Cambodia vs Japan
Cambodia vs Japan: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 4.5 per 100,000 people in Cambodia and 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 11.1 per 100,000 people, or 3.44 times that in Cambodia.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Cambodia ranked 169 and Japan ranked 27 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 | Cambodia | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.5 | 15.7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 15.6 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 4.6 | 15.7 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 4.6 | 16.4 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 4.7 | 16.8 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 4.7 | 17.3 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 4.8 | 18.2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4.8 | 18.4 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 4.9 | 18.6 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 4.9 | 18.7 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18.8 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 5.1 | 18.9 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5.2 | 19.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 5.3 | 18.9 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 5.4 | 19 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 5.5 | 18.4 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5.6 | 18.3 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 5.7 | 18.1 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 5.9 | 18.2 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6 | 17.5 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 15.8 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.2 | 15.3 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 6.3 | 15.2 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 6.4 | 14.8 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 6.4 | 15 | 16 |
| 1992 | 6.4 | 15.2 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 6.5 | 15.3 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 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
Cambodia vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025