Lao PDR 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).
  • Lao PDR suicide rate for 2019 was 5.40, a 3.57% decline from 2018.
  • Lao PDR suicide rate for 2018 was 5.60, a 0% increase from 2017.
  • Lao PDR suicide rate for 2017 was 5.60, a 0% increase from 2016.
  • Lao PDR suicide rate for 2016 was 5.60, a 0% increase 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
Solomon Islands 14.70
Moldova 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
El Salvador 6.10
Angola 6.10
Kenya 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
Lao PDR Suicide Rate - Historical Data
Year Total Male Female
2019 5.40 7.60 3.20%
2018 5.60 7.90 3.30%
2017 5.60 7.90 3.40%
2016 5.60 7.70 3.40%
2015 5.60 7.70 3.50%
2014 5.50 7.50 3.50%
2013 5.70 7.70 3.70%
2012 5.70 7.60 3.80%
2011 5.90 7.80 4.10%
2010 6.00 7.80 4.20%
2009 6.10 8.00 4.30%
2008 6.30 8.10 4.50%
2007 6.30 8.10 4.60%
2006 6.40 8.10 4.80%
2005 6.50 8.10 5.00%
2004 6.50 8.00 5.00%
2003 6.50 7.90 5.20%
2002 6.70 8.00 5.40%
2001 6.90 8.20 5.60%
2000 6.90 8.20 5.60%