Death rate from drowning ghe by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
15.19
Nauru
Lowest
0
Andorra
Median
3.06
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from drowning ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 15.19 in Nauru; the lowest is 0 in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.06, and the mean is 3.77.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 134.3%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 87.4%).

Death rate from drowning ghe: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nauru 15.19 2021 down 24.5% falling
2 Niger 11.51 2021 up 3.1% rising
3 Marshall Islands 11.41 2021 down 33.8% falling
4 Solomon Islands 11.21 2021 down 20.4% flat
5 Micronesia (country) 11.17 2021 down 20.4% falling
6 Somalia 11.12 2021 up 41.8% flat
7 Central African Republic 10.5 2021 down 11.3% rising
8 Vanuatu 9.57 2021 down 9.6% falling
9 Guyana 9.56 2021 down 32.4% rising
9 Pakistan 9.56 2021 up 19.5% rising
11 Eswatini 9.46 2021 up 58.2% rising
12 Mali 9.2 2021 down 13.5% rising
13 Thailand 8.99 2021 up 41.4% rising
14 Lesotho 8.56 2021 up 27.4% rising
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.45 2021 down 13.0% flat
16 Palau 8.43 2021 down 14.1% falling
17 Cameroon 8.31 2021 down 10.8% rising
18 Sierra Leone 8.3 2021 up 2.1% rising
19 Angola 8.11 2021 down 21.0% falling
20 Haiti 8.01 2021 down 21.6% falling
21 Vietnam 7.88 2021 down 10.5% falling
22 Chad 7.83 2021 down 22.2% rising
23 Benin 7.75 2021 down 16.2% flat
24 East Timor 7.71 2021 down 23.1% falling
25 Burundi 7.66 2021 down 8.4% falling
26 Laos 7.63 2021 down 26.1% falling
27 Cambodia 7.52 2021 down 7.4% falling
28 Burkina Faso 7.5 2021 up 6.1% rising
29 South Sudan 7.35 2021 up 45.0% falling
30 Cape Verde 7.28 2021 down 21.1% falling
31 Tuvalu 7.23 2021 down 24.1% falling
32 Latvia 6.94 2021 down 9.6% falling
33 Kiribati 6.75 2021 down 11.1% rising
34 Seychelles 6.68 2021 down 39.9% falling
35 Nigeria 6.63 2021 up 19.9% rising
36 Papua New Guinea 6.49 2021 down 21.7% falling
37 Zimbabwe 6.45 2021 up 13.4% rising
38 Bahamas 6.44 2021 down 33.1% falling
39 Togo 6.42 2021 down 0.9% rising
40 Guinea 6.41 2021 down 17.4% rising
41 Guinea-Bissau 6.34 2021 down 14.0% falling
42 Samoa 6.21 2021 down 1.6% flat
43 Niue 6.2 2021 down 19.8% falling
44 Philippines 6.08 2021 up 17.8% flat
45 Cote d'Ivoire 6.01 2021 up 1.3% rising
46 Japan 6 2021 up 2.6% rising
47 Eritrea 5.97 2021 down 16.0% falling
48 Rwanda 5.91 2021 down 13.6% falling
49 Fiji 5.81 2021 down 17.9% falling
50 Lithuania 5.62 2021 down 36.3% falling
51 Nepal 5.43 2021 down 14.5% falling
52 Tonga 5.38 2021 down 8.7% falling
53 Mozambique 5.37 2021 down 1.8% rising
54 Bangladesh 5.35 2021 down 57.9% falling
55 Djibouti 5.27 2021 down 7.5% rising
56 Myanmar 5.14 2021 down 33.0% falling
57 Equatorial Guinea 5.08 2021 down 31.7% falling
58 Liberia 5.07 2021 down 18.1% rising
59 Madagascar 5 2021 down 13.0% falling
60 Namibia 4.97 2021 up 47.5% rising
60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.97 2021 up 44.9% falling
62 Zambia 4.89 2021 up 6.1% falling
63 Afghanistan 4.73 2021 down 33.3% falling
64 Senegal 4.67 2021 down 41.6% falling
65 Gabon 4.62 2021 down 34.4% flat
66 South Africa 4.51 2021 up 19.3% rising
67 Suriname 4.47 2021 down 10.1% rising
68 Ukraine 4.4 2021 down 24.4% falling
69 Malawi 4.37 2021 down 5.6% falling
70 Gambia 4.34 2021 down 41.2% falling
70 Tajikistan 4.34 2021 down 21.4% falling
70 Uganda 4.34 2021 down 8.8% falling
73 Comoros 4.26 2021 down 20.5% falling
74 Mongolia 4.08 2021 down 26.9% falling
75 China 4.01 2021 down 18.0% falling
76 North Korea 4 2021 down 28.8% falling
77 Saint Lucia 3.99 2021 down 28.4% falling
78 Tanzania 3.97 2021 down 5.0% falling
79 Belize 3.96 2021 down 40.6% falling
79 Dominica 3.96 2021 down 18.0% falling
81 India 3.88 2021 down 31.9% falling
82 Belarus 3.84 2021 down 59.6% falling
83 Estonia 3.82 2021 down 23.4% falling
84 Congo 3.72 2021 down 29.8% falling
85 Greece 3.6 2021 up 1.1% rising
86 Moldova 3.57 2021 down 37.9% falling
87 Sudan 3.5 2021 down 33.3% falling
88 Yemen 3.46 2021 up 6.5% falling
89 Ghana 3.45 2021 down 22.5% flat
90 Trinidad and Tobago 3.41 2021 down 8.6% falling
91 Uzbekistan 3.37 2021 down 26.3% falling
92 Sri Lanka 3.3 2021 down 27.3% falling
93 Mauritania 3.25 2021 down 7.7% falling
94 Panama 3.22 2021 down 15.7% falling
95 Romania 3.18 2021 down 5.1% falling
96 Ethiopia 3.15 2021 down 41.2% falling
97 Botswana 3.09 2021 down 19.5% falling
98 Kazakhstan 3.04 2021 down 41.5% falling
99 Bhutan 2.98 2021 down 26.2% falling
100 Russia 2.96 2021 down 58.8% falling
101 Kenya 2.89 2021 down 15.5% falling
102 Barbados 2.86 2021 down 19.2% falling
103 Malaysia 2.8 2021 up 1.8% flat
104 El Salvador 2.79 2021 down 28.8% falling
105 Ecuador 2.75 2021 down 13.5% falling
106 Turkmenistan 2.66 2021 down 11.6% falling
107 Cook Islands 2.65 2021 down 11.1% falling
108 Kyrgyzstan 2.62 2021 down 49.0% falling
109 Monaco 2.59 2021 up 5.7% flat
109 Mauritius 2.59 2021 down 22.0% falling
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.54 2021 down 11.2% falling
112 Maldives 2.41 2021 down 52.3% falling
113 Slovakia 2.4 2021 down 19.2% falling
114 Bolivia 2.39 2021 down 35.2% falling
115 Venezuela 2.33 2021 up 26.6% falling
116 Grenada 2.29 2021 down 54.0% falling
117 Costa Rica 2.19 2021 down 22.9% falling
118 Finland 2.13 2021 down 7.8% falling
118 Indonesia 2.13 2021 down 39.0% falling
120 Brazil 2.06 2021 down 25.6% falling
121 Dominican Republic 2.03 2021 up 7.4% rising
122 Brunei 1.93 2021 down 18.9% falling
123 Nicaragua 1.85 2021 down 30.7% falling
124 Cyprus 1.8 2021 up 104.5% flat
125 Iraq 1.78 2021 down 27.6% falling
126 Croatia 1.73 2021 down 21.7% falling
127 Bulgaria 1.67 2021 down 15.7% falling
128 Oman 1.61 2021 down 59.4% falling
129 Azerbaijan 1.59 2021 down 39.1% falling
130 Honduras 1.52 2021 down 5.6% falling
131 Egypt 1.51 2021 down 41.7% falling
132 Saudi Arabia 1.5 2021 down 36.2% falling
133 Peru 1.48 2021 down 13.5% falling
134 Libya 1.47 2021 down 42.1% falling
135 Uruguay 1.43 2021 down 39.4% falling
136 Mexico 1.42 2021 down 28.3% falling
137 Cuba 1.41 2021 down 28.8% falling
137 Czechia 1.41 2021 down 24.6% falling
139 Norway 1.39 2021 up 24.1% falling
139 Paraguay 1.39 2021 down 49.3% falling
141 Qatar 1.36 2021 down 57.8% falling
142 Guatemala 1.33 2021 down 44.8% falling
143 Chile 1.32 2021 down 40.0% falling
143 Colombia 1.32 2021 down 22.4% falling
143 United States 1.32 2021 up 12.8% flat
146 Poland 1.3 2021 down 49.0% falling
147 New Zealand 1.22 2021 down 19.7% falling
148 Hungary 1.16 2021 down 28.0% falling
149 Georgia 1.1 2021 down 22.0% rising
150 Ireland 1.09 2021 down 6.0% falling
151 Armenia 1.08 2021 down 47.1% falling
152 Spain 1.07 2021 up 5.9% falling
152 Montenegro 1.07 2021 down 22.5% falling
154 Morocco 1.06 2021 down 33.3% falling
155 Serbia 1.01 2021 down 17.9% falling
156 Malta 1 2021 down 26.5% volatile
157 Bahrain 0.97 2021 down 24.8% falling
157 South Korea 0.97 2021 down 32.2% falling
159 France 0.94 2021 down 35.2% falling
160 Algeria 0.93 2021 down 23.8% falling
161 Sweden 0.92 2021 up 7.0% falling
162 Albania 0.91 2021 down 59.0% falling
163 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9 2021 down 40.8% falling
164 Iceland 0.87 2021 up 6.1% rising
165 North Macedonia 0.82 2021 up 134.3% falling
166 Iran 0.81 2021 down 35.7% falling
167 Portugal 0.8 2021 up 15.9% falling
167 Syria 0.8 2021 down 38.5% volatile
169 Slovenia 0.79 2021 down 8.1% falling
170 Canada 0.78 2021 down 4.9% falling
171 Australia 0.77 2021 down 2.5% falling
172 Tunisia 0.72 2021 down 33.3% falling
173 Argentina 0.71 2021 down 47.4% falling
174 Jamaica 0.69 2021 down 6.8% rising
175 United Arab Emirates 0.63 2021 down 44.2% falling
175 Turkey 0.63 2021 down 28.4% falling
177 Belgium 0.61 2021 down 7.6% falling
177 Denmark 0.61 2021 up 10.9% falling
179 Jordan 0.6 2021 down 48.3% falling
180 Lebanon 0.59 2021 up 13.5% falling
181 Antigua and Barbuda 0.53 2021 down 87.4% falling
182 Switzerland 0.52 2021 down 13.3% falling
183 Italy 0.51 2021 down 23.9% falling
184 Germany 0.49 2021 up 2.1% falling
185 Kuwait 0.48 2021 up 2.1% falling
186 Netherlands 0.47 2021 up 4.4% falling
187 Austria 0.44 2021 down 26.7% falling
188 Singapore 0.43 2021 up 10.3% falling
189 United Kingdom 0.4 2021 up 5.3% flat
190 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.32 2021 down 22.0% flat
191 Israel 0.29 2021 down 52.5% falling
192 Luxembourg 0.23 2021 down 47.7% falling
193 San Marino 0.15 2021 down 51.6% falling
194 Andorra 0 2021 — falling

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Indicator
Death rate from drowning ghe
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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