Question

In which country the maximum number of suicides are committed in a year?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Europe[note 3]

15.4 12.85 24.7 6.6 3.74

Southeast Asia

13.2 13.40 14.8 11.6 1.28

Global

10.6 10.53 13.5 7.7 1.75

Western Pacific

10.2 8.45 10.9 9.4 1.16

Americas

9.8 9.25 15.1 4.6 3.28

Africa

7.4 11.96 9.9 4.8 2.06

Eastern Mediterranean    

3.9 4.30 5.1 2.7 1.89

Countries by income group

Estimated numbers and crude rates of suicide by income group, 2012[13]

Income group (% of global pop) Suicides, 2012

(in thousands) Global % Rate

(2012) Male:Female

(2012)

High-income countries (18.3%) 197 24.5% 12.7 3.5 : 1

Upper-middle-income countries (34.3%) 192 23.8% 7.5 1.3 : 1

Lower-middle-income countries (35.4%) 333 41.4% 14.1 1.7 : 1

Low-income countries (12.0%) 82 10.2% 13.4 1.7 : 1

Global  (100.0%) 804 100.0% 11.4 1.9 : 1