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South Korea vs Uruguay: Suicide mortality rate

South Korea
27.53 per 100,000 population
in 2021
Uruguay
24.75 per 100,000 population
in 2021
South Korea rank
2nd
Uruguay rank
5th

Suicide mortality rate over time

  • South Korea
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 27.53 per 100,000 population against 24.75 per 100,000 population in Uruguay, a difference of 2.78 per 100,000 population.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

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

Globally, South Korea ranks 2nd and Uruguay ranks 5th 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).