Barbados's suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) was 3.5 in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 18.41% from 4.29 in 2011 (2.01% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.5 | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 4.45 | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.29 | 2011 |
| Highest | 5.2 | 2000 |
| Lowest | 3.5 | 2021 |
| Average since 2012 | 4.13 | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 5.2 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Barbados' suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) fell 0.64 on 2020 (from 4.14 to 3.5).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was −0.05 and a typical year strayed about 0.38 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.66 in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.66 in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Barbados had the 148th highest value of the 185 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Barbados | 3.5 | 2021 |
| World | 9.13 | 2021 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 6.88 | 2021 |
| High income | 14.29 | 2021 |
Closest to Barbados in the 2021 ranking
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 145th of 185: 4.07
- Afghanistan — 146th of 185: 3.6
- Timor-Leste — 147th of 185: 3.56
- Philippines — 149th of 185: 3.49
- Panama — 150th of 185: 3.29
- Bahamas, The — 151st of 185: 3.25
What this measures
Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).
Limitations: Due to changes in input data and methods, the revisions of the data are not comparable to previously published estimates.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 4.14 |
| 2019 | 4.8 |
| 2018 | 4.14 |
| 2017 | 3.9 |
| 2016 | 4.45 |
| 2015 | 4.05 |
| 2014 | 4.29 |
| 2013 | 4.13 |
| 2012 | 3.91 |
| 2011 |
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 1.46 (2021)
- Argentina — 7.94 (2021)
- Bahamas, The — 3.25 (2021)
- Belize — 4.18 (2021)
- Bolivia — 4.2 (2021)
- Brazil — 7.59 (2021)
- Chile — 7.69 (2021)
- Colombia — 4.96 (2021)
- Costa Rica — 8.06 (2021)
- Cuba — 13.79 (2021)
More health data for Barbados
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.23% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.86% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 23,719 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.12% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 24,507 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 18.08% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 48,226 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 17.06% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.35% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Barbados's suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)?
- 3.5 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 32.69% from 5.2 in 2000 (1.87% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5.2 in 2000 and the lowest 3.5 in 2021.
- How does Barbados rank?
- 148th highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) unusual for Barbados?
- In 2021, Barbados' suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) fell 0.64 on 2020 (from 4.14 to 3.5). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was −0.05 and a typical year strayed about 0.38 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.SUIC.P5, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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