What is the difference in suicide mortality rate, male between Japan and Sri Lanka?

0.62 per 100,000 male population, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sri Lanka?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

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.

Japan vs Sri Lanka: Suicide mortality rate, male

Japan

23.6 per 100,000 male population

in 2021

Sri Lanka

24.22 per 100,000 male population

in 2021

Japan rank

31st

Sri Lanka rank

28th

Suicide mortality rate, male over time

Japan
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 24.22 per 100,000 male population against 23.6 per 100,000 male population in Japan, a difference of 0.62 per 100,000 male population.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Japan ranks 31st and Sri Lanka ranks 28th of 185 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	35.95 per 100,000 male population	43.62 per 100,000 male population	7.67 per 100,000 male population	Sri Lanka
2010s	28.3 per 100,000 male population	25.89 per 100,000 male population	2.41 per 100,000 male population	Japan
2020s	23.54 per 100,000 male population	22.22 per 100,000 male population	1.32 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 Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 24.22 per 100,000 male population against 23.6 per 100,000 male population in Japan as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide mortality rate, male between Japan and Sri Lanka?: 0.62 per 100,000 male population, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sri Lanka?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Japan and Sri Lanka rank globally for suicide mortality rate, male?: Japan ranks 31st and Sri Lanka ranks 28th 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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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: 03 September 2026

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