Suicide in Finland takes place at a higher rate than the European Union average.[1] The number of annual suicides peaked at more than 1500 in 1990, and has been decreasing relatively evenly since then, although a slight recent increase in 2016 and 2017.[2][3] In 2018, 810 Finns died by suicide.[3]
In 2020, a total of 717 suicides were committed [4]
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- ^ "Finland sees more suicides than EU average". Yle Uutiset. December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Statistics Finland - Causes of death 2017 - 6. Increase in the number of suicides from previous years". 17 December 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Statistics Finland - Causes of death 2018 - 6. Number of suicides fell slightly from the previous year". December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ https://www.stat.fi/til/ksyyt/2020/ksyyt_2020_2021-12-10_kat_007_fi.html