Death rate road traffic injuries by country
Countries reporting
182
Highest
64.6
Dominican Republic
Lowest
0
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
15.35
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
910
What the numbers show
Death rate road traffic injuries is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 64.6 in Dominican Republic; the lowest is 0 in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.35, and the mean is 17.12.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 469.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Death rate road traffic injuries: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 64.6 | 2019 | up 132.4% | rising |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 41.2 | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela | 39 | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 4 | Liberia | 38.9 | 2019 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 5 | Eritrea | 37.9 | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 37.7 | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 7 | South Sudan | 36.7 | 2019 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 35.9 | 2019 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 35.5 | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.9 | 2019 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 11 | Namibia | 34.8 | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 12 | Eswatini | 33.5 | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 33.4 | 2019 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 33 | 2019 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 14 | Tonga | 33 | 2019 | up 469.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Chad | 32.4 | 2019 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.2 | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Thailand | 32.2 | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 31.9 | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 31.1 | 2019 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 31 | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 22 | Vietnam | 30.6 | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 23 | Cameroon | 30.2 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 24 | Mozambique | 30 | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 29.8 | 2019 | up 207.2% | rising |
| 26 | Congo | 29.7 | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 26 | Guinea | 29.7 | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 28 | Gambia | 29.6 | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 29 | Rwanda | 29.4 | 2019 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 29 | Uganda | 29.4 | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 29 | Yemen | 29.4 | 2019 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 32 | Madagascar | 29.2 | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 33 | Togo | 28.7 | 2019 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 34 | Kenya | 28.3 | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 28.2 | 2019 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27.9 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 37 | Somalia | 27.4 | 2019 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 38 | Iraq | 27.3 | 2019 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.2 | 2019 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 40 | Benin | 26.8 | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 40 | Cape Verde | 26.8 | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 40 | Sudan | 26.8 | 2019 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 43 | Comoros | 26.6 | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 44 | Botswana | 26.4 | 2019 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 45 | Angola | 26.1 | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 46 | Ghana | 25.7 | 2019 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 47 | Mauritania | 25.6 | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 48 | Niger | 25.5 | 2019 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 49 | North Korea | 24.2 | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 24.1 | 2019 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 51 | Gabon | 23.9 | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 52 | Djibouti | 23.5 | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 52 | Senegal | 23.5 | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 54 | Guatemala | 22.9 | 2019 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Mali | 22.7 | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 56 | Belize | 22.6 | 2019 | up 61.4% | falling |
| 57 | Malaysia | 22.5 | 2019 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 58 | Guyana | 22.3 | 2019 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 22.2 | 2019 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 60 | Paraguay | 22 | 2019 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 61 | Iran | 21.5 | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 62 | Libya | 21.3 | 2019 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 63 | Bolivia | 21.1 | 2019 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 64 | Mongolia | 21 | 2019 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 65 | Algeria | 20.9 | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 65 | El Salvador | 20.9 | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 67 | Nigeria | 20.7 | 2019 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 68 | Zambia | 20.5 | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 69 | Myanmar | 20.4 | 2019 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 70 | Ecuador | 20.1 | 2019 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 20 | 2019 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 19.7 | 2019 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 19.6 | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 18.8 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | Laos | 17.9 | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 76 | China | 17.4 | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 77 | Jordan | 17 | 2019 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 77 | Morocco | 17 | 2019 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 16.9 | 2019 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 16.5 | 2019 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 80 | Tunisia | 16.5 | 2019 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 16.4 | 2019 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 83 | Nepal | 16.3 | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 84 | Bhutan | 16.2 | 2019 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 85 | Honduras | 16.1 | 2019 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 86 | Brazil | 16 | 2019 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 15.9 | 2019 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 15.7 | 2019 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 89 | India | 15.6 | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 90 | Colombia | 15.4 | 2019 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 90 | Kuwait | 15.4 | 2019 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 15.3 | 2019 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 92 | Suriname | 15.3 | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 94 | Jamaica | 15.1 | 2019 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 95 | Chile | 14.9 | 2019 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 95 | Syria | 14.9 | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 14.9 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 14.8 | 2019 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 98 | Uruguay | 14.8 | 2019 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 100 | Argentina | 14.1 | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 101 | Panama | 13.9 | 2019 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 102 | Peru | 13.6 | 2019 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.5 | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 103 | Fiji | 13.5 | 2019 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 13.5 | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 106 | Pakistan | 13 | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 106 | Samoa | 13 | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 108 | Mexico | 12.8 | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 12.7 | 2019 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.7 | 2019 | down 29.4% | flat |
| 109 | United States | 12.7 | 2019 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 12.6 | 2019 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 113 | Georgia | 12.4 | 2019 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritius | 12.2 | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 115 | Philippines | 12 | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 115 | Russia | 12 | 2019 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 117 | East Timor | 11.9 | 2019 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 11.7 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 119 | Indonesia | 11.3 | 2019 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 119 | Seychelles | 11.3 | 2019 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 121 | Oman | 10.6 | 2019 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 122 | Romania | 10.3 | 2019 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 123 | Ukraine | 10.2 | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 124 | Egypt | 10.1 | 2019 | down 26.3% | flat |
| 125 | New Zealand | 9.6 | 2019 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 126 | Poland | 9.4 | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.3 | 2019 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 9.2 | 2019 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 8.9 | 2019 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 129 | Cuba | 8.9 | 2019 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 131 | South Korea | 8.6 | 2019 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 132 | Greece | 8.3 | 2019 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 133 | Barbados | 8.2 | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 133 | Portugal | 8.2 | 2019 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 8.1 | 2019 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 135 | Latvia | 8.1 | 2019 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 137 | Grenada | 8 | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 138 | Croatia | 7.9 | 2019 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 139 | Bahamas | 7.7 | 2019 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 7.7 | 2019 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 141 | Belarus | 7.6 | 2019 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 141 | Montenegro | 7.6 | 2019 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 143 | Brunei | 7.5 | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 143 | Serbia | 7.5 | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 145 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.4 | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 146 | Moldova | 7.3 | 2019 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 146 | Qatar | 7.3 | 2019 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 6.7 | 2019 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 148 | Turkey | 6.7 | 2019 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 150 | Slovakia | 6.1 | 2019 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 151 | Czechia | 5.9 | 2019 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 152 | Belgium | 5.8 | 2019 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 152 | Cyprus | 5.8 | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 154 | Canada | 5.3 | 2019 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 154 | Italy | 5.3 | 2019 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 156 | Bahrain | 5.2 | 2019 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 157 | France | 5.1 | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 5.1 | 2019 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 157 | Slovenia | 5.1 | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 160 | Australia | 4.9 | 2019 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 160 | Austria | 4.9 | 2019 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 162 | Estonia | 4.5 | 2019 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 4.1 | 2019 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Malta | 4.1 | 2019 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 165 | Netherlands | 4 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 166 | Spain | 3.9 | 2019 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Finland | 3.9 | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 166 | Israel | 3.9 | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 169 | Germany | 3.8 | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 170 | Denmark | 3.7 | 2019 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 171 | Japan | 3.6 | 2019 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 172 | United Kingdom | 3.2 | 2019 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 173 | Ireland | 3.1 | 2019 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Sweden | 3.1 | 2019 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 175 | Switzerland | 2.2 | 2019 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 176 | Norway | 2.1 | 2019 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 176 | Singapore | 2.1 | 2019 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 178 | Iceland | 2 | 2019 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Kiribati | 1.9 | 2019 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Maldives | 1.6 | 2019 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 181 | Micronesia (country) | 0.2 | 2019 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |