Canada vs Myanmar (Burma)
Canada vs Myanmar (Burma): Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 10.9 per 100,000 people in Canada and 5 per 100,000 people in Myanmar (Burma), by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Canada, by 5.9 per 100,000 people, or 2.16 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Canada ranked 73 and Myanmar (Burma) ranked 161 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 | Canada | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.9 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11.1 | 5.1 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 11.2 | 5.3 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 10.9 | 5.5 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 11.1 | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 11.2 | 6 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 11.2 | 6.2 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 11.2 | 6.4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 11.9 | 6.9 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12.1 | 7 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 12.3 | 7 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 12.8 | 7.2 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 13.1 | 7.3 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 13.3 | 7.4 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 13.4 | 7.5 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 13.4 | 7.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 16 |
| 1992 | 13.3 | 7.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 13.2 | 7.8 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 13.2 | 7.8 | 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
Canada vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025