Sub-Saharan Africa Suicide Rate 2000-2022
Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).
- Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2019 was 6.98, a 0.9% decline from 2018.
- Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2018 was 7.04, a 1.69% decline from 2017.
- Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2017 was 7.16, a 1.3% decline from 2016.
- Sub-Saharan Africa suicide rate for 2016 was 7.25, a 1.78% decline from 2015.
| Sub-Saharan Africa Suicide Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| 2019 |
6.98 |
10.64 |
3.32% |
| 2018 |
7.04 |
10.79 |
3.33% |
| 2017 |
7.16 |
10.96 |
3.39% |
| 2016 |
7.25 |
11.03 |
3.50% |
| 2015 |
7.39 |
11.21 |
3.57% |
| 2014 |
7.53 |
11.39 |
3.68% |
| 2013 |
7.72 |
11.66 |
3.79% |
| 2012 |
7.83 |
11.76 |
3.92% |
| 2011 |
7.99 |
11.83 |
4.13% |
| 2010 |
8.24 |
12.15 |
4.36% |
| 2009 |
8.48 |
12.45 |
4.54% |
| 2008 |
8.50 |
12.48 |
4.60% |
| 2007 |
8.41 |
12.36 |
4.53% |
| 2006 |
8.44 |
12.39 |
4.56% |
| 2005 |
8.54 |
12.52 |
4.58% |
| 2004 |
8.62 |
12.64 |
4.65% |
| 2003 |
8.77 |
12.84 |
4.73% |
| 2002 |
8.86 |
13.01 |
4.78% |
| 2001 |
8.99 |
13.20 |
4.84% |
| 2000 |
9.24 |
13.54 |
4.97% |
