Death rate from falls by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
37.41
Slovenia
Lowest
0
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
5.22
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from falls is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 37.41 in Slovenia; the lowest is 0 in Antigua and Barbuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.22, and the mean is 6.83.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 84 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 2021 up 43.6% rising
2 Monaco 29.9 2021 up 63.2% rising
3 Croatia 28.78 2021 up 27.5% rising
4 Netherlands 26.87 2021 up 165.3% volatile
5 Germany 23.22 2021 up 88.5% rising
6 Finland 22.53 2021 down 1.3% flat
7 Cuba 22.22 2021 up 19.7% rising
8 Switzerland 21.24 2021 up 6.2% rising
9 Lithuania 20.41 2021 up 56.3% rising
10 Norway 18.86 2021 up 121.1% falling
11 Canada 18.5 2021 up 49.0% rising
12 India 17.11 2021 up 21.3% rising
13 Hungary 16.77 2021 down 9.9% falling
13 Vietnam 16.77 2021 up 16.0% rising
15 Poland 15.58 2021 up 37.3% rising
16 France 15.36 2021 up 55.6% rising
17 Australia 14.94 2021 up 76.8% rising
18 Belgium 14.88 2021 up 17.0% rising
19 Slovakia 14.82 2021 down 1.4% rising
20 Palau 14.31 2021 up 13.5% flat
21 Georgia 14.28 2021 up 1,911.3% volatile
22 Cambodia 14.23 2021 up 26.6% rising
23 Estonia 14.02 2021 up 99.4% flat
24 Greece 13.87 2021 up 298.6% rising
25 United States 13.45 2021 up 51.5% rising
26 New Zealand 13.29 2021 up 20.5% rising
27 Malta 12.91 2021 up 49.4% falling
28 Bhutan 12.35 2021 up 7.2% rising
29 United Kingdom 12.08 2021 up 54.7% rising
30 Denmark 11.29 2021 up 18.8% rising
31 Belarus 11.22 2021 down 21.4% falling
32 Luxembourg 10.85 2021 down 1.0% rising
33 Austria 10.81 2021 up 2.0% falling
34 Portugal 10.72 2021 up 129.6% rising
35 Sweden 10.53 2021 up 8.7% rising
36 Latvia 10.38 2021 down 9.1% falling
37 Andorra 10.29 2021 down 3.5% falling
38 Thailand 10.2 2021 up 47.8% rising
39 China 10.11 2021 up 14.4% rising
40 Niue 9.81 2021 up 36.6% rising
41 Brazil 9 2021 up 47.8% rising
42 Romania 8.94 2021 up 40.3% rising
43 Myanmar 8.61 2021 up 3.6% flat
43 Nepal 8.61 2021 up 19.6% rising
45 Japan 8.43 2021 up 38.0% rising
46 Eritrea 8.16 2021 up 10.0% rising
47 Serbia 8.02 2021 up 88.7% rising
48 Russia 8.01 2021 down 16.0% falling
49 Afghanistan 7.91 2021 up 2.9% rising
50 Spain 7.72 2021 up 67.8% rising
51 North Korea 7.49 2021 up 11.0% rising
52 Sri Lanka 7.36 2021 down 6.0% falling
53 San Marino 7.32 2021 down 16.2% rising
54 Italy 7.29 2021 up 10.6% volatile
55 Bulgaria 7.28 2021 up 87.6% rising
56 Djibouti 7.23 2021 up 22.3% rising
57 Burkina Faso 7.08 2021 up 2.2% falling
58 Malawi 6.93 2021 down 4.5% falling
59 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.85 2021 down 4.7% rising
60 Rwanda 6.72 2021 down 10.8% falling
61 Iceland 6.68 2021 up 32.3% flat
62 Montenegro 6.59 2021 down 4.8% falling
63 Indonesia 6.54 2021 down 3.8% flat
64 Mongolia 6.26 2021 down 6.3% rising
65 Pakistan 6.23 2021 up 3.0% flat
66 Niger 6.22 2021 up 4.0% rising
67 Comoros 6.21 2021 down 2.5% flat
68 El Salvador 6.09 2021 up 3.7% rising
69 Benin 6.02 2021 down 6.8% falling
69 Chile 6.02 2021 up 8.7% rising
71 Cyprus 6 2021 up 134.4% rising
72 Maldives 5.96 2021 up 44.7% rising
73 Sierra Leone 5.95 2021 up 6.8% rising
74 Ukraine 5.91 2021 down 12.3% falling
75 Somalia 5.89 2021 up 12.6% falling
75 Sao Tome and Principe 5.89 2021 down 3.4% flat
77 South Korea 5.88 2021 up 21.2% falling
77 Laos 5.88 2021 up 0.7% rising
79 Lebanon 5.82 2021 up 21.2% rising
80 Czechia 5.76 2021 down 27.6% falling
81 Ghana 5.75 2021 down 0.7% rising
82 Cameroon 5.73 2021 down 2.2% flat
83 Burundi 5.71 2021 up 9.4% falling
84 East Timor 5.62 2021 down 9.1% rising
85 Mozambique 5.6 2021 up 6.1% rising
86 Togo 5.58 2021 up 3.1% flat
87 Barbados 5.57 2021 up 11.0% rising
88 Gambia 5.55 2021 down 17.0% falling
89 Mali 5.53 2021 down 6.9% falling
90 Philippines 5.5 2021 up 93.7% rising
91 Guinea 5.45 2021 down 8.7% flat
92 Bolivia 5.35 2021 down 7.3% falling
93 Tanzania 5.3 2021 up 22.7% rising
94 Tuvalu 5.27 2021 down 11.9% falling
95 Ethiopia 5.26 2021 up 8.0% falling
95 Malaysia 5.26 2021 up 18.7% rising
97 Ireland 5.22 2021 down 16.3% falling
97 Turkey 5.22 2021 up 7.0% rising
99 Cote d'Ivoire 5.18 2021 down 6.2% rising
100 Bahamas 5.17 2021 up 20.5% rising
101 Senegal 5.11 2021 down 11.0% falling
102 Kenya 5.06 2021 up 15.8% rising
103 Micronesia (country) 4.99 2021 up 10.9% rising
104 Nigeria 4.91 2021 up 7.2% flat
105 Guatemala 4.89 2021 down 28.5% flat
106 Grenada 4.88 2021 up 2.1% rising
106 South Sudan 4.88 2021 up 39.8% rising
108 Solomon Islands 4.8 2021 down 7.3% rising
109 Liberia 4.78 2021 down 5.9% rising
110 Guinea-Bissau 4.73 2021 down 7.3% falling
111 Cape Verde 4.71 2021 up 3.1% rising
112 Venezuela 4.69 2021 up 51.8% rising
113 Trinidad and Tobago 4.64 2021 up 29.6% rising
114 Chad 4.63 2021 down 12.3% falling
115 Vanuatu 4.57 2021 down 11.3% flat
116 Libya 4.53 2021 up 8.6% rising
117 Zambia 4.43 2021 up 20.4% falling
118 Qatar 4.3 2021 down 36.3% falling
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.3 2021 down 2.5% rising
120 Jamaica 4.29 2021 up 37.9% rising
121 Samoa 4.27 2021 up 1.4% rising
122 Mauritania 4.23 2021 down 8.2% rising
123 Cook Islands 4.12 2021 up 20.1% rising
124 Dominica 4.09 2021 down 43.0% falling
125 Yemen 4.05 2021 up 7.1% falling
126 Angola 4.04 2021 up 8.0% falling
126 Marshall Islands 4.04 2021 down 7.8% rising
128 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.99 2021 up 5.3% rising
129 Madagascar 3.93 2021 up 4.2% flat
130 Lesotho 3.88 2021 up 0.8% rising
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.78 2021 up 9.6% rising
132 Saint Lucia 3.76 2021 up 23.7% rising
133 Morocco 3.69 2021 down 1.6% rising
134 Haiti 3.64 2021 up 4.3% rising
135 Suriname 3.63 2021 down 5.5% rising
136 Singapore 3.56 2021 down 1.1% flat
136 Tajikistan 3.56 2021 down 4.3% falling
138 Gabon 3.5 2021 down 24.4% falling
139 Colombia 3.48 2021 up 39.8% rising
140 Nauru 3.44 2021 down 7.0% falling
141 Brunei 3.4 2021 up 22.7% rising
142 Mauritius 3.38 2021 down 23.9% rising
142 Tunisia 3.38 2021 down 4.8% rising
144 Central African Republic 3.34 2021 down 11.4% flat
145 Tonga 3.29 2021 up 8.6% rising
146 Algeria 3.24 2021 up 6.6% falling
147 Eswatini 3.22 2021 up 49.1% rising
148 Sudan 3.2 2021 down 11.6% rising
149 Kazakhstan 3.16 2021 down 33.8% falling
150 Papua New Guinea 3.13 2021 up 4.0% rising
151 Kuwait 3.09 2021 up 36.7% falling
151 Seychelles 3.09 2021 down 26.1% flat
153 Albania 3.05 2021 down 4.4% rising
154 Uganda 3 2021 up 4.9% falling
154 Zimbabwe 3 2021 up 4.2% rising
156 Equatorial Guinea 2.97 2021 down 18.9% falling
157 Fiji 2.93 2021 down 2.3% rising
158 Oman 2.88 2021 down 37.0% falling
159 Armenia 2.78 2021 down 12.0% volatile
160 Congo 2.69 2021 down 19.2% falling
161 Belize 2.61 2021 up 8.8% rising
162 Ecuador 2.55 2021 down 31.1% flat
163 Iran 2.51 2021 down 2.0% flat
164 Dominican Republic 2.5 2021 up 7.8% rising
165 Honduras 2.44 2021 up 17.9% rising
166 Bangladesh 2.38 2021 down 1.2% falling
167 Costa Rica 2.34 2021 up 15.8% rising
168 United Arab Emirates 2.21 2021 down 19.9% rising
168 Moldova 2.21 2021 down 58.1% falling
170 Bahrain 2.12 2021 down 5.4% falling
171 South Africa 2.11 2021 up 12.2% rising
172 Kyrgyzstan 2.1 2021 down 33.8% falling
173 Egypt 2.04 2021 down 22.7% flat
174 Turkmenistan 1.96 2021 up 10.1% rising
175 Uzbekistan 1.93 2021 down 36.1% falling
176 Namibia 1.91 2021 up 3.8% rising
177 Saudi Arabia 1.81 2021 down 19.9% falling
178 Syria 1.7 2021 down 12.4% volatile
179 Kiribati 1.68 2021 up 5.0% rising
180 Uruguay 1.64 2021 up 43.9% rising
181 Botswana 1.61 2021 down 33.7% rising
182 Iraq 1.6 2021 down 9.1% falling
182 Israel 1.6 2021 down 9.1% flat
182 Mexico 1.6 2021 down 25.6% falling
185 Paraguay 1.51 2021 up 11.9% rising
186 Panama 1.49 2021 down 51.8% falling
187 Nicaragua 1.43 2021 down 48.2% rising
188 Azerbaijan 1.39 2021 down 35.0% falling
189 Argentina 1.36 2021 up 67.9% rising
190 Jordan 1.29 2021 down 33.2% falling
191 North Macedonia 0.82 2021 down 69.3% falling
192 Guyana 0.66 2021 down 62.1% volatile
193 Peru 0.62 2021 down 22.5% falling
194 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Death rate from falls
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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