South Korea - Intentional self-harm

By 2013, suicides in South Korea increased by 267 people to at 14,427 suicides In 2013, on average 40 South Koreans committed suicide every day.

In South Korea there were 28.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.78 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 14,427 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 10,060 were men suicides and 4,367 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 39.8 per 100,000 men and for women 17.4 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 352 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 41 suicides.

Related data:

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