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Suicides Belgium 2021

There are 5 suicides per day in Belgium

In 2021 occurred 1,674 suicides in Belgium. This year, 93 fewer people committed suicide than in 2020. In 2021, on average 5 Belgians committed suicide every day.

Belgium had 14.28 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.18 suicides per 100,000 people.

Belgium is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 1,674 recorded suicide cases in 2021, 1,203 were men suicides and 470 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.67 per 100,000 men and for women 8.04 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Belgium suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 125 homicides in Belgium, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13.4 suicides.

Related data:

Belgium - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20214701,2031,6748.0420.6714.28
20204791,2881,7678.1622.3515.16
20194701,2911,7617.9622.5915.17
20185141,3081,8228.8023.1515.87
20174901,2351,7258.5422.3015.31
20165531,3931,9469.5324.5616.93
20155571,3511,9089.6723.8516.65
20145661,3671,9339.9324.6117.15
20135401,3951,9359.4325.0417.10
20125481,5142,0629.6327.6218.47
20116081,5102,11810.7327.6019.02
20105631,4502,01310.1027.1018.40
20095541,4592,01310.1027.6018.60
20085471,4542,00110.0027.7018.70
20075371,3201,8579.9025.4017.50
20065401,3951,93510.0027.0018.30
20055521,4772,02910.3028.8019.40
20045371,4501,98710.1028.4019.10
20035541,5372,09110.5030.3020.20
20025791,4952,07411.0029.6020.10
20015821,5822,16411.1031.5021.00
20006171,5262,14311.8030.4020.90
19994971,3611,8589.5027.2018.20
19985571,4632,02210.7029.3019.80
19975951,5512,14611.4031.2021.10
19965551,4582,01310.7029.4019.80
19956051,5502,15511.7031.3021.30
19945881,5432,13111.4031.2021.10
19935901,5522,14211.5031.5021.20
19925651,3131,87811.0026.7018.70
19915271,2781,80510.3026.1018.00
19905921,3031,89511.6026.8019.00
19895821,3381,92011.4027.6019.30
19886431,3531,99612.7028.0020.20
19876951,5432,23813.8032.0022.70
19867141,4882,20214.1030.9022.30
19857591,5222,28115.0031.6023.10
19847741,5692,34315.3032.6023.80
19837951,4512,24615.8030.2022.80
19827041,4512,15514.0030.1021.90
19817451,4142,15914.8029.4021.90
19808081,3732,18116.0028.5022.10
19797551,3592,11415.0028.2021.50
19787051,3132,01814.0027.3020.50
19776731,2011,87413.4025.0019.10
19765711,0621,63311.4022.1016.60
19755771,0111,58811.5021.1016.20
19745051,0211,52610.1021.3015.60
19734629881,4509.3020.7014.90
19725031,0151,51810.1021.4015.60
19714721,0191,4919.6021.5015.40
19705571,0341,59111.3021.9016.50
19694581,0081,4669.3021.3015.20
19684921,0001,49210.0021.2015.50
19674549801,4349.3020.9015.00
19664249491,3738.7020.3014.40
19654649601,4249.6020.7015.00
19643909251,3158.2020.1014.00
19634128881,3008.7019.5014.00
19623558971,2527.5019.9013.60
19613719771,3487.9021.7014.70
19603759601,3358.0021.4014.60
Belgium - Intentional self-harm
Belgium - Intentional self-harm