The area with the highest suicide rate in Romania

The area with the highest suicide rate. According to European statistics, the highest rate of suicides in Romania is recorded in Transylvania, and the data far exceed the European average.

Overall, however, our country falls within the average of the Union in the field. Thus, the highest suicide rate is registered in Slovenia, and the lowest in Cyprus.

According to Eurostat, the suicide rate in the European Union decreased by over 13 percent in the last decade and reached 10.2 deaths per hundred thousand inhabitants in 2022.

Romania. The area with the highest suicide rate

Slovenia has the highest proportion, almost 20, followed by Lithuania and Hungary. At the opposite pole is Cyprus, which has the lowest rate – 2.7, followed by Greece and Italy.

Romania is below the European average of 10, registering 9.85 deaths per hundred thousand inhabitants, but there are large differences between its regions, according to RRA.

The highest rate of suicides in our country is in Transylvania, the Central Region, where over 14 suicides per hundred thousand inhabitants are recorded.

Next comes the North-East Region, which includes a large part of Moldova. Here we have a rate of 11.43.

In the South-East Region, which includes Dobrogea and Southern Moldova, we have 10 suicides per hundred thousand inhabitants.

The North-West Region follows, with a rate of 9.6, Muntenia with 8.36, and Oltenia with 8.14.

The lowest suicide rate in Romania is in Banat, Western Region, with 7.38 suicides per hundred thousand inhabitants.