Chile vs Ecuador
Chile vs Ecuador: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 10.1 per 100,000 people in Chile and 9.2 per 100,000 people in Ecuador, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Chile, by 0.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.1 times that in Ecuador.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Chile ranked 77 and Ecuador ranked 98 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 | Ecuador | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 11.6 | 9 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 11.7 | 8.6 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12.6 | 7.6 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 12.8 | 7.7 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 14 | 7.7 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 15 | 7.4 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 15.9 | 7.1 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 17.2 | 7.3 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 18.2 | 6.7 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 18.6 | 6.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 19.3 | 6.4 | 16 |
| 1992 | 19.3 | 6.2 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 20.9 | 6.1 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 23.2 | 5.5 | 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
Chile vs Ecuador
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Ecuador: 77.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ecuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ecuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Ecuador: 67.1% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Ecuador: 2.98% in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Ecuador: 18 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Ecuador: 0.87% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Ecuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Ecuador: 63.4% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Ecuador: 28.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Ecuador: 8.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ecuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Ecuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Ecuador: $2.71B in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Ecuador: $150 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Ecuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Ecuador: 42,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Ecuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Ecuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Ecuador: 30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Ecuador: 2 million TIV in 2018