Cuba vs Mexico
Cuba vs Mexico: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 11.3 per 100,000 people in Cuba and 5.9 per 100,000 people in Mexico, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cuba, by 5.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.91 times that in Mexico.
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, Cuba ranked 60 and Mexico ranked 148 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 | Cuba | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.3 | 5.9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11.2 | 5.9 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 11.1 | 5.7 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 11 | 6 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 11.1 | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 11 | 5.6 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 11 | 5.2 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 12 | 5.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 12.2 | 5 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 12.5 | 5.1 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| 2001 | 14.3 | 4.9 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 16.6 | 5 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 17.4 | 5.1 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 17.7 | 4.9 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 18.3 | 4.7 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 19.3 | 4.7 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 19.9 | 4.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 16 |
| 1992 | 20 | 4.3 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 19.9 | 4.1 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 19.8 | 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
Cuba vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019