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Who Suffers the Most from Suicides per Population?

Suicide Deaths Per 100,000 People, 2011 or latest
Health Care | January 1, 2019
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Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2011, South Korea ranked the highest in suicide deaths per 100,000 people with 33.3 followed by Hungary and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Greece with 3.10, Mexico with 4.80 and Italy with 5.80.

Data for more countries are available at Suicide Deaths Per 100,000 People indicator page.

Suicide Deaths Per 100,000 People Unit 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Austria 16.2 14.7 14.5 14.1 14.1
Chile 11.2 11.7 11.8 13.1 13.3 ... ...
Czechia 14.8 13.1 12.7 12.6 13.2
Estonia 19.8 17.4 18.3 17.3 19.3
Finland 18.3 19.6 18.2 19.0 18.9
France 17.1 16.5 15.8 16.1 16.2 ... ...
Hungary 25.2 23.4 23.3 23.4 23.3
Iceland 11.5 10.8 12.0 12.4 11.8 ... ...
Japan 22.1 21.6 22.1 21.8 22.2
New Zealand 12.7 12.7 11.9 12.4 12.0 ... ...
Norway 11.6 11.5 10.5 10.6 11.9
Poland ... ... 15.5 14.8 13.4 14.4 16.3
Slovenia 23.6 24.6 19.9 18.6 20.0 ...
South Korea 29.9 26.2 28.7 29.0 33.8
USA 11.2 11.3 11.7 12.0 12.1 ...