Brazil vs India
Brazil vs India: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 6.1 per 100,000 people in Brazil and 15.6 per 100,000 people in India, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in India, by 9.5 per 100,000 people, or 2.56 times that in Brazil.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- India 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 | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 15.7 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15.7 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16.3 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16.6 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 6.1 | 17 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 17.5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 17.3 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17.1 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16.9 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 6.1 | 17.2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6.2 | 17.4 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 6.2 | 17.2 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 6.3 | 17.8 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 6.3 | 18.5 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.3 | 19.2 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.3 | 19.7 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.4 | 19.8 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.5 | 19.5 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.6 | 19.5 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.7 | 18.9 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 6.8 | 19.1 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 6.9 | 19.4 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | 19.8 | 16 |
| 1992 | 6.9 | 20.4 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 7 | 20.3 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 7.2 | 20.2 | 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 India
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025India: 81 million TIV in 2025