Belgium vs South Korea

Belgium vs South Korea: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 6.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.46 times that in Belgium.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Belgium vs South Korea: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 6.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.46 times that in Belgium.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Belgium.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearBelgiumSouth KoreaWorld
201714.320.810
201614.421.210.1
201514.922.410.2
201415.123.510.3
201315.624.810.5
201216.12610.7
201116.327.211
201016.227.811.2
200916.327.611.4
200816.426.611.6
200716.225.611.7
20061624.712
200516.424.712.5
200416.62412.6
200317.32312.8
200217.821.113
200118.219.613.4
200018.518.514.1
199918.117.714.5
199818.21714.7
199718.615.215.1
199618.714.115.4
19951912.915.9
19941911.916.1
199318.611.116
199218.110.815.8
199117.610.915.5
199017.61115.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
  • Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

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