North Korea
Suicide rate in North Korea
Suicide rate in North Korea: 12.5 per 100,000 people in 1990 and 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017, by IHME estimates.
- Latest, 2017
- 11.1 per 100,000 people
- Since 1990
- −1.5 per 100,000 people
- Rank, 2017
- 66 of 195
- counting from the highest
- World, 2017
- 10 per 100,000 people
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- The highest was 12.9 per 100,000 people in 1998, the lowest 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11.1 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 11.2 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 11.5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 11.6 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 11.9 | 12 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 12.1 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 12.3 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 12.4 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12.6 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 12.7 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 12.9 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 12.9 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 12.9 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 12.8 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 12.7 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 12.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 12.5 | 16 |
| 1992 | 12.5 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 12.5 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 12.5 | 15.4 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
North Korea in numbers
Every measure for North Korea on one page