Death rate from poisoning by country
Estimated number of deaths from poisonings in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
4.03 deaths per 100,000 people
Moldova
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.495 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from poisoning is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 4.03 deaths per 100,000 people in Moldova; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.495 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 0.7522 deaths per 100,000 people.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 143 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 1,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 100.0%).
Death rate from poisoning: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 4.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 2 | Lesotho | 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 2.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 6 | Eswatini | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 7 | Nepal | 2.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 2.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 10 | Burundi | 2.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 11 | Eritrea | 2.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 12 | Ukraine | 2.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Romania | 1.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 14 | Kiribati | 1.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 15 | South Africa | 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 17 | South Sudan | 1.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 1.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 19 | Belarus | 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 20 | Niger | 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 21 | Djibouti | 1.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 21 | Grenada | 1.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Yemen, Rep. | 1.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 24 | Palau | 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 25 | Kenya | 1.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 25 | Mozambique | 1.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 27 | China | 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | flat |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 29 | Estonia | 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 31 | Namibia | 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 34 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 35 | Rwanda | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 35 | Tonga | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 37 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 1.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 1.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 69.4% | falling |
| 41 | Sudan | 1.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 41 | Zambia | 1.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 43 | Lithuania | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 43 | Chad | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 1.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 46 | Malawi | 1.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 47 | Georgia | 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 909.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Togo | 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 49 | Nigeria | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 49 | Uganda | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 51 | Benin | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 51 | Botswana | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 53 | Cameroon | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 54 | Tanzania | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 55 | Ecuador | 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 56 | Monaco | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 69.5% | flat |
| 59 | Angola | 0.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 59 | Guinea | 0.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 61 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Myanmar | 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 63 | Viet Nam | 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 0.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 65 | Armenia | 0.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 66 | Libya | 0.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 0.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 68 | Liberia | 0.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 69 | Gambia, The | 0.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 0.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 71 | Latvia | 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Mauritius | 0.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Senegal | 0.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 0.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 76 | Peru | 0.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 77 | Dominica | 0.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 78 | Morocco | 0.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 79 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Malaysia | 0.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 81 | Gabon | 0.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 81 | Solomon Islands | 0.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 83 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 83 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 85 | Congo, Rep. | 0.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 86 | Slovak Republic | 0.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 0.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Czechia | 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 89 | Naoero | 0.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 0.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 91 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 91 | Honduras | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 91 | United States | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 91 | Niue | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1,600.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Algeria | 0.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 97 | Marshall Islands | 0.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 98 | Haiti | 0.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 98 | Mauritania | 0.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 100 | Hungary | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 100 | Uruguay | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 103 | Cambodia | 0.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 104 | Belgium | 0.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 104 | Chile | 0.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 0.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 106 | Qatar | 0.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 109 | Germany | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Mexico | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 111 | Venezuela, RB | 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 112 | Bolivia | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 112 | Finland | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 112 | Thailand | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 115 | Tuvalu | 0.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 116 | France | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 116 | Lao PDR | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 118 | Spain | 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 118 | Kuwait | 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 118 | Seychelles | 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 121 | United Kingdom | 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 122 | Jordan | 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 122 | Montenegro | 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 122 | Portugal | 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 113.3% | flat |
| 122 | Serbia | 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 122 | Turkiye | 0.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 127 | Italy | 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 127 | Turkmenistan | 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Canada | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 129 | Cyprus | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 129 | Samoa | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 135 | Croatia | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 135 | Norway | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 137 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Argentina | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 138 | Cabo Verde | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 138 | Dominican Republic | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 138 | Ireland | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 138 | San Marino | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 143 | Korea, Rep. | 0.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 144 | Indonesia | 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 144 | Philippines | 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 146 | Slovenia | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 147 | Albania | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 147 | Belize | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 147 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 147 | Suriname | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 151 | Fiji | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 151 | New Zealand | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 151 | Panama | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Bahrain | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 154 | Colombia | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 90.0% | flat |
| 154 | Greece | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 154 | Iraq | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 158 | Japan | 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 159 | Austria | 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 159 | Paraguay | 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 70.0% | flat |
| 162 | Lebanon | 0.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas, The | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 163 | Sweden | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 166 | St. Lucia | 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 166 | Nicaragua | 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 168 | Brazil | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 170 | Australia | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 170 | Switzerland | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 170 | Cuba | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 170 | India | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 170 | Pakistan | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 0.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 176 | Barbados | 0.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 178 | Jamaica | 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 179 | Malta | 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Bhutan | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 180 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 180 | Luxembourg | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Maldives | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 180 | Netherlands | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 185 | Guyana | 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 186 | Cook Islands | 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 187 | Israel | 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Oman | 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 189 | Andorra | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Denmark | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 189 | Iceland | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Singapore | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from poisonings in both sexes, per 100,000 people.