What is the difference in mortality caused by road traffic injury between Kenya and Somalia?

0.9 per 100,000 population, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Somalia?

20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Somalia: Mortality caused by road traffic injury

Kenya

28.3 per 100,000 population

in 2019

Somalia

27.4 per 100,000 population

in 2019

Kenya rank

34th

Somalia rank

37th

Mortality caused by road traffic injury over time

Kenya
Somalia

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 28.3 per 100,000 population against 27.4 per 100,000 population in Somalia, a difference of 0.9 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Somalia ahead.

Kenya ranks 34th and Somalia ranks 37th of 183 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	26.14 per 100,000 population	27.26 per 100,000 population	1.12 per 100,000 population	Somalia
2010s	26.97 per 100,000 population	27.35 per 100,000 population	0.38 per 100,000 population	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality caused by road traffic injury, Kenya or Somalia?: Kenya, at 28.3 per 100,000 population against 27.4 per 100,000 population in Somalia as of 2019.
What is the difference in mortality caused by road traffic injury between Kenya and Somalia?: 0.9 per 100,000 population, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Somalia?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.
How do Kenya and Somalia rank globally for mortality caused by road traffic injury?: Kenya ranks 34th and Somalia ranks 37th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
Unit: per 100,000 population
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 230 places, 4,600 data points, 2000–2019
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.