Sub-Saharan Africa Suicide Rate

Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2021 was 7.30, a 5.04% increase from 2020.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2020 was 6.95, a 1.06% decline from 2019.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2019 was 7.03, a 0.52% increase from 2018.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2018 was 6.99, a 2.7% increase from 2017.
Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).