Which has higher deaths from fires and burns, Ethiopia or United States of America?

United States of America, at 3,515 deaths against 3,059 deaths in Ethiopia as of 2021.

What is the difference in deaths from fires and burns between Ethiopia and United States of America?

456 deaths, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and United States of America?

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

Ethiopia vs United States of America: Deaths from fires and burns

Ethiopia

3,059 deaths

in 2021

United States of America

3,515 deaths

in 2021

Ethiopia rank

9th

United States of America rank

8th

Deaths from fires and burns over time

Ethiopia
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 3,515 deaths against 3,059 deaths in Ethiopia, a difference of 456 deaths.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States of America ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 8th of 194 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2,892 deaths	3,266 deaths	373.95 deaths	United States of America
2010s	2,794 deaths	2,831 deaths	36.36 deaths	United States of America
2020s	3,068 deaths	3,302 deaths	234.24 deaths	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher deaths from fires and burns, Ethiopia or United States of America?: United States of America, at 3,515 deaths against 3,059 deaths in Ethiopia as of 2021.
What is the difference in deaths from fires and burns between Ethiopia and United States of America?: 456 deaths, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and United States of America?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Ethiopia and United States of America rank globally for deaths from fires and burns?: Ethiopia ranks 9th and United States of America ranks 8th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Deaths 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

Ethiopia vs United States of America: Deaths from fires and burns. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/deaths-from-fires-and-burns-who/ethiopia/united-states/

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/deaths-from-fires-and-burns-who/ethiopia/united-states/">Ethiopia vs United States of America: Deaths from fires and burns</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Deaths from fires and burns
Unit: deaths
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.