Cause of death, by injury, female (% of total female deaths) by country
Number of female deaths due to injury divided by number of all female deaths, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
12.7%
El Salvador
Lowest
1.0%
Bulgaria
Median
4.0%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by injury, female (% of total female deaths) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 12.7% in El Salvador; the lowest is 1.0% in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.0%, and the mean is 4.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 101.8%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 87.8%).
Cause of death, by injury, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Salvador | 12.7% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 2 | Yemen | 12.1% | 2021 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 11.4% | 2021 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 4 | Honduras | 10.8% | 2021 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 5 | Haiti | 8.6% | 2021 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 8.3% | 2021 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 7 | Iraq | 7.9% | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 8 | Nepal | 7.8% | 2021 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 7.6% | 2021 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 10 | Comoros | 7.5% | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 11 | Bhutan | 7.5% | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.1% | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 13 | Togo | 7.1% | 2021 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 14 | Burundi | 7.1% | 2021 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 15 | Kenya | 7.0% | 2021 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 16 | Senegal | 6.8% | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea | 6.7% | 2021 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 18 | Mali | 6.7% | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 19 | Uganda | 6.6% | 2021 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 20 | Eritrea | 6.6% | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 21 | Benin | 6.5% | 2021 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 6.5% | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 23 | India | 6.5% | 2021 | down 25.8% | flat |
| 24 | Djibouti | 6.4% | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 25 | Sudan | 6.4% | 2021 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 26 | Rwanda | 6.4% | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Belize | 6.3% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 28 | Vietnam | 6.2% | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 6.2% | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 30 | Libya | 6.1% | 2021 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 31 | South Sudan | 6.1% | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 32 | Slovenia | 6.1% | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 33 | Ghana | 6.0% | 2021 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 34 | Tanzania | 5.8% | 2021 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 35 | Chad | 5.8% | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 36 | Gambia | 5.8% | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 37 | South Korea | 5.7% | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 38 | Netherlands | 5.7% | 2021 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 5.7% | 2021 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 5.6% | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 41 | Somalia | 5.5% | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 42 | Syria | 5.5% | 2021 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 5.5% | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 44 | Nigeria | 5.5% | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 45 | France | 5.5% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.4% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 47 | Lesotho | 5.3% | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 48 | Pakistan | 5.3% | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 5.3% | 2021 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 50 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.2% | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 51 | Suriname | 5.2% | 2021 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 52 | Laos | 5.2% | 2021 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 5.2% | 2021 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 5.1% | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 55 | Central African Republic | 5.1% | 2021 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 56 | Mauritania | 5.1% | 2021 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 57 | Cameroon | 5.0% | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 58 | Liberia | 4.9% | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 59 | Cambodia | 4.9% | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 60 | Malawi | 4.9% | 2021 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 61 | Norway | 4.9% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 4.9% | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 63 | Mozambique | 4.9% | 2021 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 64 | Angola | 4.8% | 2021 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 4.8% | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 4.8% | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 4.8% | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 4.8% | 2021 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 69 | Canada | 4.8% | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 70 | North Korea | 4.7% | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 71 | East Timor | 4.7% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 72 | Eswatini | 4.7% | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 73 | New Zealand | 4.7% | 2021 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 74 | China | 4.7% | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 75 | Jamaica | 4.5% | 2021 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 76 | Guatemala | 4.5% | 2021 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 4.5% | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 78 | Myanmar | 4.4% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 4.4% | 2021 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 4.4% | 2021 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 4.3% | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 82 | Mongolia | 4.3% | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.3% | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 4.3% | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 85 | South Africa | 4.3% | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 4.3% | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 87 | Venezuela | 4.2% | 2021 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 88 | Algeria | 4.2% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 89 | Cuba | 4.1% | 2021 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 90 | Micronesia (country) | 4.1% | 2021 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 91 | Ecuador | 4.1% | 2021 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 92 | Namibia | 4.1% | 2021 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 93 | United States | 4.0% | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 94 | Sweden | 4.0% | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 95 | Thailand | 4.0% | 2021 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 96 | Uruguay | 3.9% | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 97 | Iran | 3.9% | 2021 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 98 | Botswana | 3.9% | 2021 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 99 | Japan | 3.9% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 100 | Brazil | 3.9% | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 101 | Austria | 3.8% | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 102 | Finland | 3.8% | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 3.8% | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 104 | Cyprus | 3.7% | 2021 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 105 | Jordan | 3.7% | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 3.7% | 2021 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 107 | Tonga | 3.7% | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 108 | Samoa | 3.7% | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 109 | Gabon | 3.6% | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 110 | Germany | 3.6% | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 3.6% | 2021 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 112 | Paraguay | 3.6% | 2021 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.6% | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 114 | Colombia | 3.6% | 2021 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 115 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.5% | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 116 | Portugal | 3.5% | 2021 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 117 | Congo | 3.5% | 2021 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 118 | Croatia | 3.4% | 2021 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 119 | Bahamas | 3.4% | 2021 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Qatar | 3.4% | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 121 | Bolivia | 3.3% | 2021 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 3.3% | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 123 | Palestine | 3.3% | 2021 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Philippines | 3.2% | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 125 | Mexico | 3.1% | 2021 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 126 | Chile | 3.0% | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 127 | Peru | 3.0% | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0% | 2021 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 129 | Italy | 3.0% | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 130 | Malta | 2.9% | 2021 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 131 | Tunisia | 2.9% | 2021 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 2.9% | 2021 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 133 | Morocco | 2.8% | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.8% | 2021 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 135 | Malaysia | 2.7% | 2021 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 2.7% | 2021 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 137 | Lebanon | 2.7% | 2021 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 138 | Lithuania | 2.7% | 2021 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 2.7% | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 140 | Spain | 2.7% | 2021 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 141 | Denmark | 2.7% | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 142 | Oman | 2.7% | 2021 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 143 | Saint Lucia | 2.7% | 2021 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 144 | United Kingdom | 2.7% | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 145 | Kuwait | 2.7% | 2021 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 146 | Israel | 2.7% | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 147 | Estonia | 2.6% | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 148 | Greece | 2.6% | 2021 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 149 | Seychelles | 2.6% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 150 | Brunei | 2.6% | 2021 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 151 | Barbados | 2.5% | 2021 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 2.5% | 2021 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 153 | Ireland | 2.5% | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 154 | Panama | 2.5% | 2021 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 155 | Poland | 2.5% | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 156 | Czechia | 2.4% | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 157 | Fiji | 2.4% | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 2.3% | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 159 | Kiribati | 2.3% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 160 | Indonesia | 2.3% | 2021 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 161 | Latvia | 2.2% | 2021 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 162 | Bahrain | 2.2% | 2021 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 163 | Slovakia | 2.2% | 2021 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 164 | Argentina | 2.2% | 2021 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 165 | Grenada | 2.2% | 2021 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 166 | Hungary | 2.1% | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 167 | Russia | 2.1% | 2021 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 168 | Turkey | 2.0% | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 169 | Singapore | 2.0% | 2021 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 170 | North Macedonia | 2.0% | 2021 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 171 | Maldives | 2.0% | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 172 | Egypt | 1.9% | 2021 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 173 | Georgia | 1.9% | 2021 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 174 | Belarus | 1.8% | 2021 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 175 | Armenia | 1.7% | 2021 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.7% | 2021 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 177 | Mauritius | 1.6% | 2021 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 178 | Moldova | 1.6% | 2021 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 179 | Ukraine | 1.5% | 2021 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 180 | Romania | 1.5% | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 181 | Montenegro | 1.4% | 2021 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 182 | Albania | 1.4% | 2021 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 183 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3% | 2021 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 184 | Serbia | 1.3% | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 185 | Bulgaria | 1.0% | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 6.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 6.4%
- South Asia 6.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 6.3%
- Least developed countries 6.1%
- IDA only 6.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 6.1%
- Africa Western and Central 5.9%
- IDA total 5.9%
- Lower middle income 5.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 5.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 5.7%
- IDA blend 5.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 5.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 5.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 5.1%
- Low & middle income 5.0%
- Middle income 4.8%
- IDA & IBRD total 4.8%
- Arab world 4.7%
- World 4.6%
- IBRD only 4.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 4.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.2%
- North America 4.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 3.9%
- Upper middle income 3.9%
- Other small states 3.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 3.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.8%
- Small states 3.7%
- Euro area 3.7%
- OECD members 3.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 3.6%
- Caribbean small states 3.6%
About this data
Number of female deaths due to injury divided by number of all female deaths, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.