Japan vs Middle income: Suicide mortality rate, male

Japan
23.6 per 100,000 male population
in 2021
Middle income
10.54 per 100,000 male population
in 2021
Japan rank
31st
Middle income rank
30th

Suicide mortality rate, male over time

  • Japan
  • Middle income
10203040200020102021

How they compare

Japan currently reports 23.6 per 100,000 male population against 10.54 per 100,000 male population in Middle income, a difference of 13.06 per 100,000 male population.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.2 times Middle income's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 31st and Middle income ranks 30th of 185 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 35.95 per 100,000 male population 12.58 per 100,000 male population 23.37 per 100,000 male population Japan
2010s 28.3 per 100,000 male population 11.34 per 100,000 male population 16.97 per 100,000 male population Japan
2020s 23.54 per 100,000 male population 10.64 per 100,000 male population 12.9 per 100,000 male population Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide mortality rate, male, Japan or Middle income?
Japan, at 23.6 per 100,000 male population against 10.54 per 100,000 male population in Middle income as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide mortality rate, male between Japan and Middle income?
13.06 per 100,000 male population, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Middle income?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Japan and Middle income rank globally for suicide mortality rate, male?
Japan ranks 31st and Middle income ranks 30th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
Unit
per 100,000 male population
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).