What is the difference in death rate from fires and burns between Marshall Islands and Sri Lanka?

0.01 deaths per 100,000 people, with Marshall Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Marshall Islands and Sri Lanka?

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 fires and burns. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Marshall Islands vs Sri Lanka: Death rate from fires and burns

Marshall Islands

1.14 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Sri Lanka

1.13 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Marshall Islands rank

97th

Sri Lanka rank

99th

Death rate from fires and burns over time

Marshall Islands
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Marshall Islands currently reports 1.14 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.13 deaths per 100,000 people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Marshall Islands ranks 97th and Sri Lanka ranks 99th of 194 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Marshall Islands averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.66 deaths per 100,000 people	2.19 deaths per 100,000 people	0.528 deaths per 100,000 people	Sri Lanka
2010s	1.55 deaths per 100,000 people	1.32 deaths per 100,000 people	0.227 deaths per 100,000 people	Marshall Islands
2020s	1.19 deaths per 100,000 people	1.05 deaths per 100,000 people	0.14 deaths per 100,000 people	Marshall Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate from fires and burns, Marshall Islands or Sri Lanka?: Marshall Islands, at 1.14 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.13 deaths per 100,000 people in Sri Lanka as of 2021.
What is the difference in death rate from fires and burns between Marshall Islands and Sri Lanka?: 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people, with Marshall Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Marshall Islands and Sri Lanka?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Marshall Islands and Sri Lanka rank globally for death rate from fires and burns?: Marshall Islands ranks 97th and Sri Lanka ranks 99th 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 fires and burns. 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

Marshall Islands vs Sri Lanka: Death rate from fires and burns. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/death-rate-from-fires-and-burns-who/marshall-islands/sri-lanka/

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-fires-and-burns-who/marshall-islands/sri-lanka/">Marshall Islands vs Sri Lanka: Death rate from fires and burns</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Death rate from fires and burns
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 fire, heat and hot substances in both sexes, per 100,000 people.