Brazil vs Mexico
Brazil vs Mexico: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 6.1 per 100,000 people in Brazil and 5.9 per 100,000 people in Mexico, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Brazil, by 0.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.03 times that in Mexico.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Mexico.
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Brazil | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5.7 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5.7 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 5.7 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 6.1 | 6 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6.1 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 6 | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 5.6 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 5.2 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 6.2 | 5 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 6.3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.4 | 5 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | 4.4 | 16 |
| 1992 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 7 | 4.1 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 7.2 | 4 | 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 Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019