Argentina's suicide rate hits record high in 2025, up 22.6% year-on-year
5,209 deaths recorded in 2025, nearly triple the homicide rate, with experts citing economic disorientation and online betting among risk factors.
What to know
- Argentina recorded 5,209 suicides in 2025, a 22.6% increase from 2024 and 57.6% higher than in 2017, making it the country's highest on record.
- The suicide rate of 11.8 per 100,000 people now exceeds Argentina's homicide rate and surpasses the global average; suicide is the leading cause of death for young adults aged 15–34.
- Psychiatrists attribute the rise to multifactorial causes including economic disorientation, widening gaps between societal expectations and real opportunities, and proliferation of online betting, particularly among adolescents.
- Gender disparity is stark: males account for four out of five suicide deaths; eight in ten adolescents have accessed online betting, with 40% never discussing it at home.
The dispute Whether the suicide crisis reflects structural damage from prior governments, present governance failures, or is being weaponized as propaganda by opposing political camps. · positions read across 5 posts and comments
The crisis is rooted in long-term damage from prior Peronist administrations.
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“16 años de peronismo degradan cualquier sistema neurológico y psíquico.. el suicidio nunca es algo instantáneo, salvo escasísimas ocasiones. La mayoria lleva mucho tiempo rumeando la idea..”
AssignmentOk6984 · Reddit ↗
Media coverage is propagandistic, with English-language outlets biased against the current government.
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“Both argentinian newspapers in english (BATimes and BAHearld) are also extremely biased against Milei and have mostly focused on posting strictly negative articles about Argentina during his presidency.”
jetasfriend · Reddit ↗
Alberto Marani Psychiatrist and president of Argentina's College of PsychoanalystsDemián Rodante Vice president of the Suicidology Chapter of the Argentine Association of PsychiatristsNational Criminal Information System (SNIC) Argentine government body responsible for collecting nationwide crime and death statistics
How it unfolded 1 development · click the chart to see its coverage articlespostscomments
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UPI publishes updated figures confirming Argentina's record suicide rate
UPI reported on September 21, 2026 that Argentina recorded the highest number of suicides in its history in 2025. Psychiatrist Demián Rodante, vice president of the Suicidology Chapter of the Argentine Association of Psychiatrists, described suicide as a 'complex and multifactorial' phenomenon.
“complex and multifactorial phenomenon in which several factors can interact at the same time…”
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first by UPI, 2d ago
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Both argentinian newspapers in english (BATimes and BAHearld) are also extremely biased against Milei and have mostly focused on posting strictly negative articles about Argentina during his presidency.
2 more of the top 3 · 5 posts in this stretch
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16 años de peronismo degradan cualquier sistema neurológico y psíquico.. el suicidio nunca es algo instantáneo, salvo escasísimas ocasiones. La mayoria lleva mucho tiempo rumeando la idea..
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Fighting the propaganda on the other side. If you don’t believe this was posted by a propoganda account you are blind. It’s all propaganda, from both sides
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Psychiatrists identify social disorientation and online betting as risk factors — Alberto Marani, president of Argentina's College of Psychoanalysts, argues that rising suicides reflect a sociological phenomenon, not just individual causes. He points to growing disorientation among young people, the gap between societal expectations and real opportunities, and the spread of online betting. A survey found 13% of adolescents reported distress in 2024, and eight out of ten had accessed online betting.
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Suicide becomes leading cause of death for young adults in Argentina — Data from health records show suicide has become the leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults aged 15–24 since 2022, and among those aged 25–34 in 2024, overtaking road accidents. The gender gap is significant: 2,892 deaths were men compared to 720 women.
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Argentina records 5,209 suicides in 2025, highest on record — The National Criminal Information System documented 5,209 suicide deaths in 2025, representing a 22.6% increase from 2024. This represents a 57.6% rise since 2017, when 3,304 suicides were recorded. The suicide rate reached 11.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, exceeding the homicide rate of 3.6 per 100,000.
What people are saying 2 voices from 1 site · best of 5 · verbatim
- What specific policy changes or social interventions has the current government implemented to address the suicide crisis?
- How do economic conditions since 2022–2025 correlate with the sharp rise in suicides?
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Agreed. But don't cozy up to Trump and don't cause a fight in the Falklands. Neither are good
- Sep 19
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How have you stayed on Reddit for so many years while saying these things? I've been banned for less