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 | ... |