Table 1.
List of 46 Muslim-majority countries, age-standardized suicide rate per 100,000 population, male-to-female suicide rate ratio, and Human Development Index ranking in 2019
| Country | Estimated Muslim Population n (%)a |
Suicide rate (both sexes) c | Male to female suicide rate ratioc | Human Development Index (HDI)d | Regional age-standardized suicide rate (Muslim-majority countries only) | Regional age-standardized suicide rate (Other countries) | Regional age-standardized suicide rate (All countries) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1392957160 | - | - | - | |||
| Central Asiab | 7.96 | - | 7.96 | ||||
| Uzbekistan | 31827355 (96.5) | 8.28 | 2.41 | 0.720 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 13023102 (70.2) | 18.05 | 4.48 | 0.825 | |||
| Tajikistan | 9013429 (96.7) | 5.32 | 2.15 | 0.668 | |||
| Turkmenistan | 5543974 (93.3) | 6.07 | 3.24 | 0.715 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 5132681 (80.0) | 8.28 | 3.86 | 0.697 | |||
| South Asiab | 2.82 | 5.46 | 3.93 | ||||
| Pakistan | 208985531 (96.5) | 9.77 | 3.11 | 0.557 | |||
| Bangladesh | 147393740 (90.4) | 3.85 | 3.53 | 0.632 | |||
| Afghanistan | 37889590 (99.6) | 5.96 | 1.09 | 0.511 | |||
| Maldives | 522462 (98.4) | 2.76 | 4.56 | 0.740 | |||
| Southeastern Asiab | 2.58 | 7.29 | 3.31 | ||||
| Indonesia | 235985494 (87.2) | 2.55 | 3.33 | 0.718 | |||
| Malaysia | 19585221 (61.3) | 5.77 | 3.75 | 0.810 | |||
| Brunei | 341437 (78.8) | 2.54 | 5.25 | 0.838 | |||
| Western Asiab | 4.87 | 3.94 | 4.47 | ||||
| Iran | 82416410 (99.4) | 5.13 | 2.78 | 0.783 | |||
| Turkey | 82762170 (99.2) | 2.34 | 3.00 | 0.820 | |||
| Iraq | 37619468 (95.7) | 4.74 | 3.04 | 0.674 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 33274742 (97.1) | 5.43 | 4.11 | 0.854 | |||
| Yemen | 28899465 (99.1) | 7.06 | 1.70 | 0.470 | |||
| Syria | 15875223 (93.0) | 2.11 | 4.38 | 0.567 | |||
| Jordan | 9818849 (97.2) | 1.98 | 3.33 | 0.729 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 9736240 (96.9) | 3.97 | 4.40 | 0.756 | |||
| UAE | 7425600 (76.0) | 5.24 | 2.42 | 0.890 | |||
| Lebanon | 3955744 (57.7) | 2.76 | 2.29 | 0.744 | |||
| Oman | 4273518 (85.9) | 4.47 | 5.82 | 0.813 | |||
| Kuwait | 3138479 (74.6) | 2.66 | 5.43 | 0.806 | |||
| Qatar | 2194855 (77.5) | 4.66 | 3.35 | 0.848 | |||
| Bahrain | 1209538 (73.7) | 7.20 | 4.30 | 0.852 | |||
| North Africab | 4.23 | - | 4.23 | ||||
| Egypt | 92758582 (92.4) | 3.41 | 2.09 | 0.707 | |||
| Algeria | 42622523 (99.0) | 2.60 | 1.74 | 0.748 | |||
| Sudan | 41528840 (97.0) | 4.76 | 1.91 | 0.510 | |||
| Morocco | 36107048 (99.0) | 7.29 | 2.15 | 0.686 | |||
| Tunisia | 11671332 (99.8) | 3.18 | 2.56 | 0.740 | |||
| Libya | 6574129 (97.0) | 4.49 | 2.10 | 0.724 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africab | 10.02 | 10.79 | 10.68 | ||||
| Niger | 22914437 (98.3) | 10.15 | 2.20 | 0.394 | |||
| Mali | 18675122 (95.0) | 7.96 | 1.84 | 0.434 | |||
| Senegal | 15660804 (96.1) | 10.99 | 3.56 | 0.512 | |||
| Burkina Faso | 12497651 (61.5) | 14.38 | 3.77 | 0.452 | |||
| Somalia | 15412020 (99.8) | 14.66 | 3.21 | - | |||
| Guinea | 11379180 (89.1) | 12.33 | 2.30 | 0.477 | |||
| Chad | 9249192 (58.0) | 13.22 | 2.93 | 0.398 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 6141181 (78.6) | 11.25 | 1.80 | 0.452 | |||
| Mauritania | 4525698 (100.0) | 5.47 | 1.90 | 0.546 | |||
| Gambia | 2246745 (95.7) | 9.64 | 2.15 | 0.496 | |||
| Djibouti | 944350 (97.0) | 11.95 | 2.14 | 0.524 | |||
| Comoros | 836426 (98.3) | 8.46 | 1.95 | 0.554 | |||
| Southern Europeb | 5.83 | 10.02 | 9.53 | ||||
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1673606 (50.7) | 8.25 | 3.97 | 0.780 | |||
| Albania | 1693977 (58.8) | 3.72 | 2.41 | 0.795 |
Note. aWorld Population Review. bUnited Nations, SDG Indicators: Regional groupings used in report and Statistical Annex. cWHO Global Health Observatory data. dUnited Nations Development Programme