South Korea
Country in Asia
In brief
Homicides per 100,000 people: 0.5 (2023). World rank 10 of 149 (1 = best); in Asia, 9 of 37. Suicides per 100,000 people: 27.5 (2021). World rank 184 of 185 (1 = best); in Asia, 47 of 47. Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100: 81.7 (2025). World rank 49 of 207 (1 = best); in Asia, 7 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: political stability and absence of violence 76.9 → 81.7 (score 0–100). Better than all its neighbours (North Korea): political stability and absence of violence and road deaths per 100,000 people. Worse than all its neighbours (North Korea): suicides per 100,000 people.