10,546 Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Died by Suicide in India in 2024: NCRB
31 August 2026, New Delhi: A total of 10,546 people involved in the farming sector died by suicide in India in 2024, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The figure includes 4,633 farmers or cultivators and 5,913 agricultural labourers. Together, they accounted for 6.2% of the 1,70,746 suicide victims reported across the country during the year.
Among the 4,633 farmers and cultivators who died by suicide, 4,481 were men and 152 were women.
Of the 5,913 agricultural labourers who died by suicide, 5,352 were men and 561 were women.
The figures have been reported in the NCRB’s Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India 2024 report.
States and UTs Report Zero Suicides
According to the NCRB data, several states and Union Territories reported zero suicides among both farmers or cultivators and agricultural labourers in 2024.
The states were Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
The Union Territories reporting zero cases in both categories were Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Delhi, Ladakh and Lakshadweep.
2024 Data Remains the Latest Published Data
The 2024 NCRB report is currently the latest published national dataset covering suicides among farmers, cultivators and agricultural labourers.
The NCRB has not yet published the corresponding Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India report for 2025. As a result, no official nationwide NCRB data for suicides among farmers and agricultural labourers in 2025 are currently available.
The 2024 figures show that agricultural labourers accounted for the larger share of suicide deaths recorded among people involved in the farming sector, with 5,913 cases compared with 4,633 among farmers and cultivators.
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