In 2021, there were 47 346 deaths due to suicide in the EU, corresponding to 0.9% of all deaths reported that year. This is the equivalent of an average of 10.2 deaths per 100 000 people.
Compared with 2011, the first year for which there is data, the number of deaths by suicide decreased by 13.3% (down 7 277 deaths). In 2011, the standardised death rate for suicide in the EU was 12.4 deaths per 100 000 people.