Colombia vs Venezuela
Colombia vs Venezuela: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 5.5 per 100,000 people in Colombia and 8.7 per 100,000 people in Venezuela, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 3.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.57 times that in Colombia.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Colombia ranked 155 and Venezuela ranked 107 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 | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6 | 8.2 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 8.8 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8.7 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.5 | 10 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.3 | 9.8 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 5.4 | 9 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8.6 | 16 |
| 1992 | 5.2 | 8.2 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 5 | 7.4 | 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 Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009