In 2012 around 14,160 suicides occurred in South Korea, 1,746 less than in 2011. In 2012, on average 39 South Koreans committed suicide every day.
South Korea reported 28.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.
South Korea has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 14,160 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 9,622 were men suicides and 4,538 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 38.2 per 100,000 men and for women 18.1 per 100,000 female In spite of this, it is the country 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 435 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 32.6 suicides.
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