Suriname's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) was 14.03 in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 26.51% from 11.09 in 2011 (2.38% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.03 | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 13.3 | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 11.09 | 2011 |
| Highest | 14.03 | 2021 |
| Lowest | 9.76 | 2003 |
| Average since 2012 | 12.8 | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 9.83 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Suriname's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) rose 0.98 on 2020 (from 13.05 to 14.03).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was +0.16 and a typical year strayed about 0.35 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.98 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.46 in 2019. 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 0.17 a year. A straight line explains 57% 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, Suriname had the 3rd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 14.03 | 2021 |
| World | 5.91 | 2021 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 3.02 | 2021 |
| Upper middle income | 5.07 | 2021 |
Closest to Suriname in the 2021 ranking
- Korea, Rep. — 1st of 185: 16.94
- Lesotho — 2nd of 185: 16.63
- Zimbabwe — 4th of 185: 11.71
- Japan — 5th of 185: 11.54
- India — 6th of 185: 11.23
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 | 14.03 |
| 2020 | 13.05 |
| 2019 | 12.47 |
| 2018 | 12.93 |
| 2017 | 13.02 |
| 2016 | 13.3 |
| 2015 | 13.07 |
| 2014 | 12.45 |
| 2013 | 12.15 |
| 2012 | 11.51 |
| 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 Suriname
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 8.18% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 79,635 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 24.86% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 82,486 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 25.82% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 162,121 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 25.34% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.2% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Suriname's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)?
- 14.03 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 42.73% from 9.83 in 2000 (1.71% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 14.03 in 2021 and the lowest 9.76 in 2003.
- How does Suriname rank?
- 3rd highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) unusual for Suriname?
- In 2021, Suriname's suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) rose 0.98 on 2020 (from 13.05 to 14.03). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was +0.16 and a typical year strayed about 0.35 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
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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