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Top 20 Countries by Suicide Rate

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Africa
87.5
Lesotho
South America
40.9
Guyana
Africa
40.5
Eswatini
Oceania
30.6
Kiribati
Oceania
29.0
Micronesia
South America
25.9
Suriname
Africa
23.6
Zimbabwe
Africa
23.5
South Africa
Africa
23.2
Mozambique
Africa
23.0
Central African Republic
 
 
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Asia
21.2
South Korea
Oceania
21.0
Vanuatu
Africa
20.2
Botswana
Europe
20.2
Lithuania
South America
18.8
Uruguay
Asia
18.1
Kazakhstan
Asia
18.0
Mongolia
Europe
17.7
Ukraine
Oceania
17.4
Solomon Islands
Africa
17.3
Eritrea
 
 
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Europe
16.5
Belarus
Europe
16.2
Montenegro
Europe
16.1
Latvia
Africa
15.9
Cameroon
Africa
15.7
Ivory Coast
Africa
15.2
Cape Verde
Africa
14.8
Togo
Africa
14.7
Somalia
Oceania
14.6
Samoa
North America
14.5
United States
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Level 82
Jun 22, 2013
Didn't know South Korea was so high. It might even be higher than that, since I bet some suicides there are falsely attributed to "fan death."
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Level 50
Mar 26, 2015
Wow, Bhutan, whose economy is judged by Gross National Happiness next to Gross Domestic Product, makes the list. I would have never guessed it. It is usually in wealthy countries that the suicide rate is higher.