Sierra Leone 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).
  • Sierra Leone suicide rate for 2019 was 6.70, a 1.52% increase from 2018.
  • Sierra Leone suicide rate for 2018 was 6.60, a 4.76% increase from 2017.
  • Sierra Leone suicide rate for 2017 was 6.30, a 1.61% increase from 2016.
  • Sierra Leone suicide rate for 2016 was 6.20, a 5.08% increase 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
Sierra Leone 6.70
Democratic Republic of Congo 6.70
Chad 6.40
Burundi 6.20
Senegal 6.00
Yemen 5.80
Rwanda 5.60
Madagascar 5.50
Ethiopia 5.40
Comoros 5.40
Malawi 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
Sierra Leone Suicide Rate - Historical Data
Year Total Male Female
2019 6.70 8.30 5.10%
2018 6.60 8.20 4.90%
2017 6.30 7.90 4.70%
2016 6.20 7.80 4.50%
2015 5.90 7.60 4.20%
2014 6.20 8.00 4.40%
2013 6.30 8.10 4.60%
2012 6.60 8.50 4.80%
2011 6.50 8.30 4.70%
2010 6.80 8.70 4.80%
2009 6.60 8.60 4.60%
2008 6.50 8.60 4.50%
2007 6.40 8.50 4.40%
2006 6.50 8.60 4.40%
2005 6.00 8.00 4.10%
2004 6.10 8.10 4.10%
2003 6.10 8.10 4.20%
2002 6.00 8.00 4.10%
2001 5.90 7.90 3.90%
2000 5.70 7.70 3.70%