Desperate measures
When it comes to people taking their own lives, Guyana leads the world
GUYANA tends to do disappointingly, but not disastrously, in global rankings. It comes 121st out of 187 countries on the UN Development Programme’s human-development index; in the World Economic Forum’s latest competitiveness rankings, it comes 117th out of 144. But when it comes to suicide, Guyana is at the worst extreme (see chart).
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline "Desperate measures"
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