Australia vs Cambodia
Australia vs Cambodia: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Australia and 4.5 per 100,000 people in Cambodia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Australia, by 6.5 per 100,000 people, or 2.43 times that in Cambodia.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Australia ranked 69 and Cambodia ranked 169 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Australia | Cambodia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 11 | 4.6 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 10.7 | 4.8 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 10.5 | 5 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 12 |
| 2005 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 11 | 5.4 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 11.4 | 5.5 | 13 |
| 2001 | 11.8 | 5.6 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 12.4 | 5.7 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 13 | 5.9 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 13.5 | 6 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 13.1 | 6.2 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 12.8 | 6.3 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 12.3 | 6.4 | 16 |
| 1992 | 12.6 | 6.4 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 12.7 | 6.5 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 15.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
- Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Cambodia
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Cambodia: 70.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Cambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Cambodia: 3.1% in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Cambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Cambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Cambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Cambodia: 41.1% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Cambodia: 25.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Cambodia: 6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Cambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Cambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Cambodia: $716M in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Cambodia: $42 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Cambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Cambodia: 191,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Cambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Cambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Cambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Cambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000