South Korea vs Uruguay: Homicides

South Korea
320 deaths
in 2022
Uruguay
403 deaths
in 2022
South Korea rank
30th
Uruguay rank
27th

Homicides over time

  • South Korea
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 403 deaths against 320 deaths in South Korea, a difference of 83 deaths.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1985 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 30th and Uruguay ranks 27th of 113 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicides
Unit
deaths
Source
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
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Annual number of homicides.