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 | Algeria |
| Angola |
| Benin |
| Botswana |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burundi |
| Cameroon |
| Cape Verde |
| Central African Republic |
| Chad |
| Comoros |
| Congo |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
| Djibouti |
| DRC |
| Egypt |
| Equatorial Guinea |
| Eritrea |
| Eswatini |
| Ethiopia |
| Gabon |
| Gambia |
| Ghana |
| Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
| Kenya |
| Lesotho |
| Liberia |
| Libya |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Mali |
| Mauritania |
| Mauritius |
| Morocco |
| Mozambique |
| Namibia |
| Niger |
| Nigeria |
| Rwanda |
| SADR |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Senegal |
| Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone |
| Somalia |
| South Africa |
| South Sudan |
| Sudan |
| Tanzania |
| Togo |
| Tunisia |
| Uganda |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
| Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health |
| Life expectancy at birth |
| Maternal mortality ratio |
| Stillbirth rate |
| Neonatal mortality rate |
| Infant mortality rate |
| Under 5 mortality rate |
| Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits |
| Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel |
| Postpartum care coverage for mothers |
| Postnatal care coverage for newborns |
| Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months |
| Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination |
| Stunting - short height for age under age 5 |
| Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 |
| Overweight - heavy for height under 5 |
| Sexual and Reproductive Health |
| Child marriage before age 15 |
| Child marriage before age 18 |
| Female genital mutilation |
| Sexual violence by age 18 - female |
| Sexual violence by age 18 - male |
| Very early child bearing under age 16 |
| Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 |
| Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women |
| Demand satisfied for modern contraception |
| Communicable Diseases |
| New HIV infections |
| Antiretroviral treatment coverage |
| Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV |
| Condom use |
| New TB infections |
| New malaria infections |
| Non-Communicable Diseases |
| Mortality from non-communicable diseases |
| Suicide mortality rate |
| Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over |
| Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over |
| Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over |
| Health Financing |
| External health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
| Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure |
| Government health expenditure as % GDP |
| Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure |
| Government health expenditure per capita |
| Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure |
| Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health |
| Health systems and policies |
| Density of health workers - physicians |
| Density of health workers - nurses and midwives |
| Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff |
| Qualified obstetricians |
| Birth registration |
| At least basic drinking water |
| At least basic sanitation services |
| Open defecation |
| Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
| Full Name: | Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) |
| Full Unit: | per 100,000 population |
| Year-range of Data: | 2016 |
| Source: | WHO Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) data portal |
| Link to Source: | http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.gswcah |
| Date Source Published: | 4th May 2018 |
| Date Source Accessed: | 25th April 2019 |
 | The following countries had no data: |
Suicide mortality rate is defined as the number of suicide deaths in a year, divided by the population and multiplied by 100,000.
Mental disorders happen in all regions and cultures around the world. The most prevalent are depression and anxiety. At its worst, depression can lead to suicide. Suicide is a leading cause of death among young adults aged 15 to 29. Measuring how many people die each year and why they died is one of the most important means for assessing the effectiveness of a country’s health system. Cause-of-death data help health authorities determine their focus for public health actions. This is an indicator to monitor the Global target 3.2 of the Mental Health Action Plan (2013-2020): By 2020, the rate of suicide in countries will be reduced by 10% as well as for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages; Target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being. It is also an indicator for monitoring the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030).
Preferred sources of data are death registration systems with complete coverage and medical certification of cause of death. Other possible data sources include household surveys with verbal autopsy, sample or sentinel registration systems, special studies and surveillance systems.
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More about indicator and sources
Suicide rate is also used to monitor the Global target 3.2 of the Mental Health Action Plan (2013-2020): By 2020, the rate of suicide in countries will be reduced by 10%. See here for more information:
http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/action_plan/en/
See the Wolrd Health Organization’s Global Health Observatory “metadata” for more information about suicide as a leading cause of death among young adults, second to road traffic injuries: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.gswcah
In many countries, suicide rates are higher in men than among women. To see the rates among men and women, visit the “data” for this indicator at:
More information on calculations
Preferred sources of data are death registration systems with complete coverage and medical certification of cause of death that is coded based on the International Classification of Diseases. For countries without death registration data of high quality, cause of death estimates are calculated using other data sources, which include household surveys with verbal autopsy, sample or sentinel registration systems, special studies and surveillance systems. In most cases, these data sources are combined in a modelling framework.
For more information, visit: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-04-02.pdf
