Death rate from falls by country
Estimated number of deaths from falls in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
37.41 deaths per 100,000 people
Slovenia
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
5.18 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from falls is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 37.41 deaths per 100,000 people in Slovenia; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.18 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 6.79 deaths per 100,000 people.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 1,911.3%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Death rate from falls: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 37.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 29.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 3 | Croatia | 28.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 4 | Netherlands | 26.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 165.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 23.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 22.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | Cuba | 22.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 8 | Switzerland | 21.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 20.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 18.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 121.1% | falling |
| 11 | Canada | 18.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 12 | India | 17.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 13 | Hungary | 16.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 13 | Vietnam | 16.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 15.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 16 | France | 15.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 14.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 14.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 19 | Slovakia | 14.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 20 | Palau | 14.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 21 | Georgia | 14.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1,911.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 14.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 23 | Estonia | 14.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 99.4% | flat |
| 24 | Greece | 13.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 298.6% | rising |
| 25 | United States | 13.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 26 | New Zealand | 13.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 28 | Bhutan | 12.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 12.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 11.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 31 | Belarus | 11.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 10.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 34 | Portugal | 10.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 10.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 36 | Latvia | 10.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 37 | Andorra | 10.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 38 | Thailand | 10.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 39 | China | 10.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 40 | Niue | 9.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 42 | Romania | 8.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 8.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 43 | Nepal | 8.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 45 | Japan | 8.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 46 | Eritrea | 8.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 8.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 48 | Russia | 8.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 7.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Spain | 7.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 51 | North Korea | 7.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 7.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 53 | San Marino | 7.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 7.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 7.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 56 | Djibouti | 7.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 7.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 58 | Malawi | 6.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 60 | Rwanda | 6.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 61 | Iceland | 6.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.3% | flat |
| 62 | Montenegro | 6.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 63 | Indonesia | 6.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 64 | Mongolia | 6.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 65 | Pakistan | 6.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 66 | Niger | 6.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 67 | Comoros | 6.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 68 | El Salvador | 6.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 69 | Benin | 6.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 69 | Chile | 6.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 71 | Cyprus | 6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 134.4% | rising |
| 72 | Maldives | 5.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 5.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ukraine | 5.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 75 | Somalia | 5.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 77 | South Korea | 5.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 77 | Laos | 5.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 79 | Lebanon | 5.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 5.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 81 | Ghana | 5.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 82 | Cameroon | 5.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 83 | Burundi | 5.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 84 | East Timor | 5.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 85 | Mozambique | 5.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 86 | Togo | 5.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 87 | Barbados | 5.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 88 | Gambia | 5.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 5.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 90 | Philippines | 5.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 91 | Guinea | 5.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 92 | Bolivia | 5.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 93 | Tanzania | 5.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 94 | Tuvalu | 5.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 5.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 95 | Malaysia | 5.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 97 | Turkey | 5.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 100 | Bahamas | 5.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 101 | Senegal | 5.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 102 | Kenya | 5.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 103 | Micronesia (country) | 4.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 104 | Nigeria | 4.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 105 | Guatemala | 4.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 106 | Grenada | 4.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 106 | South Sudan | 4.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 4.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 109 | Liberia | 4.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 4.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 112 | Venezuela | 4.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 114 | Chad | 4.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 4.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 116 | Libya | 4.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 117 | Zambia | 4.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 118 | Qatar | 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 120 | Jamaica | 4.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 121 | Samoa | 4.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 122 | Mauritania | 4.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 123 | Cook Islands | 4.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 124 | Dominica | 4.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 125 | Yemen | 4.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 126 | Angola | 4.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 4.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 128 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 129 | Madagascar | 3.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 130 | Lesotho | 3.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | 3.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 133 | Morocco | 3.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 134 | Haiti | 3.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 135 | Suriname | 3.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 136 | Singapore | 3.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 3.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 138 | Gabon | 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 139 | Colombia | 3.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 140 | Nauru | 3.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 141 | Brunei | 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 142 | Mauritius | 3.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 142 | Tunisia | 3.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 144 | Central African Republic | 3.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 145 | Tonga | 3.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 146 | Algeria | 3.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 3.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 148 | Sudan | 3.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 3.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 3.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 151 | Kuwait | 3.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 151 | Seychelles | 3.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.1% | flat |
| 153 | Albania | 3.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 154 | Uganda | 3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 157 | Fiji | 2.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 158 | Oman | 2.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 159 | Armenia | 2.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Congo | 2.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 161 | Belize | 2.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 162 | Ecuador | 2.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 163 | Iran | 2.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 164 | Dominican Republic | 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 165 | Honduras | 2.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 166 | Bangladesh | 2.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 167 | Costa Rica | 2.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 2.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 168 | Moldova | 2.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 170 | Bahrain | 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 171 | South Africa | 2.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 172 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 173 | Egypt | 2.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 174 | Turkmenistan | 1.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 175 | Uzbekistan | 1.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 176 | Namibia | 1.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 1.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 178 | Syria | 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Kiribati | 1.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 180 | Uruguay | 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 181 | Botswana | 1.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 182 | Iraq | 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 182 | Israel | 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 182 | Mexico | 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 185 | Paraguay | 1.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 186 | Panama | 1.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 187 | Nicaragua | 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.2% | rising |
| 188 | Azerbaijan | 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 189 | Argentina | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 190 | Jordan | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 191 | North Macedonia | 0.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 192 | Guyana | 0.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Peru | 0.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from falls in both sexes, per 100,000 people.