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Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 (% of total deaths ages 5-14) by country

Number of deaths ages 5-14 due to injury divided by number of all deaths ages 5-14, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.

Countries reporting
185
Highest
69.9%
Afghanistan
Lowest
9.0%
Kiribati
Median
30.8%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392

What the numbers show

Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 (% of total deaths ages 5-14) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 69.9% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 9.0% in Kiribati.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.8%, and the mean is 32.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 281.9%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 59.5%).

Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 69.9% 2021 up 62.0% rising
2 Iceland 58.3% 2021 up 7.3% rising
3 Syria 57.5% 2021 up 51.2% rising
4 Jordan 56.6% 2021 up 28.9% rising
5 Yemen 56.6% 2021 up 35.1% rising
6 Belize 56.4% 2021 up 7.5% falling
7 Honduras 55.8% 2021 down 2.8% rising
8 Iraq 55.7% 2021 down 2.2% rising
9 Haiti 53.7% 2021 down 40.5% flat
10 China 53.6% 2021 down 4.7% flat
11 Latvia 52.6% 2021 up 1.7% falling
12 Bangladesh 52.5% 2021 up 16.9% rising
13 North Korea 52.5% 2021 up 6.2% rising
14 Vietnam 51.4% 2021 down 8.4% flat
15 El Salvador 50.0% 2021 up 2.7% flat
16 Bahamas 47.8% 2021 up 9.6% rising
17 Algeria 47.3% 2021 up 3.8% flat
18 Saint Lucia 46.7% 2021 down 22.9% flat
19 Paraguay 46.7% 2021 up 28.8% rising
20 New Zealand 46.4% 2021 up 9.3% flat
21 United States 46.0% 2021 up 7.4% falling
22 Tunisia 45.9% 2021 down 3.3% falling
23 Thailand 45.5% 2021 down 5.1% flat
24 Cape Verde 45.3% 2021 up 10.5% rising
25 Jamaica 45.1% 2021 down 22.9% falling
26 Slovenia 43.5% 2021 up 15.8% rising
27 Azerbaijan 43.2% 2021 up 1.2% rising
28 Kazakhstan 43.2% 2021 down 16.6% falling
29 Nepal 43.1% 2021 up 16.6% rising
30 Mongolia 42.9% 2021 down 14.0% flat
31 Colombia 41.9% 2021 down 19.1% falling
32 Iran 41.6% 2021 down 19.7% falling
33 Israel 41.4% 2021 up 15.4% falling
34 Croatia 41.4% 2021 down 2.3% falling
35 Libya 41.0% 2021 down 10.5% rising
36 Venezuela 40.8% 2021 down 20.2% falling
37 Morocco 40.6% 2021 down 6.5% rising
38 Barbados 40.4% 2021 up 6.0% flat
39 Bolivia 40.3% 2021 up 3.8% rising
40 Australia 39.5% 2021 up 36.9% flat
41 Qatar 39.4% 2021 down 4.2% flat
42 Tajikistan 39.2% 2021 down 17.5% rising
43 Albania 39.2% 2021 down 1.3% falling
44 South Korea 39.2% 2021 down 11.7% falling
45 Kyrgyzstan 39.2% 2021 down 14.3% falling
46 Russia 39.1% 2021 down 34.8% falling
47 Ukraine 38.8% 2021 down 1.8% falling
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.6% 2021 down 10.5% falling
49 Brazil 38.4% 2021 down 6.9% falling
50 Dominican Republic 38.1% 2021 up 1.2% flat
51 Lebanon 37.9% 2021 down 26.1% falling
52 Bhutan 37.7% 2021 up 15.3% rising
53 Cyprus 37.6% 2021 up 42.8% volatile
54 Belarus 37.4% 2021 down 29.2% falling
55 Comoros 37.4% 2021 up 28.9% rising
56 Myanmar 37.3% 2021 up 8.3% rising
57 Suriname 37.0% 2021 down 3.0% falling
58 Kuwait 36.2% 2021 up 4.0% falling
59 Japan 35.4% 2021 up 1.1% falling
60 Canada 35.3% 2021 down 10.8% falling
61 Uzbekistan 35.3% 2021 up 18.4% rising
62 Greece 35.3% 2021 up 26.4% falling
63 Palestine 35.2% 2021 down 12.7% falling
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35.0% 2021 down 20.7% rising
65 Senegal 34.3% 2021 up 18.8% rising
66 North Macedonia 34.2% 2021 up 95.4% falling
67 Uruguay 34.1% 2021 down 26.3% falling
68 Hungary 34.0% 2021 down 4.3% falling
69 Switzerland 34.0% 2021 up 12.5% falling
70 Trinidad and Tobago 33.6% 2021 down 8.2% flat
71 Moldova 33.6% 2021 down 34.1% falling
72 Puerto Rico 33.5% 2021 up 15.8% falling
73 Chile 33.5% 2021 down 25.0% falling
74 Tonga 33.4% 2021 up 7.0% rising
75 Ecuador 33.4% 2021 down 21.1% falling
76 Oman 33.0% 2021 down 18.8% falling
77 Cambodia 32.8% 2021 up 9.7% rising
78 France 32.6% 2021 down 1.2% falling
79 Armenia 32.6% 2021 down 18.2% rising
80 Egypt 32.5% 2021 down 5.6% rising
81 Sudan 32.3% 2021 down 0.1% flat
82 Bulgaria 32.3% 2021 down 2.4% falling
83 Georgia 32.1% 2021 up 56.0% rising
84 Denmark 32.1% 2021 down 7.3% falling
85 Panama 32.1% 2021 down 8.6% falling
86 Guyana 32.0% 2021 down 21.5% falling
87 Mexico 31.9% 2021 down 12.8% falling
88 Laos 31.8% 2021 up 5.6% rising
89 East Timor 31.6% 2021 down 2.1% flat
90 Romania 31.6% 2021 down 29.7% falling
91 Netherlands 31.1% 2021 up 26.8% falling
92 Montenegro 30.9% 2021 down 31.2% falling
93 Sao Tome and Principe 30.8% 2021 up 42.2% rising
94 Nicaragua 30.8% 2021 down 23.2% falling
95 Lithuania 30.7% 2021 down 34.9% falling
96 United Arab Emirates 30.5% 2021 down 25.3% falling
97 Argentina 30.3% 2021 down 20.3% falling
98 Singapore 30.1% 2021 up 27.8% rising
99 Benin 30.1% 2021 up 32.5% rising
100 Czechia 30.0% 2021 up 3.5% falling
101 Guinea 30.0% 2021 up 34.5% rising
102 Pakistan 29.9% 2021 up 41.9% rising
103 Ethiopia 29.9% 2021 up 48.3% rising
104 Belgium 29.9% 2021 down 7.3% falling
105 Papua New Guinea 29.4% 2021 down 2.8% flat
106 Botswana 29.4% 2021 up 153.1% rising
107 Djibouti 29.3% 2021 up 12.2% rising
108 Poland 29.1% 2021 down 19.8% falling
109 Eswatini 29.0% 2021 up 281.9% rising
110 Burkina Faso 28.9% 2021 up 43.5% rising
111 Guinea-Bissau 28.8% 2021 up 25.5% rising
112 India 28.6% 2021 up 6.7% rising
113 Maldives 28.6% 2021 down 28.4% falling
114 Vanuatu 28.6% 2021 down 3.9% rising
115 Cote d'Ivoire 28.5% 2021 up 33.5% rising
116 Mauritania 28.3% 2021 down 11.1% rising
117 Guatemala 28.2% 2021 down 16.2% rising
118 Gambia 28.1% 2021 up 23.4% rising
119 Sri Lanka 28.1% 2021 down 59.5% falling
120 Finland 28.1% 2021 up 10.4% falling
121 Togo 28.0% 2021 up 32.8% rising
122 Seychelles 27.8% 2021 down 21.9% falling
123 Turkey 27.7% 2021 down 2.1% rising
124 Ghana 27.7% 2021 up 44.4% rising
125 Chad 27.5% 2021 up 19.7% rising
126 Fiji 27.4% 2021 down 14.5% falling
127 Peru 27.4% 2021 down 16.8% falling
128 Bahrain 27.3% 2021 down 15.7% falling
129 Grenada 27.2% 2021 down 24.5% falling
130 Costa Rica 27.1% 2021 down 12.2% falling
131 Niger 27.1% 2021 up 22.6% rising
132 South Africa 27.1% 2021 up 49.5% falling
133 Saudi Arabia 27.1% 2021 down 17.5% falling
134 Namibia 26.9% 2021 up 78.0% rising
135 Micronesia (country) 26.8% 2021 up 1.6% flat
136 Mali 26.4% 2021 up 10.7% rising
137 Eritrea 26.4% 2021 up 17.0% rising
138 Rwanda 26.3% 2021 up 12.0% rising
139 Turkmenistan 25.9% 2021 down 26.9% falling
140 Zimbabwe 25.6% 2021 up 246.6% rising
141 Slovakia 25.4% 2021 down 41.1% falling
142 Germany 25.1% 2021 down 15.2% falling
143 Democratic Republic of Congo 24.9% 2021 up 10.8% rising
144 Liberia 24.6% 2021 up 2.0% flat
145 Estonia 24.6% 2021 down 33.3% falling
146 Lesotho 24.5% 2021 up 177.5% rising
147 Samoa 24.4% 2021 down 8.1% falling
148 Central African Republic 24.4% 2021 up 47.1% rising
149 Cameroon 23.7% 2021 up 6.0% rising
150 Malaysia 23.7% 2021 down 33.5% falling
151 Luxembourg 23.6% 2021 down 53.0% falling
152 Uganda 23.5% 2021 up 32.8% rising
153 South Sudan 23.3% 2021 up 12.0% rising
154 Mauritius 23.3% 2021 down 4.4% falling
155 Kenya 22.8% 2021 up 91.0% rising
156 Spain 22.7% 2021 up 8.2% falling
157 Somalia 22.7% 2021 up 47.5% rising
158 Norway 22.4% 2021 down 3.1% falling
159 Sierra Leone 22.3% 2021 up 8.5% rising
160 Indonesia 22.2% 2021 down 13.0% rising
161 Sweden 22.1% 2021 down 24.0% falling
162 Burundi 22.0% 2021 down 1.4% falling
163 Madagascar 21.7% 2021 down 2.7% rising
164 Solomon Islands 21.6% 2021 down 32.9% flat
165 Ireland 21.6% 2021 down 20.4% falling
166 Philippines 21.5% 2021 up 3.6% falling
167 Serbia 21.1% 2021 down 29.5% falling
168 United Kingdom 21.0% 2021 down 8.4% falling
169 Mozambique 20.9% 2021 up 28.2% rising
170 Antigua and Barbuda 20.7% 2021 down 48.7% volatile
171 Brunei 20.6% 2021 down 33.2% falling
172 Angola 20.4% 2021 up 4.2% rising
173 Austria 20.3% 2021 down 32.2% falling
174 Nigeria 19.9% 2021 up 26.5% rising
175 Cuba 19.3% 2021 down 37.7% falling
176 Portugal 19.2% 2021 down 33.0% falling
177 Italy 18.7% 2021 down 23.0% falling
178 Gabon 18.7% 2021 down 0.8% rising
179 Tanzania 18.7% 2021 up 37.1% rising
180 Malawi 18.4% 2021 up 99.6% rising
181 Equatorial Guinea 17.4% 2021 up 1.4% flat
182 Zambia 17.4% 2021 up 64.9% rising
183 Congo 13.6% 2021 down 19.9% flat
184 Malta 12.6% 2021 up 217.6% falling
185 Kiribati 9.0% 2021 down 21.1% 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 5-14 (% of total deaths ages 5-14)
Unit
% of total deaths ages 5-14
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 deaths ages 5-14 due to injury divided by number of all deaths ages 5-14, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.