Suicide is a tragedy that affects people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Although suicide rates vary across countries around the world, there are certain places where this phenomenon occurs at higher rates than others. Here are 20 countries with some of the highest suicide rates in the world, according to World Population Review.
Lesotho
Suicide rate: 72.4 per 100,000 population
Population: 2,317,952
Guyana
Suicide rate: 40.3 per 100,000 population
Population: 811,019
Eswatini
Suicide rate: 29.4 per 100,000 population
Population: 1,206,121
South Korea
Suicide rate: 28.6 per 100,000 population
Population: 51,801,721
Kiribati
Suicide rate: 28.3 per 100,000 population
Population: 132,435
Federated States of Micronesia
Suicide rate: 28.2 per 100,000 population
Population: 114,713
Lithuania
Suicide rate:26.1 per 100,000 population
Population: 2,730,825
Suriname
Suicide rate: 25.4 per 100,000 population
Population: 620,566
Russia
Suicide rate: 25.1 per 100,000 population
Population: 144,682,320
South Africa
Suicide rate: 23.5 per 100,000 population
Population: 60,153,888
Ukraine
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 36,122,178
Uruguay
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 3,423,108
Belarus
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 9,518,599
Montenegro
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 626,485
Latvia
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 1,838,937
Slovenia
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 2,119,675
Belgium
Suicide rate: 18.3 per 100,000 population
Population: 11,673,051
Vanuatu
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 331,597
Mongolia
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 3,425,342
Kazakhstan
Suicide rate: per 100,000 population
Population: 19,509,192
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