Brazil vs Cuba
Brazil vs Cuba: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 6.1 per 100,000 people in Brazil and 11.3 per 100,000 people in Cuba, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cuba, by 5.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.85 times that in Brazil.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Brazil | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.1 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10.8 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 6.1 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10.6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6.2 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 6.2 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 6.3 | 13 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.3 | 14.3 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.3 | 15.3 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.4 | 16.6 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.5 | 17.4 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.6 | 17.7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.7 | 18.3 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 6.8 | 19.3 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 6.9 | 19.9 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | 20.1 | 16 |
| 1992 | 6.9 | 20 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 7 | 19.9 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 7.2 | 19.8 | 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
Brazil vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980