India 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).
  • India suicide rate for 2019 was 12.70, a 0.79% increase from 2018.
  • India suicide rate for 2018 was 12.60, a 5% increase from 2017.
  • India suicide rate for 2017 was 12.00, a 0.83% decline from 2016.
  • India suicide rate for 2016 was 12.10, a 1.63% decline from 2015.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Total
Lesotho 72.40
Eswatini 29.40
Kiribati 28.30
Micronesia 28.20
Ukraine 21.60
Vanuatu 18.00
Mongolia 17.90
Solomon Islands 14.70
Moldova 14.70
Sri Lanka 14.00
Cabo Verde 12.90
India 12.70
Djibouti 9.60
Georgia 9.20
Cameroon 9.00
Pakistan 8.90
Uzbekistan 8.00
Vietnam 7.50
Kyrgyz Republic 7.40
Zambia 7.30
Morocco 7.20
Ghana 6.60
Republic of Congo 6.50
Bolivia 6.20
El Salvador 6.10
Angola 6.10
Kenya 6.10
Lao PDR 5.40
Cambodia 4.90
Bhutan 4.60
Nicaragua 4.40
Sudan 3.80
Bangladesh 3.70
Timor-Leste 3.70
Nigeria 3.50
Tunisia 3.30
Mauritania 3.10
Egypt 3.00
Papua New Guinea 3.00
Myanmar 2.90
Indonesia 2.40
Philippines 2.20
Honduras 2.10
Sao Tome and Principe 1.50
India Suicide Rate - Historical Data
Year Total Male Female
2019 12.70 14.10 11.10%
2018 12.60 14.00 11.00%
2017 12.00 13.40 10.50%
2016 12.10 13.40 10.60%
2015 12.30 13.70 10.80%
2014 12.80 14.40 11.00%
2013 13.70 15.50 11.80%
2012 14.30 16.20 12.20%
2011 14.70 16.30 12.80%
2010 14.60 16.30 12.90%
2009 14.50 16.50 12.40%
2008 15.10 17.30 12.60%
2007 15.30 17.40 12.90%
2006 15.60 17.60 13.50%
2005 15.50 17.10 13.70%
2004 15.20 16.60 13.60%
2003 15.30 16.60 14.00%
2002 16.10 17.10 15.00%
2001 16.60 17.20 15.90%
2000 17.00 17.50 16.40%