Nigeria vs South Korea

Nigeria vs South Korea: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 13.3 per 100,000 people, or 2.76 times that in Nigeria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Nigeria vs South Korea: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 13.3 per 100,000 people, or 2.76 times that in Nigeria.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Nigeria ranked 124 and South Korea ranked 14 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearNigeriaSouth KoreaWorld
20177.520.810
20167.521.210.1
20157.522.410.2
20147.523.510.3
20137.524.810.5
20127.62610.7
20117.727.211
20107.827.811.2
20097.727.611.4
20087.826.611.6
20077.925.611.7
20067.924.712
2005824.712.5
20048.32412.6
20038.52312.8
20028.721.113
20018.919.613.4
2000918.514.1
1999917.714.5
199891714.7
19978.915.215.1
19968.814.115.4
19958.812.915.9
19948.711.916.1
19938.711.116
19928.610.815.8
19918.610.915.5
19908.51115.4

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.

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