Japan - Intentional self-harm 2021

Suicides Japan 2021

There are 56 suicides per day in Japan

In 2021 around 20,291 suicides occurred in Japan, 48 more than in 2020. In 2021, on average 56 Japanese committed suicide every day.

Japan reported 16.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.14 suicides per 100,000 people.

Japan is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 20,291 recorded suicide cases in 2021, 13,508 were men suicides and 6,783 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.1 per 100,000 men and for women 10.5 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Japan suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 285 homicides in Japan, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 71.2 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2021	6,783	13,508	20,291	10.50	22.10	16.20
2020	6,655	13,588	20,243	10.30	22.10	16.00
2019	5,757	13,668	19,425	8.90	22.20	15.30
2018	6,180	13,851	20,031	9.50	22.50	15.80
2017	6,132	14,333	20,465	9.40	23.20	16.10
2016	6,378	14,639	21,017	9.80	23.70	16.50
2015	6,950	16,202	23,152	10.70	26.20	18.20
2014	7,542	16,875	24,417	11.50	27.30	19.20
2013	7,905	18,158	26,063	12.10	29.30	20.50
2012	7,948	18,485	26,433	12.10	29.80	20.70
2011	8,992	19,904	28,896	13.70	32.00	22.60
2010	8,526	21,028	29,554	13.00	33.70	23.10
2009	8,518	22,189	30,707	13.00	35.60	24.00
2008	8,683	21,546	30,229	13.20	34.50	23.60
2007	8,820	22,007	30,827	13.40	35.30	24.10
2006	8,502	21,419	29,921	13.00	34.30	23.40
2005	8,317	22,236	30,553	12.70	35.70	23.90
2004	8,292	21,955	30,247	12.70	35.20	23.70
2003	8,713	23,396	32,109	13.30	37.60	25.20
2002	8,272	21,677	29,949	12.70	34.80	23.50
2001	8,290	21,085	29,375	12.70	33.90	23.10
2000	8,595	21,656	30,251	13.30	34.90	23.80
1999	9,011	22,402	31,413	13.90	36.10	24.80
1998	9,406	22,349	31,755	14.60	36.10	25.10
1997	7,593	15,901	23,494	11.80	25.70	18.60
1996	7,285	14,853	22,138	11.40	24.10	17.60
1995	7,189	14,231	21,420	11.20	23.10	17.10
1994	6,865	14,058	20,923	10.80	22.90	16.70
1993	6,976	13,540	20,516	11.00	22.10	16.40
1992	7,377	13,516	20,893	11.60	22.10	16.80
1991	7,398	12,477	19,875	11.70	20.50	16.00
1990	7,772	12,316	20,088	12.40	20.30	16.30
1989	8,186	12,939	21,125	13.10	21.40	17.10
1988	8,505	14,290	22,795	13.60	23.70	18.60
1987	8,550	15,281	23,831	13.80	25.40	19.50
1986	9,168	16,499	25,667	14.80	27.60	21.10
1985	8,027	15,356	23,383	13.00	25.80	19.30
1984	8,093	16,251	24,344	13.20	27.50	20.20
1983	8,109	16,876	24,985	13.30	28.70	20.90
1982	7,465	13,203	20,668	12.40	22.60	17.40
1981	7,388	12,708	20,096	12.30	21.90	17.00
1980	7,773	12,769	20,542	13.10	22.20	17.50
1979	7,972	12,851	20,823	13.50	22.50	17.90
1978	7,790	12,409	20,199	13.30	21.90	17.50
1977	7,970	12,299	20,269	13.70	21.90	17.80
1976	8,042	11,744	19,786	14.00	21.10	17.50
1975	8,231	11,744	19,975	14.50	21.30	17.80
1974	8,382	10,723	19,105	14.90	19.70	17.30
1973	8,129	10,730	18,859	14.60	20.00	17.30
1972	7,784	10,231	18,015	14.20	19.40	16.70
1971	7,082	9,157	16,239	13.10	17.60	15.30
1970	6,967	8,761	15,728	13.10	17.10	15.00
1969	6,603	8,241	14,844	12.50	16.20	14.30
1968	6,427	8,174	14,601	12.30	16.30	14.30
1967	6,181	7,940	14,121	12.00	16.00	14.00
1966	6,600	8,450	15,050	13.00	17.20	15.10
1965	6,114	8,330	14,444	12.10	17.10	14.60
1964	6,371	8,336	14,707	12.80	17.30	15.00
1963	6,567	8,923	15,490	13.30	18.70	16.00
1962	7,183	9,541	16,724	14.70	20.20	17.40
1961	8,113	10,333	18,446	16.70	22.10	19.40
1960	8,637	11,506	20,143	18.00	24.90	21.40

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