List of states and union territories of India by suicide rate

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Suicide in India is a national social issue. In the year 2020, India recorded 153,052 suicides, an increase of 10% from 2019's 139,123 suicides. This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to suicide rate as on 2020. The rate is calculated as number of suicides per 1 lakh (100,000) people. The list is compiled from the 2020 Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India.[1]

In 2015, the top three States with highest suicide rates were Puducherry, Sikkim and Andaman and Nicobar Islands respectively, while Bihar recorded lowest suicide rates.[2][3] In 2020, the top three States with highest suicide rates were Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim and Chhattisgarh respectively, while Bihar recorded lowest suicide rates.

States by Suicide Rate[edit]

Rank State Suicide Rate (Per 1 Lakh) 2020[4] Suicide Rate (per 1 Lakh) 2015[5]
1 Sikkim 42.5 37.5
2 Chhattisgarh 26.4 27.7
3 Kerala 24.0 21.6
4 Tamil Nadu 22.2 22.8
5 Telangana 21.5 27.7
6 Tripura 20.9 19.6
7 Goa 19.9 15.4
8 Karnataka 18.4 17.4
9 Madhya Pradesh 17.4 13.3
10 Maharashtra 16.1 14.2
11 Haryana 13.7 13.0
12 West Bengal 13.4 15.7
13 Andhra Pradesh 13.4 12.1
14 Odisha 12.2 9.7
15 Gujarat 11.6 11.6
16 Himachal Pradesh 11.6 7.7
17 Arunachal Pradesh 10.5 10.4
18 Assam 9.3 10.0
19 Mizoram 8.9 11.7
20 Punjab 8.7 3.6
21 Uttarakhand 8.3 4.5
22 Rajasthan 7.2 4.8
23 Meghalaya 6.9 6.2
24 Jharkhand 5.6 2.5
25 Nagaland 2.2 0.9
26 Uttar Pradesh 2.1 2.0
27 Manipur 1.4 1.4
28 Bihar 0.7 0.5
UT1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 45.0 28.9
UT2 Puducherry 26.3 43.2
UT3 Delhi 15.5 8.8
UT4 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 15.0 25.4
UT5 Chandigarh 10.7 6.9
UT6 Ladakh 4.0 3.0
UT7 Lakshwadeep 2.9 6.3
UT8 Jammu and Kashmir 2.2 3.0

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Suicidal Deaths in India, 2015" (PDF). NCRB, Government of India. 2015. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bihar records Lowest Suicide Rate among all States of India". news.biharprabha.com. 23 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-04-14. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ^ Sanjiv Phansalkar (29 March 2017). "Why Bihar Sees Fewer Farmer Suicides Than More Developed States". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Chapter 2, Suicides in India" (PDF). Government of India. National Crime Records Bureau. 2020. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-24. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Chapter 2, Suicides in India" (PDF). Government of India. National Crime Records Bureau. 2015. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

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