Japan vs Myanmar (Burma)
Japan vs Myanmar (Burma): Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan and 5 per 100,000 people in Myanmar (Burma), by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 10.6 per 100,000 people, or 3.1 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Japan ranked 27 and Myanmar (Burma) ranked 161 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 | Japan | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.7 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 15.6 | 5.1 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 15.7 | 5.2 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 16.4 | 5.3 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 16.8 | 5.4 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 17.3 | 5.5 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 18.2 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 18.4 | 5.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 18.6 | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 18.7 | 6 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 18.8 | 6.2 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 18.9 | 6.4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 19.2 | 6.5 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 18.9 | 6.7 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 19 | 6.8 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 18.4 | 6.9 | 13 |
| 2001 | 18.3 | 7 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 18.1 | 7 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 18.2 | 7.1 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 17.5 | 7.2 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 15.8 | 7.3 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 15.3 | 7.4 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 15.2 | 7.5 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 14.8 | 7.6 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 15 | 7.6 | 16 |
| 1992 | 15.2 | 7.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 15.3 | 7.8 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 15.5 | 7.8 | 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
Japan vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025