North Korea vs South Korea

North Korea vs South Korea: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in North Korea and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 9.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.88 times that in North Korea.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

North Korea vs South Korea: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in North Korea and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 9.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.88 times that in North Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher since 1995, when it overtook North Korea.
  • In 2017, North Korea ranked 66 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

YearNorth KoreaSouth KoreaWorld
201711.120.810
201611.121.210.1
201511.222.410.2
201411.223.510.3
201311.324.810.5
201211.42610.7
201111.527.211
201011.627.811.2
200911.727.611.4
200811.726.611.6
200711.825.611.7
200611.924.712
20051224.712.5
200412.12412.6
200312.32312.8
200212.421.113
200112.619.613.4
200012.718.514.1
199912.917.714.5
199812.91714.7
199712.915.215.1
199612.814.115.4
199512.712.915.9
199412.611.916.1
199312.511.116
199212.510.815.8
199112.510.915.5
199012.51115.4

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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