List of states and union territories of India by suicide rate

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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.

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. 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

Rank	State	Suicide Rate (Per 1 Lakh) 2020	Suicide Rate (per 1 Lakh) 2015
1	Sikkim	42.5	37.5
2	Chhattisgarh	26.4	27.7
3	Kerala	24.0	21.6
4	Tamil Nadu	22.2	22.8
5	Telangana	21.5	27.7
6	Tripura	20.9	19.6
7	Goa	19.9	15.4
8	Karnataka	18.4	17.4
9	Madhya Pradesh	17.4	13.3
10	Maharashtra	16.1	14.2
11	Haryana	13.7	13.0
12	West Bengal	13.4	15.7
13	Andhra Pradesh	13.4	12.1
14	Odisha	12.2	9.7
15	Gujarat	11.6	11.6
16	Himachal Pradesh	11.6	7.7
17	Arunachal Pradesh	10.5	10.4
18	Assam	9.3	10.0
19	Mizoram	8.9	11.7
20	Punjab	8.7	3.6
21	Uttarakhand	8.3	4.5
22	Rajasthan	7.2	4.8
23	Meghalaya	6.9	6.2
24	Jharkhand	5.6	2.5
25	Nagaland	2.2	0.9
26	Uttar Pradesh	2.1	2.0
27	Manipur	1.4	1.4
28	Bihar	0.7	0.5
UT1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	45.0	28.9
UT2	Puducherry	26.3	43.2
UT3	Delhi	15.5	8.8
UT4	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	15.0	25.4
UT5	Chandigarh	10.7	6.9
UT6	Ladakh	4.0	3.0
UT7	Lakshwadeep	2.9	6.3
UT8	Jammu and Kashmir	2.2	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. 2020. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-24. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
"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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