Colombia vs Guatemala
Colombia vs Guatemala: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 5.5 per 100,000 people in Colombia and 5.9 per 100,000 people in Guatemala, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.07 times that in Colombia.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Guatemala has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Colombia.
- In 2017, Colombia ranked 155 and Guatemala ranked 149 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 | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 8.7 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9.7 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 6.3 | 11.4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 6.8 | 13.2 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.6 | 14.2 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.6 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.5 | 12.4 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 12.2 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.2 | 11.3 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 5.4 | 13.8 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 5 | 13.2 | 16 |
| 1992 | 5.2 | 12.8 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 5.2 | 12 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 5 | 10.8 | 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 Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Guatemala: 56.3% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023