Suicides in the counties of Sweden

This page reports the occurrence of both suicides and deaths with undetermined intent in the counties of Sweden.

Suicide rate

In this section we present the number of suicides per 100,000 inhabitants (so-called suicide rate) in the counties of Sweden over the past five years (2019-2023). Persons 15+ years. The numbers include deaths with determined and undetermined intent.

Suicide rates (deaths with determined and undetermined intent) in the counties of Sweden over the past five years (2019-2023).
Mean20192020202120222023
Sweden18,019,017,017,618,018,4
Stockholm county16,017,016,214,914,917,1
Uppsala county17,519,915,515,818,617,7
Södermanland county18,120,216,016,319,019,3
Östergötland county18,717,816,918,617,223,0
Jönköping county17,220,312,417,117,618,8
Kronoberg county19,020,120,616,921,016,7
Kalmar county18,518,119,021,416,916,9
Gotland county15,719,915,819,513,59,7
Blekinge county20,722,619,618,124,118,8
Skåne county19,019,717,418,421,517,9
Halland county15,313,315,312,616,818,4
Västra Götaland county17,618,717,618,318,015,6
Värmland county21,220,819,922,418,923,9
Örebro county18,417,613,118,616,626,3
Västmanland county20,026,916,217,915,223,7
Dalarna county22,823,524,722,121,722,1
Gävleborg county20,825,520,419,220,018,7
Västernorrland county18,016,612,725,019,616,2
Jämtland county23,018,523,022,918,232,6
Västerbotten county15,216,915,910,517,914,7
Norrbotten county20,320,316,622,720,820,9

Ranked

Suicide rate (deaths per 100,000 inhabitants) in the counties of Sweden. Persons 15+ years. The numbers include both deaths with determined and undetermined intent. Ranked according to average suicide rate 2019-2023.

Suicide rates (deaths with determined and undetermined intent) in the counties of Sweden over the past five years (2019-2023).
Mean
Västerbotten county15,2
Halland county15,3
Gotland county15,7
Stockholm county16,0
Jönköping county17,2
Uppsala county17,5
Västra Götaland county17,6
Sweden18,0
Västernorrland county18,0
Södermanland county18,1
Örebro county18,4
Kalmar county18,5
Östergötland county18,7
Skåne county19,0
Kronoberg county19,0
Västmanland county20,0
Norrbotten county20,3
Blekinge county20,7
Gävleborg county20,8
Värmland county21,2
Dalarna county22,8
Jämtland county23,0

Data source

The statistics were retrieved from the National Board of Health and Welfare and have been processed by NASP 2024-06-25.

Statistics for the years before 2023 (i.e. 2022 and earlier) have been adjusted retroactively by the National Board of Health and Welfare, and may therefore deviate from previously presented numbers. 

Contact

If you have questions about the statistics or have other questions, please contact nasp[@]ki.se