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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

From: An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019

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

   
  1. 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