China vs Myanmar (Burma)
China vs Myanmar (Burma): Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 5 per 100,000 people in Myanmar (Burma), by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in China, by 2.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.43 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, China ranked 131 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 | China | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7.2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 8 | 5.5 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 8.9 | 5.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 9.4 | 6 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 10.3 | 6.4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 11.4 | 6.8 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 11.3 | 6.9 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12.3 | 7 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 14.3 | 7 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 15.8 | 7.1 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 17.1 | 7.2 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 18.3 | 7.3 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 19.4 | 7.4 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 20.4 | 7.5 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 20.8 | 7.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 21.2 | 7.6 | 16 |
| 1992 | 21.3 | 7.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 21.2 | 7.8 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 20.9 | 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
China vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025