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Female suicide rate
What this indicator measures
Number of suicide deaths among women in a year, per 100,000 women, age-adjusted to allow comparison between countries (WHO estimate).
How to read this?
A value of 5 means 5 suicide deaths per 100,000 women over the year.
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183countries with data
16 per 100,000maximum · Guyana
4.7 per 100,000median
0 per 100,000minimum · St. Vincent & Grenadines
2023data year(s)
In brief
Female suicide rate: across 183 countries and territories, values range from 0 per 100,000 (St. Vincent & Grenadines) to 16 per 100,000 (Guyana), with a world median of 4.7 per 100,000. Data: 2023. The top 10% of countries exceed 7.9 per 100,000, while the bottom 10% stay below 1.3 per 100,000. By continent, the median is highest in Africa (6.2 per 100,000) and lowest in North America (2.5 per 100,000).
Median by continent
- Africa 6.2 per 100,000 (51)
- Oceania 5.6 per 100,000 (10)
- Europe 5.3 per 100,000 (39)
- South America 3.8 per 100,000 (12)
- Asia 3 per 100,000 (46)
- North America 2.5 per 100,000 (22)
Why this indicator matters
Separating women from men shows that suicide risks are not the same by sex and vary from one country to another.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on mental health, violence experienced, family and economic situation, access to care and social norms.
Reading precautions
Suicide deaths are under-reported in some countries. Values are WHO estimates, age-adjusted. Small countries have less stable figures.
Full ranking
ranked from lowest to highest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 0 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 2e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 0.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 3e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 4e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 0.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 4e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 0.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 4e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 0.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 7e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 8e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 9e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 0.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 10e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 10e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 12e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 13e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 13e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 13e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 13e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 13e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 18e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 1.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 19e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 1.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 19e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 1.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 21e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 1.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 21e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 1.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 21e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 1.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 24e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 1.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 24e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 1.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 26e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 26e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 1.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 26e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 1.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 29e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 1.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 29e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 1.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 31e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 1.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 31e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 1.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 31e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 1.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 34e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 34e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 34e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 37e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 2.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 37e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 2.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 37e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 2.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 37e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 2.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 41e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 2.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 41e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 2.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 43e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 2.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 43e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 2.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 45e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 2.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 45e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 2.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 45e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 2.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 45e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 2.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 49e | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 2.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 49e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 2.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 51e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 2.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 51e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 2.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 53e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 53e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 2.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 55e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 2.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 55e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 2.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 55e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 2.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 58e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 58e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 58e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 61e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 3.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 62e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 3.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 62e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 3.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 62e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 3.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 65e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 3.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 65e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 3.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 65e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 3.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 65e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 3.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 65e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 3.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 70e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 3.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 71e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 3.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 72e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 3.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 72e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 3.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 72e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 3.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 75e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 3.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 75e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 3.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 75e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 3.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 78e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 3.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 78e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 78e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 3.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 78e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 3.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 82e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 3.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 82e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 3.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 84e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 84e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 86e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 4.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 87e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 4.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 87e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 4.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 89e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 4.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 90e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 4.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 90e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 4.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 92e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 4.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 92e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 4.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 92e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 4.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 92e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 4.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 92e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 4.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 97e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 4.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 98e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 4.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 98e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 4.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 98e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 4.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 98e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 4.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 98e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 4.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 103e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 104e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 5.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 105e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 5.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 106e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 5.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 106e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 5.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 106e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 5.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 109e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 5.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 109e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 5.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 111e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 5.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 111e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 5.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 113e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 5.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 114e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 5.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 114e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 5.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 116e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 5.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 116e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 5.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 116e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 5.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 116e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 5.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 116e | 🇺🇸 United States | 5.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 121e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 5.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 122e | 🇨🇳 China | 6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 122e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 122e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 122e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 122e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 127e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 6.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 127e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 6.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 127e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 6.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 130e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 6.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 130e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 6.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 130e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 6.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 130e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 6.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 130e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 6.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 135e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 6.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 135e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 6.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 135e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 6.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 135e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 6.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 139e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 6.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 139e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 6.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 141e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 6.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 141e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 6.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 143e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 6.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 144e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 6.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 144e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 6.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 146e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 6.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 146e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 6.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 148e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 148e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 148e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 151e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 7.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 151e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 7.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 151e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 7.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 154e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 7.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 155e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 7.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 156e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 7.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 156e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 7.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 156e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 7.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 156e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 7.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 160e | 🇫🇷 France | 7.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 161e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 7.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 161e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 7.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 161e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 7.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 164e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 7.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 165e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 7.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 166e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 167e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 8.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 168e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 8.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 169e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 8.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 170e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 8.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 171e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 9.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 171e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 9.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 173e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 10.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 173e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 10.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 175e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 10.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 176e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 11 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 177e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 11.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 178e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 11.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 178e | 🇮🇳 India | 11.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 180e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 12.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 181e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 13.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 182e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 13.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 183e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 16 per 100,000 | 2023 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Female suicide rate"?
The highest value is in Guyana, at 16 per 100,000 (2023).
Which country has the lowest value for "Female suicide rate"?
The lowest value is in St. Vincent & Grenadines, at 0 per 100,000 (2023).
What is the world median value of "Female suicide rate"?
The world median is 4.7 per 100,000, calculated across 183 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Female suicide rate" for France?
France scores 7.6 per 100,000 (2023), ranking 160 out of 183 countries (ranked from lowest to highest).
Where does the "Female suicide rate" data come from?
It comes from OMS – Global Health Observatory (taux de suicide standardisé selon l'âge). Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
Why present the sexes separately?
Because levels and causes differ. Looking at them separately helps better target prevention.
Are these figures comparable between countries?
They are age-adjusted, but the quality of death registration varies. Comparison therefore calls for caution.
Source and update
Source : OMS – Global Health Observatory (taux de suicide standardisé selon l'âge). Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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