Number of suicides India 2022, by profession

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Jan 18, 2024

In 2022, over 45 thousand daily wage earners committed suicide in India. Followed by over 25 thousand home makers who committed suicide. Family problem was the leading cause of suicides in the country that year.

Number of suicides across India during 2022, by profession

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June 2023

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Region

India

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

This data depicts only profession of persons who have committed suicide and has no linkage whatsoever regarding cause of suicide.
*Farmer/cultivator are those whose profession is farming and includes those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other's land with or without the assistance of agricultural laborers.
**Agricultural laborers are who primarily work in farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labor activities. Figures of daily wage earner excludes agricultural laborer.

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