What is the difference in number of suicides between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Uganda?

62 deaths, with Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Uganda?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of suicides. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of vs Uganda: Number of suicides

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

2,426 deaths

in 2021

Uganda

2,364 deaths

in 2021

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank

40th

Uganda rank

42nd

Number of suicides over time

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Uganda

How they compare

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of currently reports 2,426 deaths against 2,364 deaths in Uganda, a difference of 62 deaths.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of has been ahead every year.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 40th and Uganda ranks 42nd of 194 countries.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2,048 deaths	1,625 deaths	422.25 deaths	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2010s	2,547 deaths	1,708 deaths	838.94 deaths	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2020s	2,416 deaths	2,204 deaths	211.28 deaths	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of suicides, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of or Uganda?: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, at 2,426 deaths against 2,364 deaths in Uganda as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of suicides between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Uganda?: 62 deaths, with Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Uganda?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Uganda rank globally for number of suicides?: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 40th and Uganda ranks 42nd of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of suicides. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of suicides
Unit: deaths
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from self-harm in both sexes.