IE · 2018 · tps00122
Death due to suicide, by sex
Ireland, 2018
In 2018, Ireland's death due to suicide, by sex increased by 12.3% compared to 2017, reaching 18.8.
Ireland accounts for 89.7% of the EU-27 total of 21.0.
Ireland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.0% (from 22.1 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00122, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.