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The number of recorded suicide cases in Jordan last year decreased to 156 cases, compared to 166 cases in 2024, a decrease of nearly 6%, according to the annual report of the National Center for Human Rights.
The report, based on data from the National Forensic Medicine Center affiliated with the Ministry of Health, showed that the recorded suicide cases in 2025 were distributed between 112 males and 44 females, compared to 136 males and 30 females in 2024.
According to the data, the age groups 19-24 years and 25-34 years recorded the highest number of cases during the year, with 41 cases each, totaling 82 cases, which is more than half of the cases recorded in 2025.
The age group 35-44 years recorded 24 cases, the age group 15-18 years recorded 18 cases, while the age group under 15 years recorded 11 cases.
The age group 45-54 years recorded 12 cases, the age group 55-64 years recorded 6 cases, while 3 cases were recorded for people over 65 years old.
The National Center for Human Rights pointed out that the registration of 18 suicide cases among the age group 15-18 years confirms, according to the report, the need to pay attention to this group and intensify mental health, preventive, psychological support, and behavior modification programs.
In the distribution of cases according to the method, the data showed that hanging was the most recorded with 84 cases, followed by falling from a height with 29 cases, then firing a bullet with 25 cases, while 9 cases were recorded with burns and 9 cases with other means.
The Center confirmed its previous recommendations not to criminalize the attempt to commit suicide and the necessity of providing social, psychological, health, and economic support to people who try to commit it, along with studying the causes of suicide, including economic conditions, poverty, unemployment, and their effects.
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