National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) recently published its report titled “Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India, 2020”. In the year 2020, suicides in India have increased by 10 percent as compared to 2019 data and reached to 1,53,052.

Key findings

• Report notes that, suicides among student have increased by 21.20 per cent.
• In absolute numbers, daily wage earners accounted for largest share of total suicides. It stood at 37,666 in 2020.
• Number of suicides in 2020 was highest since 1982. It increased by 11.15 per cent as compared to 1981 data, accounting for 44,732 suicides.
• The suicide rate has also increased from 10.4 percent in 2019 to 11.3 percent in the year 2020. Suicide rate is defined as number of suicides per lakh population.
• Share of suicides among daily wage earners has doubled between 2014 and 2020.

Suicides among students

• Suicides among students have increased to its highest level since 1995.
• In the year 2019, 10,335 cases were report. It increased to 14,825 in 2020.
• In percentage terms, share of suicides among students went up from 7.4 per cent to 8.2 per cent in the same period.

By: Brijesh Kumar