What is the difference in mortality caused by road traffic injury between Korea and Portugal?

0.4 per 100,000 population, with Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Portugal?

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.

Korea vs Portugal: Mortality caused by road traffic injury

Korea

8.6 per 100,000 population

in 2019

Portugal

8.2 per 100,000 population

in 2019

Korea rank

132nd

Portugal rank

134th

Mortality caused by road traffic injury over time

Korea
Portugal

How they compare

Korea currently reports 8.6 per 100,000 population against 8.2 per 100,000 population in Portugal, a difference of 0.4 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 132nd and Portugal ranks 134th of 183 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
2000s	17.77 per 100,000 population	17.16 per 100,000 population	0.61 per 100,000 population	Korea
2010s	10.9 per 100,000 population	8.73 per 100,000 population	2.17 per 100,000 population	Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality caused by road traffic injury, Korea or Portugal?: Korea, at 8.6 per 100,000 population against 8.2 per 100,000 population in Portugal as of 2019.
What is the difference in mortality caused by road traffic injury between Korea and Portugal?: 0.4 per 100,000 population, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Portugal?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.
How do Korea and Portugal rank globally for mortality caused by road traffic injury?: Korea ranks 132nd and Portugal ranks 134th 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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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.