This document presents suicide rates by gender for various countries based on data from 2010 or the latest available year. It shows the age-standardized suicide rates per 100,000 persons for women, men, and the total population for each country. In general, the suicide rates are higher for men than women in all countries listed, with the highest rates for men found in Korea, Russia, and Hungary and the lowest in South Africa.

1. OECD Factbook 2013: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics - © OECD 2012
Health status, SuicidesSuicide rates by gender
Version 1 - Last updated: 19/12/2012
Women Men Total
ZAF 0.40 1.30 0.80
GRC 0.90 5.60 3.20
MEX 1.50 8.50 4.80
BRA 2.30 9.00 5.40
ITA 2.50 9.80 5.90
ISR 2.80 9.90 6.20
ESP 2.70 10.50 6.30
GBR 3.00 10.50 6.70
NLD 5.40 13.30 9.20
PRT 4.20 15.80 9.30
AUS 4.80 16.70 10.60
DEU 5.10 17.30 10.80
IRL 4.60 17.40 11.00
CAN 5.10 17.30 11.10
NOR 6.70 15.90 11.20
LUX 5.20 17.60 11.30
SVK 3.20 20.70 11.30
DNK 6.10 18.00 11.60
SWE 6.10 17.50 11.70
ISL 4.60 18.70 11.80
USA 4.90 19.80 12.00
NZL 6.40 18.90 12.40
OECD 5.92 20.78 12.89
CHL 5.00 22.40 13.30
CZE 4.40 23.80 13.50
AUT 6.00 23.30 13.90
EST 5.00 29.30 15.80
POL 4.00 29.20 15.90
FRA 8.00 25.70 16.20
CHE 10.20 24.80 16.90
FIN 8.30 26.80 17.30
BEL 9.50 26.60 17.70
SVN 6.60 32.80 18.60
JPN 11.50 31.40 21.20
RUS 7.20 42.10 22.40
HUN 9.50 40.40 23.30
KOR 21.40 49.60 33.50
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