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

Suicide rate in Hungary (1950-2005), 1983: 45.3 suicides per 100,000 people, it was the second highest rate (after Lithuania, 1995: 45.6^[1]) in recorded human history

The following is a list of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization from 2008 in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate deaths officially recorded as suicides. 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. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.

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**Suicides per 100,000 people per year**^[2]
Country	Males	Females	Total pop.	Year
Lithuania	68.1	12.9	38.6	2005
Belarus	63.3	10.3	35.1	2003
Russia	53.9	9.5	30.1	2006
Slovenia	42.1	11.1	26.3	2006
Hungary	42.3	11.2	26.0	2005
Kazakhstan	45.0	8.1	25.9	2005
Latvia	42.0	9.6	24.5	2005
Japan See: Suicide in Japan	35.8	13.7	24.4	2007
Guyana	33.8	11.6	22.9	2005
Ukraine	40.9	7.0	22.6	2005
South Korea See: Suicide in South Korea	29.6	14.1	21.9	2006
Sri Lanka^[3]	N/A	N/A	21.6	1996
Belgium	31.2	11.4	21.1	1997
Estonia	35.5	7.3	20.3	2005
Finland	31.1	9.6	20.1	2005
Croatia	30.5	9.7	19.7	2005
Serbia and Montenegro	28.4	11.1	19.5	2006
Hong Kong	22.0	13.1	17.4	2005
Moldova	31.5	5.1	17.8	2006
France	26.4	9.2	17.6	2005
Switzerland	24.7	10.5	17.6	2005
Poland	27.8	4.6	15.8	2005
Austria	24.7	7.0	15.6	2006
Czech Republic	25.5	5.6	15.3	2005
Uruguay	24.5	6.4	15.1	2001
People's Republic of China	13.0	14.8	13.9	1999
Denmark	19.2	8.1	13.7	2001
Seychelles^[4]	N/A	N/A	13.2	1998
New Zealand^[5]	20.3	6.5	13.2	2008
Sweden	19.5	7.1	13.3	2002
Bulgaria	19.7	6.7	13.0	2004
Germany	19.7	6.6	13.0	2004
Trinidad and Tobago	20.9	4.9	12.8	2000
Slovakia	22.3	3.4	12.6	2005
Romania	21.5	4.0	12.5	2004
Cuba	18.6	6.2	12.4	2004
Suriname	17.8	6.4	12.1	2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.3	3.3	11.8	1991
Norway	15.7	7.4	11.6	2005
Canada	17.9	5.4	11.6	2005
Iceland	16.2	6.1	11.2	2005
Portugal	17.5	4.9	11.2	2003
United States	17.7	4.5	11.1	2005
Luxembourg	17.7	4.3	11.0	2005
Australia	17.1	4.7	10.9	2003
India	12.2	9.1	10.6	1998
Chile	17.8	3.1	10.4	2003
Singapore	12.9	7.7	10.3	2006
South Africa^[6]	25.3	5.6	N/A	2005
Ireland	16.3	3.2	9.7	2005
Netherlands	12.7	6.0	9.4	2004
Kyrgyzstan	15.3	3.2	9.2	2005
Argentina	14.1	3.5	8.7	2003
Turkmenistan	13.8	3.5	8.6	1998
Mauritius	13.2	3.8	8.5	2005
Zimbabwe	10.6	5.2	7.9	1990
Thailand	12.0	3.8	7.8	2002
Spain	12.0	3.8	7.8	2005
Saint Lucia	10.4	5.0	7.7	2002
Belize	13.4	1.6	7.6	2001
Ecuador	10.4	4.0	7.2	2005
Nicaragua	11.1	3.3	7.2	2005
Italy	11.0	3.4	7.1	2003
El Salvador	10.3	3.5	6.9	2005
Republic of Macedonia	9.5	4.0	6.8	2003
United Kingdom^[7]	10.4	3.2	6.8	2005
Costa Rica	10.6	1.9	6.3	2005
Panama	11.1	1.4	6.3	2003
Israel	10.4	2.1	6.2	2003
Puerto Rico	10.9	1.8	6.2	2002
Malta	7.0	4.9	6.0	2004
Colombia	8.9	2.6	5.7	1999
Uzbekistan	8.1	3.0	5.5	2003
Venezuela	8.4	1.8	5.1	2002
Brazil	6.8	1.9	4.3	2002
Mexico	7.0	1.4	4.1	2005
Albania ^[8]	4.7	3.3	4.0	2003
The Bahamas	6.0	1.3	3.6	2000
Greece	5.9	1.2	3.5	2006
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.8	0.0	3.4	2003
Bahrain	4.9	0.5	3.1	1988
Paraguay	4.5	1.6	3.1	2003
Tajikistan	2.9	2.3	2.6	2001
Georgia	3.4	1.1	2.2	2001
Guatemala	3.4	0.9	2.1	2003
Philippines	2.5	1.7	2.1	1993
Kuwait	2.5	1.4	2.0	2002
Armenia	3.2	0.5	1.8	2003
Dominican Republic	2.9	0.6	1.8	2001
Turkey	2.3	2.9	1.8	1995 ^[9]
Azerbaijan	1.8	0.5	1.1	2002
Peru	1.1	0.6	0.9	2000
São Tomé and Príncipe	0.0	1.8	0.9	1987
Barbados	1.4	0.0	0.7	2001
Iran	0.3	0.1	0.2	1991
Jamaica	0.3	0.0	0.1	1990
Syria	0.2	0.0	0.1	1985
Egypt	0.1	0.0	0.0	1987
Antigua and Barbuda	0.0	0.0	0.0	1995
Haiti	0.0	0.0	0.0	2003
Honduras	0.0	0.0	0.0	1978
Jordan	0.0	0.0	0.0	1979
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0	0.0	0.0	1995

[edit] References

^ Suicide rate in Lithuania (WHO)
^ "Country reports and charts available". WHO website - Mental health. World Health Organization. 2008. http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
^ Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1991 when the rate was men: 44.6, women: 16.8
^ Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1985 when the rate was men: 21.5, women: 3.7
^ http://www.socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/sr08-health.pdf New Zealand Government 2008 Social Report
^ This data is for urban areas only. There is no recent data available for the whole of South Africa Burrows, Stephanie; Lucie Laflamme (February 2006). "Suicide Mortality in South Africa". Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. http://www.springerlink.com/content/px7v1186u51k738w/. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
^ 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.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/index.html
^ http://lokman.cu.edu.tr/psikiyatri/derindex/kriz/1997/1/43.pdf

[edit] See also

List of OECD countries by suicide rate

[0] Suicide rate in Lithuania (WHO)

[1] "Country reports and charts available". WHO website - Mental health. World Health Organization. 2008. http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html. Retrieved 2008-09-16.

[2] Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1991 when the rate was men: 44.6, women: 16.8

[3] Only the combined rate for both genders is available for 1996. Full statistics for both genders were last available for 1985 when the rate was men: 21.5, women: 3.7

[4] ttp://www.socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/sr08-health.pdf New Zealand Government 2008 Social Report

[5] This data is for urban areas only. There is no recent data available for the whole of South Africa Burrows, Stephanie; Lucie Laflamme (February 2006). "Suicide Mortality in South Africa". Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. http://www.springerlink.com/content/px7v1186u51k738w/. Retrieved 2009-07-05.

[6] 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)

[7] ttp://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/index.html

[8] ttp://lokman.cu.edu.tr/psikiyatri/derindex/kriz/1997/1/43.pdf

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