What is the difference in death rate from drowning between Brunei Darussalam and Iraq?

0.15 deaths per 100,000 people, with Brunei Darussalam ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei Darussalam and Iraq?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Death rate from drowning. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brunei Darussalam vs Iraq: Death rate from drowning

Brunei Darussalam

1.93 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Iraq

1.78 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Brunei Darussalam rank

122nd

Iraq rank

125th

Death rate from drowning over time

Brunei Darussalam
Iraq

How they compare

Brunei Darussalam currently reports 1.93 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people in Iraq, a difference of 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Brunei Darussalam's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iraq ahead.

Brunei Darussalam ranks 122nd and Iraq ranks 125th of 194 countries.

Brunei Darussalam has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brunei Darussalam	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.83 deaths per 100,000 people	2.66 deaths per 100,000 people	0.163 deaths per 100,000 people	Brunei Darussalam
2010s	2.28 deaths per 100,000 people	2.02 deaths per 100,000 people	0.265 deaths per 100,000 people	Brunei Darussalam
2020s	1.9 deaths per 100,000 people	1.81 deaths per 100,000 people	0.095 deaths per 100,000 people	Brunei Darussalam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate from drowning, Brunei Darussalam or Iraq?: Brunei Darussalam, at 1.93 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people in Iraq as of 2021.
What is the difference in death rate from drowning between Brunei Darussalam and Iraq?: 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people, with Brunei Darussalam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei Darussalam and Iraq?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Brunei Darussalam and Iraq rank globally for death rate from drowning?: Brunei Darussalam ranks 122nd and Iraq ranks 125th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Death rate from drowning. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brunei Darussalam vs Iraq: Death rate from drowning. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/death-rate-from-drowning-ghe/brunei-darussalam/iraq/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/death-rate-from-drowning-ghe/brunei-darussalam/iraq/">Brunei Darussalam vs Iraq: Death rate from drowning</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Death rate from drowning
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from drowning in both sexes, per 100,000 people.