Malaysia 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).
  • Malaysia suicide rate for 2019 was 5.70, a 5.56% increase from 2018.
  • Malaysia suicide rate for 2018 was 5.40, a 0% increase from 2017.
  • Malaysia suicide rate for 2017 was 5.40, a 5.88% increase from 2016.
  • Malaysia suicide rate for 2016 was 5.10, a 6.25% increase from 2015.
Data Source: World Bank

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Guyana 40.30
Suriname 25.40
Russia 25.10
South Africa 23.50
Belarus 21.20
Montenegro 21.00
Kazakhstan 17.60
Botswana 16.10
Cuba 14.50
Samoa 12.60
Serbia 11.40
Bosnia 10.90
Romania 9.70
Namibia 9.70
Bulgaria 9.70
Mauritius 9.50
North Macedonia 9.40
Fiji 9.00
Thailand 8.80
Gabon 8.40
Costa Rica 8.10
China 8.10
St. Lucia 7.90
Equatorial Guinea 7.90
Ecuador 7.60
Belize 7.10
Brazil 6.90
Paraguay 6.00
Guatemala 5.90
Turkmenistan 5.70
Malaysia 5.70
Mexico 5.30
Iran 5.20
Dominican Republic 4.90
Libya 4.50
Albania 4.30
Azerbaijan 4.10
Colombia 3.90
Tonga 3.80
Iraq 3.60
Armenia 3.30
Peru 2.80
Lebanon 2.80
Maldives 2.70
Algeria 2.50
Jamaica 2.40
Turkey 2.40
Venezuela 2.10
Jordan 1.60
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Grenada 0.70
Malaysia Suicide Rate - Historical Data
Year Total Male Female
2019 5.70 8.90 2.30%
2018 5.40 8.50 2.30%
2017 5.40 8.30 2.20%
2016 5.10 7.80 2.20%
2015 4.80 7.30 2.20%
2014 4.60 7.00 2.10%
2013 4.40 6.60 2.10%
2012 4.60 6.90 2.10%
2011 4.60 6.90 2.10%
2010 4.50 6.80 2.10%
2009 4.60 7.00 2.10%
2008 4.50 6.80 2.10%
2007 4.40 6.60 2.10%
2006 4.50 6.70 2.10%
2005 4.60 6.90 2.10%
2004 4.70 7.00 2.20%
2003 4.70 7.00 2.20%
2002 4.50 6.70 2.10%
2001 4.50 6.70 2.10%
2000 4.70 7.00 2.30%