A good news is that the suicide rate in Japan has
been declining. A bad news is that it is increasing in USA.
Suicide Rate in History: Japan vs USA (Per 100,000
population)
2009: 24.9 vs 12.8
2010: 24.1 vs 13.1
2011: 23.4 vs 13.4
2012: 21.6 vs 13.5
2013: 21.4 vs 13.5
2014: 20.1 vs 14.0
2015: 19.1 vs 14.4
2016: 17.5 vs 15.1
2017: 17.0 vs 15.9
2018: 16.7 vs 15.7
2019: 15.3 vs 16.1
(https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.SUIC.P5?locations=JP-US)
2022 Suicide Rate World Ranking (Per 100,000 Population)
01 Lesotho 72.4
02 Guyana 40.3
03 Eswatini 29.4
04 South Korea 28.6
05 Kiribati 28.3
06 Micronesia 28.2
07 Lithuania 26.0
08 Suriname 25.4
09 Russia 25.1
10 South Africa 23.5
11 Ukraine 21.6
12 Belarus 21.2
…
17 Belgium 18.3
23 United States 16.1
25 Japan 15.3
26 Finland 15.3
28 Sweden 14.7
31 Austria 14.6
33 Switzerland 14.5
36 France 13.8
38 India 12.7
40 Australia 12.5
41 Germany 12.3
