"The Sufferer & the Witness" was Rise Against's first album to chart in countries outside of North America. The album peaked at number twenty-one in Australia, and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association, denoting shipments of 35,000 copies. It was similarly certified gold by Bundesverband Musikindustrie for shipping 100,000 copies in Germany. In the UK, it peaked at number 171 on the UK Albums Chart, and sold 58,243 copies by June 2017. The album also reached number seventy-five in Austria and number ninety-eight in Switzerland.