Paraguay's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) was 4.69 in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 56.86% from 2.99 in 2011 (4.6% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.69 | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 3.05 | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.99 | 2011 |
| Highest | 4.69 | 2021 |
| Lowest | 2.41 | 2003 |
| Average since 2012 | 3.75 | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 2.48 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Paraguay's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) rose 0.92 on 2020 (from 3.77 to 4.69).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was +0.06 and a typical year strayed about 0.64 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 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 1.27 in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.11 in 2003. 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 upward, about 0.1 a year. A straight line explains 33% 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.
How it compares
In 2021, Paraguay had the 61st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 4.69 | 2021 |
| World | 5.91 | 2021 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 3.02 | 2021 |
| Upper middle income | 5.07 | 2021 |
Closest to Paraguay in the 2021 ranking
- Kiribati — 58th of 185: 4.81
- Rwanda — 59th of 185: 4.77
- Canada — 60th of 185: 4.75
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 62nd of 185: 4.68
- Trinidad and Tobago — 63rd of 185: 4.64
- Latvia — 64th of 185: 4.63
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, female (per 100,000 female population) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 3.77 |
| 2019 | 4.07 |
| 2018 | 4.01 |
| 2017 | 3.55 |
| 2016 | 3.05 |
| 2015 | 3.57 |
| 2014 | 4.21 |
| 2013 | 2.94 |
| 2012 | 3.64 |
| 2011 |
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 1.28 (2021)
- Argentina — 3.37 (2021)
- Bahamas, The — 0.83 (2021)
- Barbados — 1.04 (2021)
- Belize — 1.48 (2021)
- Bolivia — 2.35 (2021)
- Brazil — 3.9 (2021)
- Chile — 3.14 (2021)
- Colombia — 2.09 (2021)
More health data for Paraguay
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.39% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 9.79% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 972,297 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 27.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.02 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 28.94% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 1.99 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 28.37% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.48% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Paraguay's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)?
- 4.69 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 89.11% from 2.48 in 2000 (3.08% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.69 in 2021 and the lowest 2.41 in 2003.
- How does Paraguay rank?
- 61st highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) unusual for Paraguay?
- In 2021, Paraguay's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) rose 0.92 on 2020 (from 3.77 to 4.69). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was +0.06 and a typical year strayed about 0.64 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above 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.FE.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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