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Cyprus had the lowest suicide mortality rate in the European Union in 2023, according to figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday.
The island recorded 3.5 deaths resulting from intentional self-harm for every 100,000 inhabitants, placing it at the bottom of the EU ranking.
Greece followed with a rate of 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people, while Malta recorded 5.5.
Lithuania had the highest suicide mortality rate among EU member states, with 18.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Slovenia ranked second at 16.4, followed by Hungary at 16.1.
Across the EU, 48,370 people died as a result of intentional self-harm during 2023. These deaths accounted for approximately 1 per cent of all deaths recorded across the bloc.
The EU's age-standardised suicide mortality rate stood at 10.4 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. This represented a slight decrease from 10.6 in 2022 and a more substantial fall from the 12.2 recorded a decade earlier, in 2013.
Eurostat's figures therefore point to a continuing downward trend in suicide mortality across the European Union, both over the past year and in comparison with the longer-term data.
