Italy vs Sudan
Italy vs Sudan: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 4.8 per 100,000 people in Italy and 5 per 100,000 people in Sudan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.06 times that in Italy.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2017, Italy ranked 166 and Sudan ranked 162 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 | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.8 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4.9 | 5 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 6 | 5.7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6.8 | 6 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 7 | 6.2 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 7 | 6.2 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | 6.2 | 16 |
| 1992 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 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 Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Sudan: $2.77B in 2021
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Sudan: 11 million TIV in 2013