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List Of Countries By Suicide Rate

World map of suicide rates per 100,000 inhabitants, 2009, WHO source. Red:> 13, yellow: 6.5-13, blue: <6.5.

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Suicides per 100,000 people per year
Position	Country	Male	Women	Total population	Year
1	Belarus	63.3	10.3	35.1	2003
2	Lithuania	55.9	9.1	30.7	2008
3	Russia	53.9	9.5	30.1	2008
4	Kazakhstan	46.2	9.0	26.9	2007
5	Japan	35.8	13.7	24.4	2007
6	Guyana	33.8	11.6	22.9	2005
7	Ukraine	40.9	7.0	22.6	2005
8	South Korea	29.6	14.1	21.9	2006
9	Sri Lanka			21.6	1996
10	Hungary	37.1	8.6	21.5	2008
11	Latvia	34.1	7.7	19.9	2007
12	Slovenia	32.1	7.9	19.8	2008
13	Serbia and Montenegro	28.4	11.1	19.5	2006
14	Finland	28.9	9.0	18.8	2007
15	Belgium	27.2	9.5	18.2	1999
16	Croatia	26.9	9.7	18.0	2006
17	Estonia	29.1	6.2	16.5	2008
18	France	26.4	7.2	16.2	2008
19	Moldova	28.0	4.3	15.7	2007
20	Austria	24.7	7.0	15.6	2006
21	South Africa	25.3	5.6	15.4	2005
22	Hong Kong	19.3	11.5	15.2	2006
23	Poland	26.8	4.4	15.2	2006
24	Uruguay	24.5	6.4	15.1	2001
25	Switzerland	20.1	9.3	14.4	2008
26	China	13.0	14.8	13.9	1999
27	New Zealand	20.3	6.5	13.2	2008
28	Sweden	19.5	7.1	13.3	2002
29	Seychelles			13.2	1998
30	Trinidad and Tobago	20.9	4.9	12.8	2000
31	Slovakia	22.3	3.4	12.6	2005
32	Romania	21.5	4.0	12.5	2004
33	Cuba	18.6	6.2	12.4	2004
34	Suriname	17.8	6.4	12.1	2000
35	Czech Republic	20.2	4.2	11.8	2008
36	Bosnia-Herzegovina	20.3	3.3	11.8	1991
37	Norway	15.7	7.4	11.6	2005
38	Canada	17.9	5.4	11.6	2005
39	Iceland	16.2	6.1	11.2	2005
40	Portugal	17.5	4.9	11.2	2003
41	United States	17.7	4.5	11.1	2005
42	Luxembourg	17.7	4.3	11.0	2005
43	Australia	17.1	4.7	10.9	2003
44	Denmark	16.0	5.7	10.6	2006
45	India	12.2	9.1	10.6	1998
46	Chile	17.8	3.1	10.4	2003
47	Singapore	12.9	7.7	10.3	2006
48	Bulgaria	15.3	4.7	9.5	2007
49	Netherlands	12.7	6.0	9.4	2004
50	Germany	14.9	4.4	9.4	2007
51	Ireland	14.5	4.2	9.3	2008
52	Kyrgyzstan	15.3	3.2	9.2	2005
53	Argentina	14.1	3.5	8.7	2003
54	Mauritius	13.2	3.8	8.5	2005
55	Turkmenistan	13.8	3.5	8.6	1998
56	Zimbabwe	10.6	5.2	7.9	1990
57	Thailand	12.0	3.8	7.8	2002
58	Saint Lucia	10.4	5.0	7.7	2002
59	Belize	13.4	1.6	7.6	2001
60	Ecuador	10.4	4.0	7.2	2005
61	Nicaragua	11.1	3.3	7.2	2005
62	Salvador	10.3	3.5	6.9	2005
63	Macedonia	9.5	4.0	6.8	2003
64	United Kingdom	10.4	3.2	6.8	2005
65	Costa Rica	10.6	1.9	6.3	2005
66	Panama	11.1	1.4	6.3	2003
67	Israel	10.4	2.1	6.2	2003
68	Puerto Rico	10.9	1.8	6.2	2002
69	Spain	9.6	3.0	6.1	2007
70	Malta	7.0	4.9	6.0	2004
71	Colombia	8.9	2.6	5.7	1999
72	Uzbekistan	8.1	3.0	5.5	2003
73	Italy	8.4	2.3	5.2	2007
74	Venezuela	8.4	1.8	5.1	2002
75	Cyprus	7.0	1.7	4.3	2008
76	Brazil	6.8	1.9	4.3	2002
77	Mexico	7.0	1.4	4.1	2005
78	Turkey	5.36	2.50	3.94	2008
79	Albania	4.7	3.3	4.0	2003
80	Bahamas	6.0	1.3	3.6	2000
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.8	0.0	3.4	2003
82	Bahrain	4.9	0.5	3.1	1988
83	Paraguay	4.5	1.6	3.1	2003
84	Greece	4.8	1.0	2.8	2008
85	Tajikistan	2.9	2.3	2.6	2001
86	Georgia	3.4	1.1	2.2	2001
87	Guatemala	3.4	0.9	2.1	2003
88	Philippines	2.5	1.7	2.1	1993
89	Kuwait	2.5	1.4	2.0	2002
90	Armenia	3.2	0.5	1.8	2003
91	a href = "Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg" class = "image" title = "Dominican Republic"> Dominican Republic	2.9	0.6	1.8	2001
92	Azerbaijan	1.8	0.5	1.1	2002
93	Peru	1.1	0.6	0.9	2000
94	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0	1.8	0.9	1987
95	Barbados	1.4	0.0	0.7	2001
96	Iran	0.3	0.1	0.2	1991
97	Jamaica	0.3	0.0	0.1	1990
98	Syria	0.2	0.0	0.1	1985
99	Egypt	0.1	0.0	0.0	1987
100	Honduras	0.0	0.0	0.0	1978
101	Jordan	0.0	0.0	0.0	1979
102	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0	0.0	0.0	1995
103	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0	0.0	0.0	1995
104	Haiti	0.0	0.0	0.0	2003

Suicide rates in Hungary (1950-2005), 1983: 45.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, it was the second highest rate (after Lithuania, 1995: 45.6 ^{List Suicides per 100,000 people per year Position Country Male Women Total population Year
1 Belarus 63.3 10.3 35.1 2003
2 Lithuania 55.9 9.1 30.7 2008
3 Russia 53.9 9.5 30.1 2008
4 Kazakhstan 46.2 9.0 26.9 2007
5 Japan 35.8 13.7 24.4 2007
6 Guyana 33.8 11.6 22.9 2005
7 Ukraine 40.9 7.0 22.6 2005
8 South Korea 29.6 14.1 21.9 2006
9 Sri Lanka 21.6 1996
10 Hungary 37.1 8.6 21.5 2008
11 Latvia 34.1 7.7 19.9 2007
12 Slovenia 32.1 7.9 19.8 2008
13 Serbia and Montenegro 28.4 11.1 19.5 2006
14 Finland 28.9 9.0 18.8 2007
15 Belgium 27.2 9.5 18.2 1999
16 Croatia 26.9 9.7 18.0 2006
17 Estonia 29.1 6.2 16.5 2008
18 France 26.4 7.2 16.2 2008
19 Moldova 28.0 4.3 15.7 2007
20 Austria 24.7 7.0 15.6 2006
21 South Africa 25.3 5.6 15.4 2005
22 Hong Kong 19.3 11.5 15.2 2006
23 Poland 26.8 4.4 15.2 2006
24 Uruguay 24.5 6.4 15.1 2001
25 Switzerland 20.1 9.3 14.4 2008
26 China 13.0 14.8 13.9 1999
27 New Zealand 20.3 6.5 13.2 2008
28 Sweden 19.5 7.1 13.3 2002
29 Seychelles 13.2 1998
30 Trinidad and Tobago 20.9 4.9 12.8 2000
31 Slovakia 22.3 3.4 12.6 2005
32 Romania 21.5 4.0 12.5 2004
33 Cuba 18.6 6.2 12.4 2004
34 Suriname 17.8 6.4 12.1 2000
35 Czech Republic 20.2 4.2 11.8 2008
36 Bosnia-Herzegovina 20.3 3.3 11.8 1991
37 Norway 15.7 7.4 11.6 2005
38 Canada 17.9 5.4 11.6 2005
39 Iceland 16.2 6.1 11.2 2005
40 Portugal 17.5 4.9 11.2 2003
41 United States 17.7 4.5 11.1 2005
42 Luxembourg 17.7 4.3 11.0 2005
43 Australia 17.1 4.7 10.9 2003
44 Denmark 16.0 5.7 10.6 2006
45 India 12.2 9.1 10.6 1998
46 Chile 17.8 3.1 10.4 2003
47 Singapore 12.9 7.7 10.3 2006
48 Bulgaria 15.3 4.7 9.5 2007
49 Netherlands 12.7 6.0 9.4 2004
50 Germany 14.9 4.4 9.4 2007
51 Ireland 14.5 4.2 9.3 2008
52 Kyrgyzstan 15.3 3.2 9.2 2005
53 Argentina 14.1 3.5 8.7 2003
54 Mauritius 13.2 3.8 8.5 2005
55 Turkmenistan 13.8 3.5 8.6 1998
56 Zimbabwe 10.6 5.2 7.9 1990
57 Thailand 12.0 3.8 7.8 2002
58 Saint Lucia 10.4 5.0 7.7 2002
59 Belize 13.4 1.6 7.6 2001
60 Ecuador 10.4 4.0 7.2 2005
61 Nicaragua 11.1 3.3 7.2 2005
62 Salvador 10.3 3.5 6.9 2005
63 Macedonia 9.5 4.0 6.8 2003
64 United Kingdom 10.4 3.2 6.8 2005
65 Costa Rica 10.6 1.9 6.3 2005
66 Panama 11.1 1.4 6.3 2003
67 Israel 10.4 2.1 6.2 2003
68 Puerto Rico 10.9 1.8 6.2 2002
69 Spain 9.6 3.0 6.1 2007
70 Malta 7.0 4.9 6.0 2004
71 Colombia 8.9 2.6 5.7 1999
72 Uzbekistan 8.1 3.0 5.5 2003
73 Italy 8.4 2.3 5.2 2007
74 Venezuela 8.4 1.8 5.1 2002
75 Cyprus 7.0 1.7 4.3 2008
76 Brazil 6.8 1.9 4.3 2002
77 Mexico 7.0 1.4 4.1 2005
78 Turkey 5.36 2.50 3.94 2008
79 Albania 4.7 3.3 4.0 2003
80 Bahamas 6.0 1.3 3.6 2000
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.8 0.0 3.4 2003
82 Bahrain 4.9 0.5 3.1 1988
83 Paraguay 4.5 1.6 3.1 2003
84 Greece 4.8 1.0 2.8 2008
85 Tajikistan 2.9 2.3 2.6 2001
86 Georgia 3.4 1.1 2.2 2001
87 Guatemala 3.4 0.9 2.1 2003
88 Philippines 2.5 1.7 2.1 1993
89 Kuwait 2.5 1.4 2.0 2002
90 Armenia 3.2 0.5 1.8 2003
91 a href = "Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg" class = "image" title = "Dominican Republic"> Dominican Republic 2.9 0.6 1.8 2001
92 Azerbaijan 1.8 0.5 1.1 2002
93 Peru 1.1 0.6 0.9 2000
94 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 1.8 0.9 1987
95 Barbados 1.4 0.0 0.7 2001
96 Iran 0.3 0.1 0.2 1991
97 Jamaica 0.3 0.0 0.1 1990
98 Syria 0.2 0.0 0.1 1985
99 Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.0 1987
100 Honduras 0.0 0.0 0.0 1978
101 Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0 1979
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
103 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995
104 Haiti 0.0 0.0 0.0 2003
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Suicide rate in Lithuania (WHO)
UNLESS OTHERWISE Stated all statistics are from WHO: Country reports and charts available , WHO website - Mental Health, World Health Organization, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-09-16
^{a , b , c , d , e , f , g , h , i , j , k and the} Death Due To Suicide , Eurostat, European Commission, 2009. Retrieved on 2010-01-10
Only the combined rate for Both genders est disponible for 1996. Full statistics for Both genders Were last available for 1991 When The spleen WAS men: 44.6, women: 16.8
Death Due To Suicide , IVZ / STAT Stat.si, 2009. Retrieved on 2010-01-28
This data is for urban areas "only. There Is no recent data available for The Whole of South Africa Burrows, Stephanie; Lucie Laflamme: Suicide Mortality in South Africa , Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (February 2006). Retrieved on 2009-07-05.
http://socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/2008/sr08-health.pdf New Zealand Government Social Report 2008
Only the combined rate for Both genders est disponible for 1996. Full statistics for Both genders Were last available for 1985 When The spleen WAS men: 21.5, women: 3.7
The suicide rate varies Greatly Between the different Countries That Make Up the United Kingdom. In Scotland, Which Has Its Own Health System The suicide rate IS men: 24.9, women: 8.2, combined: 16.0 Scottish Public Health Observatory (see link to excel spreadsheet)
http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetay&ArticleID=986936&Date=22.03.2010&CategoryID=77
http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/index.html