6. China
Annual suicides per 100,000 people: 22.2
Suicide rates are difficult to track in China, as the government is said to be lowering the numbers to paint a rosier picture of life in the People’s Republic. But we are left with no choice but to use the official statistics released by the Chinese government. Female suicide rates actually outnumber that of males and in reality, China has among the highest female suicide rates in the world.
