Based on recent estimates, as of 2021, the top 10 countries with the highest suicide rates per 100,000 population are:
- Lithuania (31.9)
- Russia (31.4)
- Guyana (30.2)
- South Korea (26.9)
- Belarus (26.3)
- Kazakhstan (23.9)
- Suriname (23.2)
- Latvia (22.3)
- Hungary (21.7)
- Slovenia (21.3)
Top Ten Countries By Most Suicides, 2015 |
Country | Suicide Rates (per 100 000 population) |
---|---|
Sri Lanka | 34.6 |
Guyana | 30.6 |
Mongolia | 28.1 |
Kazakhstan | 27.5 |
Côte d’Ivoire | 27.2 |
Suriname | 26.9 |
Equatorial Guinea | 26.6 |
Lithuania | 26.1 |
Angola | 25.9 |
Republic of Korea | 24.1 |
Sierra Leone | 22.1 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 20.5 |
Central African Republic | 19.6 |
Belarus | 19.1 |
Poland | 18.5 |
Zimbabwe | 18 |
Russian Federation | 17.9 |
Eswatini(Swaziland) | 17.9 |
Cameroon | 17.5 |
Latvia | 17.4 |
Ukraine | 16.6 |
Burkina Faso | 16.5 |
Belgium | 16.1 |
India | 16 |
Hungary | 15.7 |
Japan | 15.4 |
Togo | 15.4 |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 15.2 |
Uruguay | 15.2 |
Nigeria | 15.1 |
Benin | 15 |
Slovenia | 15 |
Estonia | 14.9 |
Kiribati | 14.8 |
Chad | 14.2 |
Finland | 14.2 |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 14 |
Argentina | 13.9 |
Lesotho | 13.6 |
Eritrea | 13.2 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 13.2 |
Burundi | 13 |
Mozambique | 12.9 |
Cambodia | 12.8 |
Ethiopia | 12.8 |
Sweden | 12.7 |
Thailand | 12.7 |
Botswana | 12.6 |
Rwanda | 12.6 |
Uganda | 12.6 |
United States of America | 12.6 |
Source : http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.home