Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 72.40 | 2019 |
| 2 | Eswatini | 29.40 | 2019 |
| 3 | South Africa | 23.50 | 2019 |
| 4 | Botswana | 16.10 | 2019 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 14.10 | 2019 |
| 6 | Mozambique | 13.60 | 2019 |
| 7 | Cabo Verde | 12.90 | 2019 |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 12.30 | 2019 |
| 9 | Eritrea | 10.90 | 2019 |
| 10 | Namibia | 9.70 | 2019 |
| 11 | Djibouti | 9.60 | 2019 |
| 12 | Mauritius | 9.50 | 2019 |
| 13 | Cameroon | 9.00 | 2019 |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.90 | 2019 |
| 15 | Togo | 8.80 | 2019 |
| 16 | Gabon | 8.40 | 2019 |
| 17 | Seychelles | 8.10 | 2019 |
| 18 | Somalia | 7.90 | 2019 |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.90 | 2019 |
| 20 | Benin | 7.80 | 2019 |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 7.50 | 2019 |
| 22 | Zambia | 7.30 | 2019 |
| 23 | Morocco | 7.20 | 2019 |
| 24 | Guinea | 7.00 | 2019 |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.00 | 2019 |
| 26 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 6.70 | 2019 |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 6.70 | 2019 |
| 28 | Ghana | 6.60 | 2019 |
| 29 | Congo | 6.50 | 2019 |
| 30 | Chad | 6.40 | 2019 |
| 31 | Burundi | 6.20 | 2019 |
| 32 | Angola | 6.10 | 2019 |
| 32 | Kenya | 6.10 | 2019 |
| 34 | Senegal | 6.00 | 2019 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 5.60 | 2019 |
| 36 | Madagascar | 5.50 | 2019 |
| 37 | Malawi | 5.40 | 2019 |
| 37 | Comoros | 5.40 | 2019 |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 5.40 | 2019 |
| 40 | Niger | 5.30 | 2019 |
| 41 | The Gambia | 4.80 | 2019 |
| 42 | Uganda | 4.60 | 2019 |
| 43 | Liberia | 4.50 | 2019 |
| 43 | Libya | 4.50 | 2019 |
| 45 | Tanzania | 4.30 | 2019 |
| 46 | Mali | 4.10 | 2019 |
| 47 | Sudan | 3.80 | 2019 |
| 48 | Nigeria | 3.50 | 2019 |
| 49 | Tunisia | 3.30 | 2019 |
| 50 | Mauritania | 3.10 | 2019 |
| 51 | Egypt | 3.00 | 2019 |
| 52 | Algeria | 2.50 | 2019 |
| 53 | São Tomé and Principe | 1.50 | 2019 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
