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Top 20 Countries With Highest Suicide Deaths
Every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and entire countries and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
It is caused by injuring oneself with the intent to die.
Below is a list of the countries with highest suicide deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019:
- South Africa: 23.5
- Russia: 21.6
- South Korea: 21.2
- Kazakhstan: 18.1
- Ukraine: 17.7
- United States: 14.5
- Belgium: 13.9
- Finland: 13.4
- India: 12.9
- Sweden: 12.4
- Japan: 12.2
- Hungary: 11.8
- Australia: 11.3
- Canada: 10.3
- Norway: 9.9
- Pakistan: 9.8
- France: 9.7
- Singapore: 9.7
- Ethiopia: 9.4
- Poland: 9.3
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