Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) by country
Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
64.6 per 100,000 population
Dominican Republic
Lowest
0 per 100,000 population
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
15.3 per 100,000 population
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,600
What the numbers show
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 64.6 per 100,000 population in Dominican Republic; the lowest is 0 per 100,000 population in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.3 per 100,000 population, and the mean is 17.09 per 100,000 population.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 211.3%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Mortality caused by road traffic injury: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 64.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 41.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela | 39 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | Liberia | 38.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 16.5% | flat |
| 5 | Eritrea | 37.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 37.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 7 | South Sudan | 36.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 35.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 35.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 11 | Namibia | 34.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 12 | Eswatini | 33.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 33.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 33 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 14 | Tonga | 33 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 211.3% | rising |
| 16 | Chad | 32.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 17 | Thailand | 32.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 31.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 31.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 31 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 22 | Vietnam | 30.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 23 | Cameroon | 30.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 24 | Mozambique | 30 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 29.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 26 | Congo | 29.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 26 | Guinea | 29.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 28 | Gambia | 29.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 29 | Rwanda | 29.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 29 | Uganda | 29.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 29 | Yemen | 29.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 32 | Madagascar | 29.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 33 | Togo | 28.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 34 | Kenya | 28.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 28.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 37 | Somalia | 27.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 38 | Iraq | 27.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 40 | Benin | 26.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 40 | Cape Verde | 26.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 40 | Sudan | 26.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 43 | Comoros | 26.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 44 | Botswana | 26.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 45 | Angola | 26.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 46 | Ghana | 25.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 47 | Mauritania | 25.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 48 | Niger | 25.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 49 | North Korea | 24.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 24.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 51 | Gabon | 23.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 52 | Djibouti | 23.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 52 | Senegal | 23.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 54 | Guatemala | 22.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 55 | Mali | 22.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 56 | Belize | 22.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 57 | Malaysia | 22.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 58 | Guyana | 22.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 22.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 60 | Paraguay | 22 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 61 | Iran | 21.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 62 | Libya | 21.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 63 | Bolivia | 21.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 64 | Mongolia | 21 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 65 | Algeria | 20.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 65 | El Salvador | 20.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 67 | Nigeria | 20.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 68 | Zambia | 20.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 69 | Myanmar | 20.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 70 | Ecuador | 20.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 20 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 19.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 19.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 74 | Haiti | 18.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 75 | Laos | 17.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 76 | China | 17.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 77 | Jordan | 17 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 77 | Morocco | 17 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 16.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 16.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 80 | Tunisia | 16.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 16.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 83 | Nepal | 16.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 84 | Bhutan | 16.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 85 | Honduras | 16.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 86 | Brazil | 16 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 15.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 15.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 89 | India | 15.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 90 | Colombia | 15.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 90 | Kuwait | 15.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 15.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 92 | Suriname | 15.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 94 | Jamaica | 15.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 95 | Chile | 14.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 95 | Syria | 14.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 14.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 14.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 98 | Uruguay | 14.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 100 | Argentina | 14.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 101 | Panama | 13.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 102 | Peru | 13.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 103 | Fiji | 13.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 84.9% | flat |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 13.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 106 | Pakistan | 13 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 106 | Samoa | 13 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 108 | Mexico | 12.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 12.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 109 | United States | 12.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 12.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 113 | Georgia | 12.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 33.0% | flat |
| 114 | Mauritius | 12.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 115 | Philippines | 12 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 115 | Russia | 12 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 117 | East Timor | 11.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 118 | Albania | 11.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 11.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 120 | Indonesia | 11.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 120 | Seychelles | 11.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 122 | Oman | 10.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 123 | Romania | 10.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 124 | Ukraine | 10.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 125 | Egypt | 10.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 126 | New Zealand | 9.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 127 | Poland | 9.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 9.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 8.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 130 | Cuba | 8.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 132 | South Korea | 8.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 133 | Greece | 8.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 134 | Barbados | 8.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 134 | Portugal | 8.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 136 | Lithuania | 8.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 136 | Latvia | 8.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 138 | Grenada | 8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 139 | Croatia | 7.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 140 | Bahamas | 7.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 140 | Hungary | 7.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 142 | Belarus | 7.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 142 | Montenegro | 7.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 144 | Brunei | 7.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 144 | Serbia | 7.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 147 | Moldova | 7.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 147 | Qatar | 7.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 6.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 149 | Turkey | 6.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 151 | Slovakia | 6.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 152 | Czechia | 5.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 153 | Belgium | 5.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 153 | Cyprus | 5.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 155 | Canada | 5.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 155 | Italy | 5.3 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 157 | Bahrain | 5.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 158 | France | 5.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 5.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 158 | Slovenia | 5.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 161 | Australia | 4.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 161 | Austria | 4.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 163 | Estonia | 4.5 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 4.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 164 | Malta | 4.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 22.6% | flat |
| 166 | Netherlands | 4 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 167 | Spain | 3.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Finland | 3.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 167 | Israel | 3.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 170 | Germany | 3.8 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 171 | Denmark | 3.7 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 172 | Japan | 3.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 173 | United Kingdom | 3.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 174 | Ireland | 3.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 174 | Sweden | 3.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 176 | Switzerland | 2.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 177 | Norway | 2.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 177 | Singapore | 2.1 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 179 | Iceland | 2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 180 | Kiribati | 1.9 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Maldives | 1.6 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 38.5% | flat |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Eastern and Southern 29.41 per 100,000 population
- Low income 28.67 per 100,000 population
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 28.17 per 100,000 population
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 27.42 per 100,000 population
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.42 per 100,000 population
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 27.42 per 100,000 population
- Pre-demographic dividend 26.98 per 100,000 population
- Least developed countries: UN classification 25.67 per 100,000 population
- IDA only 25.05 per 100,000 population
- Africa Western and Central 24.52 per 100,000 population
- IDA total 22.91 per 100,000 population
- Arab World 20.05 per 100,000 population
About this data
Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.