Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2011, USA ranked the highest in deaths caused by suicides with 39,031 followed by Japan and South Korea. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 37.0, Luxembourg with 53.6 and Estonia with 198.
Data for more countries are available at Deaths Caused by Suicides indicator page.
Deaths Caused by Suicides | Unit | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Australia | 2,114 | 2,170 | 2,295 | 2,338 | 2,314 | |||||||||||||||||
Canada | 3,612 | 3,392 | 3,464 | 3,571 | 3,747 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
Chile | 1,830 | 1,931 | 1,967 | 2,205 | 2,260 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
France | 10,507 | 10,204 | 9,829 | 10,071 | 10,188 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
Germany | 9,557 | 8,960 | 8,525 | 8,588 | 8,568 | |||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 2,621 | 2,461 | 2,450 | 2,477 | 2,461 | |||||||||||||||||
Italy | ... | ... | 3,301 | 3,384 | 3,470 | 3,551 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Japan | 28,062 | 27,461 | 28,122 | 27,756 | 28,272 | |||||||||||||||||
Mexico | 5,094 | 5,045 | 5,109 | 5,403 | 5,821 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 1,532 | 1,490 | 1,315 | 1,386 | 1,474 | |||||||||||||||||
Poland | ... | ... | 5,922 | 5,653 | 5,117 | 5,499 | 6,226 | |||||||||||||||
South Korea | 14,063 | 12,390 | 13,653 | 13,882 | 16,280 | |||||||||||||||||
Spain | 3,167 | 3,039 | 2,992 | 3,167 | 3,157 | |||||||||||||||||
USA | 33,395 | 34,007 | 35,543 | 36,799 | 37,449 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | ... | 4,040 | 4,062 | 3,841 | 4,232 | 4,196 | ... |