Malawi 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).
  • Malawi suicide rate for 2019 was 5.40, a 3.57% decline from 2018.
  • Malawi suicide rate for 2018 was 5.60, a 5.08% decline from 2017.
  • Malawi suicide rate for 2017 was 5.90, a 3.28% decline from 2016.
  • Malawi suicide rate for 2016 was 6.10, a 1.61% decline from 2015.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Total
Zimbabwe 14.10
Mozambique 13.60
Central African Republic 12.30
Eritrea 10.90
Haiti 9.60
North Korea 9.40
Nepal 9.00
Togo 8.80
Somalia 7.90
Benin 7.80
Burkina Faso 7.50
Guinea-Bissau 7.00
Guinea 7.00
Democratic Republic of Congo 6.70
Sierra Leone 6.70
Chad 6.40
Burundi 6.20
Senegal 6.00
Yemen 5.80
Rwanda 5.60
Madagascar 5.50
Comoros 5.40
Malawi 5.40
Ethiopia 5.40
Niger 5.30
Gambia 4.80
Uganda 4.60
Liberia 4.50
Tanzania 4.30
Tajikistan 4.30
Afghanistan 4.10
Mali 4.10
South Sudan 3.90
Syrian Arab Republic 2.00
Malawi Suicide Rate - Historical Data
Year Total Male Female
2019 5.40 9.20 1.70%
2018 5.60 9.50 1.80%
2017 5.90 9.80 2.00%
2016 6.10 10.20 2.10%
2015 6.20 10.30 2.20%
2014 6.30 10.40 2.20%
2013 6.40 10.60 2.40%
2012 6.80 10.90 2.80%
2011 7.30 11.30 3.30%
2010 8.20 12.40 4.00%
2009 8.00 12.20 4.00%
2008 7.60 11.60 3.80%
2007 7.80 11.80 3.80%
2006 7.50 11.60 3.50%
2005 7.20 11.50 3.10%
2004 7.80 12.20 3.40%
2003 8.20 12.80 3.70%
2002 8.80 13.70 4.10%
2001 9.80 15.00 4.70%
2000 10.80 16.40 5.30%