According to WHO's 2016 suicide report, France ranked 48th of the 183 countries listed.
Suicides at France Telecom captured media attention in 2009, and with some attributing blame on the company's restructuring in the wake of its privatization.
[3] Over the period 1910-1943, suicides were elevated during the postwar years and the Great Depression.
[4] The most common suicide methods during the period were hanging, drowning and shooting.
[4] The suicide rate in France began increasing between 1975 and 1985, reaching an all time high of 22.5 per 100,000 people in 1985.