per 100,000 people - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's suicide rate was 13.1 per 100,000 people as of January 2021, and the trend is broadly stable. The number of deaths by suicide each year per 100,000 people, reported by the World Bank using WHO mortality data. Suicide claims roughly twice as many lives as the road toll, yet is far less visible in national debate. The rate is a core measure of population mental health and the reach of support services. Data is sourced from World Bank / WHO (SH.STA.SUIC.P5) and updated annually.
The number of deaths by suicide each year per 100,000 people, reported by the World Bank using WHO mortality data.
Suicide claims roughly twice as many lives as the road toll, yet is far less visible in national debate. The rate is a core measure of population mental health and the reach of support services.
Lower is better
Source: World Bank / WHO (SH.STA.SUIC.P5)
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (World Bank / WHO (SH.STA.SUIC.P5)), updated annually. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
See all sources and methodology on the data sources page.
