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.[1]
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.[2] [3] 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.
| Rank | State | Suicide Rate (Per 1 Lakh) 2020[4] | Suicide Rate (per 1 Lakh) 2015[5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42.5 | 37.5 | ||
| 2 | 26.4 | 27.7 | ||
| 3 | 24.0 | 21.6 | ||
| 4 | 22.2 | 22.8 | ||
| 5 | 21.5 | 27.7 | ||
| 6 | 20.9 | 19.6 | ||
| 7 | 19.9 | 15.4 | ||
| 8 | 18.4 | 17.4 | ||
| 9 | 17.4 | 13.3 | ||
| 10 | 16.1 | 14.2 | ||
| 11 | 13.7 | 13.0 | ||
| 12 | 13.4 | 15.7 | ||
| 13 | 13.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 14 | 12.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 15 | 11.6 | 11.6 | ||
| 16 | 11.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 17 | 10.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 18 | 9.3 | 10.0 | ||
| 19 | 8.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 20 | 8.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 21 | 8.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 22 | 7.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 23 | 6.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 24 | 5.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 25 | 2.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 26 | 2.1 | 2.0 | ||
| 27 | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 28 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||
| UT1 | 45.0 | 28.9 | ||
| UT2 | 26.3 | 43.2 | ||
| UT3 | 15.5 | 8.8 | ||
| UT4 | 15.0 | 25.4 | ||
| UT5 | 10.7 | 6.9 | ||
| UT6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | ||
| UT7 | 2.9 | 6.3 | ||
| UT8 | 2.2 | 3.0 |