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International Suicide Statistics Over one million people die by suicide worldwide each year. The global suicide rate is 16 per 100,000 population. On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds somewhere in the world. 1.8% of worldwide deaths are suicides. Global suicide rates have increased 60% in the past 45 years. Map of International Suicide Rates: International Suicide Rates (per 100,000 population/per year) Rank Country Males Females Total Year 1 Lithuania 70.1 14.0 40.2 2004 2 Belarus 63.3 10.3 35.1 2003 3 Russia 61.6 10.7 34.3 2004 4 Kazakhstan 51.0 8.9 29.2 2003 5 Hungary 44.9 12.0 27.7 2003 6 Guyana 42.5 12.1 27.2 2003 7 Slovenia 37.9 13.9 25.6 2004 8 Latvia 42.9 8.5 24.3 2004 9 Japan 35.6 12.8 24.0 2004 10 South Korea 32.5 15.0 23.8 2004 11 Ukraine 43.0 7.3 23.8 2004 12 People's Republic of China (selected rural areas) 20.4 24.7 22.5 1999 13 Sri Lanka N/A N/A 21.6 1996 14 Belgium 31.2 11.4 21.1 1997 15 Estonia 35.5 7.3 20.3 2005 16 Finland 31.7 9.4 20.3 2004 17 Croatia 30.2 9.8 19.6 2004 - Serbia and Montenegro 28.8 10.4 19.3 2002 - Hong Kong 25.2 12.4 18.6 2004 18 France 27.5 9.1 18.0 2003 19 Switzerland 23.7 11.3 17.4 2004 20 Austria 26.1 8.2 16.9 2005 21 Moldova 29.3 5.2 16.7 2004 22 Poland 27.9 4.6 15.9 2004 23 Czech Republic 25.9 5.7 15.5 2004 24 Uruguay 24.5 6.4 15.1 2001 25 Luxembourg 21.9 7.4 14.6 2004 26 People's Republic of China (selected rural and urban areas) 13.0 14.8 13.9 1999 27 Denmark 19.2 8.1 13.6 2001 28 Cuba 20.3 6.6 13.5 2004 29 Slovakia 23.6 3.6 13.3 2002 30 Seychelles N/A N/Ay 13.2 1998 31 Sweden 19.5 7.1 13.2 2002 32 Bulgaria 19.7 6.7 13.0 2004 33 Germany 19.7 6.6 13.0 2004 34 Trinidad and Tobago 20.9 4.9 12.8 2000 35 Romania 21.5 4.0 12.5 2004 36 Suriname 17.8 6.4 12.1 2000 37 Iceland 17.7 6.2 12.0 2004 38 New Zealand 19.8 4.2 11.9 2000 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.3 3.3 11.8 1991 40 Canada 18.3 5.0 11.6 2002 41 Norway 15.8 7.3 11.5 2004 42 Portugal 17.5 4.9 11.0 2003 43 United States 17.9 4.2 11.0 2002 44 Australia 17.1 4.7 10.8 2003 45 India 12.8 8.0 10.5 2002 46 Chile 17.8 3.1 10.4 2003 47 Singapore 12.5 7.6 10.1 2003 48 Ireland 16.3 3.2 9.7 2005 49 Netherlands 12.7 6.0 9.3 2004 50 Kyrgyzstan 15.0 3.0 8.9 2004 51 Argentina 14.1 3.5 8.7 2003 52 Turkmenistan 13.8 3.5 8.6 1998 53 Spain 12.6 3.9 8.2 2004 54 El Salvador 12.2 4.2 8.1 2003 55 Mauritius 12.7 3.6 8.1 2004 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 Nicaragua 11.0 3.7 7.3 2003 61 Italy 11.4 3.1 7.1 2002 62 United Kingdom 10.8 3.3 7.0 2004 63 Costa Rica 12.1 1.6 6.9 2004 64 Republic of Macedonia 9.5 4.0 6.8 2003 65 People's Republic of China 6.7 6.6 6.7 1999 66 Panama 11.1 1.4 6.3 2003 67 Israel 10.4 2.1 6.2 2003 - Puerto Rico 10.9 1.8 6.2 2002 68 Ecuador 8.6 3.7 6.1 2004 69 Malta 7.0 4.9 6.0 2004 70 Uzbekistan 8.1 3.0 5.5 2003 71 Colombia 8.2 2.4 5.3 1999 72 Venezuela 8.4 1.8 5.1 2002 73 Brazil 6.8 1.9 4.3 2002 74 Albania 4.7 3.3 4.0 2003 75 Mexico 6.7 1.3 4.0 2003 76 The Bahamas 6.0 1.3 3.6 2000 77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.8 0.0 3.4 2003 78 Greece 5.2 1.2 3.2 2004 79 Bahrain 4.9 0.5 3.1 1988 80 Paraguay 4.5 1.6 3.1 2003 81 Tajikistan 2.9 2.3 2.6 2001 82 Georgia 3.4 1.1 2.2 2001 83 Guatemala 3.4 0.9 2.1 2003 84 Philippines 2.5 1.7 2.1 1993 85 Kuwait 2.5 1.4 2.0 2002 86 Armenia 3.2 0.5 1.8 2003 87 Dominican Republic 2.9 0.6 1.8 2001 88 Azerbaijan 1.8 0.5 1.1 2002 89 Peru 1.1 0.6 0.9 2000 90 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.0 1.8 0.9 1987 91 Barbados 1.4 0.0 0.7 2001 92 Iran 0.3 0.1 0.2 1991 93 Jamaica 0.3 0.0 0.1 1990 94 Syria 0.2 0.0 0.1 1985 95 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995 96 Egypt 0.1 0.0 0.0 1987 97 Haiti 0.0 0.0 0.0 2003 98 Honduras 0.0 0.0 0.0 1978 99 Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0 1979 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.0 0.0 1995 Data Source: World Health Organization