List of states and union territories of India by suicide rate
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sanjiv Phansalkar (29 March 2017). "Why Bihar Sees Fewer Farmer Suicides Than More Developed States". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.