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

15.46 per 100,000 population, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North America 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.

North America vs Somalia: Mortality caused by road traffic injury

North America

11.94 per 100,000 population

in 2019

Somalia

27.4 per 100,000 population

in 2019

North America rank

38th

Somalia rank

37th

Mortality caused by road traffic injury over time

North America
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 27.4 per 100,000 population against 11.94 per 100,000 population in North America, a difference of 15.46 per 100,000 population.

That makes Somalia's figure about 2.3 times North America's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.

North America ranks 38th and Somalia ranks 37th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	North America	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	14.5 per 100,000 population	27.26 per 100,000 population	12.76 per 100,000 population	Somalia
2010s	11.49 per 100,000 population	27.35 per 100,000 population	15.86 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, North America or Somalia?: Somalia, at 27.4 per 100,000 population against 11.94 per 100,000 population in North America as of 2019.
What is the difference in mortality caused by road traffic injury between North America and Somalia?: 15.46 per 100,000 population, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Somalia?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.
How do North America and Somalia rank globally for mortality caused by road traffic injury?: North America ranks 38th and Somalia ranks 37th of 47 groups.
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.