Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world. It’s almost twice as high as Japan’s!
Japan is a country notorious for it's high suicide rate. It’s estimated that almost 50 in 100,000 people commit suicide each year. However, that is comparatively small compared to Greenland’s 100 per 100,000 rate.
Another sobering difference between most countries and Greenland is that in the island, most people who commit suicide are teens and young adults. In most other countries it’s elderly people who lead the statistic.
This is a relatively new development. The rate started growing since the 1970s. Although there is speculation that the reason for this high rate is alcoholism and poverty and incest rates, there are no firm studies that show why it’s such a big problem.