The Baltic States have among the highest suicide rates in the EU, according to Eurostat, LSM reports. The data show that the number of suicides in Lithuania was 562 in 2023, which was up from 532 in 2022. Suicides totalled 270 (231) in Latvia and 199 (195) in Estonia. Lithuania’s standardised death rate for intentional self-harm was 18.8 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023, which was the highest in the entire EU. The suicide rate stood at 14.2 in Estonia and at 14.0 in Latvia, which were the fourth and fifth highest rates in the EU, respectively. The EU average was 10.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. The gender difference in suicide rates was the EU’s largest in Lithuania, with the rate being 34 for men and 7 for women. In Latvia, the suicide rate was 28 for men and 3 for women. In Estonia, the rate was 25 for men and 6 for women.
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