 73 | Namibia | 8.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 8.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 75 | Chile | 8.3 | -1.5 pts |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 77 | Argentina | 8.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 78 | Somalia | 8 | +0.1 pts |
| 79 | Cameroon | 7.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 80 | Haiti | 7.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 81 | Rwanda | 7.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 82 | Djibouti | 7.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 84 | South Sudan | 7.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 85 | Ecuador | 7.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 86 | El Salvador | 7.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 87 | Gabon | 7.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 88 | Angola | 7.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 89 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 7.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 91 | Venezuela | 7.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 92 | Côte d’Ivoire | 7.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 93 | Malawi | 7.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.9 | -1.7 pts |
| 95 | Brazil | 6.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 96 | Benin | 6.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 97 | Senegal | 6.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 98 | Vietnam | 6.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 99 | Italy | 6.8 | -0 pts |
| 100 | Burundi | 6.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 101 | Seychelles | 6.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 102 | Republic of the Congo | 6.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 6.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 6.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 105 | Mexico | 6.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 106 | Madagascar | 6.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 107 | Paraguay | 6.3 | -1.6 pts |
| 108 | Comoros | 6.2 | 0 pts |
| 109 | Zambia | 6 | +0.2 pts |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 5.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 111 | Liberia | 5.9 | 0 pts |
| 112 | Georgia | 5.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 113 | Malta | 5.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 5.7 | 0 pts |
| 115 | Kenya | 5.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 116 | Bahrain | 5.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 117 | Pakistan | 5.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 5.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 119 | Qatar | 5.3 | -1.7 pts |
| 120 | Chad | 5.2 | -0 pts |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 5.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 122 | Israel | 5.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 123 | Bhutan | 5.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 124 | Guatemala | 5.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 125 | Ghana | 5.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 126 | Guinea | 5 | 0 pts |
| 127 | Libya | 5 | -1 pts |
| 128 | Uganda | 4.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 129 | Gambia | 4.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 130 | Colombia | 4.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 131 | Bolivia | 4.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 132 | Tonga | 4.6 | -0 pts |
| 133 | Nigeria | 4.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 134 | Greece | 4.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 135 | Tanzania | 4.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 136 | Niger | 4.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 137 | Cambodia | 4.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 138 | Malaysia | 4.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 4.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 140 | Barbados | 4.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 141 | Mali | 4.1 | 0 pts |
| 142 | Laos | 4 | -0.6 pts |
| 143 | Yemen | 3.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 144 | Cyprus | 3.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 145 | Belize | 3.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 146 | Nicaragua | 3.6 | -1 pts |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 3.5 | -0 pts |
| 148 | Iran | 3.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 149 | Albania | 3.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 3.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 151 | Timor-Leste | 3.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 152 | Philippines | 3.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 153 | Bahamas | 3.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 154 | Sudan | 3 | -0.4 pts |
| 155 | Türkiye | 3 | -0.6 pts |
| 156 | Brunei | 2.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 157 | Honduras | 2.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 158 | Morocco | 2.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 159 | Myanmar | 2.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 160 | Iraq | 2.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 2.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 162 | Mauritania | 2.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 163 | Panama | 2.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 2.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 2.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 166 | Kuwait | 2.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 167 | Armenia | 2.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 168 | Maldives | 1.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 169 | Tunisia | 1.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 170 | Algeria | 1.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 1.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 172 | Jamaica | 1.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 173 | Peru | 1.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 174 | Indonesia | 1.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 175 | Oman | 1.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 176 | Grenada | 1.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 1.1 | -0 pts |
| 178 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.8 | -0 pts |
| 179 | Lebanon | 0.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 180 | Egypt | 0.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 182 | Jordan | 0.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 183 | Palestine | 0.6 | -0 pts |
| 184 | Syria | 0.6 | -0 pts |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3 | -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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest suicide mortality rate?
Lesotho, with 33.4 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to World Health Organization.
Which country has the lowest suicide mortality rate?
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with 0.3 per 100,000 people in 2020.
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.