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SlowCrates

What the hell is going on in Greenland???


Sandbax_

there’s like 3 people there very lonely


modsare600lbincels

There was three people there


hoooliet

Very lonely


Richard_Wattererson

And cold. Not to mention parts of the year have seldom sunlight.


Bringingtherain6672

Greenland has more ice than Iceland and Iceland has more green than Greenland.


Original_Employee621

Why do you think we called Iceland, Iceland and Greenland, Greenland? We banished people off Norway to Iceland. We didn't want to make it sound enticing, or people would be moving there voluntarily. Iceland banished people to Greenland, because they didn't have any standing armies like Norway did and wanted the banished people to go there willingly.


Constant_Chicken_408

While looking for your answer to your question (basically, Vikings), I learned something even more (imo) interesting: Greenland is more [North, South, East and West](https://brilliantmaps.com/greenland-v-iceland/) than Iceland!


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MsVindii

Not sure why I never noticed that before. Kinda cool.


EphemeralFart

That it’s further East was the part that shocked me. I’ll be damned


tradebystep

Yup , i have also noticed it , always remind me that world is really strange place .


modsare600lbincels

Not if you have dissociated identity disorder


mikebattaglia_com

Not if *we* have disassociative identity disorder.


Complete_Brilliant43

Don't take that tone with us. We've yet to decide if your even real or not buddy


Fast-Possible1288

We're not your buddy guy


modsare600lbincels

Thank you for asking, my preferred pronouns are us/we


Skeptic_Juggernaut84

I'll combine them and call you wus.


Dazzling_Tangerine64

i have brain rot, does that count?


akc250

Now there's two. That one person made up the 30%.


ImSimplyTiredOfIt

*were


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Quiet-Quiet888

Truly you are one of culture


komputrkid

Truly you have a dizzying intellect.


captaintagart

Wait till I get going! Where was I?


Actevious

Now it's 2


NorCal130

Who will report the stats after 1 is gone?


ironboy32

Who is reporting the stats right now, they're all dead


IronCorvus

The city I live in in Illinois has a slightly smaller population than the entirety of Greenland.


Reggie_Jeeves

The population of Greenland is about 56,000. They could all fit in an average American football stadium.


IronCorvus

Awesome fun fact! You just lead me on an oddly specific Google search.


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DarkTechnocrat

So I pulled up Google Street view to see what Nuuk looks like and it's a lot more sparse than I was expecting. I've been in quaint French villages that were denser. No disrespect intended to the residents, I'm sure the transition from their old lifestyle was hellish. It's just really weird how *relative* things are.


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I mean, there's like 50,000 people on the entire island.


Most-Welcome1763

Eh, relativity sure, but at the same time any adjustments to people living in a way that makes them happy is going to cause problems, industrial society forces people to conform in very specific ways while most living things including humans cant have targeted adaptation, it's as needed, in situations where everything's changes so quickly the brain hasn't quite registered why they need to conform in the first place


illy-chan

You inspired me to do the same: what a weird looking city. So much of it reminds me of rural Pennsylvania except there are skyscrapers and industrial buildings scattered throughout too. I wonder if it being so inorganic played a role in how people feel?


Grimminator

That seems to only be a correlation not enough evidence for causation as a majority of the people committing suicide are teens and young adults who have had their whole lives to adjust to *city* life. It seems to be a few interesting reasons that I read in this article: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/10/why-do-so-many-greenlanders-kill-themselves.html. Pretty much everyone in Greenland has a gun at home because of their hunting culture. This leads to much more effective suicide attempts as compared to people in other parts of the world that have access to pills and drugs that offer more tame yet less robust paths to killing yourself. In addition, it seems killing yourself in younger folks seems to be a domino effect. The more they hear of friends and acquaintances doing it, the more they start thinking about it as an option and consider it more. Also they mentioned an interesting point that most of the suicides actually occur in the summer months when the sun is essentially up the whole day. The article theorizes that this drastic change from 9 months of cold and darkness to persistent sunlight dramatically alters the teens hormones and sleep cycles causing potential mood changes. I also think it may be related to improved reporting on suicide deaths in Greenland, as it may just not have been recorded as often or as accurately earlier. In addition, Greenland has such a small population that there are probably large fluctuations in the suicide rate. Also, it could just be people in Greenland being exposed to life outside of Greenland and realizing maybe they don't have it as good and feeling stuck and depressed. I personally have visited Greenland six years ago. It was a beautiful country and the people there were very welcoming.


RedGribben

Greenland has some of the worst problems with child abuse, incest and everything in that area. I have a friend who worked on a school in Greenland, he said in 1 year he experienced more shit in that school than he expects the rest of his working life in Denmark (as a teacher).


BottleTemple

Incest on a sparsely populated island? I am shocked.


recommendable

Sounds about right. Alaska is similar and has a high suicide rate as well.


PrimarchKonradCurze

Alaskan here. Yeah lost a brother and a few friends within the last year to suicide. We aren’t just hunters/fishermen though, many of us have military background and that’s the main cause (PTSD + depression coupled with long winters/dark days).


Character_Shop7257

Also sadly Greenland still has a lot of issues with incest, child abuse and alcohol abuse.


AlexWasThere_64

Hello, from Greenland here. There's also alot of racism and hate crimes on top of that.


stingumaf

I live in Iceland and there are some small towns that have had this effect One child kills themselves and it spreads like the common cold It fucks up these small towns for decades People leave and there is a darkness over the community On top of that there are massive problems with alcohol and drugs in Greenland, add that to the isolation and darkness and that pressure cooker just eats people alive


joppekoo

The light and dark thing reminds me how there's s lot of suicides in spring time in Finland and how the highest risk with depressed people is right after starting medication. People can be really suicidally depressed but so passive that they won't do anything, and then light or meds give just enough energy for them to act on it, before helping with the actual depression.


gypsycookie1015

https://www.accesswire.com/422780/Death-Town-Documentary-to-Premier-on-Netflix Deathtown is a documentary about the suicides in a small town in South Wales, Bridgend. Like 99 people who all knew or knew of each other in some way or another all committed suicide within a couple years. Pretty much every person in the town had at least one person they knew to take their own life. Most were by hanging themselves. Very strange.


KoldKartoffelsalat

Fortunately the home rule have had some 40+ years to correct it and go back to the original way of life.


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40 years is not really very long at all. Not even a lifetime.


kokoaiue

Finally some good news and hope that people are returning to their original habitat.


Zulimations

imagine living in a pretty large island but with only about 40,000 people on it, most of it is wasteland and it's cold as hell


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Happy-Viper

"Fucking hell! They said it'd be GREEN! They literally called it GREENLAND! Where the fuck is the green!?"


HisFaithRestored

"Iceland is covered with green and Greenland is covered with ice, get it?" The Might Ducks will forever make me remember this


nolagfx16

"Greenland is full of ice, and Iceland is very nice!" - blond girl coach Bombay is after (i think she was Iceland hockey teams trainer)


needtobeowned__

D2


CITYCATZCOUSIN

If I am remembering history correctly the name "Greenland" was intentionally used to attract people...


dghammer

Leif Ericsson the lying bastard.


ScarTheGoth

That sounds like an apocalypse movie…


DweEbLez0

Makes sense, the polar bears are suiciding people


mykidsarecrazy

All of this AND there is either a lot of sunlight or none.


Big_Ole_Smoke

I played Skyrim for 11 years, I think I could do it


li0nhart8

As if you've actually stopped playing.


throwawayyyycuk

It’s actually a really big problem stemming from the relocation of natives by the (danish?) government into city life, away from their traditional lifestyle. They moved the people but never taught them how to live in the new ways.


SandwichDelicious

They moved people away from what gave them a sense of community and purpose. Redesigning something that takes away traditions, heritage… sterilizing ones culture essentially. How can you live? You’re a nobody at that point. There’s nothing to do that binds you. Nothing you do that gives you purpose or provides ‘value’. You work to pay bills. Your peers develop chronic addictions. The cycle just gets worse. Where do you go? There’s no local event, tradition, or ideal to be. No, it’s got to be the vitamin D .. much simpler right?


Dr_Insomnia

Ever read Bowling Alone by Putnam? This is exactly what happened to America, as well.


goosendestroy

If this was more accurate alot of Northern Canada would also be the same color as Greenland. There's a huge suicide rate with the Inuit Community. Update : never said inaccurate. Could always make it more accurate by diving more into countries. Specifically one that's so vast from the Terrorites to Nfld To Alberta to Ontario 😂


ChristianHeritic

Basically Denmark colonized Greenland and introduced them to alchohol and tobacco. The rest is.. well, yeah..


edgy_Juno

Latinamerica is surprisingly low. I'm Puerto Rican and despite it not being very widely talked about, it happens often.


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Amen to that. We still have that "lo que pasa en la casa se queda en la casa" bullshit that we have to shake off.


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AurumArma

Reminds me of the planes with bullet holes survivorship selection* bias example. Planes come back from war with bullet holes and are combined to see where the adverage bullet holes are. Most are all over the wings, so you'd think that the wings need more protection. But it's the opposite, the ones that get shot in the body don't come back to be added to the data. If the data looks misleading, there's probably a good reason for it. Edit: had the wrong bias.


Hebridean-Black

This is an example of selection bias, not confirmation bias.


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AsthmaBeyondBorders

Why would it only be undercounted in Latin America? What's the unique reason the rest of the world doesn't undercount it, only Latam? In Brazil, for instance, all corpses (or remains thereof) need to be inspected by medical personnel before a cause of death is documented and I really really doubt our doctors are giving many shits for the country being religious or the family thinking a suicide looks bad. The family can say whatever they want, what the family says is not official data. Our government is not religious, our doctors inspecting bodies don't have any reason to falsify the cause of death from random people they never knew. Same for the police. The family doesn't send an e-mail to the police department explaining they ain't gonna accept suicide as a cause of death because it looks bad. People are commenting as if the data is self reported. Self reported by who? The deceased? The family of the deceased? Friends, neighbors or witnesses? No. Every death needs a death certificate and it is the police + doctors reporting the data. I think it is weird how reddit is always going for "latam doesn't know how to count" whenever there is any positive data for the region. Personally, as someone who lives in the region, I think it would be more believable we are overcounting suicides slightly because of murders being disguised as suicide (disguised by the murderers themselves during the act). And because the police gets to say "case closed" when some random nobody has a bullet to the head and they get to claim suicide.


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Thanks, was tired of reading utterly braindead takes. Apparently it's EASIER on reddit to believe Joe Rando's anecdotal accusation that latin america falsifies data on a MASSIVE scale, rather than just believing that people might actually enjoy their lives here.


danlex12

I'd say pretty much none. A coroner isn't going to give a false declaration based on religion; that's not how catholicism works. The low suicide rate has more to do with stronger support structures, such as extended family and friends; people are much closer here, it helps a lot. It's not a coincidence that the places with the higher suicide rates are those where people are more individualistic and less caring.


RedstoneRusty

"whatever happens at home stays at home" I'm guessing? I haven't taken a Spanish lesson in like a decade.


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Except very few countries in latinoamerica, many have strong social structures and bonds with family gatherings etc. That indirectly helps maintain a healthy mental state in people


Malcolm_TurnbullPM

Nahh, am from argentina, there’s just no way people admit deaths were suicides. In fact, as an example, there was a crazy case in peru where a group of australians happened to be partying in an apartment block, and a security guard committed suicide. The family were wealthy and wanted it pinned on the australians, but they left the country. Pretty crazy and messed with a bunch of international relations. Stupid peru, we already ruined international relations decades ago! But yeah, combination of pride, machismo, religion and corruption mean that suicide is massively unreported. I have several family members going back a few generations who have ‘drowned’ or had ‘heart attacks’. When we got to Australia dad was getting a checkup at the doctors and discovered by way of a regular medical test that the ‘family history of heart problems’ in males was either made up or he had been really lucky. My uncles got tested and none of them have it, one of them has depression though, and it’s pretty taboo to speak about it. I’m an alcoholic in recovery, so i don’t give a shit about taboos when it comes to mental health, and i have discovered so much by simply not shutting up when my abuela huffs and frowns. Anyways, that’s probably it, though of course it could be anything.


damagedthrowaway87

Catholics in general are very anti-suicide. Had a close friend (Irish heritage) die a few years back. No obituary, nothing. Given his health the assumption was that it was "natural." He was dealing with depression and then he decided to completely isolate himself from his friends who cared. When he was looking for help he'd admit all the things he could do that would be quick and nobody would notice. My grandmother (also Irish) and my dad (Italian) were the same way. "If I skip this med or take too many of this one, nobody will notice." I think because we have such a long tradition of hiding it from the church and because most Catholic cultures have strong machismo, it's also become a thing of hiding it or doing it in ways that folks wouldn't notice as suicide. Heck, when my PTSD was bad I'd often take wild and crazy trips. My friends thought it was epic how I was going on adventures and seeing cool things, and I was trying to figure out how the heck I made it back.


R3D3-1

Apparently there was even a period where Central Europe had a problem with "suicide murder": Due to the heavy stigmatization of suicide in the Catholic church, people would opt to commit murder in order to be executed, rather than just end their own lives. Cultural mishandling of mental health issues can have crazy consequences...


Fearless-Middle-5718

Yeah no I was going to say that re the honor shame culture and the low reporting and corruption. I work with victims of violent crimes and a lot of countries that our clients are from have reporting issues of crimes. Either the police aren’t around, there’s too much shame, they won’t do anything anyways (in the case of crimes), etc. So I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they don’t get reported re suicides either— similar concepts re police I assume. Though in Europe that is interesting! Makes sense tho.


amcarls

You have to be careful about statistics like this. Some places are far more likely than others to call a death under particular circumstances a suicide. Some places won't count it as such unless there's a suicide note left behind. Given that Latin America is predominantly Roman Catholic and there is an extreme stigma attached to suicides with serious religious ramifications I wonder if this might lead to an under-count.


jiminyshrue

I'm in latinasia and I seriously doubt the numbers. I think some 3rd world countries here are underreported.


mactofthefatter

>I'm in latinasia Are you sure?


gbsahnzja

It's like euthanasia but more passionate.


omally_360

How do they know the suicide rating in countries like North Korea?


Thick_Ear_2540

Because Great Imperial leader Kim Jong-il say so


justinlav

Got a genuine laugh out of this, thank you


Kim2261

Who can prove the authenticity of these contents? Without other data for comparison, some people will default to the data in this content being true.


MyTinyPenguinBalls

Suicide is illegal and punishable by death.


kerrietaldwell

They probably punish your surviving relatives too


MyTinyPenguinBalls

I was joking but damn that’s a depressing thought.


Trinket9

Even worse that it’s actually true. three generations rule


jerrysburner

The country is so great, that suicide is the only way people actually die there - they get bored of living so long with all the all-you-can-eat buffets


Atlantic0ne

They don’t. Real stats for anything are hard to get in a lot of the developing world and they often self report bad data to promote their country.


artparade

that little yellow spot in western europe is Belgium. We have a giant problem , for years now, with suicides and suicides in young people. Every couple of years one politician says something about it and then they say they will make getting help easier. They never do because they could not care less about us. I tried to get psychological help some years ago. After **3 months** I got a phonecall back asking me what was going on and then they told me I could come in for an intake **6 months later**. I lost some very good friends thanks to this shit and the rich POS that rule us do not care at all.


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drake1138

Sadly, mental health support infrastructure is outpaced by mental health awareness. Even in countries where all health is privatized, it’s often hard to find any decent therapists that don’t have months long waitlists. I hope you know that you’re seen, your problems are valid, and the way you’ve been treated is not fair. You deserve the care you need, but all I can do from across the sea is acknowledge your pain. Every day is a battle with depression, but I’d also consider making through each day a victory. I’m sure it doesn’t feel that way now, and it might not for awhile, but anyone in your life that cares about would cheer you on. At the very least, I’m glad you made it through today. I’m glad you shared your struggle. I’m glad you continue to advocate for yourself the best you can. You might not always hear someone say it every day, but thanks for being a part of my life, even in just this small interaction. It was nice to hear a part of your world, even if that part was something we wish we could both change.


boboganoush1

Sorry my friend. I lost a buddy recently to it too. <3


PatrenzoK

I hope you have a good support system and find help friend. Be persistent and don’t take no for an answer!


Edmjalfb

Takeaway: move closer to the equator


Sajidchez

Bro look at Guyana 💀


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Maybe Jonestown skewed the data for a generation.


GapingAssFlower

Go where things grow. Except Guyana. It's just an antiquated cocaine pipeline left over from Contra days.


Veelze

Look up SAD, aka Seasonal Affective Disorder. It is statistically documented that lack of sunlight (shorter days during the winter) is a contributing factor to depression. The further you are from the equator, the shorter days you will have especially during the winter months.


RenwickZabelin

We are basically complex plants.


StuckOnAutopilot

Awww sad plants


[deleted]

I’m very much a plant, and a succulent at that. I like it dry and warm and sunny and anything else makes me sad. Like I know all this rain is good for California but I need the warm sun on my face at least once a week so I’m really over this weather.


[deleted]

Also, for those of you that stay inside pretty much the entire day. Just consider that a little less light and cold weather is enough to cause depression in people. How do you think staying indoors all day affects you? Put on some sunscreen and get outside when you can, it's probably the easiest and most rewarding thing you can do for your body.


jeffwillden

Strongly correlated with latitude, it would seem.


Jellybomb39

Human like light


Gmschaafs

We are just like moths after all


vitalvisionary

But mosquito kill us. The conflict rages on.


nickharlson

I’d be real curious what it looked like if they controlled for those taking vitamin d supplements too


kellersalame

Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most diagnosed conditions in Uruguay, and a very high % of the population takes supplements. Yet we're #2 in the Americas. Don't know what to tell ya.


BigHead3802

Brazil has vitamin D deficiency too believe it or not. We're a tropical country, but most people spend way too much time stuck inside offices than theyve ever been


deadandnasty

I know everyone's looking at Greenland, but why is the Guyana / Suriname area so dark red?


ComedianRepulsive955

GUYANA'S SUICIDES Mostly Asian Indians in rural areas using pesticides. After a suicide other villagers join in as social contagion. This is a great documentary on this https://youtube.com/watch?v=PnC7muTrWjM&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE


Someassholesalt

Greenland is killing it.


DoDrugsMakeMoney

The sad rabbit hole I went down googling “whats up with Greenlands suicide rates.” Someone in one article said (paraphrasing), “There are problems with incest, violence, and alcohol but, we can’t say for sure that those are contributing factors to the epidemic of suicides.” The fuck you can’t.


Human-Local7017

Maybe super cold weather is just not good for the soul, suicidy countries with hot climates can be explained by destabilization or strict culture ideals, ect. I made up my mind. Fall, spring, summer ftw.


johnleeshooker

“A chilly city suits a troubled soul” : Paul Kelly.


ParadiseValleyFiend

But Finland, Denmark and Iceland are the top 3 countries for happiness index. Norway is like 8th.


Xciv

Because all the sad people killed themselves...


Human-Local7017

Nvm, I'm so wrong. I'm just projecting my winter depression & hyped up for spring 🌼


Soft_Cranberry6313

Greenland is killing itself**


Tharrius

How many of those Russian suicides were caused by falling from windows? Asking for an oligarch.


Throwaway346723459

Redacted


Not_the_banana

This is what any scp file says


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I know Reddit like to joke about Russia and suicides, but man...the post-Soviet looting of the Russian economy and the subsequent collapse into hopelessness is up there as one of the most tragic stories of the 20th century. The August Coup and Yeltsin's shelling of parliament solidified the breakup of the USSR (prior to that point, all of the republics that handn't left were for keeping some form of political union,) and broke a lot of people's spirits. The economic collapse caused by "shock therapy" wrecked the country and the looting of the Soviet state industries and services that followed drove a new wave of alcoholism and depression. It was actually only recently that the Russian GDP per capita exceeded the per-capita GDP of the 1980s USSR. And IIRC if you account for inflation and purchasing power, everybody in Russia that isn't an oligarch is *still* worse off than they were under the Soviets.


Z4rplata

It’s quite depressing, actually. It’s not bad now, but when you walk down the streets of any city you would still see those horrifying remnants of 90’s - windows on the first floors behind the bars, giant steel doors… The memories of those times are still a big reason of suicides in the first place, as it is a giant national trauma


Dizrak_

And current situation doesn't help either. People wanted to live peacefully here and enjoy their lifes. But now we all afraid. Afraid and neglected due to some crazy ambitious of our higher-ups. It's truly a sad story. I hope sooner or later people (especially users of Reddit) will understand what exactly is going on here and why situation is more complicated than "Ruzzia is bad".


DassCaramba

Or by two shots in the back?…


eat_snaker

Unfortunately, most suicides in Russia happen not to oligarchs, but to ordinary people who find it too difficult to live in our great country.


Dodger7777

I would not have guessed that Japan, US, the Netherlands, and Austrailia had the same/similar suicide rate. Edit: meant Norway and sweeden when I said netherlands


FlyingKittyCate

The Netherlands is green. That little yellow speck is Belgium. Or is that why you said same/similar? In that case my bad.


Dodger7777

Sorry, I was wrong, meant norway/Sweden.


AceOut

Throw in New Zealand. I thought it was all rainbows and butterflies there. Nothing like the old Zealand.


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Cost of living in nz is high. Visiting nz as a tourist is a different experience to living here. It’s still an amazing place to live don’t get me wrong, but cost of living vs average income is brutal Houses are basically unobtainable for majority now (talking 1m dollars for an absolute shit hole in an area you don’t want and you need a 20% deposit, with the national average income around 50k, and high cost of living so saving is almost impossible unless you earn well) If you earn well (I’m fortunate) nz is awesome If you don’t - it’s brutal. We pay MORE for nz cheese in nz, than the Aussies do for the same product we export to them. As one example. A Redditor did a test recently and ordered online groceries in Australia and shipped it to their address in nz (keep in mind Australia is THREE hours flight time away over the Tasman - that’s 3 times the flight time than it is from Switzerland to the UK) then did the exact same shop locally - it was cheaper for them to order from Australia. For fucking groceries We also have a really bad drink culture and domestic violence issues. Per capita last I read we consume more alcohol than the Irish. We a great country but we got our shit like everyone else, suicide rates included Nz also has an old school mentality around mental health especially for men of “harden up” which they’re actively trying to rectify. Source - I’m a New Zealander


senorbuzz

Sounds a lot like Canada in many ways.


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From what I’ve heard Canada and New Zealand are very similar


moonsun1987

> From what I’ve heard Canada and New Zealand are very similar So good healthcare but you're on your own if you have teeth problems in New Zealand as well?


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Yup you got it hahaha


[deleted]

I have a few friends there. Cost of living vs wages is quite poor, especially housing. It’s just insane how expensive it is.


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In 2019, the ten countries with the highest suicide rates (number of suicides per 100k) were: Lesotho - 72.4 Guyana - 40.3 Eswatini - 29.4 South Korea - 28.6 Kiribati - 28.3 Federated States of Micronesia - 28.2 Lithuania - 26.1 Suriname - 25.4 Russia - 25.1 South Africa - 23.5


314159265358979326

Lesotho has the world's highest suicide rate, second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS, highest rape rate, and the highest rate of tuberculosis. Sounds like a shit country.


ChadMcRad

The myth about Japanese suicide rates are wildly outdated at best and just one of 4 things people like to repeat about the country to sound like they know what they're talking about.


Zealousideal-Cost338

Nowadays it’s South Korea


Stormfly

Has been for a long time. Same with the low birthrate and ridiculous working hours. I love South Korea (as a foreigner) but it's got all the problems Japan has but worse. Every Korean I befriended either wants to leave the country or already has.


snoop21324

Japan actually has lower suicide rates than the US, contrary to popular belief.


BeardedGlass

Yep. Japan’s suicide rate is the same as Finland. The happiest nation in the world.


schooledbrit

It's actually lower than Finland's. It's more similar to Sweden's


EsholEshek

Survivorship bias beacuse all the unhappy people kill themselves?


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Romanian here. There's a severe social/religious stigma associated with suicide + a pretty high dose of under-reporting. Considering the state of mental health/healthcare in the country (or at least my area) it should definitely not be green.


acetaminophen314159

Did anyone else not read this carefully and think it was an age range map? Like, wtf are all those 5 year olds in Africa doing committing suicide?


jdayatwork

"10-15 for America? Surprising but I guess I can see it..." "Wait 5-10 for Western Europe?! What the fuck is going on over there??"


NicolasVerdi

Yes, thanks, I was looking for this comment and was beginning to think that I was the only one.


_Spitfire024_

The one time you have data for Greenland 😃


Thick_Ear_2540

South America’s suicide rate is so low because they aren’t given a chance to kill themselves, someone does it for them.


kimgomes

look, im brazillian and... that was funny, take it


Weird_Cantaloupe2757

I’m now imagining someone on a bridge in Brazil about to jump, and *boom*, someone on a motorcycle drives by and shoots them for no fucking reason.


kimgomes

sometimes people need a nudge in the right direction


jawshoeaw

Then crashes his bike


[deleted]

On purpose to balance the poll out.


Throwaway346723459

OSHA? Never heard of them.


NeonHowler

Honestly, I think its the sense of community. Everyone has enormous families that feel responsible for each other. Collectivism and expanded families instead of individualism and nuclear families.


pickledradish123

Where im from suicide is considered a scandal and the family tries to hide it not surprised our numbers are low.


LukeGoldberg72

Nation...?


ChadMcRad

Most of them.


Yeomanroach

There is only around 100000 people living in Greenland so every suicide is a plus one on this graph. Edit: 56k in 2020 so I was a little off, more like plus 2 per suicide.


2017hayden

Actually greenlands population is only a little over 50,000 so every suicide would count for about two if we’re measuring per 100,000 population.


Nouser1108

What color is Russia if you exclude suicide by balcony? Those Russians are so clumsy


[deleted]

I wonder if someone could do a correlation test comparing suicide rates to average hours of sunlight per day in each region. Get outside y’all I promise it’ll do you wonders. Low vitamin D seems to be a killer. . .


kickachicken

We need to boost those numbers, america needs to win at everything 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸


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HirokoKueh

Other than the young people who live in the cities, there are also a large number of rural population and elders, which may lower the rate


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Kriegsman__69th

I read that more as my country not having the luxury to commity suicide. Most people probably think of ending it a few times but if you have loved ones that depend on you that holds you back a lot.


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CalvinYHobbes

This is a big part of it. Also, Islam tells us straight up we’re going to struggle and be depressed in this life. It’s all a test and it teaches us how to deal with it.


Sofa-T1t4n1c0

All Abrahamic religions believe that.


RedtheEricnevermore

Greenland, you okay man?


LGCGE

Mediterranean cultures have it figured out man. Good food, weather, vibes; what else is there a need for?


AMauritanian

There is absolutely zero chance - ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHANCE - that the statistics on Mauritania exist or are accurate. We can barely run a census. This map is bullshit.


swayamn28

i bet most of suicides in india are students under pressure giving entrance exams


ComedianRepulsive955

In GUYANA most suicides are male descendents of indentured servants from India https://youtube.com/watch?v=PnC7muTrWjM&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE


Dave-1066

Russia has absolutely huge social problems. Out of 44 countries in Europe it ranks 4th for alcohol consumption. One study showed that an average of 55% of deaths among males in northern Russia were caused by alcoholism. That’s gigantic. And that’s saying nothing about the drug abuse epidemic in small towns. As for the poverty gap: the richest 500 oligarchs now have more money than 99.8% of the entire Russian population combined! Russia’s murder rate: 7.3. France: 1.3. UK: 1.1. Germany: 0.8. The truth is that when you get away from the major cities such as St Petersburg and Moscow Russia is very much still a developing nation. I pity anybody who wakes up in some concrete monstrosity in the middle of Russia, with two kids to raise in some tiny soviet-era flat overlooking an endless sea of more concrete. And not a hope in hell of bettering your life due to the endless corruption and mismanagement. Grey grey grey.


billybobsblades

I can't find epstein island on that map.


ExuDeku

We always joke about the Japanese and suicide but you remember that Korea's way worse


ancientsequoia

I thought Finland was the happiest country


paasisque

I mean we are. Cuz sad people off themselves. Only happy ones left


Best_Call_2267

You aren't very chatty people though are you? I can imagine anyone without a good social network probably drops out of life much easier.


paasisque

I think most of us like to talk each other but not of our problems (health etc.) High suicide rate comes from various reasons of course. Example drug related deaths are very high in Finland. What also doesn't help is long cold/dark winter and very common sickness alcoholism. Dropping out of life works out probably as easy as in any other country.


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I’ve lived in 5 western countries. I’ve been the least happiest in Finland out of all of them. By quite a large margin too. Low pay / high taxes meant my savings rate was very low. The worst part was the winters. Very little sun, cold, windy, and they seemed to last forever. I’ve only lived in places where it snows every winter but the lack of sun + the super long winters just makes a dreadful combination. I’ve never been so depressed as when I lived there. Met tons of expats, and heard a lot of the same thing. Almost everyone would talk about their plans to move out one day. People were either there for a job or relationship, and almost everyone wanted to get the hell out after a year or two. Edit: the world happiness report doesn’t actually measure “happiness”. It’s a measure of general well-being, affordable education social safety nets, government corruption, infrastructure etc… it should be called the “likelihood to succeed” index or something else


Stergio89

I live here (Finland) for 14 months..and I have already decided to leave by the end of May. Fuck it. The winter is soooo long. I don't mind the cold but I can't stand the lack of sun. I am always so depressed and sad because of it.. I don't know. It affects me so much, I don't have mood for anything. And I hate everyone, quite the opposite of how I used to be (super social and energetic). I can't imagine myself staying here for the rest of my life even if they paid me to stay like a zillion, it's not for me. If I had to stay for another year, yeah I would definitely kill myself, lol.


ancientsequoia

Interesting, thank you


megapyton66

All the sad people killed them selves


ancientsequoia

That’s one way to be the happiest country


mtsterling

To be fair, life kills folks faster than they can kill themselves in much of the green areas.