Comparing suicide rates, countries can be divided into three categories based on their suicide rates: low, with less than ten suicides per 100,000 people (such as Muslim countries); medium, with 10-20 suicides per 100,000 people (such as the UK and the USA); and high, with more than 20 suicides per 100,000 people (countries in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia).
事實上，以全球評比來說，每十萬人口中自殺率在十人以下者，屬於低自殺率國家（如回教國家），十至二十人屬中度自殺率國家（如英、美），二十人以上就是高自殺率國家（如東歐、北歐各國）。