List of states and union territories of India by suicide rate
Suicide in India is a national social issue. In the year 2015, India recorded 133,623 suicides, an increase of 1.4% from 2014's 131,666 suicides. This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to suicide rate as on 2015. The rate is calculated as number of suicides per 1 lakh (100,000) people. The list is compiled from the 2015 Suicidal Deaths in India report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India[1]
Top three States with highest suicide rates are Puducherry, Sikkim and Andaman and Nicobar Islands respectively, while Bihar recorded lowest suicide rates.[2][3]
| Rank | State | Suicide Rate (per 1 lakh) 2015[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sikkim | 37.5 |
| 2 | Chhattisgarh | 27.7 |
| 2 | Telangana | 27.7 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 22.8 |
| 5 | Kerala | 21.6 |
| 6 | Tripura | 19.6 |
| 7 | Karnataka | 17.4 |
| 8 | West Bengal | 15.7 |
| 9 | Goa | 15.4 |
| 10 | Maharashtra | 14.2 |
| 11 | Madhya Pradesh | 13.3 |
| 12 | Haryana | 13.0 |
| 13 | Andhra Pradesh | 12.1 |
| 14 | Mizoram | 11.7 |
| 15 | Gujarat | 11.6 |
| 16 | Arunachal Pradesh | 10.4 |
| 17 | Assam | 10.0 |
| 18 | Odisha | 9.7 |
| 19 | Himachal Pradesh | 7.7 |
| 20 | Meghalaya | 6.2 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 4.8 |
| 22 | Uttarakhand | 4.5 |
| 23 | Punjab | 3.6 |
| UT8 | Kashmir | 3.0 |
| 24 | Jharkhand | 2.5 |
| 25 | Uttar Pradesh | 2.0 |
| 26 | Manipur | 1.4 |
| 27 | Nagaland | 0.9 |
| 28 | Bihar | 0.5 |
| UT1 | Puducherry | 43.2 |
| UT2 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 28.9 |
| UT3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 25.4 |
| UT4 | Daman and Diu | 11.8 |
| UT5 | Delhi | 8.8 |
| UT6 | Chandigarh | 6.9 |
| UT7 | Lakshwadeep | 6.3 |
| UT9 | Ladakh | 3.0 |
Notes
- ^ "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. 2015. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 14 April 2017.