Deaths from drowning ghe by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
57,145
China
Lowest
0
Andorra
Median
157.92
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from drowning ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 57,145 in China; the lowest is 0 in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 157.92, and the mean is 1,533.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 124 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 ghe: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 57,145 2021 down 13.8% falling
2 India 54,672 2021 down 23.7% falling
3 Pakistan 22,120 2021 up 39.3% rising
4 Nigeria 14,156 2021 up 54.6% rising
5 Bangladesh 9,053 2021 down 52.6% falling
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 8,101 2021 up 21.5% rising
7 Vietnam 7,680 2021 down 1.2% flat
8 Japan 7,478 2021 down 0.1% rising
9 Philippines 6,920 2021 up 39.2% rising
10 Thailand 6,435 2021 up 47.4% rising
11 Indonesia 5,839 2021 down 32.3% falling
12 United States 4,452 2021 up 21.6% rising
13 Brazil 4,411 2021 down 19.7% falling
14 Russia 4,291 2021 down 58.3% falling
15 Ethiopia 3,786 2021 down 23.0% falling
16 Niger 2,905 2021 up 50.6% rising
17 Angola 2,799 2021 up 12.4% rising
18 Myanmar 2,763 2021 down 27.7% falling
19 South Africa 2,680 2021 up 35.0% rising
20 Tanzania 2,527 2021 up 30.4% rising
21 Cameroon 2,260 2021 up 18.5% rising
22 Mali 2,016 2021 up 18.1% rising
23 Uganda 1,991 2021 up 25.6% rising
24 Ukraine 1,915 2021 down 27.8% volatile
25 Somalia 1,897 2021 up 98.2% rising
26 Afghanistan 1,895 2021 down 8.6% rising
27 Mexico 1,798 2021 down 20.6% falling
28 Mozambique 1,723 2021 up 32.6% rising
29 Burkina Faso 1,657 2021 up 41.1% rising
30 Cote d'Ivoire 1,652 2021 up 29.3% rising
31 Egypt 1,645 2021 down 28.8% rising
32 Nepal 1,631 2021 down 5.8% flat
33 Sudan 1,598 2021 down 11.6% rising
34 Kenya 1,534 2021 up 5.1% rising
35 Madagascar 1,446 2021 up 12.6% rising
36 Chad 1,346 2021 up 8.5% rising
37 Cambodia 1,247 2021 up 5.3% falling
38 Uzbekistan 1,149 2021 down 13.4% falling
39 Yemen 1,140 2021 up 37.6% flat
40 Ghana 1,131 2021 down 3.1% rising
41 North Korea 1,040 2021 down 25.3% falling
42 Zimbabwe 1,031 2021 up 39.2% rising
43 Benin 1,008 2021 up 12.0% rising
44 Burundi 961.98 2021 up 21.7% rising
45 Zambia 952.72 2021 up 44.7% rising
46 Malaysia 939.04 2021 up 17.2% rising
47 Haiti 917.52 2021 down 9.8% flat
48 Malawi 869.95 2021 up 24.0% rising
49 Guinea 867.65 2021 up 6.2% rising
50 Rwanda 795.1 2021 up 9.9% falling
51 South Sudan 789.7 2021 up 52.1% rising
52 Senegal 787.56 2021 down 23.5% flat
53 Iraq 774.4 2021 down 2.8% flat
54 Sri Lanka 719.08 2021 down 24.0% falling
55 Iran 715.55 2021 down 25.5% falling
56 Sierra Leone 699.06 2021 up 30.1% rising
57 Colombia 677.53 2021 down 12.2% falling
58 Venezuela 656.48 2021 up 22.5% rising
59 Papua New Guinea 646.13 2021 down 0.2% rising
60 Romania 615.2 2021 down 9.3% falling
61 France 605.96 2021 down 33.3% falling
62 Kazakhstan 582.62 2021 down 33.5% falling
63 Central African Republic 573.2 2021 up 2.3% rising
64 Laos 566.59 2021 down 14.5% falling
65 Togo 555.25 2021 up 27.0% rising
66 Turkey 529.87 2021 down 19.2% falling
67 Spain 508.85 2021 up 8.1% falling
68 South Korea 502.27 2021 down 28.5% falling
69 Poland 498.77 2021 down 49.4% falling
70 Peru 497.63 2021 down 1.1% falling
71 Ecuador 489.11 2021 up 1.0% falling
72 Saudi Arabia 469.88 2021 down 23.3% falling
73 Tajikistan 422.74 2021 down 1.6% falling
74 Germany 412.84 2021 up 6.6% falling
75 Algeria 411.8 2021 down 7.9% falling
76 Morocco 393.52 2021 down 24.7% falling
77 Greece 376 2021 down 4.0% rising
78 Belarus 367.36 2021 down 60.2% falling
79 Argentina 319.43 2021 down 43.0% falling
80 Italy 301.56 2021 down 25.5% falling
81 Canada 295.72 2021 up 5.4% rising
82 Bolivia 288.5 2021 down 24.8% falling
83 United Kingdom 268.67 2021 up 12.4% rising
84 Liberia 263.46 2021 up 1.8% rising
85 Chile 256.7 2021 down 32.0% falling
86 Guatemala 233.38 2021 down 34.8% falling
87 Dominican Republic 225.82 2021 up 21.0% rising
88 Congo 216.9 2021 down 10.8% rising
89 Eritrea 215.97 2021 down 5.3% rising
90 Australia 198.33 2021 up 12.5% falling
91 Lesotho 195.26 2021 up 42.6% rising
92 El Salvador 176.43 2021 down 26.7% falling
93 Kyrgyzstan 171.16 2021 down 40.0% falling
94 Syria 170.4 2021 down 42.4% volatile
95 Turkmenistan 168.64 2021 up 4.4% falling
96 Azerbaijan 163.5 2021 down 33.0% falling
97 Cuba 159.12 2021 down 28.9% falling
98 Lithuania 156.71 2021 down 42.7% falling
99 Honduras 156.42 2021 up 12.4% rising
100 Mauritania 149.8 2021 up 20.9% rising
101 Czechia 147.68 2021 down 24.8% falling
102 Panama 140.28 2021 down 0.5% falling
103 Mongolia 136.71 2021 down 10.6% falling
104 Slovakia 130.95 2021 down 18.4% falling
105 Guinea-Bissau 130.55 2021 up 10.1% rising
106 Latvia 130.03 2021 down 18.5% falling
107 Nicaragua 126.94 2021 down 19.9% falling
108 Namibia 125.82 2021 up 74.9% rising
109 Finland 117.82 2021 down 5.2% falling
110 Bulgaria 115.28 2021 down 22.6% falling
111 Gambia 114.65 2021 down 22.3% falling
112 Costa Rica 113.1 2021 down 14.9% falling
113 Eswatini 112.73 2021 up 70.5% rising
114 Hungary 112.27 2021 down 30.0% falling
115 Moldova 109.26 2021 down 47.2% falling
116 Gabon 108.19 2021 down 13.3% rising
117 East Timor 101.91 2021 down 8.6% rising
118 Libya 99.24 2021 down 36.8% flat
119 Sweden 96.76 2021 up 19.3% falling
120 Paraguay 93.49 2021 down 41.7% rising
121 Tunisia 88.24 2021 down 25.7% falling
122 Equatorial Guinea 82.95 2021 down 2.6% rising
123 Netherlands 82.88 2021 up 9.5% flat
124 Portugal 81.91 2021 up 12.9% falling
125 Botswana 80.04 2021 down 2.3% rising
126 Solomon Islands 79.38 2021 up 1.8% rising
127 Guyana 76.9 2021 down 26.9% rising
128 Norway 75.27 2021 up 36.1% falling
129 Serbia 73.57 2021 down 21.8% falling
130 Oman 72.73 2021 down 42.8% rising
131 Belgium 70.42 2021 down 2.0% falling
132 Croatia 70.38 2021 down 26.7% falling
133 Jordan 67.04 2021 down 18.6% falling
134 New Zealand 62.56 2021 down 5.9% flat
135 United Arab Emirates 62.07 2021 down 23.7% rising
136 Djibouti 58.23 2021 up 9.1% rising
137 Ireland 54.24 2021 up 3.1% falling
138 Fiji 53.74 2021 down 16.4% falling
139 Trinidad and Tobago 52.1 2021 down 1.7% falling
140 Estonia 50.82 2021 down 23.3% falling
141 Uruguay 49.02 2021 down 38.2% falling
142 Switzerland 45.3 2021 down 4.0% falling
143 Cape Verde 42.82 2021 down 12.0% flat
144 Georgia 41.24 2021 down 23.6% flat
145 Austria 39.08 2021 down 22.1% falling
146 Qatar 36.46 2021 down 37.3% rising
147 Denmark 35.57 2021 up 15.2% falling
148 Comoros 35.02 2021 down 2.5% rising
149 Mauritius 33.59 2021 down 21.4% falling
150 Lebanon 32.91 2021 up 25.5% rising
151 Vanuatu 30.53 2021 up 14.8% rising
152 Armenia 30.17 2021 down 49.5% falling
153 Suriname 27.39 2021 down 0.2% rising
154 Bahamas 26.25 2021 down 27.8% flat
155 Israel 26.23 2021 down 42.3% falling
156 Albania 26.09 2021 down 59.5% falling
157 Singapore 25.31 2021 up 23.8% rising
158 Bhutan 23.14 2021 down 19.8% falling
159 Cyprus 22.35 2021 up 122.4% rising
160 Kuwait 20.4 2021 up 36.6% flat
161 Jamaica 19.48 2021 down 3.7% rising
162 North Macedonia 17.29 2021 up 135.2% falling
163 Slovenia 16.67 2021 down 6.2% falling
164 Belize 15.86 2021 down 27.9% rising
165 Bahrain 14.23 2021 down 8.7% rising
166 Samoa 13.59 2021 up 9.8% rising
167 Micronesia (country) 12.64 2021 down 16.5% falling
168 Maldives 12.59 2021 down 33.5% falling
169 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.46 2021 down 31.4% falling
170 Kiribati 8.7 2021 up 4.3% rising
171 Brunei 8.59 2021 down 10.0% falling
172 Barbados 8.03 2021 down 17.6% falling
173 Saint Lucia 7.16 2021 down 25.3% falling
174 Seychelles 7.11 2021 down 31.8% rising
175 Montenegro 6.71 2021 down 22.9% falling
176 Tonga 5.7 2021 down 10.1% falling
177 Malta 5.26 2021 down 8.4% volatile
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.19 2021 up 39.1% falling
179 Marshall Islands 4.8 2021 down 47.4% falling
180 Iceland 3.22 2021 up 22.4% rising
181 Dominica 2.87 2021 down 13.6% flat
182 Grenada 2.85 2021 down 50.2% falling
183 Sao Tome and Principe 2.01 2021 down 28.7% falling
184 Nauru 1.9 2021 down 8.2% falling
185 Palau 1.52 2021 down 15.1% falling
186 Luxembourg 1.5 2021 down 34.2% falling
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.21 2021 down 11.0% falling
188 Monaco 0.95 2021 up 14.5% rising
189 Tuvalu 0.81 2021 down 20.6% flat
190 Antigua and Barbuda 0.49 2021 down 86.5% falling
191 Cook Islands 0.45 2021 down 15.1% falling
192 Niue 0.12 2021 down 14.3% falling
193 San Marino 0.05 2021 down 50.0% rising
194 Andorra 0 2021 — falling

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Indicator
Deaths from drowning ghe
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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