Russia vs South Korea: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 25.1 per 100,000 people in Russia and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Russia, by 4.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.21 times that in South 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, Russia ranked 8 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

Year	Russia	South Korea	World
2017	25.1	20.8	10
2016	25.4	21.2	10.1
2015	26.6	22.4	10.2
2014	28	23.5	10.3
2013	27.8	24.8	10.5
2012	28.4	26	10.7
2011	29.3	27.2	11
2010	31.9	27.8	11.2
2009	32.2	27.6	11.4
2008	34.9	26.6	11.6
2007	35.7	25.6	11.7
2006	38.6	24.7	12
2005	43.3	24.7	12.5
2004	41.9	24	12.6
2003	42.8	23	12.8
2002	42.9	21.1	13
2001	43.4	19.6	13.4
2000	44.2	18.5	14.1
1999	42.5	17.7	14.5
1998	38.8	17	14.7
1997	39.8	15.2	15.1
1996	43.8	14.1	15.4
1995	48.1	12.9	15.9
1994	50.2	11.9	16.1
1993	44	11.1	16
1992	34.5	10.8	15.8
1991	29.6	10.9	15.5
1990	28.3	11	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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