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The number of student suicides in the country went up by 34 per cent in 2023 as compared to 2019, data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows.
Over the past decade, the number of student suicides rose by around 65% — from 8,423 in 2013 to 13,892 in 2023. The rise is steeper than the rise in the total number of deaths by suicide over the past decade. Compared to 2013, the total number of deaths by suicide saw a 27% increase in 2023 (1.35 lakh in 2013 vs 1.71 lakh in 2023). Compared to the figure of 1.39 lakh deaths by suicide in 2019, the figure in 2023 saw a 23% increase.
Student suicides made up around 8.1% of the total deaths by suicide in the country in 2023.
This figure was 6.2% a decade ago. Categorised by profession, daily wage earners accounted for 27.5% of the total deaths by suicide in 2023, while housewives constituted 14%, and self-employed persons 11.8%.
