Death due to suicide, by gender

Standardised death rate by 100 000 inhabitants

Death rate of a population adjusted to a standard age distribution. As most causes of death vary significantly with people's age and sex, the use of standardised death rates improves comparability over time and between countries, as they aim at measuring death rates independently of different age structures of populations. The standardised death rates used here are calculated on the basis of a standard European population (defined by the World Health Organization). Detailed data for 65 causes of death are available in the database (under the heading 'Data').

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Total
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	..	11.8 ^(p)	11.5 ^(p)	11.7 ^(p)	11.5 ^(p)	11.3 ^(p)	10.9 ^(p)	10.4	9.9 ^(p)	10.1	10.4	10.2 ^(p)
Belgium	16.8	..	..	..	18.6	17.5	17.6	16.8	15.8	17.0	17.0	..
Bulgaria	12.4	15.0	14.2	14.3	11.9	11.0	10.7	10.5	9.5	10.1	9.4	9.3
Czech Republic	14.5	14.8	14.5	13.7	15.3	14.0	13.8	12.2	11.9	11.8	12.4	12.8
Denmark	13.0	12.3	12.2	11.5	10.6	11.2	10.2	10.6	9.4	9.9	9.9 ^(p)	..
Germany	11.9	11.7	11.7	11.5	11.5	11.0	10.4	9.8	9.4	9.4	9.6	9.9
Estonia	32.6	26.2	28.1	26.0	23.7	22.7	18.7	16.2	16.9	16.5	18.3	14.8
Ireland	11.2	12.1	12.6	11.2	11.2	11.3	10.7	10.4	10.3	11.3	12.3	10.9
Greece	3.2	3.2	2.7	2.6	3.1	2.8	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.8	3.0	2.9
Spain	7.0	7.2	6.7	7.0	7.1	7.0	6.6	6.2	6.1	6.5	6.3	5.8
France (metropolitan)	16.1	16.8	16.1	16.4	16.6	16.3	15.9	15.4	14.7	14.9	15.0	14.7
Italy	6.0	6.1	5.9	6.0	5.9	..	..	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.4
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	0.7	2.5	2.4	2.2	4.4	3.6	3.8
Latvia	30.6	30.8	28.6	27.3	24.1	22.3	22.6	19.3	17.8	20.9	20.7	18.2
Lithuania	42.1	45.4	43.7	44.0	41.1	38.9	37.0	28.9	28.4	30.7	31.5	29.4
Luxembourg	15.3	13.3	15.4	17.9	10.0	12.4	9.6	12.6	15.4	7.8	8.8	9.7
Hungary	30.6	29.5	26.6	25.4	24.8	24.3	23.2	21.8	21.4	21.5	21.8	21.7
Malta	7.0	5.8	7.1	4.6	4.7	5.4	4.2	6.0	6.0	3.1	7.9	7.4
Netherlands	9.0	8.8	8.6	9.1	8.6	8.7	9.0	8.7	7.7	8.1	8.5	8.8
Austria	17.3	17.5	16.3	17.0	15.8	15.2	14.7	13.4	13.2	12.7	12.8	12.7
Poland	14.7	14.8	14.7	14.9	14.7	15.1	15.0	14.3	12.9	13.9	15.8	15.3
Portugal	4.5	4.3	6.3	10.1	9.4	9.6	7.2	6.8	7.8	7.9	7.8	8.2
Romania	12.3	12.7	12.1	13.6	12.8	11.6	11.4	11.9	10.5	10.6	11.2	11.9
Slovenia	27.9	27.1	26.5	24.5	25.0	22.7	22.0	22.8	18.4	17.3	18.7	17.2
Slovakia	12.9	13.5	12.7	13.0	13.7	12.0	12.0	9.4	8.8	10.2	10.3	10.8
Finland	22.4	21.5	22.0	19.9	19.4	19.3	17.6	19.0	17.6	18.4	18.3	16.8
Sweden	12.7	11.6	12.2	12.2	11.4	11.8	12.4	12.0	11.4	11.6	12.3	11.1
United Kingdom	7.2	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.4	6.7	6.4	6.5	6.1	6.7	6.6	6.4
Iceland	11.2	18.0	12.4	10.0	9.7	11.9	11.5	10.8	11.5	12.2	11.5	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	26.7
Norway	13.0	11.9	12.0	10.6	10.9	11.4	11.3	11.2	10.0	10.2	11.5	10.8
Switzerland	16.0	17.2	16.5	17.5	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	15.1	14.4	12.5	11.1
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	19.1	17.7	17.4	17.1	16.9	17.0	15.5	15.0	15.1	15.0	14.7
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	9.1	7.6	7.9	7.8	7.1	9.1	7.1	8.3	7.8	7.8	8.0	5.7
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Males
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	..	19.0 ^(p)	18.7 ^(p)	18.8 ^(p)	18.5 ^(p)	18.2 ^(p)	17.5 ^(p)	16.8	15.9 ^(p)	16.3	16.8	16.6 ^(p)
Belgium	25.6	..	..	..	28.4	26.4	26.5	25.0	23.3	25.4	25.2	..
Bulgaria	18.9	23.7	22.4	23.2	19.1	17.7	17.0	17.7	15.3	16.3	15.6	15.3
Czech Republic	25.0	24.9	24.9	23.3	26.2	24.3	23.8	21.1	20.8	20.2	21.8	22.1
Denmark	20.1	19.0	17.8	17.7	16.7	16.4	15.5	16.0	13.6	14.2	15.8 ^(p)	..
Germany	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.2	18.2	17.4	16.4	15.5	14.9	14.9	15.1	15.6
Estonia	60.2	46.0	49.8	47.2	43.3	41.7	34.2	28.9	32.4	29.1	33.9	27.3
Ireland	18.2	19.9	21.0	18.3	17.5	18.9	17.1	17.0	16.1	17.1	19.7	17.4
Greece	5.1	5.1	4.8	4.2	5.1	4.6	5.0	5.1	4.3	4.8	5.2	5.2
Spain	11.1	11.7	10.8	11.2	11.3	11.1	10.5	10.0	9.6	10.4	10.3	9.4
France (metropolitan)	24.7	26.3	25.1	25.2	26.0	25.0	24.5	23.6	22.8	23.2	23.5	22.8
Italy	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.8	9.4	..	..	8.3	8.4	8.7	8.8	8.9
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	1.2	3.4	3.1	3.6	7.0	5.9	6.1
Latvia	54.1	56.9	52.0	47.9	43.9	41.3	40.1	36.6	32.6	38.3	37.6	35.2
Lithuania	76.5	80.8	79.3	81.7	74.8	70.0	67.4	52.7	52.4	55.9	58.5	52.9
Luxembourg	22.3	21.1	22.4	27.5	17.3	19.5	16.4	18.7	21.6	13.2	13.4	15.8
Hungary	52.4	49.7	45.5	43.7	42.8	41.4	40.0	36.5	36.8	37.1	37.1	37.4
Malta	11.8	8.9	11.7	5.4	8.3	6.5	7.9	10.0	11.8	5.4	14.4	14.1
Netherlands	12.4	12.2	12.1	12.6	12.0	12.0	12.6	12.2	10.9	11.4	12.0	12.7
Austria	27.3	27.7	25.6	28.5	25.4	25.2	24.0	22.3	21.5	20.7	20.9	20.7
Poland	26.1	26.0	26.3	25.9	26.0	26.9	26.6	25.5	23.0	24.9	28.2	27.8
Portugal	7.6	7.6	10.7	17.1	15.7	15.8	11.9	11.4	12.4	13.2	13.4	13.5
Romania	21.1	21.8	21.3	23.6	22.1	20.5	19.8	20.6	18.1	18.4	19.9	20.8
Slovenia	45.3	43.2	45.1	41.6	41.9	34.3	36.6	38.2	30.2	29.2	30.7	29.3
Slovakia	23.6	23.4	22.7	24.0	24.9	21.1	22.0	17.4	16.2	18.5	19.8	19.5
Finland	36.4	32.9	35.0	30.9	30.3	30.2	26.3	29.4	27.1	29.0	27.3	25.7
Sweden	18.3	16.8	17.4	18.1	16.1	17.3	17.1	16.4	16.3	17.1	17.7	16.4
United Kingdom	11.3	10.7	10.8	10.6	10.1	10.4	9.9	10.3	9.7	10.5	10.5	10.1
Iceland	16.9	29.7	19.0	13.7	14.5	17.5	16.2	14.3	18.4	16.7	18.3	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	30.9
Norway	19.4	18.1	18.0	15.6	16.3	15.6	15.3	16.5	14.0	14.1	16.5	15.1
Switzerland	24.3	25.9	24.9	25.4	21.5	21.4	22.0	20.9	21.8	20.1	19.3	16.5
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	32.2	29.3	28.8	29.5	28.2	27.8	24.5	24.7	25.7	26.1	24.3
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	13.0	10.7	12.3	10.8	10.5	12.6	10.6	13.2	11.6	12.0	12.6	8.3
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Females
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	..	5.3 ^(p)	5.0 ^(p)	5.2 ^(p)	5.1 ^(p)	5.0 ^(p)	4.9 ^(p)	4.6	4.4 ^(p)	4.4	4.4	4.3 ^(p)
Belgium	8.7	..	..	..	9.6	9.1	9.3	9.1	8.8	9.1	9.2	..
Bulgaria	6.7	7.4	7.0	6.5	5.8	5.2	5.1	4.3	4.7	4.6	3.9	4.1
Czech Republic	5.3	5.8	5.4	5.3	5.8	4.7	4.8	4.2	3.6	4.2	3.7	4.2
Denmark	6.4	6.2	6.9	5.7	5.0	6.4	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.9	4.3 ^(p)	..
Germany	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.1	5.1	4.7	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.7
Estonia	10.6	10.1	9.5	8.6	7.6	7.0	5.8	5.7	4.8	6.2	5.3	4.5
Ireland	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.9	3.7	4.2	3.8	4.4	5.5	4.9	4.5
Greece	1.4	1.3	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.6
Spain	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	2.8	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.5
France (metropolitan)	8.5	8.5	8.2	8.6	8.3	8.6	8.3	8.0	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4
Italy	2.8	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.7	..	..	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.2
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	1.3	1.8
Latvia	11.6	9.9	9.1	10.1	8.2	6.9	7.6	5.1	6.2	6.5	6.7	4.1
Lithuania	12.6	15.3	13.8	11.5	12.5	12.7	11.4	9.3	8.2	9.1	8.8	9.3
Luxembourg	8.9	6.7	8.7	9.3	3.6	6.1	3.9	7.4	9.7	2.9	4.2	4.0
Hungary	12.5	12.4	10.8	10.1	9.7	10.1	9.2	9.4	8.6	8.6	8.8	8.5
Malta	2.5	3.2	2.8	3.6	1.5	4.4	0.9	2.2	0.3	1.0	1.4	0.7
Netherlands	5.9	5.8	5.3	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.4	4.5	4.9	5.0	5.2
Austria	8.6	8.8	8.1	7.3	7.8	6.8	6.8	5.5	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.5
Poland	4.3	4.6	4.1	4.7	4.2	4.3	4.3	3.9	3.7	3.7	4.3	3.8
Portugal	2.0	1.6	2.7	4.2	4.1	4.4	3.2	2.8	3.9	3.4	3.1	3.8
Romania	4.2	4.2	3.6	4.4	4.2	3.3	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.2	3.7
Slovenia	12.6	13.5	10.3	9.1	10.0	11.9	8.9	9.2	7.9	6.7	7.3	6.1
Slovakia	3.6	4.7	3.9	3.4	3.6	3.8	3.2	2.3	2.4	2.7	1.9	3.0
Finland	9.2	10.5	9.5	9.6	9.1	9.0	9.6	8.9	8.5	8.3	9.5	8.1
Sweden	7.4	6.7	7.2	6.4	6.8	6.4	7.8	7.8	6.6	6.3	7.1	5.9
United Kingdom	3.1	3.0	2.9	3.0	2.9	3.1	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.9	2.8	2.9
Iceland	5.5	6.2	5.9	6.3	4.8	6.6	6.6	7.1	4.5	7.5	4.6	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	23.0
Norway	6.8	5.7	6.1	5.7	5.5	7.3	7.3	6.1	6.1	6.4	6.5	6.5
Switzerland	8.4	9.3	9.1	10.5	9.1	9.3	8.7	9.4	9.1	9.3	6.2	6.2
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	8.4	7.9	8.0	6.7	8.1	7.9	7.7	6.7	6.2	5.5	6.6
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	5.6	4.6	3.9	5.0	3.9	5.6	3.9	3.9	4.2	4.2	3.9	3.1
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

(..) - not available
(p) - provisional

Source: Eurostat