Cameroon Suicide Rate 2000-2024

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).
  • Cameroon suicide rate for 2019 was 9.00, a 1.12% increase from 2018.
  • Cameroon suicide rate for 2018 was 8.90, a 1.11% decline from 2017.
  • Cameroon suicide rate for 2017 was 9.00, a 2.17% decline from 2016.
  • Cameroon suicide rate for 2016 was 9.20, a 3.16% decline from 2015.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Total
Lesotho 72.40
Eswatini 29.40
Kiribati 28.30
Micronesia 28.20
Ukraine 21.60
Vanuatu 18.00
Mongolia 17.90
Moldova 14.70
Solomon Islands 14.70
Sri Lanka 14.00
Cabo Verde 12.90
India 12.70
Djibouti 9.60
Georgia 9.20
Cameroon 9.00
Pakistan 8.90
Uzbekistan 8.00
Vietnam 7.50
Kyrgyz Republic 7.40
Zambia 7.30
Morocco 7.20
Ghana 6.60
Republic of Congo 6.50
Bolivia 6.20
Angola 6.10
Kenya 6.10
El Salvador 6.10
Lao PDR 5.40
Cambodia 4.90
Bhutan 4.60
Nicaragua 4.40
Sudan 3.80
Timor-Leste 3.70
Bangladesh 3.70
Nigeria 3.50
Tunisia 3.30
Mauritania 3.10
Egypt 3.00
Papua New Guinea 3.00
Myanmar 2.90
Indonesia 2.40
Philippines 2.20
Honduras 2.10
Sao Tome and Principe 1.50
Cameroon Suicide Rate - Historical Data
Year Total Male Female
2019 9.00 13.60 4.40%
2018 8.90 13.50 4.30%
2017 9.00 13.70 4.30%
2016 9.20 13.90 4.50%
2015 9.50 14.10 4.80%
2014 10.00 14.80 5.20%
2013 10.40 15.50 5.30%
2012 10.60 16.20 5.00%
2011 10.80 16.20 5.40%
2010 10.80 16.10 5.50%
2009 11.10 16.50 5.70%
2008 11.20 16.70 5.70%
2007 11.40 17.00 5.80%
2006 11.70 17.30 6.20%
2005 11.40 16.80 6.10%
2004 10.70 15.70 5.60%
2003 10.80 15.80 5.70%
2002 10.60 15.60 5.70%
2001 10.80 15.90 5.90%
2000 10.70 15.60 5.80%