North Korea vs Vietnam

North Korea vs Vietnam: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in North Korea and 7.4 per 100,000 people in Vietnam, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in North Korea, by 3.6 per 100,000 people, or 1.49 times that in Vietnam.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

North Korea vs Vietnam: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in North Korea and 7.4 per 100,000 people in Vietnam, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in North Korea, by 3.6 per 100,000 people, or 1.49 times that in Vietnam.
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What the numbers say

  • North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, North Korea ranked 66 and Vietnam ranked 126 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 KoreaVietnamWorld
201711.17.410
201611.17.510.1
201511.27.510.2
201411.27.510.3
201311.37.510.5
201211.47.610.7
201111.57.611
201011.67.711.2
200911.77.811.4
200811.77.911.6
200711.87.911.7
200611.98.112
2005128.212.5
200412.18.212.6
200312.38.312.8
200212.48.413
200112.68.513.4
200012.78.614.1
199912.98.814.5
199812.98.914.7
199712.9915.1
199612.89.215.4
199512.79.215.9
199412.69.316.1
199312.59.316
199212.59.415.8
199112.59.415.5
199012.59.515.4

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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