From: Suicidal behaviour across the African continent: a review of the literature
Country | Global burden of disease estimate: | Published data estimate: |
---|---|---|
Mean annual suicide rates per 100,000 population (2010) | Mean annual suicide rates per 100,000 population | |
Algeria | 1.4 | Â |
Angola | 5.0 | Â |
Benin | 2.1 | Â |
Botswana | 3.3 | Â |
Burkina Faso | 1.7 | Â |
Burundi | 10.8 | Â |
Cameroon | 3.0 | 3.2a |
Cape Verde | 4.3 | Â |
Central African Republic | 9.9 | Â |
Chad | 1.7 | Â |
Comoros | 8.1 | Â |
Congo | 7.0 | Â |
Côte d’Ivoire | 3.2 |  |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.6 | Â |
Djibouti | 8.3 | Â |
Egypt | 2.0 | 0.7b |
Equatorial Guinea | 6.4 | Â |
Eritrea | 8.3 | Â |
Ethiopia | 7.5 | 7.8c |
Gabon | 9.8 | Â |
Ghana | 1.5 | 0.4d |
Guinea | 1.7 | Â |
Guinea-Bissau | 2.1 | Â |
Kenya | 7.0 | 3.3 |
Lesotho | 7.0 | Â |
Liberia | 2.0 | Â |
Libya | 2.8 | Â |
Madagascar | 6.3 | Â |
Malawi | 11.4 | 2.6 |
Maldivese | 6.9 | - |
Mali | 1.6 | Â |
Mauritania | 1.8 | Â |
Mauritius | 7.1 | 6.8 |
Morocco | 3.4 | Â |
Mozambique | 12.1 | 4.7 |
Namibia | 5.0 | 2.3 |
Niger | 1.3 | Â |
Nigeria | 1.9 | 0.4 |
Rwanda | 6.3 | Â |
São Tomé and PrÃncipe | 1.6 |  |
Senegal | 2.2 | 3.7 |
Seychelles | 11.8 | 4.6 |
Sierra Leone | 2.0 | Â |
Somalia | 6.7 | Â |
South Africa | 3.6 | 17.2 |
Sudan | 7.6 | Â |
Swaziland | 8.6 | Â |
Tanzania | 9.3 | 2.3 |
The Gambia | 1.8 | Â |
Togo | 2.3 | Â |
Tunisia | 2.3 | Â |
Uganda | 6.9 | 1.0 |
Zambia | 8.8 | Â |
Zimbabwe | 26.8 | 7.9 |
Estimated total suicide deaths | 49,558 | 34,203 |