High income: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, High income's suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) rose 0.24 on 2020 (from 14.05 to 14.29).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was −0.23 and a typical year strayed about 0.26 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations above 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 0.24 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.81 in 2006. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.27 a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 13.11 for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.17, against 0.53 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

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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

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 3.6 (2021)
• Algeria — 2.18 (2021)
• Bahrain — 4.66 (2021)
• Djibouti — 7.96 (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 0.63 (2021)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 4.07 (2021)
• Iraq — 2.97 (2021)
• Israel — 4.37 (2021)
• Jordan — 0.6 (2021)
• Kuwait — 2.31 (2021)

More health data for High income

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.51% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.81% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 107.33 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 14.98% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 112.94 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 15.97% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 220.27 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 15.47% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.05% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is High income's suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)?

14.29 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 23.8% from 18.75 in 2000 (1.29% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 18.75 in 2000 and the lowest 14.05 in 2020.

Is the latest change in suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) unusual for High income?

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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