According to statistics published by Eurostat to mark the occasion, the suicide trend in the European Union is generally positive (i.e. fewer people are killing themselves), though unfortunately Latvia still ranks as one of the countries with a higher than average suicide rate.
In 2021, there were 47 346 deaths due to suicide in the EU, corresponding to 0.9% of all deaths reported that year. This is the equivalent of an average of 10.2 deaths per 100 000 people.
Compared...