STATISTICS OF SUICIDE IN NORWAY

Data source: Norwegian Institute of Public Health(NIPH) and Statistics Norway

In 2025, there were 656 suicides, comprising 498 males and 158 females, which corresponds to a rate of 11.7 per 100 000 population, 17.8 per 100 000 men and 5.7 per 100 000 women aged 1 year and above in Norway.

Sex

Number of Suicide Deaths by Sex and Year

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	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025¹
Number of Suicide Deaths by Sex in Selected Years
Men	185	231	372	488	414	384	470	446	503	543	498
Women	45	98	138	171	134	165	175	178	207	198	158
Total	230	329	510	659	548	549	645	624	710	741	656
¹ The 2025 figures are preliminary and will be updated by NIPH in October 2026.

Suicide Mortality by Sex and Year

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	1971	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025¹
Suicide Mortality by Sex in Selected Years
Age-standardized rate per 100.000 population
Men	14.2	20.4	24.7	19.5	16.6	17.7	16.6	18.4	19.6	17.8
Women	4.5	7.3	8.5	6.2	6.9	6.7	6.6	7.6	7.1	5.7
Total	9.2	13.6	16.3	12.6	11.6	12.2	11.5	13.0	13.3	11.7
¹ The 2025 figures are preliminary and will be updated by NIPH in October 2026.

Age

Number of Suicides by Sex and Age-group, Selected Years

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	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025¹
Number of Suicides by Sex and Age-group, Selected Years
Total
1–29 years	29	51	126	154	145	122	139	126	137	143	140
30–49 years	92	114	141	241	216	187	211	216	244	251	237
50–69 years	96	133	186	180	122	170	206	190	212	238	184
70+	13	31	56	83	63	67	85	85	109	102	86
Men
1–29 years	25	36	98	127	117	98	103	85	96	108	108
30–49 years	75	77	108	175	162	129	154	154	168	189	181
50–69 years	75	94	124	127	87	102	146	139	152	173	139
70+	10	24	41	59	46	53	64	61	82	68	61
Women
1–29 years	4	15	28	27	28	24	36	41	41	35	32
30–49 years	17	37	33	66	54	58	57	62	76	62	56
50–69 years	21	39	62	53	35	68	60	51	60	65	45
70+	3	7	15	24	17	14	21	24	27	34	25
¹ The 2025 figures are preliminary and will be updated by NIPH in October 2026.

Age-specific Suicide Mortality by Sex, Selected Year

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	1990	2000	2010	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025¹
Age Specific Suicide Mortality by Sex, Selected Years
per 100 000 population aged 1 year and above
Total
1–29 years	8.9	8.5	6.8	7.3	6.7	7.2	7.5	7.4
30–49 years	20.4	16.6	13.6	14.5	14.8	16.5	16.7	15.7
50–69 years	22.6	13.7	15.2	16.0	14.4	15.8	17.5	13.4
70+	18.2	12.9	14.1	13.7	12.9	16.1	14.6	12.0
Men
1–29 years	14.4	13.4	10.7	10.5	8.8	9.9	11.1	11.1
30–49 years	28.9	24.4	18.3	20.6	20.5	22.2	24.7	23.5
50–69 years	32.8	19.6	18.1	22.4	20.8	22.4	25.2	20.0
70+	32.4	23.3	26.3	22.2	19.8	25.8	20.7	18.1
Women
1–29 years	3.2	3.3	2.7	3.9	4.5	4.5	3.8	3.5
30–49 years	11.5	8.5	8.6	8.0	8.7	10.5	8.4	7.6
50–69 years	12.9	7.8	12.3	9.5	7.8	9.1	9.7	6.6
70+	8.8	5.8	5.1	6.3	6.9	7.5	9.2	6.6
¹ The 2025 figures are preliminary and will be updated by NIPH in October 2026.

Region

Number of Suicides by County in Norway, Selected Years

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	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025¹
Number of Suicides by County in Norway, Selected Years
Østfold	47	34	30	27	33	45	44	33	52	51	48
Akershus	61	49	53	55	55	58	75	77	97	92	83
Oslo	111	88	84	77	73	82	75	77	66	81	76
Buskerud	48	30	37	38	32	22	27	34	36	44	29
Innlandet	62	53	47	45	55	48	54	53	60	59	64
Vestfold	41	26	24	28	36	28	35	36	36	47	34
Telemark	26	22	26	26	18	23	24	23	33	25	30
Agder	34	32	23	31	30	34	41	34	37	46	37
Rogaland	32	40	48	42	48	57	51	58	67	56	54
Vestland	50	59	62	54	60	67	70	67	65	79	70
Møre og Romsdal	16	26	26	15	23	31	21	27	28	29	22
Trøndelag	62	36	37	40	37	56	52	40	63	50	41
Nordland	41	30	28	23	24	26	38	37	28	36	24
Troms	18	13	14	20	11	13	25	19	29	28	22
Finnmark	10	10	9	12	14	6	13	9	13	17	22
Total	659	548	548	533	549	596	645	624	710	741	656
¹ The 2025 figures are preliminary and will be updated by NIPH in October 2026.

Suicide Mortality in Specific Counties, Selected Years

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	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025¹
Suicide Mortality in Specific Counties
Age-standardized rate per 100.000 population
Østfold	20.8	14.1	12.3	11.2	12.4	16.0	14.3	10.7	16.8	16.8	14.9
Akershus	14.3	10.6	10.8	10.8	10.2	9.7	11.5	11.0	13.9	12.6	11.7
Oslo	25.0	18.8	17.1	14.3	14.2	13.3	11.4	11.1	10.2	11.5	10.5
Buskerud	24.4	15.2	16.8	17.4	14.3	8.6	10.4	12.8	13.8	16.0	10.6
Innlandet	17.2	15.3	13.5	13.0	15.7	12.6	14.2	13.8	15.5	15.4	16.0
Vestfold	21.5	13.6	11.7	13.0	16.0	12.1	14.3	14.1	13.7	17.9	13.1
Telemark	16.6	12.4	15.4	16.1	10.5	13.2	14.4	13.4	18.1	14.3	17.0
Agder	15.6	13.5	9.3	12.0	10.8	12.3	13.8	11.1	12.1	14.6	11.7
Rogaland	9.7	12.5	13.7	11.3	11.4	12.6	10.9	11.9	14.1	11.7	10.9
Vestland	10.6	11.3	12.1	10.3	10.4	11.0	11.1	10.5	10.1	12.2	10.6
Møre og Romsdal	6.8	12.2	10.9	6.5	9.7	12.0	8.1	10.3	10.6	10.9	8.5
Trøndelag	17.2	9.9	9.7	9.8	8.8	12.7	11.2	8.3	13.3	10.5	8.4
Nordland	19.1	12.4	12.5	10.2	10.8	10.7	15.9	15.7	11.7	14.9	10.3
Troms	12.6	9.1	9.2	13.2	6.7	7.5	14.8	11.2	17.2	16.5	12.7
Finnmark	13.0	13.2	12.9	15.4	18.6	8.0	17.7	12.9	17.5	22.3	28.9
Total	16.3	13.1	12.6	11.8	11.6	11.7	12.2	11.5	13.0	13.3	11.7
¹ The 2025 figures are preliminary and will be updated by NIPH in October 2026.

Method

Distribution of Suicides by Specific Methods, Selected Years

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	2000	2010	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025¹
Distribution of Suicides by Specific Methods, Selected Years
Method of Suicide (N)
Poisoning	73	110	95	89	105	116	94
Hanging and suffocation	226	231	316	294	341	367	307
Drowning	37	29	36	38	34	37	34
Shooting and explosion	112	83	61	73	84	83	80
Cutting and stabbing	15	17	25	23	26	38	16
Jumping	32	26	45	44	55	37	38
Other or unspecified	53	53	67	63	65	63	87
Total	548	549	645	624	710	741	656
Method of Suicide (%)
Poisoning	13.3	20.0	14.7	14.3	14.8	15.7	14.3
Hanging and suffocation	41.2	42.1	49.0	47.1	48.0	49.5	46.8
Drowning	6.8	5.3	5.6	6.1	4.8	5.0	5.2
Shooting and explosion	20.4	15.1	9.5	11.7	11.8	11.2	12.2
Cutting and stabbing	2.7	3.1	3.9	3.7	3.7	5.1	2.4
Jumping	5.8	4.7	7.0	7.1	7.7	5.0	5.8
Other or unspecified	9.7	9.7	10.4	10.1	9.2	8.5	13.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
¹ The 2025 figures are preliminary and will be updated by NIPH in October 2026.