Global Mental Health & SuicideSuicide mortality rate, the male/female gap, and the wider mental-health burden — for the world, income groups, regions & ~55 of the largest countries

If you or someone you know is struggling: you are not alone, and help is available. In the US/Canada call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Elsewhere, find a local helpline via IASP crisis centres or Befrienders Worldwide. This dashboard is country-level public data and offers no individual support.

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● The global picture measuredinterpretive

World suicide rate · —

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Male suicide rate · —

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Female suicide rate · —

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World suicide rate (per 100,000), 2000→— measured

Male ━ vs female ━ rate, 2000→—

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▤ Country leaderboard — highest suicide rate at top measured

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Ranked across the ~55 most populous countries in this atlas (not all 200+ World Bank economies), highest rate at top. A high rate reflects many factors — case-ascertainment and coroner practices, access to means, age structure, help-seeking and stigma — and is not a measure of national character. The year column is the latest available reported value (here typically 2021). Bar length is relative to the highest value shown.

◑ By income group & region measured

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World Bank aggregate series. Income groups (high / upper-middle / lower-middle / low) and regions are the Bank's own classifications. The spark line traces 2000→latest; "change" is latest vs. 2000. These aggregates are population-weighted estimates, not a simple average of member countries.

⇄ The sex gap — male vs female rate by region measuredinterpretive

For each World Bank region, the latest male and female suicide rate side by side, with the male-to-female ratio. Globally men die by suicide at roughly twice the rate of women — but the size of that gap varies widely by region.

male rate female ratebars share one scale; ratio = male ÷ female

Bars use a single shared scale so regions are comparable. The male:female ratio is descriptive — a wider gap is not inherently "worse", and a region with a lower ratio can still have a high overall rate. Patterns reflect differences in methods, means, help-seeking and reporting as much as underlying risk. measured rates; interpretive framing of the gap.

◎ Country profile measured

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Suicide rate, 2000→latest measured

Male ━ vs female ━, 2000→latest

How it compares — suicide rate, latest value

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◆ The wider mental-health burden — context, not measured here interpretive

Suicide is the most severe and most measurable outcome, but it sits on top of a far larger burden of common mental disorders — most of which never reaches care. The World Bank Indicators API has no depression- or anxiety-prevalence series, so the figures below are cited from WHO and IHME and shown as context, not as values measured in this dashboard.

Living with a mental disorder interpretive

~1 in 8

people worldwide · WHO 2022

Most common conditions interpretive

depression
& anxiety

the two largest contributors · IHME GBD

Treatment gap interpretive

majority

receive no treatment · WHO

Roughly 1 in 8 people worldwide live with a mental disorder, with depression and anxiety the most common, and in many countries most people affected receive no treatment (WHO, World Mental Health Report 2022; IHME Global Burden of Disease). These are interpretive context figures cited from those sources — they are not in the World Bank API and are not computed here. They are included so the suicide numbers above are read in proportion: the measured rates are the tip of a much larger, largely untreated burden.