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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

RankState Suicide Rate (Per 1 Lakh) 2020[4]Suicide Rate (per 1 Lakh) 2015[5]
1Sikkim 42.537.5
2Chhattisgarh 26.427.7
3Kerala 24.021.6
4Tamil Nadu 22.222.8
5Telangana 21.527.7
6Tripura 20.919.6
7Goa 19.915.4
8Karnataka 18.417.4
9Madhya Pradesh 17.413.3
10Maharashtra 16.114.2
11Haryana 13.713.0
12West Bengal 13.415.7
13Andhra Pradesh 13.412.1
14Odisha 12.29.7
15Gujarat 11.611.6
16Himachal Pradesh 11.67.7
17Arunachal Pradesh 10.510.4
18Assam 9.310.0
19Mizoram 8.911.7
20Punjab 8.73.6
21Uttarakhand 8.34.5
22Rajasthan 7.24.8
23Meghalaya 6.96.2
24Jharkhand 5.62.5
25Nagaland 2.20.9
26Uttar Pradesh 2.12.0
27Manipur 1.41.4
28Bihar 0.70.5
UT1Andaman and Nicobar Islands 45.028.9
UT2Puducherry 26.343.2
UT3Delhi 15.58.8
UT4Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 15.025.4
UT5Chandigarh 10.76.9
UT6Ladakh 4.03.0
UT7Lakshwadeep 2.96.3
UT8Jammu and Kashmir 2.23.0

Notes

  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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