Where the number comes from
3.29
World median male:female suicide ratio, 2000-2021, 183 countries
WHO Global Health Observatory indicator MH_12, age-standardised suicide rate per 100 000, taken by sex and divided. One row per year; the median is across countries, not weighted by population.
| value | |
|---|---|
| median, 2000 | 3.3523 |
| median, 2021 | 3.2915 |
| shift over 2021−2000 | −0.0608 |
| full range of every yearly median | 0.2025 |
The last row is the point: across twenty-two separate yearly medians, the whole spread is smaller than the amount a single median country moves.
WHO Global Health Observatory + WHO Mortality Database + UN WPPWHO GHO API, WHO Mortality Database (ICD-10), UN WPP 2024, US Census Household Pulse · diambil 2026-08-06
