Cause of death, by injury, male (% of total male deaths) by country
Number of male deaths ages due to injury divided by number of all male deaths ages, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
33.5%
Afghanistan
Lowest
2.4%
Bulgaria
Median
9.0%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392
What the numbers show
Cause of death, by injury, male (% of total male deaths) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 33.5% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 2.4% in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.0%, and the mean is 9.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 142 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 72.7%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 75.9%).
Cause of death, by injury, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 33.5% | 2021 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 2 | Yemen | 27.2% | 2021 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 3 | Honduras | 25.4% | 2021 | down 23.7% | flat |
| 4 | El Salvador | 23.7% | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 5 | Belize | 22.7% | 2021 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 6 | Venezuela | 20.2% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 7 | Qatar | 18.8% | 2021 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 8 | Iraq | 18.7% | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 9 | Haiti | 16.2% | 2021 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Syria | 16.0% | 2021 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 15.6% | 2021 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 15.5% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 13 | Cape Verde | 14.9% | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 14.8% | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 14.7% | 2021 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 14.6% | 2021 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 17 | Guatemala | 14.5% | 2021 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 14.3% | 2021 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 14.3% | 2021 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 20 | Libya | 13.8% | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 13.4% | 2021 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 22 | Jamaica | 13.2% | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 13.0% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 13.0% | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 12.9% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 26 | Ecuador | 12.8% | 2021 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 27 | Comoros | 12.7% | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 28 | Eritrea | 12.7% | 2021 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 29 | Burundi | 12.6% | 2021 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 30 | South Sudan | 12.6% | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 31 | Lesotho | 12.5% | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 12.5% | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 33 | Eswatini | 12.4% | 2021 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 34 | Kenya | 12.4% | 2021 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 12.3% | 2021 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 36 | Guyana | 12.3% | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.2% | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 12.2% | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 12.1% | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 40 | Rwanda | 12.0% | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 41 | Bhutan | 12.0% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 42 | Brazil | 12.0% | 2021 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 11.9% | 2021 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 44 | Bahamas | 11.8% | 2021 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 45 | Benin | 11.6% | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 46 | Niger | 11.5% | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.4% | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 48 | Nepal | 11.3% | 2021 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 49 | Gambia | 11.2% | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 50 | Guinea | 11.2% | 2021 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 51 | Mali | 11.2% | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 52 | Panama | 11.1% | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 53 | Solomon Islands | 11.1% | 2021 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 54 | Tanzania | 10.9% | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 55 | Mexico | 10.9% | 2021 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 56 | Micronesia (country) | 10.7% | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 57 | Djibouti | 10.7% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 58 | Chad | 10.7% | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 59 | Ghana | 10.6% | 2021 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 60 | Sudan | 10.5% | 2021 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 61 | Kuwait | 10.5% | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.4% | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 63 | Vietnam | 10.4% | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 10.3% | 2021 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 65 | Cambodia | 10.3% | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.3% | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 67 | South Korea | 10.2% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 68 | North Korea | 10.2% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 10.2% | 2021 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 70 | Somalia | 10.1% | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 71 | Malawi | 10.0% | 2021 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 72 | Laos | 9.9% | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 73 | Nigeria | 9.9% | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 74 | Cameroon | 9.9% | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 75 | Pakistan | 9.8% | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Namibia | 9.8% | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 9.8% | 2021 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 78 | Zambia | 9.6% | 2021 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 79 | Madagascar | 9.6% | 2021 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 80 | Algeria | 9.6% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 81 | Vanuatu | 9.5% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 82 | Paraguay | 9.5% | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.4% | 2021 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 84 | Palestine | 9.4% | 2021 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Mauritania | 9.3% | 2021 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 86 | Iran | 9.3% | 2021 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 87 | Suriname | 9.3% | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 88 | Liberia | 9.3% | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 9.2% | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 90 | Angola | 9.2% | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 9.2% | 2021 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.1% | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 93 | Puerto Rico | 9.0% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 94 | Mozambique | 9.0% | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.6% | 2021 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 96 | Myanmar | 8.5% | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 97 | Samoa | 8.5% | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 98 | Philippines | 8.5% | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 99 | Gabon | 8.4% | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 100 | Uruguay | 8.2% | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 101 | East Timor | 8.2% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 102 | Seychelles | 8.1% | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 103 | Jordan | 8.1% | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 104 | Malaysia | 8.0% | 2021 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 105 | United States | 7.8% | 2021 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 106 | Morocco | 7.7% | 2021 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 107 | Slovenia | 7.7% | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 108 | Congo | 7.7% | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 7.7% | 2021 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 110 | Botswana | 7.7% | 2021 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 111 | Chile | 7.6% | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 112 | India | 7.5% | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 7.5% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 114 | Australia | 7.4% | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 7.4% | 2021 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 116 | Bahrain | 7.4% | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 117 | France | 7.4% | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 118 | Belgium | 7.2% | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 119 | Bolivia | 7.1% | 2021 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 7.1% | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 121 | China | 7.0% | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.0% | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 123 | Tonga | 6.9% | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 6.9% | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 125 | Lithuania | 6.9% | 2021 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 126 | Norway | 6.8% | 2021 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 127 | Oman | 6.8% | 2021 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 128 | Iceland | 6.7% | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 129 | Israel | 6.6% | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 130 | Austria | 6.5% | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 131 | Finland | 6.5% | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 132 | Brunei | 6.5% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 133 | Russia | 6.5% | 2021 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 134 | Barbados | 6.4% | 2021 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 135 | Switzerland | 6.3% | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 136 | Latvia | 6.3% | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 137 | Kiribati | 6.2% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 138 | Canada | 6.2% | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 139 | Peru | 6.1% | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 140 | Azerbaijan | 6.1% | 2021 | down 30.1% | flat |
| 141 | Sweden | 6.0% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 142 | Estonia | 6.0% | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 143 | Ukraine | 6.0% | 2021 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 144 | Belarus | 5.9% | 2021 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 5.7% | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 146 | Japan | 5.5% | 2021 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 147 | Mauritius | 5.5% | 2021 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 148 | Grenada | 5.5% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 149 | Moldova | 5.4% | 2021 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 150 | Tunisia | 5.4% | 2021 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 151 | Argentina | 5.3% | 2021 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 152 | Lebanon | 5.3% | 2021 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 153 | Poland | 5.3% | 2021 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 154 | Netherlands | 5.1% | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 155 | Portugal | 5.1% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 156 | Croatia | 5.0% | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 157 | Armenia | 4.9% | 2021 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 158 | Germany | 4.9% | 2021 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 159 | Slovakia | 4.8% | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 160 | Cyprus | 4.8% | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 161 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.7% | 2021 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 162 | Georgia | 4.6% | 2021 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 163 | Czechia | 4.6% | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 164 | Singapore | 4.6% | 2021 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 165 | Egypt | 4.5% | 2021 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 166 | Ireland | 4.5% | 2021 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 167 | Cuba | 4.5% | 2021 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 168 | Hungary | 4.5% | 2021 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 169 | Spain | 4.3% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 170 | Romania | 4.3% | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 171 | Turkey | 4.3% | 2021 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 172 | Greece | 4.2% | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 173 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 174 | United Kingdom | 4.0% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 175 | Italy | 4.0% | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 176 | Malta | 4.0% | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 177 | Indonesia | 4.0% | 2021 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 178 | Denmark | 3.7% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 179 | Maldives | 3.7% | 2021 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 180 | Montenegro | 3.5% | 2021 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 181 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.4% | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 182 | North Macedonia | 3.2% | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 183 | Albania | 2.9% | 2021 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 184 | Serbia | 2.8% | 2021 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 185 | Bulgaria | 2.4% | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 13.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 12.7%
- IDA only 12.6%
- Least developed countries 12.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 11.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 11.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 11.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 11.8%
- IDA total 11.7%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 11.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 11.5%
- Caribbean Small States 11.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 11.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 11.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 11.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.2%
- Africa Western and Central 10.6%
- Arab World 10.6%
- IDA blend 10.0%
- Small states 8.8%
- Low & middle income 8.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 8.6%
- Lower middle income 8.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 8.4%
- World 8.2%
- Middle income 8.2%
- Other small states 8.0%
- Upper middle income 7.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 7.8%
- South Asia 7.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 7.8%
- North America 7.7%
- IBRD only 7.7%
- Pacific island small states 7.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 7.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 7.1%
- OECD members 6.8%
- High income 6.3%
About this data
Number of male deaths ages due to injury divided by number of all male deaths ages, expressed by percentage. Injury includes unintentional and intentional injuries.