Global prevalence of suicide in patients living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis

•The total prevalence rate of suicide among 61904 patients was estimated at 0.249 (95% CI, 0.2-0.306)•Among the countries, Switzerland and Greece had the lowest prevalence of suicide among HIV/AIDS patients estimated at 0.01 (95% CI, 0.008-0.012) and 0.015 (95% CI, 0.01-0.012) respectively•Iran and Nepal were reported to have the highest prevalence of suicide among these patients [0.829 (95% CI, 0.732-0.896) and 0.736 (95% CI, 0.685-0.781) respectively]•The Region of the Europe (EUR) had the lowest suicide rate at 0.074 (95% CI, 0.015-0.298); while the highest prevalence rate of suicide was reported for Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR)