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Friday, May 3, 2013

Suicide Rates, By Country


Alan: Uruguay (and arguably France) are the only two latin countries with higher suicide rates than the United States. I suspect this relates to the prevalence of Catholicism in latin countries.
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The following is a list of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization, in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate deaths officially recorded as suicidesin the most recent available year, last updated in 2011. The WHO statistics are based on the official reports from each respective country, and therefore, no more accurate than the record-keeping in the specific country.
Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (i.e. total number of male suicides divided by total male population). The total rate of suicides is based on the total number of suicides divided by the total population, rather than merely the average of the male and female suicide rates, because the gender ratio in most countries is not 1:1. Yearrefers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.
Suicides per 100,000 people per year[1]
RankCountryMaleFemaleAverageYear
1 Greenland[2][3] (more info)133.679.2108.12010[4]
2 South Korea[5] (more info)31.72011
3 Lithuania[6] (more info)54.611.631.62011
4 Guyana (more info)26.42006
5 Kazakhstan (more info)25.62008
6 Belarus[7][8]22.92011
7China China[9] (more info)22.232011
8 Slovenia[10]34.69.421.82011
9 Hungary[11]21.72009
10 Japan (more info)[12]21.72012
11 Sri Lanka[13](more info)21.61996
12 Ukraine (more info)21.22009
13 Russia[14] (more info)20.22012
14 Croatia[15]19.72002
15 Serbia and Montenegro19.52006
16 Latvia18.22010 [16]
17 Moldova17.42008
18 Belgium[note 1][11][note 2]17[17]2009
19 Finland[18]16.82010
20 Uruguay15.82004
21 South Africa[19]15.42005
22 Poland15.42010
23 Estonia14.82010 [20]
24 France (more info)14.72010 [21]
25 Suriname14.42005
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina[22]13.32011
27 New Zealand[23]13.22008
28 Austria12.82009
29 Czech Republic12.82010
30 Cuba12.32008
31 Bulgaria12.32008
32 Romania12.02009
33 United States[24] (more info)19.55.512.02009
34 Sweden11.92009
35 Norway11.92011
36 Ireland[25]11.42011
37 United Kingdom (more info)2311.82011[26]
38 Portugal[11]11.52011[27]
39 Canada (more info)17.95.311.52009[28]
40 Denmark16.66.211.32010[29]
41 Iceland[30]11.32009
42 Chile11.22007
43 Switzerland11.12007
44 Trinidad and Tobago10.72006
45 India (more info)10.52009
46 Slovakia[11]17.42.89.92011
47 Germany[11]9.92009
48 Australia[31]14.94.49.72009
49 Kyrgyzstan8.82009
50 Turkmenistan13.83.58.61998
51 Netherlands [11]12.05.08.52009
52 Republic of Macedonia[11]12.63.98.02009
53 El Salvador12.93.68.02008
54 Zimbabwe10.65.27.91990
55 Luxembourg[11]13.22.97.82008
56 Thailand12.03.87.82002
57 Argentina12.63.07.72008
58 Spain11.93.47.62008
59 Singapore4.492.597.072011[32]
60 Puerto Rico13.22.07.42005
61 Ecuador10.53.67.12009
62 Mauritius11.81.96.82008
63 Iran[33]7.65.16.42001
64 Italy10.02.86.32007
65 Costa Rica10.21.96.12009
66 Israel[34]9.92.15.82007
67 Nicaragua9.02.65.82006
68 Panama9.01.95.52008
69 Colombia7.92.04.92007
70 Brazil7.72.04.82008
71 Uzbekistan7.02.34.72005
72 Seychelles8.90.04.62008
73 Georgia7.11.74.32009
74 Albania[35]4.73.34.02003
75 Mexico6.81.34.02008
76 Turkey[36]5.362.503.942008
77 Honduras[37]3.842011
78 Bahrain4.03.53.82006
79 Belize6.60.73.72008
80 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5.41.93.72008
81 Paraguay5.12.03.62008
82 Cyprus[11]5.91.33.62009
83 Guatemala5.61.73.62008
84 Barbados7.30.03.52006
85 Greece6.11.03.52009
86 Malta5.91.03.42008
87 Venezuela5.31.23.22007
88 Tajikistan2.92.32.62001
89 Saint Lucia4.90.02.42005
90 Dominican Republic3.90.72.32005
91 Philippines2.51.72.11993
92 Armenia2.81.11.92008
93 Kuwait1.91.71.82009
94 The Bahamas1.90.61.22005
95 Jordan0.00.01.12009
96 Peru1.10.60.92000
97 São Tomé and Príncipe0.01.80.91987
98 Pakistan [38]3.40.50.882012
99 Azerbaijan1.00.30.62007
100 Maldives0.70.00.32005
101 Jamaica0.30.00.11990
102 Syria0.20.00.11985
103 Egypt0.10.00.12009
104 Grenada0.00.00.02008
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis0.00.00.01995
106 Antigua and Barbuda0.00.00.01995
107 Haiti0.00.002003




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