Overview

• Suicide accounted for an estimated 727,000 deaths in 2021, more than 1 in 100 globally, and remains a leading cause of death for people aged 15–29.
• Global suicide rates fell 35% since 2000, yet the Americas saw a 17% rise, and current trajectories point to only a 12% reduction by 2030 versus the one‑third target.
• Government spending on mental health remains a median 2% of health budgets, unchanged since 2017, with stark per‑capita gaps from about US$65 in high‑income countries to US$0.04 in low‑income countries.
• Treatment coverage is low, with roughly 9% of people with depression and 40% with psychosis receiving care, as workforce shortages persist at a global median of 13 mental health workers per 100,000 people.
• Few countries have fully shifted to community‑based care, rights‑based laws are incomplete in most places, yet emergency psychosocial support has expanded to over 80% of countries since 2020.