Countries by Suicide Rate

Complete ranking of 185 countries • per 100,000 people • Updated 2026

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Lesotho leads all 185 countries in Suicide Rate per 100,000 People with a value of 28.66 per 100k, while Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks last at 0.41 per 100k. This represents a 70-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Suicide Rate per 100,000 People Measures

Suicide mortality rate per 100,000 people, from World Bank Open Data.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Suicide Rate per 100,000 People across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0.41 per 100k (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) to 28.66 per 100k (Lesotho) — a 70-fold difference across 185 countries.

Regional Patterns

The top 20 is globally diverse, with countries from 6 continents represented. No single region dominates, suggesting this metric is driven more by national conditions than by broad continental patterns.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 4.24 per 100k to 11.92 per 100k. The overall spread from 0.41 per 100k to 28.66 per 100k reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Lesotho and South Korea are separated by only 4%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Africa

Lesotho

28.66 per 100k

Asia

South Korea

27.53 per 100k

North America

Guyana

24.78 per 100k

South America

Uruguay

24.75 per 100k

Europe

Lithuania

22.12 per 100k

Oceania

Micronesia

19.76 per 100k

Highest Suicide Rate per 100,000 People

The 5 strongest Suicide Rate per 100,000 People reads.

Lesotho28.66 per 100k South Korea27.53 per 100k Eswatini27.23 per 100k Guyana24.78 per 100k Uruguay24.75 per 100k

Lowest Suicide Rate per 100,000 People

The 5 lowest Suicide Rate per 100,000 People reads.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.41 per 100k Syria0.59 per 100k Jordan0.60 per 100k Egypt0.63 per 100k Palestine0.65 per 100k

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 185 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stLesotho28.66 per 100k

2ndSouth Korea27.53 per 100k

3rdEswatini27.23 per 100k

4thGuyana24.78 per 100k

5thUruguay24.75 per 100k

6thSouth Africa22.3 per 100k

7thSuriname22.26 per 100k

8thLithuania22.12 per 100k

9thRussia21.37 per 100k

10thUkraine21.21 per 100k

Country Ladder

1stLesothoAfrica28.66 per 100k 2ndSouth KoreaAsia27.53 per 100k 3rdEswatiniAfrica27.23 per 100k 4thGuyanaNorth America24.78 per 100k 5thUruguaySouth America24.75 per 100k 6thSouth AfricaAfrica22.3 per 100k 7thSurinameNorth America22.26 per 100k 8thLithuaniaEurope22.12 per 100k 9thRussiaEurope21.37 per 100k 10thUkraineEurope21.21 per 100k 11thMicronesiaOceania19.76 per 100k 12thSolomon IslandsOceania19.6 per 100k 13thSloveniaEurope18.85 per 100k 14thMongoliaAsia18.5 per 100k 15thBelgiumEurope18.36 per 100k 16thKiribatiOceania17.47 per 100k 17thJapanAsia17.43 per 100k 18thZimbabweAfrica17.34 per 100k 19thThailandAsia16.59 per 100k 20thFranceEurope16.58 per 100k 21stHungaryEurope16.45 per 100k 22ndVanuatuOceania15.73 per 100k 23rdCroatiaEurope15.68 per 100k 24thUnited StatesNorth America15.63 per 100k 25thBelarusEurope15.61 per 100k 26thLatviaEurope15.21 per 100k 27thSerbiaEurope15.14 per 100k 28thEstoniaEurope14.94 per 100k 29thCabo VerdeAfrica14.9 per 100k 30thSri LankaAsia14.74 per 100k 31stKazakhstanAsia14.6 per 100k 32ndFinlandEurope14.57 per 100k 33rdAustriaEurope14.51 per 100k 34thMoldovaEurope14.14 per 100k 35thSwitzerlandEurope14.02 per 100k 36thSwedenEurope13.84 per 100k 37thCubaNorth America13.79 per 100k 38thPolandEurope13.67 per 100k 39thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America13.34 per 100k 40thCzechiaEurope13.33 per 100k 41stEritreaAfrica13.23 per 100k 42ndNorwayEurope13.19 per 100k 43rdAustraliaOceania13.08 per 100k 44thGermanyEurope12.9 per 100k 45thIndiaAsia12.56 per 100k 46thSamoaOceania12 per 100k 47thNew ZealandOceania11.92 per 100k 48thIcelandEurope11.91 per 100k 49thPortugalEurope11.52 per 100k 50thNetherlandsEurope11.5 per 100k 51stMontenegroEurope11.31 per 100k 52ndMozambiqueAfrica10.61 per 100k 53rdMauritiusAfrica10.52 per 100k 54thDenmarkEurope10.46 per 100k 55thNepalAsia10.14 per 100k 56thSlovakiaEurope9.9 per 100k 57thRomaniaEurope9.6 per 100k 58thUnited KingdomEurope9.6 per 100k 59thBulgariaEurope9.5 per 100k 60thCanadaNorth America9.4 per 100k 61stTogoAfrica9.3 per 100k 62ndNorth KoreaAsia9.3 per 100k 63rdCentral African RepublicAfrica9.2 per 100k 64thBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope9.0 per 100k 65thChinaAsia8.9 per 100k 66thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica8.8 per 100k 67thSpainEurope8.7 per 100k 68thRwandaAfrica8.7 per 100k 69thVenezuelaNorth America8.6 per 100k 70thNamibiaAfrica8.6 per 100k 71stIrelandEurope8.6 per 100k 72ndBurkina FasoAfrica8.5 per 100k 73rdCameroonAfrica8.5 per 100k 74thBotswanaAfrica8.3 per 100k 75thUzbekistanAsia8.3 per 100k 76thFijiOceania8.3 per 100k 77thLuxembourgEurope8.2 per 100k 78thAngolaAfrica8.1 per 100k 79thSingaporeAsia8.1 per 100k 80thCosta RicaNorth America8.1 per 100k 81stDjiboutiAfrica8.0 per 100k 82ndSomaliaAfrica8.0 per 100k 83rdArgentinaSouth America7.9 per 100k 84thSouth SudanAfrica7.9 per 100k 85thHaitiNorth America7.8 per 100k 86thChileSouth America7.7 per 100k 87thGuinea-BissauAfrica7.7 per 100k 88thBurundiAfrica7.7 per 100k 89thEl SalvadorNorth America7.6 per 100k 90thBrazilSouth America7.6 per 100k 91stMalawiAfrica7.6 per 100k 92ndEcuadorSouth America7.6 per 100k 93rdCôte d'IvoireAfrica7.4 per 100k 94thGabonAfrica7.3 per 100k 95thVietnamAsia7.3 per 100k 96thZambiaAfrica7.1 per 100k 97thBeninAfrica7.1 per 100k 98thEquatorial GuineaAfrica7.0 per 100k 99thItalyEurope7.0 per 100k 100thMexicoNorth America7.0 per 100k 101stTurkmenistanAsia6.8 per 100k 102ndKyrgyzstanAsia6.8 per 100k 103rdSenegalAfrica6.8 per 100k 104thCongoAfrica6.7 per 100k 105thMaltaEurope6.5 per 100k 106thParaguaySouth America6.4 per 100k 107thSierra LeoneAfrica6.1 per 100k 108thMadagascarAfrica6.1 per 100k 109thEthiopiaAfrica6.1 per 100k 110thComorosAfrica6.0 per 100k 111stLiberiaAfrica6.0 per 100k 112ndNorth MacedoniaEurope5.8 per 100k 113rdMalaysiaAsia5.7 per 100k 114thPakistanAsia5.6 per 100k 115thUgandaAfrica5.5 per 100k 116thPuerto RicoNorth America5.4 per 100k 117thGhanaAfrica5.3 per 100k 118thSaint LuciaNorth America5.3 per 100k 119thChadAfrica5.2 per 100k 120thGeorgiaEurope5.1 per 100k 121stTanzaniaAfrica5.1 per 100k 122ndLibyaAfrica5.0 per 100k 123rdNigeriaAfrica5.0 per 100k 124thColombiaNorth America5.0 per 100k 125thGuatemalaNorth America4.9 per 100k 126thBhutanAsia4.9 per 100k 127thGuineaAfrica4.8 per 100k 128thGambiaAfrica4.8 per 100k 129thTongaOceania4.7 per 100k 130thQatarAsia4.7 per 100k 131stGreeceEurope4.7 per 100k 132ndBahrainAsia4.7 per 100k 133rdKenyaAfrica4.6 per 100k 134thLaosAsia4.6 per 100k 135thCambodiaAsia4.5 per 100k 136thNigerAfrica4.5 per 100k 137thIsraelAsia4.4 per 100k 138thSeychellesAfrica4.3 per 100k 139thNicaraguaNorth America4.2 per 100k 140thYemenAsia4.2 per 100k 141stBoliviaSouth America4.2 per 100k 142ndDominican RepublicNorth America4.2 per 100k 143rdBelizeNorth America4.2 per 100k 144thMaliAfrica4.2 per 100k 145thIranAsia4.1 per 100k 146thAfghanistanAsia3.6 per 100k 147thTimor-LesteAsia3.6 per 100k 148thBarbadosNorth America3.5 per 100k 149thPhilippinesAsia3.5 per 100k 150thPanamaNorth America3.3 per 100k 151stBahamasNorth America3.3 per 100k 152ndSudanAfrica3.2 per 100k 153rdBruneiAsia3.0 per 100k 154thCyprusEurope3.0 per 100k 155thHondurasNorth America3.0 per 100k 156thIraqAsia3.0 per 100k 157thMoroccoAfrica2.9 per 100k 158thMyanmarAsia2.9 per 100k 159thBangladeshAsia2.8 per 100k 160thAlbaniaEurope2.8 per 100k 161stMauritaniaAfrica2.7 per 100k 162ndTurkeyEurope2.7 per 100k 163rdArmeniaEurope2.5 per 100k 164thTajikistanAsia2.4 per 100k 165thKuwaitAsia2.3 per 100k 166thAlgeriaAfrica2.2 per 100k 167thTunisiaAfrica1.8 per 100k 168thPapua New GuineaOceania1.8 per 100k 169thUnited Arab EmiratesAsia1.7 per 100k 170thJamaicaNorth America1.7 per 100k 171stAzerbaijanEurope1.6 per 100k 172ndPeruSouth America1.5 per 100k 173rdMaldivesAsia1.5 per 100k 174thAntigua and BarbudaNorth America1.5 per 100k 175thGrenadaNorth America1.3 per 100k 176thIndonesiaAsia1.2 per 100k 177thSaudi ArabiaAsia0.95 per 100k 178thOmanAsia0.91 per 100k 179thSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica0.86 per 100k 180thLebanonAsia0.70 per 100k 181stPalestineAsia0.65 per 100k 182ndEgyptAfrica0.63 per 100k 183rdJordanAsia0.60 per 100k 184thSyriaAsia0.59 per 100k 185thSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America0.41 per 100k

Suicide Rate ranking for 185 countries
				Percentile
1st	Lesotho	28.66 per 100k	Africa	100%
2nd	South Korea	27.53 per 100k	Asia	99%
3rd	Eswatini	27.23 per 100k	Africa	99%
4th	Guyana	24.78 per 100k	North America	98%
5th	Uruguay	24.75 per 100k	South America	98%
6th	South Africa	22.3 per 100k	Africa	97%
7th	Suriname	22.26 per 100k	North America	97%
8th	Lithuania	22.12 per 100k	Europe	96%
9th	Russia	21.37 per 100k	Europe	96%
10th	Ukraine	21.21 per 100k	Europe	95%
11th	Micronesia	19.76 per 100k	Oceania	95%
12th	Solomon Islands	19.6 per 100k	Oceania	94%
13th	Slovenia	18.85 per 100k	Europe	94%
14th	Mongolia	18.5 per 100k	Asia	93%
15th	Belgium	18.36 per 100k	Europe	92%
16th	Kiribati	17.47 per 100k	Oceania	92%
17th	Japan	17.43 per 100k	Asia	91%
18th	Zimbabwe	17.34 per 100k	Africa	91%
19th	Thailand	16.59 per 100k	Asia	90%
20th	France	16.58 per 100k	Europe	90%
21st	Hungary	16.45 per 100k	Europe	89%
22nd	Vanuatu	15.73 per 100k	Oceania	89%
23rd	Croatia	15.68 per 100k	Europe	88%
24th	United States	15.63 per 100k	North America	88%
25th	Belarus	15.61 per 100k	Europe	87%
26th	Latvia	15.21 per 100k	Europe	86%
27th	Serbia	15.14 per 100k	Europe	86%
28th	Estonia	14.94 per 100k	Europe	85%
29th	Cabo Verde	14.9 per 100k	Africa	85%
30th	Sri Lanka	14.74 per 100k	Asia	84%
31st	Kazakhstan	14.6 per 100k	Asia	84%
32nd	Finland	14.57 per 100k	Europe	83%
33rd	Austria	14.51 per 100k	Europe	83%
34th	Moldova	14.14 per 100k	Europe	82%
35th	Switzerland	14.02 per 100k	Europe	82%
36th	Sweden	13.84 per 100k	Europe	81%
37th	Cuba	13.79 per 100k	North America	81%
38th	Poland	13.67 per 100k	Europe	80%
39th	Trinidad and Tobago	13.34 per 100k	North America	79%
40th	Czechia	13.33 per 100k	Europe	79%
41st	Eritrea	13.23 per 100k	Africa	78%
42nd	Norway	13.19 per 100k	Europe	78%
43rd	Australia	13.08 per 100k	Oceania	77%
44th	Germany	12.9 per 100k	Europe	77%
45th	India	12.56 per 100k	Asia	76%
46th	Samoa	12 per 100k	Oceania	76%
47th	New Zealand	11.92 per 100k	Oceania	75%
48th	Iceland	11.91 per 100k	Europe	75%
49th	Portugal	11.52 per 100k	Europe	74%
50th	Netherlands	11.5 per 100k	Europe	74%
51st	Montenegro	11.31 per 100k	Europe	73%
52nd	Mozambique	10.61 per 100k	Africa	72%
53rd	Mauritius	10.52 per 100k	Africa	72%
54th	Denmark	10.46 per 100k	Europe	71%
55th	Nepal	10.14 per 100k	Asia	71%
56th	Slovakia	9.9 per 100k	Europe	70%
57th	Romania	9.6 per 100k	Europe	70%
58th	United Kingdom	9.6 per 100k	Europe	69%
59th	Bulgaria	9.5 per 100k	Europe	69%
60th	Canada	9.4 per 100k	North America	68%
61st	Togo	9.3 per 100k	Africa	68%
62nd	North Korea	9.3 per 100k	Asia	67%
63rd	Central African Republic	9.2 per 100k	Africa	66%
64th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.0 per 100k	Europe	66%
65th	China	8.9 per 100k	Asia	65%
66th	Congo, Democratic Republic	8.8 per 100k	Africa	65%
67th	Spain	8.7 per 100k	Europe	64%
68th	Rwanda	8.7 per 100k	Africa	64%
69th	Venezuela	8.6 per 100k	North America	63%
70th	Namibia	8.6 per 100k	Africa	63%
71st	Ireland	8.6 per 100k	Europe	62%
72nd	Burkina Faso	8.5 per 100k	Africa	62%
73rd	Cameroon	8.5 per 100k	Africa	61%
74th	Botswana	8.3 per 100k	Africa	61%
75th	Uzbekistan	8.3 per 100k	Asia	60%
76th	Fiji	8.3 per 100k	Oceania	59%
77th	Luxembourg	8.2 per 100k	Europe	59%
78th	Angola	8.1 per 100k	Africa	58%
79th	Singapore	8.1 per 100k	Asia	58%
80th	Costa Rica	8.1 per 100k	North America	57%
81st	Djibouti	8.0 per 100k	Africa	57%
82nd	Somalia	8.0 per 100k	Africa	56%
83rd	Argentina	7.9 per 100k	South America	56%
84th	South Sudan	7.9 per 100k	Africa	55%
85th	Haiti	7.8 per 100k	North America	55%
86th	Chile	7.7 per 100k	South America	54%
87th	Guinea-Bissau	7.7 per 100k	Africa	54%
88th	Burundi	7.7 per 100k	Africa	53%
89th	El Salvador	7.6 per 100k	North America	52%
90th	Brazil	7.6 per 100k	South America	52%
91st	Malawi	7.6 per 100k	Africa	51%
92nd	Ecuador	7.6 per 100k	South America	51%
93rd	Côte d'Ivoire	7.4 per 100k	Africa	50%
94th	Gabon	7.3 per 100k	Africa	50%
95th	Vietnam	7.3 per 100k	Asia	49%
96th	Zambia	7.1 per 100k	Africa	49%
97th	Benin	7.1 per 100k	Africa	48%
98th	Equatorial Guinea	7.0 per 100k	Africa	48%
99th	Italy	7.0 per 100k	Europe	47%
100th	Mexico	7.0 per 100k	North America	46%
101st	Turkmenistan	6.8 per 100k	Asia	46%
102nd	Kyrgyzstan	6.8 per 100k	Asia	45%
103rd	Senegal	6.8 per 100k	Africa	45%
104th	Congo	6.7 per 100k	Africa	44%
105th	Malta	6.5 per 100k	Europe	44%
106th	Paraguay	6.4 per 100k	South America	43%
107th	Sierra Leone	6.1 per 100k	Africa	43%
108th	Madagascar	6.1 per 100k	Africa	42%
109th	Ethiopia	6.1 per 100k	Africa	42%
110th	Comoros	6.0 per 100k	Africa	41%
111st	Liberia	6.0 per 100k	Africa	41%
112nd	North Macedonia	5.8 per 100k	Europe	40%
113rd	Malaysia	5.7 per 100k	Asia	39%
114th	Pakistan	5.6 per 100k	Asia	39%
115th	Uganda	5.5 per 100k	Africa	38%
116th	Puerto Rico	5.4 per 100k	North America	38%
117th	Ghana	5.3 per 100k	Africa	37%
118th	Saint Lucia	5.3 per 100k	North America	37%
119th	Chad	5.2 per 100k	Africa	36%
120th	Georgia	5.1 per 100k	Europe	36%
121st	Tanzania	5.1 per 100k	Africa	35%
122nd	Libya	5.0 per 100k	Africa	35%
123rd	Nigeria	5.0 per 100k	Africa	34%
124th	Colombia	5.0 per 100k	North America	34%
125th	Guatemala	4.9 per 100k	North America	33%
126th	Bhutan	4.9 per 100k	Asia	32%
127th	Guinea	4.8 per 100k	Africa	32%
128th	Gambia	4.8 per 100k	Africa	31%
129th	Tonga	4.7 per 100k	Oceania	31%
130th	Qatar	4.7 per 100k	Asia	30%
131st	Greece	4.7 per 100k	Europe	30%
132nd	Bahrain	4.7 per 100k	Asia	29%
133rd	Kenya	4.6 per 100k	Africa	29%
134th	Laos	4.6 per 100k	Asia	28%
135th	Cambodia	4.5 per 100k	Asia	28%
136th	Niger	4.5 per 100k	Africa	27%
137th	Israel	4.4 per 100k	Asia	26%
138th	Seychelles	4.3 per 100k	Africa	26%
139th	Nicaragua	4.2 per 100k	North America	25%
140th	Yemen	4.2 per 100k	Asia	25%
141st	Bolivia	4.2 per 100k	South America	24%
142nd	Dominican Republic	4.2 per 100k	North America	24%
143rd	Belize	4.2 per 100k	North America	23%
144th	Mali	4.2 per 100k	Africa	23%
145th	Iran	4.1 per 100k	Asia	22%
146th	Afghanistan	3.6 per 100k	Asia	22%
147th	Timor-Leste	3.6 per 100k	Asia	21%
148th	Barbados	3.5 per 100k	North America	21%
149th	Philippines	3.5 per 100k	Asia	20%
150th	Panama	3.3 per 100k	North America	19%
151st	Bahamas	3.3 per 100k	North America	19%
152nd	Sudan	3.2 per 100k	Africa	18%
153rd	Brunei	3.0 per 100k	Asia	18%
154th	Cyprus	3.0 per 100k	Europe	17%
155th	Honduras	3.0 per 100k	North America	17%
156th	Iraq	3.0 per 100k	Asia	16%
157th	Morocco	2.9 per 100k	Africa	16%
158th	Myanmar	2.9 per 100k	Asia	15%
159th	Bangladesh	2.8 per 100k	Asia	15%
160th	Albania	2.8 per 100k	Europe	14%
161st	Mauritania	2.7 per 100k	Africa	14%
162nd	Turkey	2.7 per 100k	Europe	13%
163rd	Armenia	2.5 per 100k	Europe	12%
164th	Tajikistan	2.4 per 100k	Asia	12%
165th	Kuwait	2.3 per 100k	Asia	11%
166th	Algeria	2.2 per 100k	Africa	11%
167th	Tunisia	1.8 per 100k	Africa	10%
168th	Papua New Guinea	1.8 per 100k	Oceania	10%
169th	United Arab Emirates	1.7 per 100k	Asia	9%
170th	Jamaica	1.7 per 100k	North America	9%
171st	Azerbaijan	1.6 per 100k	Europe	8%
172nd	Peru	1.5 per 100k	South America	8%
173rd	Maldives	1.5 per 100k	Asia	7%
174th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.5 per 100k	North America	6%
175th	Grenada	1.3 per 100k	North America	6%
176th	Indonesia	1.2 per 100k	Asia	5%
177th	Saudi Arabia	0.95 per 100k	Asia	5%
178th	Oman	0.91 per 100k	Asia	4%
179th	Sao Tome and Principe	0.86 per 100k	Africa	4%
180th	Lebanon	0.70 per 100k	Asia	3%
181st	Palestine	0.65 per 100k	Asia	3%
182nd	Egypt	0.63 per 100k	Africa	2%
183rd	Jordan	0.60 per 100k	Asia	2%
184th	Syria	0.59 per 100k	Asia	1%
185th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.41 per 100k	North America	1%

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