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South Korea vs Lesotho: Suicide mortality rate

South Korea
27.53 per 100,000 population
in 2021
Lesotho
28.66 per 100,000 population
in 2021
South Korea rank
2nd
Lesotho rank
1st

Suicide mortality rate over time

  • South Korea
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 28.66 per 100,000 population against 27.53 per 100,000 population in South Korea, a difference of 1.13 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 2nd and Lesotho ranks 1st of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
Unit
per 100,000 population
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).