{"chart":{"title":"Male-to-female ratio of suicide rate","subtitle":"Estimated ratio of male to female suicide rates; a ratio greater than one indicates higher suicide rates in men. Suicide deaths are underreported in many countries due to social stigma and cultural or legal concerns. This data includes modeling based on global suicide patterns, and includes adjustments and extrapolations that aim to account for missing data and underreporting.","note":"To allow for comparisons between countries and over time, this metric is [age-standardized](#dod:age_standardized).","citation":"World Health Organization (2024)","originalChartUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/male-female-ratio-suicides-rates","selection":["Western Pacific (WHO)","World"]},"columns":{"Male to female suicide death rate ratio (age-standardized)":{"titleShort":"Male to female suicide death rate ratio","titleLong":"Male to female suicide death rate ratio","descriptionShort":"Age-standardized suicide rate of males divided by the age-standardized suicide rate of females.","descriptionProcessing":"After age-standardizing the suicide rates according to the WHO, we've estimate the ratio between male and female suicide rates.\n\nAge-standardization process is explained here: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/gho-documents/global-health-estimates/gpe_discussion_paper_series_paper31_2001_age_standardization_rates.pdf","unit":"","timespan":"2000-2021","type":"Numeric","owidVariableId":984049,"shortName":"death_rate100k_ratio","lastUpdated":"2024-07-30","citationShort":"World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data","citationLong":"World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Male to female suicide death rate ratio” [dataset]. World Health Organization, “Global Health Estimates” [original data].","fullMetadata":"https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/984049.metadata.json"}},"dateDownloaded":"2025-07-09"}