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Cause of death, by injury (% of total) by country

Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Countries reporting
185
Highest
23.2%
Afghanistan
Lowest
1.8%
Bulgaria
Median
6.8%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392

What the numbers show

Cause of death, by injury (% of total) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 23.2% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 1.8% in Bulgaria.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.8%, and the mean is 7.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 138 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 71.1%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 82.3%).

Cause of death, by injury: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 23.2% 2021 up 71.1% rising
2 Yemen 20.6% 2021 up 70.1% rising
3 El Salvador 18.8% 2021 down 14.9% falling
4 Honduras 18.4% 2021 down 26.5% flat
5 Belize 15.6% 2021 down 18.7% falling
6 Qatar 14.6% 2021 down 40.8% falling
7 Iraq 13.8% 2021 down 29.3% falling
8 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 13.5% 2021 down 37.3% falling
9 Haiti 12.2% 2021 down 82.3% volatile
10 Saudi Arabia 11.8% 2021 down 38.1% falling
11 Burkina Faso 11.7% 2021 up 59.3% rising
12 Ethiopia 11.5% 2021 up 33.9% rising
13 Syrian Arab Republic 10.9% 2021 up 45.7% volatile
14 United Arab Emirates 10.9% 2021 down 56.5% falling
15 Uganda 10.8% 2021 up 43.5% rising
16 Cape Verde 10.7% 2021 down 29.1% falling
17 Dominican Republic 10.6% 2021 down 20.1% falling
18 Libya 10.4% 2021 down 35.9% falling
19 Guatemala 10.3% 2021 down 43.0% falling
20 Comoros 10.3% 2021 up 9.7% rising
21 Senegal 10.2% 2021 up 3.3% rising
22 Burundi 10.0% 2021 up 16.1% falling
23 Bhutan 9.9% 2021 down 8.2% falling
24 Mongolia 9.9% 2021 down 18.5% flat
25 Kenya 9.9% 2021 up 37.0% rising
26 Eritrea 9.8% 2021 down 1.6% falling
27 Togo 9.8% 2021 up 25.5% rising
28 Colombia 9.7% 2021 down 51.3% falling
29 Nepal 9.6% 2021 down 10.5% rising
30 South Sudan 9.5% 2021 up 11.9% rising
31 Côte d'Ivoire 9.5% 2021 up 34.8% rising
32 Zimbabwe 9.3% 2021 up 44.4% rising
33 Rwanda 9.3% 2021 down 2.2% rising
34 Benin 9.3% 2021 up 29.0% rising
35 Jamaica 9.2% 2021 down 34.4% falling
36 Niger 9.1% 2021 up 31.3% rising
37 Lesotho 9.1% 2021 up 10.5% rising
38 Ecuador 9.0% 2021 down 43.4% falling
39 Mali 9.0% 2021 up 23.7% rising
40 Guinea 9.0% 2021 up 34.4% rising
41 Central African Republic 8.9% 2021 up 34.6% rising
42 Eswatini 8.9% 2021 up 29.0% rising
43 Thailand 8.8% 2021 down 33.2% falling
44 Guyana 8.8% 2021 down 34.0% falling
45 Gambia 8.7% 2021 up 12.3% rising
46 Costa Rica 8.7% 2021 down 26.9% falling
47 Djibouti 8.7% 2021 up 5.6% rising
48 Sudan 8.6% 2021 down 18.3% flat
49 South Africa 8.5% 2021 down 4.1% flat
50 Ghana 8.5% 2021 up 26.2% rising
51 Viet Nam 8.5% 2021 down 27.0% falling
52 Brazil 8.5% 2021 down 35.7% falling
53 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.4% 2021 up 35.2% rising
54 Chad 8.4% 2021 up 24.2% rising
55 Kuwait 8.3% 2021 down 41.5% falling
56 Solomon Islands 8.2% 2021 down 19.0% flat
57 Trinidad and Tobago 8.2% 2021 down 42.9% falling
58 Korea 8.2% 2021 down 36.3% falling
59 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.0% 2021 up 13.2% rising
60 Somalia 8.0% 2021 up 8.9% rising
61 Guinea-Bissau 8.0% 2021 up 15.6% rising
62 Bahamas 7.9% 2021 down 20.7% rising
63 Nigeria 7.8% 2021 up 34.5% rising
64 Nicaragua 7.8% 2021 down 42.1% falling
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.8% 2021 down 13.6% rising
66 Madagascar 7.7% 2021 down 11.5% rising
67 Cambodia 7.7% 2021 down 28.9% falling
68 Pakistan 7.7% 2021 down 5.6% rising
69 Micronesia, Federated States of 7.6% 2021 down 4.3% falling
70 Cameroon 7.6% 2021 up 8.8% rising
71 Malawi 7.6% 2021 up 58.1% rising
72 Mexico 7.6% 2021 down 39.0% falling
73 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 7.5% 2021 down 2.1% falling
74 Vanuatu 7.5% 2021 down 15.1% falling
75 Suriname 7.4% 2021 down 41.9% falling
76 Sierra Leone 7.4% 2021 up 26.0% rising
77 Zambia 7.4% 2021 up 28.5% rising
78 Panama 7.3% 2021 down 41.8% falling
79 Tajikistan 7.2% 2021 down 19.2% falling
80 Mauritania 7.2% 2021 down 19.2% flat
81 Angola 7.2% 2021 up 13.5% rising
82 Sri Lanka 7.2% 2021 down 54.8% falling
83 Liberia 7.1% 2021 up 2.7% rising
84 Namibia 7.1% 2021 down 10.3% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 7.1% 2021 down 13.4% flat
86 India 7.0% 2021 down 33.8% falling
87 Mozambique 7.0% 2021 up 25.4% rising
88 Slovenia 6.9% 2021 down 11.9% falling
89 Bangladesh 6.9% 2021 down 22.9% flat
90 Paraguay 6.9% 2021 down 46.8% falling
91 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.8% 2021 down 54.7% falling
92 Sao Tome and Principe 6.8% 2021 up 0.2% rising
93 Myanmar 6.8% 2021 down 20.5% falling
94 Algeria 6.7% 2021 down 25.3% falling
95 Palestine, State of 6.7% 2021 down 33.3% volatile
96 Timor-Leste 6.6% 2021 down 15.7% falling
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.5% 2021 down 12.8% rising
98 Kyrgyzstan 6.5% 2021 down 36.3% falling
99 France 6.4% 2021 down 7.3% falling
100 Gabon 6.4% 2021 down 2.4% rising
101 Belgium 6.2% 2021 down 0.3% falling
102 Puerto Rico 6.2% 2021 down 10.1% falling
103 Australia 6.2% 2021 up 8.9% rising
104 Philippines 6.2% 2021 down 28.6% falling
105 Uruguay 6.1% 2021 down 10.5% falling
106 Samoa 6.1% 2021 down 14.6% falling
107 Jordan 6.1% 2021 down 32.8% falling
108 United States of America 6.1% 2021 down 3.2% flat
109 China 6.0% 2021 down 21.7% falling
110 New Zealand 6.0% 2021 down 8.9% flat
111 Botswana 5.9% 2021 down 19.4% rising
112 Norway 5.8% 2021 up 8.9% rising
113 Iceland 5.8% 2021 up 4.5% falling
114 Malaysia 5.7% 2021 down 40.1% falling
115 Congo 5.6% 2021 down 19.9% falling
116 Turkmenistan 5.5% 2021 down 31.4% falling
117 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.5% 2021 down 45.8% falling
118 Switzerland 5.5% 2021 down 2.8% falling
119 Canada 5.5% 2021 down 10.8% flat
120 Equatorial Guinea 5.4% 2021 up 16.8% rising
121 Chile 5.4% 2021 down 34.0% falling
122 Tonga 5.4% 2021 down 9.3% falling
123 Netherlands 5.4% 2021 up 28.0% rising
124 Morocco 5.3% 2021 down 41.1% falling
125 Saint Lucia 5.3% 2021 down 60.8% falling
126 Oman 5.3% 2021 down 62.4% falling
127 Seychelles 5.3% 2021 down 33.7% falling
128 Luxembourg 5.2% 2021 down 20.5% falling
129 Bahrain 5.2% 2021 down 41.1% falling
130 Finland 5.2% 2021 down 21.8% falling
131 Austria 5.2% 2021 down 4.8% falling
132 Kazakhstan 5.2% 2021 down 52.0% falling
133 Sweden 5.0% 2021 up 4.4% rising
134 Peru 4.8% 2021 down 45.7% falling
135 Brunei Darussalam 4.8% 2021 down 33.2% falling
136 Uzbekistan 4.8% 2021 down 9.9% falling
137 Japan 4.7% 2021 down 26.8% falling
138 Lithuania 4.7% 2021 down 46.7% falling
139 Barbados 4.4% 2021 down 13.6% falling
140 Kiribati 4.4% 2021 down 17.2% falling
141 Cuba 4.3% 2021 down 43.9% falling
142 Tunisia 4.3% 2021 down 52.1% falling
143 Portugal 4.3% 2021 up 1.8% flat
144 Cyprus 4.3% 2021 down 24.4% falling
145 Germany 4.3% 2021 up 10.7% rising
146 Azerbaijan 4.2% 2021 down 30.2% flat
147 Estonia 4.2% 2021 down 27.5% falling
148 Russian Federation 4.2% 2021 down 55.5% falling
149 Croatia 4.2% 2021 down 24.2% falling
150 Lebanon 4.2% 2021 down 59.8% falling
151 Latvia 4.1% 2021 down 36.6% falling
152 Israel 4.1% 2021 down 23.0% falling
153 Poland 3.9% 2021 down 34.2% falling
154 Grenada 3.9% 2021 down 11.0% rising
155 Belarus 3.9% 2021 down 50.7% falling
156 Argentina 3.9% 2021 down 35.2% falling
157 Mauritius 3.8% 2021 down 38.7% falling
158 Ukraine 3.7% 2021 down 32.5% falling
159 Czechia 3.6% 2021 down 35.6% falling
160 Ireland 3.5% 2021 down 30.1% falling
161 Spain 3.5% 2021 down 1.8% falling
162 Slovakia 3.5% 2021 down 33.5% falling
163 Republic of Moldova 3.5% 2021 down 53.9% falling
164 Armenia 3.5% 2021 down 24.0% rising
165 Italy 3.5% 2021 down 15.5% falling
166 Malta 3.5% 2021 down 2.7% falling
167 Singapore 3.4% 2021 down 33.8% falling
168 Egypt 3.4% 2021 down 39.7% falling
169 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.4% 2021 down 0.5% rising
170 Fiji 3.3% 2021 down 41.5% falling
171 Hungary 3.3% 2021 down 39.2% falling
172 Greece 3.3% 2021 up 13.0% falling
173 Georgia 3.2% 2021 down 0.0% rising
174 Türkiye 3.2% 2021 down 40.1% falling
175 Denmark 3.2% 2021 down 9.4% falling
176 Indonesia 3.1% 2021 down 41.6% falling
177 Antigua and Barbuda 3.1% 2021 down 55.4% falling
178 Maldives 3.0% 2021 down 50.7% falling
179 Romania 2.9% 2021 down 34.8% falling
180 North Macedonia 2.6% 2021 down 17.2% falling
181 Montenegro 2.5% 2021 down 48.1% falling
182 Albania 2.2% 2021 down 65.1% falling
183 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.2% 2021 down 49.5% falling
184 Serbia 2.0% 2021 down 37.3% falling
185 Bulgaria 1.8% 2021 down 35.4% 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 (% of total)
Unit
% of total
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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Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.