The 11 countries with the highest suicide rates in the world in 2016 are a stark reminder that the problem of suicide is only increasing, and efforts to curb it have been unsuccessful. For a person to consider suicide means that every other option has failed. They have tried other methods of improving their lives and yet, have met with resounding failure. For such a person, the saying that there is a light at the end of the tunnel is nothing more than false hope. There is no escape or exit. The only way to deal with the problems is to end your life.
There are a variety of reasons that may lead to a person feeling this way. If a person is young, bullying can be a major cause for concern in this regard. After all, for a child, there are few things worse than getting constantly humiliated in front of your peers. On the other hand, a broken family may also lead to suicidal thoughts, where children are unable to handle bickering and fighting parents who are so lost in their own lives, they forget to give a proper one to their children. If you want to learn more about youth suicides, you might want to check out the 10 Countries With the Highest Youth Suicide Rates in the World.
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For people in their late 20s and 30s, the problems may be of a different nature. Financial issues are some of the foremost difficulties that can take their toll on the mind of a person, and you are more likely to see a man suffering from debt committing suicide as compared to someone financially well off.
However, the biggest reason people commit suicide is because of mental illness, usually depression. Unfortunately, despite the advancements made in the detection and cure of mental illnesses, they still remain a stigma and are generally associated with a weak mind. This mindset has led to many people simply hiding their illness instead of actively seeking treatment and this leads to their illness progressing until they are no longer of sound mind. If we encourage people to seek treatment immediately rather than hiding their depression, that could be the most effective tool in fighting suicides.
We used the World Health Organization’s website to discover the 11 countries with the highest suicide rates in the world in 2016. We selected all the countries for which the relevant information was available, after which we selected all the methods of intentional self-harm present in the database. We then determined the populations of the countries to figure out the suicide rate for each country. While the United States has the most suicides in the world with over 42,000 suicides annually, it doesn’t feature on our list since its suicide rate is still comparatively low, due to its large population.
