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Death rate from poisonings by country

Countries reporting
185
Highest
4.1
Moldova
Lowest
0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.5
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,295

What the numbers show

Death rate from poisonings is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 4.1 in Moldova; the lowest is 0 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5, and the mean is 0.7643.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 325.0%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 100.0%).

Death rate from poisonings: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Moldova 4.1 2021 down 43.1% falling
2 Lesotho 3.5 2021 up 9.4% rising
2 Zimbabwe 3.5 2021 up 6.1% rising
4 Somalia 3.2 2021 up 10.3% rising
5 Mongolia 3 2021 up 7.1% falling
5 Eswatini 3 2021 down 14.3% rising
7 Nepal 2.9 2021 down 12.1% falling
8 Russia 2.8 2021 down 52.5% falling
9 Afghanistan 2.5 2021 down 13.8% falling
10 Burundi 2.3 2021 down 4.2% flat
11 Eritrea 2.1 2021 down 8.7% falling
11 Ukraine 2.1 2021 down 34.4% volatile
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.9 2021 unchanged flat
13 Romania 1.9 2021 down 24.0% falling
15 Grenada 1.7 2021 up 325.0% volatile
15 Kiribati 1.7 2021 down 5.6% rising
15 South Africa 1.7 2021 down 5.6% rising
18 Burkina Faso 1.6 2021 up 14.3% rising
18 Belarus 1.6 2021 down 68.6% volatile
18 Niger 1.6 2021 up 14.3% rising
18 South Sudan 1.6 2021 up 33.3% flat
18 Yemen 1.6 2021 up 6.7% falling
23 China 1.5 2021 down 25.0% flat
23 Djibouti 1.5 2021 unchanged rising
23 Kenya 1.5 2021 down 6.2% falling
23 Mozambique 1.5 2021 unchanged rising
27 Central African Republic 1.4 2021 unchanged falling
27 Comoros 1.4 2021 down 12.5% falling
27 Estonia 1.4 2021 up 55.6% volatile
27 Kazakhstan 1.4 2021 down 56.2% falling
27 Madagascar 1.4 2021 down 6.7% flat
27 Namibia 1.4 2021 up 7.7% rising
33 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.3 2021 down 7.1% falling
33 North Korea 1.3 2021 down 7.1% rising
33 Rwanda 1.3 2021 down 7.1% falling
33 Tonga 1.3 2021 down 18.8% falling
37 Ethiopia 1.2 2021 down 20.0% falling
37 Lithuania 1.2 2021 down 81.5% volatile
37 Mali 1.2 2021 down 14.3% falling
37 Poland 1.2 2021 up 33.3% rising
37 Sudan 1.2 2021 down 14.3% falling
37 Sierra Leone 1.2 2021 unchanged rising
37 Chad 1.2 2021 down 14.3% falling
37 Zambia 1.2 2021 up 9.1% flat
45 Benin 1.1 2021 down 8.3% falling
45 Botswana 1.1 2021 down 42.1% falling
45 Cameroon 1.1 2021 down 8.3% flat
45 Georgia 1.1 2021 up 120.0% volatile
45 North Macedonia 1.1 2021 up 120.0% rising
45 Malawi 1.1 2021 down 15.4% falling
45 Nigeria 1.1 2021 unchanged rising
45 Togo 1.1 2021 unchanged rising
45 Uganda 1.1 2021 unchanged falling
54 Angola 1 2021 down 16.7% falling
54 Cote d'Ivoire 1 2021 up 11.1% rising
54 Ecuador 1 2021 up 100.0% rising
54 Guinea 1 2021 down 9.1% rising
54 Guinea-Bissau 1 2021 down 9.1% falling
54 Tanzania 1 2021 down 9.1% falling
60 Armenia 0.9 2021 down 25.0% falling
60 Ghana 0.9 2021 down 10.0% falling
60 Libya 0.9 2021 up 12.5% rising
60 Myanmar 0.9 2021 down 25.0% falling
60 Tajikistan 0.9 2021 down 18.2% falling
60 Vietnam 0.9 2021 down 10.0% flat
66 Gambia 0.8 2021 down 27.3% falling
66 Guatemala 0.8 2021 down 27.3% falling
66 Liberia 0.8 2021 down 11.1% flat
66 Latvia 0.8 2021 down 65.2% volatile
66 Mauritius 0.8 2021 up 300.0% volatile
66 Peru 0.8 2021 down 42.9% flat
66 Senegal 0.8 2021 down 27.3% falling
66 El Salvador 0.8 2021 down 11.1% falling
74 Bulgaria 0.7 2021 down 12.5% falling
74 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 2021 down 30.0% volatile
74 Morocco 0.7 2021 down 30.0% falling
74 Malaysia 0.7 2021 up 16.7% falling
78 Congo 0.6 2021 down 33.3% falling
78 Czechia 0.6 2021 down 40.0% falling
78 Gabon 0.6 2021 down 33.3% falling
78 Equatorial Guinea 0.6 2021 down 25.0% falling
78 Iran 0.6 2021 down 40.0% falling
78 Solomon Islands 0.6 2021 down 25.0% falling
78 Slovakia 0.6 2021 unchanged falling
78 Uzbekistan 0.6 2021 down 25.0% volatile
86 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5 2021 up 66.7% volatile
86 Algeria 0.5 2021 down 16.7% falling
86 Micronesia (country) 0.5 2021 down 28.6% falling
86 Honduras 0.5 2021 down 16.7% falling
86 Haiti 0.5 2021 unchanged falling
86 Hungary 0.5 2021 down 44.4% falling
86 Mauritania 0.5 2021 unchanged falling
86 Uruguay 0.5 2021 unchanged falling
86 United States 0.5 2021 up 25.0% rising
86 Vanuatu 0.5 2021 down 16.7% falling
96 Azerbaijan 0.4 2021 down 42.9% falling
96 Belgium 0.4 2021 down 33.3% falling
96 Bolivia 0.4 2021 down 33.3% falling
96 Chile 0.4 2021 up 33.3% rising
96 Germany 0.4 2021 up 300.0% volatile
96 Finland 0.4 2021 down 63.6% falling
96 Cambodia 0.4 2021 down 20.0% falling
96 Kuwait 0.4 2021 down 20.0% falling
96 Mexico 0.4 2021 down 20.0% falling
96 Papua New Guinea 0.4 2021 down 20.0% falling
96 Qatar 0.4 2021 down 55.6% falling
96 Thailand 0.4 2021 up 100.0% rising
96 Tunisia 0.4 2021 down 42.9% falling
96 Venezuela 0.4 2021 up 33.3% rising
110 Argentina 0.3 2021 down 40.0% falling
110 Canada 0.3 2021 unchanged falling
110 Cape Verde 0.3 2021 unchanged flat
110 Cyprus 0.3 2021 — volatile
110 Dominican Republic 0.3 2021 up 50.0% rising
110 Spain 0.3 2021 down 40.0% falling
110 France 0.3 2021 down 25.0% falling
110 United Kingdom 0.3 2021 unchanged rising
110 Croatia 0.3 2021 down 25.0% falling
110 Ireland 0.3 2021 unchanged falling
110 Italy 0.3 2021 unchanged falling
110 Jordan 0.3 2021 down 57.1% falling
110 Laos 0.3 2021 down 25.0% falling
110 Montenegro 0.3 2021 down 25.0% falling
110 Norway 0.3 2021 unchanged rising
110 Puerto Rico 0.3 2021 unchanged volatile
110 Portugal 0.3 2021 up 50.0% rising
110 Saudi Arabia 0.3 2021 down 50.0% falling
110 Serbia 0.3 2021 down 50.0% falling
110 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3 2021 down 40.0% falling
110 Seychelles 0.3 2021 down 40.0% falling
110 Syria 0.3 2021 unchanged volatile
110 Turkmenistan 0.3 2021 down 25.0% volatile
110 East Timor 0.3 2021 unchanged flat
110 Turkey 0.3 2021 down 40.0% falling
110 Samoa 0.3 2021 unchanged falling
136 Albania 0.2 2021 down 60.0% falling
136 United Arab Emirates 0.2 2021 unchanged falling
136 Austria 0.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
136 Bahrain 0.2 2021 unchanged falling
136 Bahamas 0.2 2021 unchanged falling
136 Belize 0.2 2021 down 50.0% falling
136 Colombia 0.2 2021 up 100.0% rising
136 Egypt 0.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
136 Fiji 0.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
136 Greece 0.2 2021 unchanged falling
136 Indonesia 0.2 2021 down 50.0% falling
136 Iraq 0.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
136 Japan 0.2 2021 down 50.0% falling
136 South Korea 0.2 2021 down 50.0% volatile
136 Lebanon 0.2 2021 unchanged flat
136 Sri Lanka 0.2 2021 unchanged volatile
136 New Zealand 0.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
136 Panama 0.2 2021 down 50.0% falling
136 Philippines 0.2 2021 unchanged flat
136 Paraguay 0.2 2021 unchanged rising
136 Suriname 0.2 2021 unchanged falling
136 Slovenia 0.2 2021 down 50.0% falling
136 Sweden 0.2 2021 down 33.3% falling
159 Australia 0.1 2021 down 50.0% volatile
159 Bangladesh 0.1 2021 down 50.0% falling
159 Brazil 0.1 2021 unchanged rising
159 Barbados 0.1 2021 unchanged falling
159 Bhutan 0.1 2021 unchanged flat
159 Switzerland 0.1 2021 down 50.0% falling
159 Costa Rica 0.1 2021 down 50.0% rising
159 Cuba 0.1 2021 unchanged falling
159 Guyana 0.1 2021 down 50.0% falling
159 India 0.1 2021 down 50.0% falling
159 Jamaica 0.1 2021 unchanged flat
159 Saint Lucia 0.1 2021 down 50.0% falling
159 Luxembourg 0.1 2021 down 85.7% volatile
159 Maldives 0.1 2021 unchanged falling
159 Malta 0.1 2021 unchanged volatile
159 Nicaragua 0.1 2021 down 50.0% volatile
159 Netherlands 0.1 2021 unchanged flat
159 Pakistan 0.1 2021 unchanged falling
159 Palestine 0.1 2021 down 50.0% falling
159 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1 2021 unchanged falling
179 Brunei 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Denmark 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Iceland 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Israel 0 2021 — volatile
179 Oman 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
179 Singapore 0 2021 — volatile
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Death rate from poisonings
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 1,295 data points, 2000–2021
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