What is the difference in mortality caused by road traffic injury between Malawi and Namibia?

1.4 per 100,000 population, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Namibia?

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.

Malawi vs Namibia: Mortality caused by road traffic injury

Malawi

33.4 per 100,000 population

in 2019

Namibia

34.8 per 100,000 population

in 2019

Malawi rank

13th

Namibia rank

11th

Mortality caused by road traffic injury over time

Malawi
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 34.8 per 100,000 population against 33.4 per 100,000 population in Malawi, a difference of 1.4 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 13th and Namibia ranks 11th of 183 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	32.16 per 100,000 population	22.84 per 100,000 population	9.32 per 100,000 population	Malawi
2010s	32.05 per 100,000 population	30.57 per 100,000 population	1.48 per 100,000 population	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality caused by road traffic injury, Malawi or Namibia?: Namibia, at 34.8 per 100,000 population against 33.4 per 100,000 population in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in mortality caused by road traffic injury between Malawi and Namibia?: 1.4 per 100,000 population, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Namibia?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Namibia rank globally for mortality caused by road traffic injury?: Malawi ranks 13th and Namibia ranks 11th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malawi vs Namibia: Mortality caused by road traffic injury. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-caused-by-road-traffic-injury-per-100-000-population/malawi/namibia/

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 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-caused-by-road-traffic-injury-per-100-000-population/malawi/namibia/">Malawi vs Namibia: Mortality caused by road traffic injury</a> — Statizoid

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: 20 August 2026

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