This interactive map shows the number of suicides across the world that occurred between the years 1985 and 2016.
Developed countries like United States and Japan, and once a superpower, Russian Federation are some of the countries with highest number of suicides with figures above 800,00.
Maldives, Macau and Oman are some of the countries with least reported suicides.
The below graph shows the top 10 countries with respect to the number of suicides reported between 1985 and 2016.
After Japan, France, Ukraine, Germany, Korea, Brazil, Poland and United Kingdom are the other countries with most suicides.
This bar race chart shows how the suicide rate per 100k population has changed over the years.
In 1985, Sri Lanka was at the top with 558 suicides for every 100,000 people in that region. While in 2016, Lithuania became the highest with 352 suicides per 100k people.
In the years between 1985 and 2016, we see the highest numbers were seen in different countries like Austria, Singapore, Russian Federation, Hungary and Korea.