Italy vs Mexico
Italy vs Mexico: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 4.8 per 100,000 people in Italy and 5.9 per 100,000 people in Mexico, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Mexico, by 1.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.24 times that in Italy.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2017, Italy ranked 166 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 | Italy | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 5.4 | 6 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 5.6 | 5 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.5 | 5 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 7 | 4.7 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 7 | 4.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | 4.4 | 16 |
| 1992 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 7.2 | 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
Italy vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019