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Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female (% of total female deaths ages 15-59) by country

Number of female deaths ages 15-59 due to injury divided by number of all female deaths ages 15-59, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.

Countries reporting
185
Highest
30.9%
El Salvador
Lowest
3.0%
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
7.9%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392

What the numbers show

Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female (% of total female deaths ages 15-59) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 30.9% in El Salvador; the lowest is 3.0% in Antigua and Barbuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.9%, and the mean is 8.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 98.3%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 82.6%).

Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 El Salvador 30.9% 2021 down 25.5% falling
2 South Korea 25.0% 2021 down 15.8% flat
3 Yemen 22.1% 2021 up 24.2% rising
4 Honduras 21.2% 2021 down 35.9% falling
5 Japan 17.8% 2021 down 6.0% falling
6 Belgium 17.6% 2021 up 2.5% falling
7 Afghanistan 17.3% 2021 up 53.1% rising
8 Iraq 17.2% 2021 down 30.9% falling
9 Iceland 16.5% 2021 up 0.8% falling
10 Finland 15.6% 2021 down 4.7% falling
11 Sweden 15.4% 2021 up 13.2% rising
12 Norway 14.5% 2021 up 8.1% rising
13 Saudi Arabia 14.2% 2021 down 30.6% falling
14 Nepal 14.2% 2021 down 9.0% rising
15 Australia 14.1% 2021 down 1.4% falling
16 Haiti 13.9% 2021 down 82.6% volatile
17 Syria 13.6% 2021 up 34.1% volatile
18 New Zealand 13.3% 2021 down 10.8% flat
19 China 13.2% 2021 down 21.3% falling
20 Libya 13.1% 2021 down 41.2% falling
21 Uruguay 13.1% 2021 down 8.9% flat
22 North Korea 13.0% 2021 down 4.2% rising
23 Bhutan 12.8% 2021 down 11.5% falling
24 Switzerland 12.8% 2021 down 4.9% falling
25 Cape Verde 12.6% 2021 down 17.2% flat
26 Luxembourg 12.5% 2021 down 17.9% falling
27 France 12.3% 2021 down 10.7% falling
28 Comoros 11.7% 2021 up 5.8% rising
29 Burkina Faso 11.6% 2021 up 35.8% rising
30 Algeria 11.5% 2021 down 23.1% falling
31 Jamaica 11.5% 2021 down 26.0% rising
32 India 11.2% 2021 down 34.8% falling
33 Sri Lanka 11.1% 2021 down 55.7% falling
34 Venezuela 11.1% 2021 down 41.7% falling
35 Iran 11.1% 2021 down 56.0% falling
36 Ethiopia 10.8% 2021 up 50.2% rising
37 Malta 10.8% 2021 up 98.3% rising
38 United States 10.8% 2021 down 14.2% falling
39 Vietnam 10.7% 2021 down 36.0% falling
40 Sudan 10.7% 2021 down 24.4% falling
41 Suriname 10.7% 2021 down 25.2% falling
42 Austria 10.6% 2021 down 15.6% falling
43 Thailand 10.4% 2021 down 31.2% falling
44 Estonia 10.3% 2021 down 14.3% falling
45 Colombia 10.2% 2021 down 45.5% falling
46 Latvia 10.2% 2021 down 21.7% falling
47 Costa Rica 10.1% 2021 down 8.6% falling
48 Belize 10.0% 2021 down 36.5% falling
49 Israel 10.0% 2021 down 12.2% falling
50 Mongolia 9.9% 2021 down 24.6% falling
51 Togo 9.9% 2021 up 42.2% rising
52 Slovenia 9.8% 2021 down 13.2% falling
53 Canada 9.8% 2021 down 28.7% falling
54 Dominican Republic 9.8% 2021 down 14.4% flat
55 Chile 9.8% 2021 down 29.3% falling
56 Puerto Rico 9.8% 2021 up 6.9% flat
57 Ecuador 9.7% 2021 down 39.1% falling
58 Ireland 9.7% 2021 down 30.1% falling
59 Guinea 9.6% 2021 up 42.4% rising
60 Cote d'Ivoire 9.5% 2021 up 42.5% rising
61 Lithuania 9.3% 2021 down 47.6% falling
62 Guatemala 9.3% 2021 down 40.8% flat
63 Netherlands 9.2% 2021 up 4.8% rising
64 Niger 9.1% 2021 up 22.7% rising
65 Czechia 9.1% 2021 down 22.7% falling
66 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.1% 2021 up 22.5% rising
67 Senegal 9.0% 2021 down 0.8% rising
68 Kyrgyzstan 9.0% 2021 down 36.3% falling
69 Mali 9.0% 2021 up 16.5% rising
70 Eritrea 8.9% 2021 up 5.3% falling
71 Pakistan 8.8% 2021 down 19.8% flat
72 Singapore 8.8% 2021 down 31.3% falling
73 Zimbabwe 8.7% 2021 up 64.2% rising
74 Laos 8.7% 2021 down 19.9% rising
75 Spain 8.7% 2021 up 2.6% falling
76 Palestine 8.6% 2021 down 40.4% volatile
77 Benin 8.5% 2021 up 17.4% rising
78 Uzbekistan 8.5% 2021 up 1.7% flat
79 United Arab Emirates 8.5% 2021 down 60.3% falling
80 South Africa 8.4% 2021 up 15.6% rising
81 Lesotho 8.4% 2021 up 10.3% rising
82 Myanmar 8.3% 2021 down 15.1% flat
83 East Timor 8.2% 2021 down 9.3% flat
84 Kazakhstan 8.1% 2021 down 46.1% falling
85 Guyana 8.1% 2021 down 35.2% falling
86 Seychelles 8.1% 2021 down 14.6% falling
87 Uganda 8.1% 2021 up 73.1% rising
88 Russia 8.1% 2021 down 50.1% falling
89 Portugal 8.0% 2021 down 22.2% falling
90 Solomon Islands 8.0% 2021 down 28.8% flat
91 Tunisia 8.0% 2021 down 52.6% falling
92 Djibouti 7.9% 2021 up 8.7% rising
93 Denmark 7.9% 2021 down 6.3% falling
94 Cyprus 7.8% 2021 down 35.3% falling
95 Mauritania 7.8% 2021 down 25.0% flat
96 Germany 7.8% 2021 down 11.8% falling
97 Cambodia 7.8% 2021 down 30.1% falling
98 Brazil 7.8% 2021 down 37.8% falling
99 Micronesia (country) 7.7% 2021 up 6.5% falling
100 United Kingdom 7.7% 2021 down 9.1% falling
101 Samoa 7.7% 2021 down 20.3% falling
102 Burundi 7.7% 2021 up 13.3% falling
103 Vanuatu 7.7% 2021 down 18.9% falling
104 Kenya 7.6% 2021 up 49.4% rising
105 Croatia 7.5% 2021 down 18.2% falling
106 Mexico 7.5% 2021 down 40.4% falling
107 Central African Republic 7.5% 2021 up 61.5% rising
108 Tonga 7.5% 2021 down 11.2% falling
109 Somalia 7.4% 2021 up 1.1% rising
110 Madagascar 7.3% 2021 down 13.1% falling
111 Argentina 7.2% 2021 down 32.0% falling
112 Papua New Guinea 7.2% 2021 down 19.1% falling
113 Poland 7.2% 2021 down 22.6% falling
114 Sierra Leone 7.2% 2021 up 14.3% rising
115 Bahamas 7.2% 2021 down 23.9% volatile
116 Belarus 7.1% 2021 down 47.5% falling
117 South Sudan 7.1% 2021 up 29.6% rising
118 Morocco 7.1% 2021 down 41.3% falling
119 Ghana 7.1% 2021 up 23.2% rising
120 Chad 7.1% 2021 up 21.2% rising
121 Paraguay 7.0% 2021 down 46.7% falling
122 Rwanda 7.0% 2021 down 2.6% rising
123 Sao Tome and Principe 7.0% 2021 up 29.0% rising
124 Panama 7.0% 2021 down 44.7% falling
125 Qatar 7.0% 2021 down 43.4% falling
126 Albania 7.0% 2021 down 50.3% falling
127 Slovakia 6.9% 2021 down 22.4% falling
128 Tanzania 6.8% 2021 up 75.1% rising
129 Ukraine 6.8% 2021 down 21.1% falling
130 Tajikistan 6.8% 2021 down 40.7% falling
131 Guinea-Bissau 6.8% 2021 up 8.2% rising
132 Trinidad and Tobago 6.7% 2021 down 42.4% falling
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.7% 2021 down 25.1% rising
134 Angola 6.7% 2021 up 13.9% falling
135 Italy 6.7% 2021 down 16.1% falling
136 Liberia 6.6% 2021 up 7.2% rising
137 Saint Lucia 6.6% 2021 down 55.1% falling
138 Lebanon 6.6% 2021 down 52.7% falling
139 Montenegro 6.5% 2021 down 31.6% falling
140 Eswatini 6.4% 2021 up 7.4% rising
141 Jordan 6.3% 2021 down 45.8% falling
142 Nigeria 6.3% 2021 up 22.1% rising
143 Peru 6.3% 2021 down 45.6% falling
144 Armenia 6.2% 2021 down 6.2% volatile
145 Hungary 6.0% 2021 down 32.1% falling
146 Gambia 6.0% 2021 up 36.2% rising
147 Georgia 5.9% 2021 down 3.0% falling
148 Malaysia 5.9% 2021 down 46.3% falling
149 Mozambique 5.8% 2021 up 58.9% rising
150 Botswana 5.8% 2021 down 11.9% rising
151 Bangladesh 5.8% 2021 down 11.3% flat
152 Bahrain 5.7% 2021 down 47.8% falling
153 Turkmenistan 5.7% 2021 down 43.1% falling
154 Greece 5.6% 2021 down 38.9% falling
155 Romania 5.6% 2021 down 36.9% falling
156 Oman 5.5% 2021 down 65.5% falling
157 Azerbaijan 5.4% 2021 down 39.6% falling
158 Namibia 5.4% 2021 down 23.7% rising
159 Bolivia 5.4% 2021 down 58.5% falling
160 Moldova 5.4% 2021 down 53.0% falling
161 Barbados 5.3% 2021 down 16.7% falling
162 Cameroon 5.2% 2021 up 20.3% rising
163 Turkey 5.2% 2021 down 38.5% falling
164 Mauritius 5.1% 2021 down 32.0% falling
165 Nicaragua 5.0% 2021 down 56.2% falling
166 Zambia 4.9% 2021 up 38.2% rising
167 North Macedonia 4.7% 2021 down 30.3% falling
168 Congo 4.6% 2021 down 20.9% falling
169 Gabon 4.6% 2021 up 10.4% rising
170 Philippines 4.5% 2021 down 29.9% falling
171 Serbia 4.5% 2021 down 28.0% falling
172 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.5% 2021 down 44.8% falling
173 Fiji 4.5% 2021 down 38.7% falling
174 Malawi 4.4% 2021 up 76.4% rising
175 Equatorial Guinea 4.0% 2021 up 21.3% flat
176 Kuwait 3.9% 2021 down 69.7% volatile
177 Cuba 3.9% 2021 down 55.6% falling
178 Bulgaria 3.8% 2021 down 39.3% falling
179 Egypt 3.7% 2021 down 36.7% falling
180 Grenada 3.6% 2021 down 41.9% falling
181 Kiribati 3.3% 2021 down 32.8% falling
182 Indonesia 3.2% 2021 down 43.3% falling
183 Maldives 3.2% 2021 down 52.3% falling
184 Brunei 3.1% 2021 down 68.8% volatile
185 Antigua and Barbuda 3.0% 2021 down 42.5% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female (% of total female deaths ages 15-59)
Unit
% of total female deaths ages 15-59
Source
Global Health Estimates, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 1,392 data points, 2000–2021
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Number of female deaths ages 15-59 due to injury divided by number of all female deaths ages 15-59, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.