Switzerland vs Thailand
Switzerland vs Thailand: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland and 10.4 per 100,000 people in Thailand, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Thailand, by 1.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.12 times that in Switzerland.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2017, Switzerland ranked 96 and Thailand ranked 76 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 | Switzerland | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 10.3 | 10 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 13 |
| 2001 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 17.1 | 17 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 18.6 | 17.4 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 19.9 | 16 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 20 | 14.9 | 16 |
| 1992 | 20.7 | 14.1 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 21.2 | 13.6 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 20.6 | 13.1 | 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
Switzerland vs Thailand
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSwitzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024