Japan Suicide Rate 2000-2025

Japan suicide rate for 2019 was 15.30, a 8.38% decline from 2018.
  • Japan suicide rate for 2018 was 16.70, a 1.76% decline from 2017.
  • Japan suicide rate for 2017 was 17.00, a 2.86% decline from 2016.
  • Japan suicide rate for 2016 was 17.50, a 8.38% decline from 2015.
Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).
Country Rankings
Country Name Suicide Rate
Lesotho 72.40
Guyana 40.30
Eswatini 29.40
South Korea 28.60
Kiribati 28.30
Micronesia 28.20
Lithuania 26.10
Suriname 25.40
Russia 25.10
South Africa 23.50
Ukraine 21.60
Belarus 21.20
Uruguay 21.20
Montenegro 21.00
Latvia 20.10
Slovenia 19.80
Belgium 18.30
Vanuatu 18.00
Mongolia 17.90
Kazakhstan 17.60
Hungary 16.60
Croatia 16.40
Botswana 16.10
United States 16.10
Finland 15.30
Japan 15.30
Estonia 14.90
Moldova 14.70
Solomon Islands 14.70
Sweden 14.70
Austria 14.60
Switzerland 14.50
Cuba 14.50
Zimbabwe 14.10
Sri Lanka 14.00
France 13.80
Mozambique 13.60
Cabo Verde 12.90
India 12.70
Samoa 12.60
Australia 12.50
Central African Republic 12.30
Germany 12.30
Czech Republic 12.20
Slovak Republic 12.10
Iceland 11.90
Canada 11.80
Netherlands 11.80
Norway 11.80
Portugal 11.50
Serbia 11.40
Luxembourg 11.30
Poland 11.30
Euro Area 11.21
Singapore 11.20
New Zealand 11.00
Bosnia 10.90
Eritrea 10.90
Denmark 10.70
Bulgaria 9.70
Namibia 9.70
Romania 9.70
Djibouti 9.60
Haiti 9.60
Ireland 9.60
Mauritius 9.50
North Macedonia 9.40
North Korea 9.40
Georgia 9.20
Chile 9.00
Cameroon 9.00
Fiji 9.00
Nepal 9.00
Bahrain 8.90
Pakistan 8.90
Togo 8.80
Thailand 8.80
Trinidad and Tobago 8.70
Argentina 8.40
Gabon 8.40
China 8.10
Costa Rica 8.10
Seychelles 8.10
Uzbekistan 8.00
United Kingdom 7.90
Equatorial Guinea 7.90
St. Lucia 7.90
Somalia 7.90
Benin 7.80
Spain 7.70
Ecuador 7.60
Burkina Faso 7.50
Vietnam 7.50
Kyrgyz Republic 7.40
Zambia 7.30
Morocco 7.20
Belize 7.10
Guinea 7.00
Guinea-Bissau 7.00
Brazil 6.90
Democratic Republic of Congo 6.70
Italy 6.70
Sierra Leone 6.70
Ghana 6.60
Republic of Congo 6.50
UAE 6.40
Chad 6.40
Burundi 6.20
Bolivia 6.20
Angola 6.10
Kenya 6.10
Malta 6.10
El Salvador 6.10
Paraguay 6.00
Saudi Arabia 6.00
Senegal 6.00
Guatemala 5.90
Qatar 5.80
Yemen 5.80
Malaysia 5.70
Turkmenistan 5.70
Rwanda 5.60
Madagascar 5.50
Comoros 5.40
Ethiopia 5.40
Lao PDR 5.40
Malawi 5.40
Israel 5.30
Mexico 5.30
Niger 5.30
Iran 5.20
Greece 5.10
Dominican Republic 4.90
Cambodia 4.90
Oman 4.90
Gambia 4.80
Bhutan 4.60
Uganda 4.60
Liberia 4.50
Libya 4.50
Nicaragua 4.40
Albania 4.30
Tajikistan 4.30
Tanzania 4.30
Afghanistan 4.10
Azerbaijan 4.10
Mali 4.10
Colombia 3.90
South Sudan 3.90
Sudan 3.80
Tonga 3.80
Bangladesh 3.70
Timor-Leste 3.70
Cyprus 3.60
Iraq 3.60
Bahamas 3.50
Nigeria 3.50
Armenia 3.30
Tunisia 3.30
Mauritania 3.10
Egypt 3.00
Papua New Guinea 3.00
Kuwait 2.90
Myanmar 2.90
Panama 2.90
Lebanon 2.80
Peru 2.80
Brunei 2.70
Maldives 2.70
Algeria 2.50
Indonesia 2.40
Jamaica 2.40
Turkey 2.40
Philippines 2.20
Honduras 2.10
Venezuela 2.10
Syrian Arab Republic 2.00
Jordan 1.60
Sao Tome and Principe 1.50
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.00
Grenada 0.70
Barbados 0.60
Antigua and Barbuda 0.40