Overview
- Argentina recorded 4,249 suicide deaths in 2024, a continued rise since 2017 after a brief dip through 2020, with suicides again exceeding road-traffic fatalities.
- Clinicians in Argentina report the sharpest increases among adolescents and young adults, with attempts rising notably in those roughly 15 to 25 years old.
- Provisional 2024 figures from Spain’s INE show youth deaths increased 20% among 15–19-year-olds and 8% among 20–24-year-olds, even as the overall national total edged down.
- A study by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos with the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya reports 15.7% of Spanish adolescents aged 14–17 say they have attempted suicide.
- Practitioners highlight asking directly and listening as effective prevention, note emergency visits for suicidal thoughts outpacing attempts in Catalonia, and point to social stressors and fresh scrutiny of technology following a U.S. complaint alleging AI involvement.