South Korea: Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 population
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For that indicator, we provide data for South Korea from 2000 to 2016. The average value for South Korea during that period was 26.18 suicides per 100,000 people with a minimum of 14.8 suicides per 100,000 people in 2000 and a maximum of 34.1 suicides per 100,000 people in 2010.
The latest value from 2016 is 26.9 suicides per 100,000 people. For comparison, the world average in 2016 based on 181
countries is 9.33 suicides per 100,000 people.
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Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population.
