Chile vs Cuba
Chile vs Cuba: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 10.1 per 100,000 people in Chile and 11.3 per 100,000 people in Cuba, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cuba, by 1.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.11 times that in Chile.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Chile.
- In 2017, Chile ranked 77 and Cuba ranked 60 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 | Chile | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 10.4 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 11.5 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 11.4 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11.3 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 11.8 | 13 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12.6 | 14.3 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 12.8 | 15.3 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 14 | 16.6 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 15 | 17.4 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 15.9 | 17.7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 17.2 | 18.3 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 19.3 | 20.1 | 16 |
| 1992 | 19.3 | 20 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 23.2 | 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
Chile vs Cuba
Health
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980