This table shows the circumstances under which assisted dying or assisted suicide is legal in various countries, ordered by the year in the practice was initially legalised.
| Illness requirements | Extension to groups | Method of drug administration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Intolerable suffering" | Mental illness | Minors | Non-citizens/non-residents | Self-administered | Physician assisted | |
| 1942 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| 2002 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 2002 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 2009 | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 2021 | Y | Y | N | N.A | Y | Y |
| 2022 | Y | N | N | N | Y | N |
| 2023* | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |