In 2015 around 13,513 suicides occurred in South Korea, 323 less than in 2014. In 2015, on average 37 South Koreans committed suicide every day.
South Korea reported 26.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.51 suicides per 100,000 people.
South Korea has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 13,513 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 9,559 were men suicides and 3,954 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 37.4 per 100,000 men and for women 15.5 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 375 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 36 suicides.
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