1- Lesotho
- Average suicide rate per 100,000: 72.4
On the top of our list of 20 countries with the highest suicide rates in the world is Lesotho with the average suicide rate of 72.4 which is such an alarming figure. Overall, there is so little recognition of mental health issues and such a strong societal stigma around seeking assistance that many individuals would choose to suffer in silence or take the tragic decision to end their own life.
