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But that isn't always the case. ","What happened to the global suicide rate in the la","What happened to the global suicide rate in the last 20 years?",[119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138],"swe 0.934927139494856","nor 0.933216208222417","fin 0.9140637632715091","dnk 0.9587225537558021","gbr 0.9474999999999999","usa 0.9504","bra 0.8855","fra 0.959","deu 0.9117","jpn 0.9503","mex 0.9427","rus 0.6857","esp 0.8884","mys 0.8451","mar 0.8571","zaf 0.883","ind 0.7897","pak 0.817","nga 0.8736","phl 0.82",[140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159],"gbr 0.81","usa 0.78","bra 0.6621","fra 0.7204","deu 0.6108","jpn 0.7025","mex 0.7443","rus 0.3154","esp 0.737","swe 0.6554","mys 0.5276","mar 0.5735","dnk 0.63","fin 0.6","nor 0.66","zaf 0.6869","ind 0.4326","pak 0.6144","nga 0.766","phl 0.5586","The global suicide rate decreased by around 25% during the past 20 years.","Most have the impression that suicides are becoming more common in the world. When you hear more people talk openly about a problem that used to be a taboo topic, like suicide, it is hard to imagine the global rate is decreasing.","Most have the impression that suicides are becoming more common in the world. As finally more people talk openly about suicides, it’s hard to imagine that the global rate is decreasing.","Source: IHME","According to the IHME Global Burden of Disease, deaths from suicide globally fell from 13 per 100,000 in 2000 to 9.5 in 2021 [1]. Many countries underreport suicide and mental health, particularly in the 20 countries where suicide is illegal. Nonetheless, trends are definitely improving globally contrary to popular belief. This was confirmed by three independent researchers of mental health, when we requested their feedback about this question.\n\n[1]  [Deaths from self harm per 100 thousand people - Global Burden of Disease - Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)](http:\u002F\u002Fihmeuw.org\u002F6fi5)  \n[2]  [Suicide — Our World In Data](https:\u002F\u002Fourworldindata.org\u002Fsuicide)  \n[3]  [WHO - “Preventing suicide: A global imperative”](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fpublications\u002Fi\u002Fitem\u002Fpreventing-suicide-a-global-imperative)   \n[4]  [WHO’s guidlines for helping people who may be considering suicide](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fcampaigns\u002Fworld-health-day\u002F2017\u002Fhandouts-depression\u002Ffamily\u002Fen\u002F)","More and more people talk openly about mental health, which is a great step towards removing stigma and increasing awareness about this huge global health problem. The reasons a person takes their own life are complex and not completely understood. Like with any other problem that historically was a taboo, when we start to talk more about it, we can accidentally get the impression that the problem itself is increasing. But the very fact that we talk about it, may very well be one of the reasons it is decreasing.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nThis is just one of many examples of positive global developments that almost nobody knows about. When progress has been made, it often means that more progress is possible. This is an important thing to realize for all the people who think the world is generally getting worse. The world is indeed full of problems, but some things are getting better.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nMore and more people talk openly about mental health, which is a great step towards removing stigma and increasing awareness about this huge global health problem. Like with any other problem that historically was a taboo, when we start to talk more about it, we can accidentally get the impression that the problem itself is increasing. It is also part of a phenomenon we see with almost all our questions, almost nobody knows about any of the positive trends we have asked them about. \n\n### Why are suicide rates decreasing?\nThere are many reasons. Many preventive measures have proven to be successful at reducing the rate, such as: Increasing access to help-lines; reducing availability of guns and pesticides; better mental health treatment; less access to alcohol; and more responsible media reporting when someone famous takes their own life. Most importantly, especially in middle income-countries like India and China, recent economic growth has enabled many more people to lead more fulfilling lives.\n\n### Are suicide rates decreasing everywhere?\nNo. First of all, suicide rates differ a lot across the world and across population groups. The rates among women and younger people are generally lower than in older people and men. In almost all high-income countries, the rate among adults went down during recent years, but among teenagers the decrease was much smaller. In a few countries, like the US, the rate has been increasing, especially among middle-aged men.\n\nDespite these large variations, the global decline is clear. Suicides have become much less common in many groups. Some of these groups don’t make the headlines very often but have a huge impact on the global average, such as: 1. Women in China and India; 2. Middle-aged men in Russia; and 3. Older people.\n\n### Will this make people think that suicides are not a problem?\nSuicide rates are decreasing, but the number of suicides since the year 2000 has remained the same (ca 800,000 deaths per year) since the population has been increasing during the same time. When informing about suicides we need to teach how to have two thoughts in our heads at the same time. Things are getting better, but they can still be bad. Much remains to be done.\n\n### Can I trust this data?\nYes, you can, because multiple data sources tell the same story. But you should be aware that global averages hide different local trends, and that data from different countries can be more or less reliable. In general, there is less uncertainty in data from high-income countries. In some countries where suicide is a big taboo, some of these deaths might be reported as other causes, which results in an underestimation of the numbers of suicides reported.\n\n### Where can I see the different countries suicide trends?\nYou can go to the [Global Burden of Disease website](https:\u002F\u002Fvizhub.healthdata.org\u002Fcod\u002F), where global, regional and national trends of causes of deaths (and many other things) can be visualized.  \n\n### How do you know people are wrong about this?\nWe have asked the question to the public in multiple countries and on average, only one in every 10 people got this correct. \n\n### Where can I learn more about suicide rates?\n[Here](https:\u002F\u002Fourworldindata.org\u002Fsuicide)on Our World In Data. \n","It decreased but you think it increased","Most have the impression that suicides are becoming more common in the world. When you hear more people talk openly about a problem like suicide, that used to be taboo, it’s easy to assume the global rate is increasing.","Fewer take their lives","As suicides are so difficult to talk about, almost nobody have heard that the global suicide rate has decreased for many years! Most believe it increased. Please spread this positive fact and help more talk openly about mental health! #worldview_upgrader ","Many need positive news about mental health"]