South Korea - Intentional self-harm

By 2007, suicides in South Korea increased by 1,514 people to at 12,250 suicides In 2007, on average 34 South Koreans committed suicide every day.

In South Korea there were 25.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

South Korea has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 12,250 recorded suicide cases in 2007, 7,789 were men suicides and 4,461 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 31.8 per 100,000 men and for women 18.4 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In South Korea suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 430 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 28.5 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in South Korea
• South Korea economy
• Country suicides ranking