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Death rate from fires and burns who by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
10.51
Lesotho
Lowest
0.01
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
1.14
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from fires and burns who is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 10.51 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.01 in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.14, and the mean is 1.84.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,051.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 662.5%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 72.9%).

Death rate from fires and burns who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 10.51 2021 up 13.1% rising
2 Somalia 8.36 2021 up 19.8% rising
3 Eswatini 7.89 2021 up 20.6% rising
4 Latvia 6.97 2021 up 1.3% falling
5 Zimbabwe 6.6 2021 down 3.6% rising
6 Eritrea 6.27 2021 down 7.7% falling
7 Burundi 6.1 2021 up 0.5% falling
8 South Africa 6.07 2021 up 5.7% rising
9 Djibouti 5.14 2021 up 0.4% rising
10 Belarus 5.02 2021 down 35.4% falling
11 South Sudan 4.89 2021 up 36.2% flat
12 Burkina Faso 4.83 2021 up 9.3% flat
13 Niger 4.78 2021 up 10.6% rising
14 Mozambique 4.48 2021 up 0.4% rising
15 Comoros 4.47 2021 down 11.0% falling
16 Rwanda 4.39 2021 down 14.6% falling
17 Palau 4.38 2021 down 8.2% falling
18 Yemen 4.26 2021 up 4.2% falling
19 Central African Republic 4.23 2021 down 11.1% rising
20 Mali 4.07 2021 down 8.7% flat
21 Sierra Leone 4 2021 up 1.8% rising
22 Namibia 3.89 2021 up 15.8% rising
23 Madagascar 3.85 2021 down 9.8% falling
24 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.8 2021 down 10.6% flat
25 Cote d'Ivoire 3.72 2021 down 3.4% rising
26 Sudan 3.63 2021 down 28.7% falling
27 Nigeria 3.54 2021 up 22.5% rising
28 Malawi 3.52 2021 down 8.8% falling
29 Togo 3.49 2021 up 0.9% rising
30 Cameroon 3.48 2021 down 11.5% rising
31 Botswana 3.4 2021 down 34.2% flat
31 Chad 3.4 2021 down 19.8% rising
31 Zambia 3.4 2021 up 11.1% falling
34 Benin 3.39 2021 down 13.5% flat
35 Guinea 3.34 2021 down 11.4% rising
36 Angola 3.16 2021 down 8.4% falling
36 Ukraine 3.16 2021 down 26.3% falling
38 Tanzania 3.12 2021 down 4.0% falling
39 Guinea-Bissau 3.05 2021 down 9.8% falling
40 Russia 2.89 2021 down 58.2% falling
41 Lithuania 2.87 2021 up 27.0% falling
42 Tonga 2.79 2021 down 14.7% falling
43 Kenya 2.75 2021 down 10.4% rising
44 Gambia 2.73 2021 down 33.3% falling
44 Uganda 2.73 2021 down 4.9% falling
46 Ghana 2.68 2021 down 12.7% flat
47 Pakistan 2.66 2021 up 4.7% flat
48 Estonia 2.63 2021 down 50.7% volatile
49 Ethiopia 2.54 2021 down 22.6% falling
49 Fiji 2.54 2021 down 19.9% falling
51 Libya 2.51 2021 down 26.6% flat
51 Papua New Guinea 2.51 2021 down 17.2% falling
53 Liberia 2.47 2021 down 19.0% rising
54 Senegal 2.46 2021 down 29.5% falling
55 Romania 2.43 2021 up 27.2% rising
56 Haiti 2.4 2021 down 20.3% falling
57 Georgia 2.36 2021 up 195.0% rising
58 Bulgaria 2.29 2021 up 47.7% rising
58 Tajikistan 2.29 2021 down 19.9% falling
60 Bahamas 2.27 2021 down 20.1% falling
61 Cape Verde 2.23 2021 down 10.8% flat
61 Gabon 2.23 2021 down 29.4% falling
63 Equatorial Guinea 2.21 2021 down 24.1% falling
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.21 2021 down 16.0% falling
65 Congo 2.18 2021 down 27.8% falling
66 Iraq 2.08 2021 down 21.5% falling
67 Azerbaijan 2.07 2021 down 42.0% falling
68 Mongolia 2.05 2021 down 34.7% falling
69 Turkmenistan 1.98 2021 down 19.8% falling
70 India 1.93 2021 down 17.2% falling
70 Morocco 1.93 2021 down 27.7% falling
72 Mauritania 1.74 2021 down 11.7% falling
73 Saudi Arabia 1.72 2021 down 32.3% falling
74 Algeria 1.7 2021 down 5.0% falling
75 Chile 1.62 2021 down 9.0% falling
75 Iran 1.62 2021 down 28.0% falling
77 Guyana 1.6 2021 down 27.3% rising
77 Uruguay 1.6 2021 up 26.0% rising
79 Serbia 1.53 2021 up 48.5% rising
80 Afghanistan 1.49 2021 down 15.8% falling
81 Kazakhstan 1.45 2021 down 43.8% falling
81 Moldova 1.45 2021 down 72.9% falling
81 Poland 1.45 2021 down 21.2% flat
84 Armenia 1.39 2021 up 231.0% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.38 2021 up 60.5% volatile
86 Antigua and Barbuda 1.35 2021 up 39.2% volatile
87 Suriname 1.33 2021 down 2.2% falling
88 Grenada 1.32 2021 up 120.0% volatile
89 Tunisia 1.29 2021 down 27.9% falling
90 Dominica 1.28 2021 down 24.7% falling
90 Nauru 1.28 2021 down 26.9% falling
92 Hungary 1.27 2021 down 13.0% falling
93 Nepal 1.22 2021 down 7.6% rising
94 Montenegro 1.2 2021 down 20.0% falling
95 Trinidad and Tobago 1.18 2021 up 4.4% falling
96 Solomon Islands 1.17 2021 down 25.0% flat
97 Greece 1.14 2021 up 25.3% rising
97 Marshall Islands 1.14 2021 down 35.6% falling
99 Sri Lanka 1.13 2021 down 26.1% falling
100 Seychelles 1.1 2021 down 26.2% falling
101 Uzbekistan 1.09 2021 down 53.6% falling
102 Micronesia (country) 1.08 2021 down 21.2% falling
102 Cambodia 1.08 2021 down 6.1% falling
104 Slovakia 1.07 2021 up 42.7% flat
105 Monaco 1.06 2021 up 24.7% rising
106 Laos 1.04 2021 down 18.1% falling
106 United States 1.04 2021 up 14.3% falling
108 Saint Lucia 1.03 2021 down 18.9% falling
108 Thailand 1.03 2021 up 35.5% rising
110 Mauritius 1.02 2021 down 53.0% falling
111 Portugal 1.01 2021 up 23.2% falling
112 North Macedonia 0.99 2021 up 241.4% flat
113 Barbados 0.98 2021 down 8.4% falling
113 East Timor 0.98 2021 down 17.6% falling
115 Bhutan 0.96 2021 down 22.0% falling
116 Vanuatu 0.95 2021 down 11.2% falling
117 Lebanon 0.93 2021 down 2.1% falling
118 Bolivia 0.92 2021 down 31.3% falling
118 Dominican Republic 0.92 2021 up 4.5% rising
118 Paraguay 0.92 2021 up 31.4% volatile
118 Qatar 0.92 2021 down 53.5% falling
122 Croatia 0.91 2021 down 31.1% falling
122 Syria 0.91 2021 down 26.0% volatile
124 Kiribati 0.89 2021 down 8.2% rising
124 Tuvalu 0.89 2021 down 13.6% volatile
126 Bangladesh 0.88 2021 up 25.7% falling
126 Jordan 0.88 2021 down 42.9% falling
128 North Korea 0.87 2021 down 3.3% falling
129 Denmark 0.86 2021 down 23.2% falling
130 Philippines 0.85 2021 up 44.1% falling
131 Finland 0.83 2021 down 26.5% falling
132 Venezuela 0.8 2021 up 77.8% rising
133 Bahrain 0.78 2021 down 18.8% falling
133 Japan 0.78 2021 down 31.6% falling
135 China 0.73 2021 down 12.0% falling
135 Ecuador 0.73 2021 down 21.5% falling
137 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 2021 down 62.8% falling
137 Samoa 0.7 2021 down 6.7% falling
139 Malaysia 0.69 2021 up 4.5% falling
139 Norway 0.69 2021 down 5.5% falling
141 Egypt 0.68 2021 down 37.0% falling
142 Guatemala 0.67 2021 down 16.2% falling
143 Brunei 0.64 2021 up 300.0% rising
143 Czechia 0.64 2021 up 23.1% falling
145 Belgium 0.63 2021 down 17.1% falling
146 Malta 0.61 2021 up 662.5% volatile
147 Canada 0.59 2021 up 3.5% falling
148 Belize 0.58 2021 down 30.1% falling
148 France 0.58 2021 down 20.5% falling
150 Vietnam 0.57 2021 down 6.6% flat
151 Argentina 0.55 2021 down 56.0% falling
152 United Arab Emirates 0.54 2021 down 39.3% falling
152 South Korea 0.54 2021 down 5.3% falling
154 Niue 0.52 2021 down 5.5% falling
155 Cuba 0.51 2021 up 59.4% falling
155 Sweden 0.51 2021 down 29.2% falling
157 El Salvador 0.5 2021 down 13.8% falling
158 Indonesia 0.49 2021 down 23.4% falling
159 Brazil 0.48 2021 down 14.3% falling
159 Cyprus 0.48 2021 up 108.7% falling
161 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.47 2021 down 14.5% falling
161 Iceland 0.47 2021 up 38.2% falling
161 Jamaica 0.47 2021 down 2.1% falling
161 Kuwait 0.47 2021 down 27.7% volatile
165 Albania 0.45 2021 down 28.6% falling
165 Panama 0.45 2021 up 114.3% falling
167 Mexico 0.44 2021 down 22.8% falling
167 Myanmar 0.44 2021 down 29.0% falling
169 Italy 0.43 2021 up 10.3% falling
170 Germany 0.41 2021 down 14.6% falling
170 Spain 0.41 2021 up 24.2% falling
170 Maldives 0.41 2021 down 16.3% falling
173 United Kingdom 0.39 2021 down 31.6% falling
173 Ireland 0.39 2021 down 58.5% falling
173 Oman 0.39 2021 down 55.7% falling
176 Slovenia 0.36 2021 down 39.0% falling
177 New Zealand 0.35 2021 up 16.7% falling
178 Austria 0.34 2021 down 10.5% volatile
179 Switzerland 0.33 2021 down 23.3% falling
180 Costa Rica 0.32 2021 up 28.0% volatile
180 Turkey 0.32 2021 down 31.9% falling
182 Peru 0.29 2021 down 25.6% falling
183 Honduras 0.27 2021 down 3.6% volatile
183 Israel 0.27 2021 down 15.6% falling
185 Australia 0.25 2021 down 34.2% volatile
186 Colombia 0.22 2021 up 15.8% falling
187 Netherlands 0.21 2021 up 31.2% falling
188 Singapore 0.17 2021 up 142.9% volatile
189 San Marino 0.12 2021 down 20.0% falling
189 Cook Islands 0.12 2021 up 9.1% falling
191 Nicaragua 0.11 2021 down 56.0% falling
192 Luxembourg 0.1 2021 down 28.6% volatile
193 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 2021 down 50.0% falling

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Indicator
Death rate from fires and burns who
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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