Israel vs Yemen
Israel vs Yemen: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 5.7 per 100,000 people in Israel and 6 per 100,000 people in Yemen, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Yemen, by 0.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.05 times that in Israel.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2017, Israel ranked 153 and Yemen ranked 145 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 | Israel | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.7 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5.8 | 6 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 6.1 | 6 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 6.3 | 6 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6.7 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 9.6 | 7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 9.3 | 7 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 9.2 | 7 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 16 |
| 1992 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 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
Israel vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986