Sudan vs Vietnam
Sudan vs Vietnam: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 5 per 100,000 people in Sudan and 7.4 per 100,000 people in Vietnam, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 2.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.48 times that in Sudan.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Vietnam has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Sudan ranked 162 and Vietnam ranked 126 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 | Sudan | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 7.4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5 | 7.5 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8.9 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 9 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 16 |
| 1992 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 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
Sudan vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancySudan: 66.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSudan: 3.78% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
People
- PopulationSudan: 50 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthSudan: 0.02% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSudan: 34.9% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageSudan: 18.3 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSudan: 3.2% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSudan: $2.77B in 2021Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSudan: $8 in 2021Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSudan: 144,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerSudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSudan: 57 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSudan: 11 million TIV in 2013Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018