There is no international standard on what should be counted as suicide
Even if there was, reporting quality would be very different between cultures and rural vs urban environments
I think statistics coming fron authoritarian regimes are not trustworthy (I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to categorize which states are authoritarian)

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

This is more dodging the points raised than addressing them. You have proposed reasons for why the data may not be as accurate as possible, but that only prompts further investigation, not closing the book entirely. Further, all states are "authoritarian," and no state wants to report a high suicide rate, so that isn't a reasonable counter. Until the state withers away, it's better for workers to have control of that authority.