Egypt vs Ethiopia
Egypt vs Ethiopia: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 5.5 per 100,000 people in Egypt and 9.6 per 100,000 people in Ethiopia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 4.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.76 times that in Egypt.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Egypt ranked 157 and Ethiopia ranked 89 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 | Egypt | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 5.5 | 11.2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5.6 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 5.5 | 11.9 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 12.1 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 5.7 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 5.7 | 13.1 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 5.6 | 13.5 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 5.5 | 14 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5.3 | 14.7 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 4.9 | 15.4 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 5.1 | 16.2 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 5.1 | 17 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 5.2 | 17.7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 5.1 | 18.1 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 5 | 18.7 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 5.1 | 19 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 5 | 19.2 | 16 |
| 1992 | 4.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 4.9 | 19.3 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 5 | 19.3 | 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
Egypt vs Ethiopia
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Ethiopia: 67.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ethiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ethiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Ethiopia: 3.82% in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Ethiopia: 129 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Ethiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Ethiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Ethiopia: 24.1% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Ethiopia: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Ethiopia: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ethiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Ethiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Ethiopia: $785M in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Ethiopia: $4 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Ethiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Ethiopia: 138,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Ethiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Ethiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Ethiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Ethiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997