What is the relation between the Human Development Index (HDI) and Number of Suicide cases in the USA?

  • The link between HDI and suicides is not well understood. However, let us examine the impact of rising HDI on suicide rates in two powerful economies: Japan and the United States.

  • The graph for the United States indicates that as HDI climbed, suicides increased until a certain point, after which there was a sharp reduction. Following then, it began to rise again with HDI.