Singapore vs South Korea

Singapore vs South Korea: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.3 per 100,000 people in Singapore and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 13.5 per 100,000 people, or 2.84 times that in Singapore.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Singapore vs South Korea: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.3 per 100,000 people in Singapore and 20.8 per 100,000 people in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 13.5 per 100,000 people, or 2.84 times that in Singapore.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Singapore.
  • In 2017, Singapore ranked 129 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

YearSingaporeSouth KoreaWorld
20177.320.810
20167.421.210.1
20157.622.410.2
20147.823.510.3
20138.124.810.5
20128.42610.7
20118.527.211
20108.727.811.2
2009927.611.4
20089.526.611.6
20079.725.611.7
20061024.712
200510.424.712.5
200410.62412.6
200310.72312.8
200211.421.113
200111.619.613.4
200011.718.514.1
199911.817.714.5
199812.31714.7
199712.615.215.1
19961314.115.4
199513.612.915.9
199413.711.916.1
199313.711.116
19921410.815.8
199114.310.915.5
199014.61115.4

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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