Death rate from unintentional poisoning by country
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population)
Countries reporting
180
Highest
4.1 per 100,000 population
Moldova
Lowest
0 per 100,000 population
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.5 per 100,000 population
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,288
What the numbers show
Death rate from unintentional poisoning is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 4.1 per 100,000 population in Moldova; the lowest is 0 per 100,000 population in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5 per 100,000 population, and the mean is 0.7728 per 100,000 population.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 325.0%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 100.0%).
Death rate from unintentional poisoning: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 4.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 2 | Lesotho | 3.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 3.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 4 | Somalia | 3.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 5 | Eswatini | 3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 7 | Nepal | 2.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 8 | Russia | 2.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 2.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 10 | Burundi | 2.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 11 | Eritrea | 2.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 2.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Romania | 1.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 15 | Grenada | 1.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Kiribati | 1.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 15 | South Africa | 1.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 1.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 1.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Niger | 1.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 18 | South Sudan | 1.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 33.3% | flat |
| 18 | Yemen | 1.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 23 | China | 1.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 23 | Kenya | 1.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 1.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 1.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Comoros | 1.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 27 | Estonia | 1.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 1.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 1.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 27 | Namibia | 1.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 33 | North Korea | 1.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 33 | Rwanda | 1.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 33 | Tonga | 1.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Mali | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 37 | Sudan | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Chad | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 37 | Zambia | 1.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 45 | Benin | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 45 | Botswana | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 45 | Cameroon | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 45 | Georgia | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 45 | Malawi | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 45 | Nigeria | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Togo | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Uganda | 1.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 54 | Ecuador | 1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 54 | Guinea | 1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 54 | Tanzania | 1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 60 | Armenia | 0.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 60 | Ghana | 0.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 60 | Libya | 0.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 60 | Myanmar | 0.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 0.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 60 | Vietnam | 0.9 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 66 | Gambia | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 66 | Guatemala | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 66 | Liberia | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 66 | Latvia | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Mauritius | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Peru | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 42.9% | flat |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 66 | El Salvador | 0.8 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 0.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Morocco | 0.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 74 | Malaysia | 0.7 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 78 | Congo | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 78 | Czechia | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 78 | Gabon | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 78 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 78 | Iran | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 78 | Slovakia | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 0.6 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Algeria | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 86 | Micronesia (country) | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 86 | Haiti | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 86 | Hungary | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritania | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 86 | Uruguay | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 86 | United States | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 0.5 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 96 | Belgium | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 96 | Bolivia | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 96 | Chile | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 96 | Germany | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Finland | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 96 | Cambodia | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 96 | Kuwait | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 96 | Qatar | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 96 | Thailand | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 96 | Venezuela | 0.4 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 110 | Argentina | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 110 | Canada | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Cyprus | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Dominican Republic | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 110 | Spain | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 110 | France | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 110 | United Kingdom | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Croatia | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 110 | Ireland | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Italy | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Jordan | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 110 | Laos | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 110 | Montenegro | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 110 | Norway | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 110 | Portugal | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 110 | Seychelles | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 110 | Syria | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 110 | East Timor | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Turkey | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 110 | Samoa | 0.3 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | Austria | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | Bahamas | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | Belize | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 136 | Colombia | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 136 | Egypt | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Greece | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | Indonesia | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 136 | Iraq | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Japan | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 136 | South Korea | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Lebanon | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | New Zealand | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Philippines | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Paraguay | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Suriname | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | Slovenia | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 136 | Sweden | 0.2 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 158 | Australia | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Bangladesh | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Brazil | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Barbados | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Bhutan | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Switzerland | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Costa Rica | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 158 | Cuba | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Guyana | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | India | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Jamaica | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Maldives | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Malta | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | Nicaragua | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Netherlands | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Pakistan | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Palestine | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1 per 100,000 population | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 178 | Brunei | 0 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Denmark | 0 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Iceland | 0 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Israel | 0 per 100,000 population | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Oman | 0 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex (deaths per 100,000 population)