Suicide rates worldwide by country income group 2012

This statistic shows estimated age-standardized suicide rates worldwide in 2012, sorted by income group as defined by the World Health Organization for its member states. For that year, the WHO estimated that there were around 11.4 suicides per every 100 thousand population worldwide. More than 80 percent of all suicides globally were conducted in poorer member states.

Estimated suicide rates worldwide in 2012, by country income group (per 100,000 population)*

Income group of countries	Suicides per 100,000 population
LMICs in South-East Asia	17.7
All high-income member states	12.7
LMICs in Europe	12
Global	11.4
All low- and middle-income (LMIC) member states	11.2
LMICs in Africa	10
LMICs in Western Pacific	7.5
LMICs in Eastern Mediterranean	6.4
LMICs in the Americas	6.1

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Release date

September 2014

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2012

Special properties

age-standardized

Supplementary notes

* Income groups as defined by the WHO. * Rates are standardized to the WHO World Standard Population, which adjusts for differences in age structure, facilitating comparisons between regions and over time.

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