In 2003 around 32,109 suicides occurred in Japan, 2,160 more than in 2002. In 2003, on average 88 Japanese committed suicide every day.
Japan reported 25.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.
Japan has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 32,109 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 23,396 were men suicides and 8,713 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 37.6 per 100,000 men and for women 13.3 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 697 homicides in Japan, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 46.1 suicides.
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