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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Death rate from falls
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by 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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Estimated number of deaths from falls in both sexes, per 100,000 people.