North Korea vs Russia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in North Korea and 25.1 per 100,000 people in Russia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Russia, by 14 per 100,000 people, or 2.27 times that in North Korea.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, North Korea ranked 66 and Russia ranked 8 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

Year	North Korea	Russia	World
2017	11.1	25.1	10
2016	11.1	25.4	10.1
2015	11.2	26.6	10.2
2014	11.2	28	10.3
2013	11.3	27.8	10.5
2012	11.4	28.4	10.7
2011	11.5	29.3	11
2010	11.6	31.9	11.2
2009	11.7	32.2	11.4
2008	11.7	34.9	11.6
2007	11.8	35.7	11.7
2006	11.9	38.6	12
2005	12	43.3	12.5
2004	12.1	41.9	12.6
2003	12.3	42.8	12.8
2002	12.4	42.9	13
2001	12.6	43.4	13.4
2000	12.7	44.2	14.1
1999	12.9	42.5	14.5
1998	12.9	38.8	14.7
1997	12.9	39.8	15.1
1996	12.8	43.8	15.4
1995	12.7	48.1	15.9
1994	12.6	50.2	16.1
1993	12.5	44	16
1992	12.5	34.5	15.8
1991	12.5	29.6	15.5
1990	12.5	28.3	15.4

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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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