What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between East Asia & Pacific and Japan?

8.82 per 100,000 population, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Japan?

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 (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific vs Japan: Suicide mortality rate

East Asia & Pacific

8.61 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Japan

17.43 per 100,000 population

in 2021

East Asia & Pacific rank

21st

Japan rank

17th

Suicide mortality rate over time

East Asia & Pacific
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 17.43 per 100,000 population against 8.61 per 100,000 population in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 8.82 per 100,000 population.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.0 times East Asia & Pacific's.

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

East Asia & Pacific ranks 21st and Japan ranks 17th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	Japan	Difference	Ahead
2000s	11.96 per 100,000 population	24.53 per 100,000 population	12.57 per 100,000 population	Japan
2010s	8.86 per 100,000 population	19.89 per 100,000 population	11.03 per 100,000 population	Japan
2020s	8.53 per 100,000 population	17.3 per 100,000 population	8.77 per 100,000 population	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide mortality rate, East Asia & Pacific or Japan?: Japan, at 17.43 per 100,000 population against 8.61 per 100,000 population in East Asia & Pacific as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between East Asia & Pacific and Japan?: 8.82 per 100,000 population, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Japan?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Japan rank globally for suicide mortality rate?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 21st and Japan ranks 17th of 47 groups.
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 (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
Unit: per 100,000 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).