Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, female (% of total female deaths ages 60+) by country
Number of female deaths ages 60+ due to injury divided by number of all female deaths ages 60+, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
6.7%
El Salvador
Lowest
0.6%
Egypt
Median
2.2%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, female (% of total female deaths ages 60+) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 6.7% in El Salvador; the lowest is 0.6% in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.2%, and the mean is 2.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 229.8%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 93.3%).
Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Salvador | 6.7% | 2021 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 2 | Kenya | 6.1% | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 3 | Slovenia | 5.9% | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 5.8% | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 5 | Comoros | 5.5% | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5.4% | 2021 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 5.3% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Bhutan | 5.1% | 2021 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 9 | Vietnam | 5.0% | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 10 | South Sudan | 5.0% | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 11 | France | 5.0% | 2021 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 12 | Djibouti | 4.9% | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Nepal | 4.9% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 14 | Eritrea | 4.8% | 2021 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 15 | Nigeria | 4.7% | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 16 | Guinea | 4.7% | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 17 | Mali | 4.6% | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 18 | India | 4.5% | 2021 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 19 | Gambia | 4.5% | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 20 | Niger | 4.5% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Belgium | 4.4% | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 22 | Chad | 4.4% | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 23 | Honduras | 4.4% | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 24 | Rwanda | 4.3% | 2021 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 25 | Uganda | 4.3% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Switzerland | 4.3% | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 4.2% | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 28 | Senegal | 4.2% | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Canada | 4.2% | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 4.1% | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Cuba | 4.1% | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 32 | Benin | 4.1% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 33 | Somalia | 4.1% | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 34 | Malawi | 4.1% | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.0% | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 36 | Tanzania | 4.0% | 2021 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 4.0% | 2021 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 38 | Burundi | 4.0% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 39 | Australia | 3.9% | 2021 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 40 | Iceland | 3.7% | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 3.7% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 42 | Togo | 3.7% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 43 | South Korea | 3.6% | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 3.6% | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 45 | New Zealand | 3.5% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 46 | Madagascar | 3.5% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 47 | Austria | 3.4% | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 3.4% | 2021 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 3.4% | 2021 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 50 | Germany | 3.4% | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 51 | Liberia | 3.4% | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 52 | Cambodia | 3.4% | 2021 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 53 | Sweden | 3.3% | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 3.3% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 55 | Belize | 3.3% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Zambia | 3.3% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 57 | Cape Verde | 3.3% | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 3.3% | 2021 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 59 | Japan | 3.2% | 2021 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 60 | China | 3.1% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 61 | Croatia | 3.1% | 2021 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 3.1% | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 63 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.1% | 2021 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.0% | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 65 | Cameroon | 3.0% | 2021 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 66 | Mauritania | 3.0% | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 2.9% | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 68 | Angola | 2.9% | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 69 | Haiti | 2.8% | 2021 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Italy | 2.8% | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 71 | United States | 2.8% | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 2.8% | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 73 | Central African Republic | 2.7% | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 74 | Brazil | 2.6% | 2021 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 75 | North Korea | 2.5% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 76 | Sudan | 2.5% | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 77 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.5% | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 2.5% | 2021 | up 229.8% | rising |
| 79 | Malta | 2.5% | 2021 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 80 | Jamaica | 2.4% | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 81 | Yemen | 2.4% | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 2.4% | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 83 | Congo | 2.3% | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 84 | Denmark | 2.3% | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 2.3% | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 86 | Spain | 2.3% | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 87 | Gabon | 2.2% | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 2.2% | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 89 | Libya | 2.2% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 90 | Myanmar | 2.2% | 2021 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.2% | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 92 | Lithuania | 2.2% | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 93 | Brunei | 2.2% | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 94 | Puerto Rico | 2.2% | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 95 | Israel | 2.1% | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 96 | Pakistan | 2.1% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 97 | Estonia | 2.1% | 2021 | up 24.0% | flat |
| 98 | Thailand | 2.1% | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 99 | Suriname | 2.1% | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 100 | Guyana | 2.1% | 2021 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 101 | Philippines | 2.1% | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 102 | East Timor | 2.1% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 2.1% | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 104 | Poland | 2.1% | 2021 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 105 | Bahamas | 2.0% | 2021 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Barbados | 2.0% | 2021 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 107 | Tonga | 2.0% | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 108 | Chile | 2.0% | 2021 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 109 | Ecuador | 2.0% | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 110 | Laos | 2.0% | 2021 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 111 | Syria | 2.0% | 2021 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 112 | Iraq | 2.0% | 2021 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 113 | Czechia | 1.9% | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 114 | Micronesia (country) | 1.9% | 2021 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 115 | Paraguay | 1.9% | 2021 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 116 | Grenada | 1.8% | 2021 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 117 | Venezuela | 1.8% | 2021 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 118 | Peru | 1.8% | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 119 | Ireland | 1.8% | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 120 | Hungary | 1.8% | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 121 | Bolivia | 1.8% | 2021 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 122 | Slovakia | 1.7% | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 123 | Maldives | 1.7% | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 124 | Colombia | 1.7% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 125 | Samoa | 1.7% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 1.7% | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 127 | Malaysia | 1.7% | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 1.6% | 2021 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 1.6% | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 130 | Algeria | 1.6% | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 131 | Lebanon | 1.6% | 2021 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 1.6% | 2021 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 133 | Indonesia | 1.6% | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 134 | Jordan | 1.6% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 135 | Latvia | 1.6% | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 1.6% | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 1.6% | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 138 | Iran | 1.5% | 2021 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 139 | Tunisia | 1.5% | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 1.5% | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 141 | Turkey | 1.5% | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4% | 2021 | down 32.6% | flat |
| 143 | Guatemala | 1.4% | 2021 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 144 | Georgia | 1.4% | 2021 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 1.4% | 2021 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 146 | South Africa | 1.4% | 2021 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 147 | Botswana | 1.4% | 2021 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.4% | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 149 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.3% | 2021 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Namibia | 1.3% | 2021 | down 32.3% | flat |
| 151 | Eswatini | 1.3% | 2021 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 152 | Qatar | 1.3% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 153 | Argentina | 1.3% | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 154 | Mongolia | 1.3% | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 155 | Russia | 1.3% | 2021 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.2% | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 157 | Nicaragua | 1.2% | 2021 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 158 | Belarus | 1.2% | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 159 | Oman | 1.2% | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 160 | Morocco | 1.1% | 2021 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 161 | Seychelles | 1.1% | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 1.1% | 2021 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 163 | Kuwait | 1.1% | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | 1.1% | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.1% | 2021 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 166 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 167 | Armenia | 1.0% | 2021 | down 37.2% | flat |
| 168 | Romania | 1.0% | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 169 | Montenegro | 1.0% | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 170 | Singapore | 1.0% | 2021 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 171 | Serbia | 1.0% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 172 | Mexico | 1.0% | 2021 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 173 | Moldova | 1.0% | 2021 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 174 | Fiji | 1.0% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 175 | Palestine | 1.0% | 2021 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 176 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 177 | Tajikistan | 0.9% | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 178 | Panama | 0.9% | 2021 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 179 | Albania | 0.9% | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 180 | Ukraine | 0.9% | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 181 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 182 | Uzbekistan | 0.7% | 2021 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0.7% | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 184 | Mauritius | 0.7% | 2021 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 185 | Egypt | 0.6% | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 4.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 4.3%
- Africa Western and Central 4.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.9%
- Lower middle income 3.8%
- Low income 3.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.7%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 3.4%
- Least developed countries 3.3%
- Euro area 3.3%
- IDA only 3.3%
- IDA total 3.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 3.1%
- Low & middle income 3.0%
- Middle income 3.0%
- IDA blend 3.0%
- European Union 3.0%
- World 2.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 2.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 2.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 2.9%
- North America 2.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.9%
- IBRD only 2.8%
- OECD members 2.8%
- High income 2.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 2.6%
- Upper middle income 2.5%
- Other small states 2.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 2.1%
- Small states 2.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.0%
- Caribbean Small States 1.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.8%
About this data
Number of female deaths ages 60+ due to injury divided by number of all female deaths ages 60+, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.