Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Lesotho 72.40 2019
2 Eswatini 29.40 2019
3 South Africa 23.50 2019
4 Botswana 16.10 2019
5 Zimbabwe 14.10 2019
6 Mozambique 13.60 2019
7 Cabo Verde 12.90 2019
8 Central African Republic 12.30 2019
9 Eritrea 10.90 2019
10 Namibia 9.70 2019
11 Djibouti 9.60 2019
12 Mauritius 9.50 2019
13 Cameroon 9.00 2019
14 Côte d'Ivoire 8.90 2019
15 Togo 8.80 2019
16 Gabon 8.40 2019
17 Seychelles 8.10 2019
18 Somalia 7.90 2019
18 Equatorial Guinea 7.90 2019
20 Benin 7.80 2019
21 Burkina Faso 7.50 2019
22 Zambia 7.30 2019
23 Morocco 7.20 2019
24 Guinea 7.00 2019
24 Guinea-Bissau 7.00 2019
26 Dem. Rep. Congo 6.70 2019
26 Sierra Leone 6.70 2019
28 Ghana 6.60 2019
29 Congo 6.50 2019
30 Chad 6.40 2019
31 Burundi 6.20 2019
32 Angola 6.10 2019
32 Kenya 6.10 2019
34 Senegal 6.00 2019
35 Rwanda 5.60 2019
36 Madagascar 5.50 2019
37 Malawi 5.40 2019
37 Comoros 5.40 2019
37 Ethiopia 5.40 2019
40 Niger 5.30 2019
41 The Gambia 4.80 2019
42 Uganda 4.60 2019
43 Liberia 4.50 2019
43 Libya 4.50 2019
45 Tanzania 4.30 2019
46 Mali 4.10 2019
47 Sudan 3.80 2019
48 Nigeria 3.50 2019
49 Tunisia 3.30 2019
50 Mauritania 3.10 2019
51 Egypt 3.00 2019
52 Algeria 2.50 2019
53 São Tomé and Principe 1.50 2019

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual