Not serious on suicides

Localised efforts aren’t enough for large-scale data collection needed to understand suicide.

Every day, 20 people take their lives in Nepal. We are among the countries with the highest suicide rates and consistently fall in the WHO’s Top 10 list. This figure is alarming, especially for a country with only 30 million people. Reducing one-third of premature deaths from non-communicable diseases is a target Nepal has pledged to achieve under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although the government aims to cut the suicide rate to 4.7 per 100,000 people by 2030, the suicide rates are only increasing by the year.