South Africa Suicide Rate 2000-2024

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

South Africa suicide rate for 2019 was 23.50, a 2.49% decline from 2018.
South Africa suicide rate for 2018 was 24.10, a 4.37% decline from 2017.
South Africa suicide rate for 2017 was 25.20, a 3.28% increase from 2016.
South Africa suicide rate for 2016 was 24.40, a 0.41% decline from 2015.

Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name	Total
Guyana	40.30
Suriname	25.40
Russia	25.10
South Africa	23.50
Belarus	21.20
Montenegro	21.00
Kazakhstan	17.60
Botswana	16.10
Cuba	14.50
Samoa	12.60
Serbia	11.40
Bosnia	10.90
Namibia	9.70
Bulgaria	9.70
Romania	9.70
Mauritius	9.50
North Macedonia	9.40
Fiji	9.00
Thailand	8.80
Gabon	8.40
Costa Rica	8.10
China	8.10
St. Lucia	7.90
Equatorial Guinea	7.90
Ecuador	7.60
Belize	7.10
Brazil	6.90
Paraguay	6.00
Guatemala	5.90
Turkmenistan	5.70
Malaysia	5.70
Mexico	5.30
Iran	5.20
Dominican Republic	4.90
Libya	4.50
Albania	4.30
Azerbaijan	4.10
Colombia	3.90
Tonga	3.80
Iraq	3.60
Armenia	3.30
Peru	2.80
Lebanon	2.80
Maldives	2.70
Algeria	2.50
Turkey	2.40
Jamaica	2.40
Venezuela	2.10
Jordan	1.60
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.00
Grenada	0.70

South Africa Suicide Rate - Historical Data
Year	Total	Male	Female
2019	23.50	37.60	9.80%
2018	24.10	39.00	9.70%
2017	25.20	40.80	10.00%
2016	24.40	39.20	10.10%
2015	24.50	39.50	9.90%
2014	24.10	38.70	9.80%
2013	23.70	38.10	9.70%
2012	22.90	36.00	10.10%
2011	22.40	34.10	11.00%
2010	24.60	37.30	12.30%
2009	26.70	40.90	13.00%
2008	26.70	40.90	12.90%
2007	24.60	38.00	11.50%
2006	23.60	36.60	10.90%
2005	24.40	37.50	11.50%
2004	24.60	37.70	11.90%
2003	25.10	38.50	12.10%
2002	24.30	37.60	11.30%
2001	23.00	36.20	10.20%
2000	22.40	35.50	9.70%