Colombia vs Cuba
Colombia vs Cuba: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 5.5 per 100,000 people in Colombia and 11.3 per 100,000 people in Cuba, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cuba, by 5.8 per 100,000 people, or 2.04 times that in Colombia.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Colombia ranked 155 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 | Colombia | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 11.2 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.5 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 5.5 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 6.3 | 11.2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 7.4 | 13 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.6 | 14.3 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.5 | 16.6 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.3 | 17.4 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 17.7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.2 | 18.3 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 5.9 | 19.3 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 5.4 | 19.9 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 5 | 20.1 | 16 |
| 1992 | 5.2 | 20 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 5.2 | 19.9 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 5 | 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
Colombia vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980