Deaths from drowning by country
Estimated number of deaths from drowning in both sexes.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
57,145 deaths
China
Lowest
0 deaths
Andorra
Median
163.5 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from drowning is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 57,145 deaths in China; the lowest is 0 deaths in Andorra.
The median across all reporting countries is 163.5 deaths, and the mean is 1,557 deaths.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 135.2%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 86.5%).
Deaths from drowning: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 57,145 deaths | 2021 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 2 | India | 54,672 deaths | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 22,120 deaths | 2021 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 14,156 deaths | 2021 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 9,053 deaths | 2021 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8,101 deaths | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 7 | Vietnam | 7,680 deaths | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Japan | 7,478 deaths | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 9 | Philippines | 6,920 deaths | 2021 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 10 | Thailand | 6,435 deaths | 2021 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 5,839 deaths | 2021 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 12 | United States | 4,452 deaths | 2021 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 4,411 deaths | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 14 | Russia | 4,291 deaths | 2021 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 3,786 deaths | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 16 | Niger | 2,905 deaths | 2021 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 17 | Angola | 2,799 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 18 | Myanmar | 2,763 deaths | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 2,680 deaths | 2021 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 2,527 deaths | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 2,260 deaths | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 2,016 deaths | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 1,991 deaths | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 1,915 deaths | 2021 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Somalia | 1,897 deaths | 2021 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 1,895 deaths | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 1,798 deaths | 2021 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 28 | Mozambique | 1,723 deaths | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 1,657 deaths | 2021 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,652 deaths | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 31 | Egypt | 1,645 deaths | 2021 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 1,631 deaths | 2021 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 33 | Sudan | 1,598 deaths | 2021 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 34 | Kenya | 1,534 deaths | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 35 | Madagascar | 1,446 deaths | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 36 | Chad | 1,346 deaths | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 37 | Cambodia | 1,247 deaths | 2021 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 1,149 deaths | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 1,140 deaths | 2021 | up 37.6% | flat |
| 40 | Ghana | 1,131 deaths | 2021 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 41 | North Korea | 1,040 deaths | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 1,031 deaths | 2021 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 43 | Benin | 1,008 deaths | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 44 | Burundi | 961.98 deaths | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 45 | Zambia | 952.72 deaths | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 939.04 deaths | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 47 | Haiti | 917.52 deaths | 2021 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 48 | Malawi | 869.95 deaths | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 49 | Guinea | 867.65 deaths | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 50 | Rwanda | 795.1 deaths | 2021 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 51 | South Sudan | 789.7 deaths | 2021 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 787.56 deaths | 2021 | down 23.5% | flat |
| 53 | Iraq | 774.4 deaths | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 719.08 deaths | 2021 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 55 | Iran | 715.55 deaths | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 699.06 deaths | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 677.53 deaths | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 58 | Venezuela | 656.48 deaths | 2021 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 646.13 deaths | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 60 | Romania | 615.2 deaths | 2021 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 61 | France | 605.96 deaths | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 582.62 deaths | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 573.2 deaths | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 64 | Laos | 566.59 deaths | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 65 | Togo | 555.25 deaths | 2021 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 66 | Turkey | 529.87 deaths | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 67 | Spain | 508.85 deaths | 2021 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 68 | South Korea | 502.27 deaths | 2021 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 69 | Poland | 498.77 deaths | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 70 | Peru | 497.63 deaths | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 71 | Ecuador | 489.11 deaths | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 469.88 deaths | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 422.74 deaths | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 74 | Germany | 412.84 deaths | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 75 | Algeria | 411.8 deaths | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 76 | Morocco | 393.52 deaths | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 77 | Greece | 376 deaths | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 78 | Belarus | 367.36 deaths | 2021 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 319.43 deaths | 2021 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 80 | Italy | 301.56 deaths | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 81 | Canada | 295.72 deaths | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 82 | Bolivia | 288.5 deaths | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 268.67 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 84 | Liberia | 263.46 deaths | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 256.7 deaths | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 86 | Guatemala | 233.38 deaths | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 225.82 deaths | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 88 | Congo | 216.9 deaths | 2021 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 89 | Eritrea | 215.97 deaths | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 90 | Australia | 198.33 deaths | 2021 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 91 | Lesotho | 195.26 deaths | 2021 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 92 | El Salvador | 176.43 deaths | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 171.16 deaths | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 94 | Syria | 170.4 deaths | 2021 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 168.64 deaths | 2021 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 163.5 deaths | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 97 | Cuba | 159.12 deaths | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 98 | Lithuania | 156.71 deaths | 2021 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 99 | Honduras | 156.42 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 100 | Mauritania | 149.8 deaths | 2021 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 101 | Czechia | 147.68 deaths | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 102 | Panama | 140.28 deaths | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 103 | Mongolia | 136.71 deaths | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 104 | Slovakia | 130.95 deaths | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 130.55 deaths | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 106 | Latvia | 130.03 deaths | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 126.94 deaths | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 108 | Namibia | 125.82 deaths | 2021 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 109 | Finland | 117.82 deaths | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 115.28 deaths | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 111 | Gambia | 114.65 deaths | 2021 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 113.1 deaths | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 113 | Eswatini | 112.73 deaths | 2021 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 114 | Hungary | 112.27 deaths | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 115 | Moldova | 109.26 deaths | 2021 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 116 | Gabon | 108.19 deaths | 2021 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 117 | East Timor | 101.91 deaths | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 118 | Libya | 99.24 deaths | 2021 | down 36.8% | flat |
| 119 | Sweden | 96.76 deaths | 2021 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 120 | Paraguay | 93.49 deaths | 2021 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 121 | Tunisia | 88.24 deaths | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 82.95 deaths | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 123 | Netherlands | 82.88 deaths | 2021 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 124 | Portugal | 81.91 deaths | 2021 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 125 | Botswana | 80.04 deaths | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 79.38 deaths | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 127 | Guyana | 76.9 deaths | 2021 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 128 | Norway | 75.27 deaths | 2021 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 129 | Serbia | 73.57 deaths | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 130 | Oman | 72.73 deaths | 2021 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 131 | Belgium | 70.42 deaths | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 132 | Croatia | 70.38 deaths | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 133 | Jordan | 67.04 deaths | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 134 | New Zealand | 62.56 deaths | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 62.07 deaths | 2021 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 136 | Djibouti | 58.23 deaths | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 138 | Fiji | 53.74 deaths | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.1 deaths | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 50.82 deaths | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 49.02 deaths | 2021 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 142 | Switzerland | 45.3 deaths | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 42.82 deaths | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 144 | Georgia | 41.24 deaths | 2021 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 145 | Austria | 39.08 deaths | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 146 | Qatar | 36.46 deaths | 2021 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 147 | Denmark | 35.57 deaths | 2021 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 148 | Comoros | 35.02 deaths | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 33.59 deaths | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 150 | Lebanon | 32.91 deaths | 2021 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 30.53 deaths | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 152 | Armenia | 30.17 deaths | 2021 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 153 | Suriname | 27.39 deaths | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 154 | Bahamas | 26.25 deaths | 2021 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 155 | Israel | 26.23 deaths | 2021 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 156 | Albania | 26.09 deaths | 2021 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 157 | Singapore | 25.31 deaths | 2021 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 23.14 deaths | 2021 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 159 | Cyprus | 22.35 deaths | 2021 | up 122.4% | rising |
| 160 | Kuwait | 20.4 deaths | 2021 | up 36.6% | flat |
| 161 | Jamaica | 19.48 deaths | 2021 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 17.29 deaths | 2021 | up 135.2% | falling |
| 163 | Slovenia | 16.67 deaths | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 164 | Belize | 15.86 deaths | 2021 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 165 | Bahrain | 14.23 deaths | 2021 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 166 | Samoa | 13.59 deaths | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 12.64 deaths | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 168 | Maldives | 12.59 deaths | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 169 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.46 deaths | 2021 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 170 | Kiribati | 8.7 deaths | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 171 | Brunei | 8.59 deaths | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 172 | Barbados | 8.03 deaths | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 7.16 deaths | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 174 | Seychelles | 7.11 deaths | 2021 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 175 | Montenegro | 6.71 deaths | 2021 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 176 | Tonga | 5.7 deaths | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.19 deaths | 2021 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 4.8 deaths | 2021 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 180 | Iceland | 3.22 deaths | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 181 | Dominica | 2.87 deaths | 2021 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 182 | Grenada | 2.85 deaths | 2021 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.01 deaths | 2021 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 184 | Nauru | 1.9 deaths | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 185 | Palau | 1.52 deaths | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.21 deaths | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 188 | Monaco | 0.95 deaths | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 0.81 deaths | 2021 | down 20.6% | flat |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.49 deaths | 2021 | down 86.5% | falling |
| 191 | Cook Islands | 0.45 deaths | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 192 | Niue | 0.12 deaths | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 193 | San Marino | 0.05 deaths | 2021 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 194 | Andorra | 0 deaths | 2021 | — | falling |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from drowning in both sexes.