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Deaths from falls by country

Estimated number of deaths from falls in both sexes.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
240,832 deaths
India
Lowest
0 deaths
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
501.49 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from falls is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 240,832 deaths in India; the lowest is 0 deaths in Antigua and Barbuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 501.49 deaths, and the mean is 3,881 deaths.

Over the past decade 149 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 1,875.1%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Deaths from falls: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 240,832 deaths 2021 up 35.7% rising
2 China 144,097 deaths 2021 up 20.1% rising
3 United States 45,334 deaths 2021 up 62.6% rising
4 Germany 19,368 deaths 2021 up 93.1% rising
5 Brazil 19,293 deaths 2021 up 59.8% rising
6 Indonesia 17,903 deaths 2021 up 6.5% rising
7 Vietnam 16,349 deaths 2021 up 28.0% rising
8 Pakistan 14,407 deaths 2021 up 20.0% rising
9 Russia 11,618 deaths 2021 down 15.1% falling
10 Japan 10,505 deaths 2021 up 34.3% rising
11 Nigeria 10,489 deaths 2021 up 38.4% rising
12 France 9,914 deaths 2021 up 60.0% rising
13 United Kingdom 8,130 deaths 2021 up 64.5% rising
14 Thailand 7,302 deaths 2021 up 54.1% rising
15 Canada 7,058 deaths 2021 up 65.6% rising
16 Ethiopia 6,325 deaths 2021 up 41.4% rising
17 Philippines 6,259 deaths 2021 up 128.7% rising
18 Poland 5,969 deaths 2021 up 36.2% rising
19 Netherlands 4,703 deaths 2021 up 178.0% volatile
20 Myanmar 4,633 deaths 2021 up 12.0% rising
21 Turkey 4,424 deaths 2021 up 22.1% rising
22 Italy 4,319 deaths 2021 up 9.2% volatile
23 Bangladesh 4,026 deaths 2021 up 11.2% rising
24 Australia 3,872 deaths 2021 up 105.0% volatile
25 Democratic Republic of Congo 3,825 deaths 2021 up 46.9% rising
26 Spain 3,665 deaths 2021 up 70.4% rising
27 Tanzania 3,370 deaths 2021 up 68.1% rising
28 Afghanistan 3,170 deaths 2021 up 40.9% rising
29 South Korea 3,049 deaths 2021 up 27.9% falling
30 Kenya 2,681 deaths 2021 up 43.9% rising
31 Nepal 2,587 deaths 2021 up 31.7% rising
32 Ukraine 2,571 deaths 2021 down 16.2% falling
33 Cuba 2,501 deaths 2021 up 19.3% rising
34 Cambodia 2,360 deaths 2021 up 44.1% rising
35 Egypt 2,227 deaths 2021 down 5.3% rising
36 Iran 2,211 deaths 2021 up 13.3% rising
37 Mexico 2,030 deaths 2021 down 17.4% flat
38 North Korea 1,946 deaths 2021 up 16.3% rising
39 Ghana 1,887 deaths 2021 up 24.3% rising
40 Switzerland 1,846 deaths 2021 up 16.7% rising
41 Mozambique 1,798 deaths 2021 up 43.3% rising
42 Colombia 1,793 deaths 2021 up 58.9% rising
43 Malaysia 1,765 deaths 2021 up 36.5% rising
44 Belgium 1,727 deaths 2021 up 24.0% rising
45 Romania 1,727 deaths 2021 up 34.2% rising
46 Hungary 1,628 deaths 2021 down 12.1% falling
47 Sri Lanka 1,602 deaths 2021 down 2.0% falling
48 Niger 1,570 deaths 2021 up 52.0% rising
49 Burkina Faso 1,564 deaths 2021 up 36.0% rising
50 Cameroon 1,557 deaths 2021 up 30.0% rising
51 Sudan 1,460 deaths 2021 up 17.2% rising
52 Greece 1,449 deaths 2021 up 278.8% rising
53 Algeria 1,433 deaths 2021 up 29.2% rising
54 Cote d'Ivoire 1,425 deaths 2021 up 19.6% rising
55 Angola 1,396 deaths 2021 up 53.7% rising
56 Malawi 1,378 deaths 2021 up 25.2% rising
57 Uganda 1,377 deaths 2021 up 44.4% rising
58 Morocco 1,368 deaths 2021 up 10.8% rising
59 Yemen 1,335 deaths 2021 up 38.8% rising
60 Venezuela 1,322 deaths 2021 up 47.3% rising
61 South Africa 1,251 deaths 2021 up 26.8% rising
62 Finland 1,247 deaths 2021 up 1.4% rising
63 Mali 1,211 deaths 2021 up 27.1% rising
64 Chile 1,173 deaths 2021 up 23.3% rising
65 Croatia 1,168 deaths 2021 up 19.0% rising
66 Madagascar 1,138 deaths 2021 up 35.0% rising
67 Portugal 1,103 deaths 2021 up 123.6% rising
68 Sweden 1,102 deaths 2021 up 20.2% rising
69 Belarus 1,075 deaths 2021 down 22.5% falling
70 Norway 1,019 deaths 2021 up 141.0% rising
71 Somalia 1,005 deaths 2021 up 57.4% rising
72 Austria 964.36 deaths 2021 up 8.4% falling
73 Rwanda 904.57 deaths 2021 up 13.6% rising
74 Senegal 862.54 deaths 2021 up 16.6% rising
75 Zambia 862.43 deaths 2021 up 64.5% rising
76 Guatemala 860.99 deaths 2021 down 15.1% rising
77 Slovakia 807.13 deaths 2021 down 0.6% rising
78 Chad 794.86 deaths 2021 up 22.3% rising
79 Slovenia 792.77 deaths 2021 up 47.3% rising
80 Benin 782.23 deaths 2021 up 24.6% rising
81 Guinea 737.54 deaths 2021 up 17.4% rising
82 Burundi 716.48 deaths 2021 up 45.2% rising
83 Iraq 698.43 deaths 2021 up 22.9% rising
84 New Zealand 681.91 deaths 2021 up 41.1% rising
85 Denmark 660.84 deaths 2021 up 24.8% rising
86 Uzbekistan 658.73 deaths 2021 down 25.0% falling
87 Bolivia 646.26 deaths 2021 up 7.8% rising
88 Argentina 617.5 deaths 2021 up 82.9% rising
89 Czechia 605.83 deaths 2021 down 27.5% falling
90 Kazakhstan 605.7 deaths 2021 down 24.7% flat
91 Serbia 585.35 deaths 2021 up 80.8% rising
92 Lithuania 568.69 deaths 2021 up 40.4% flat
93 Saudi Arabia 566.74 deaths 2021 down 4.1% falling
94 Georgia 536.82 deaths 2021 up 1,875.1% volatile
95 South Sudan 524.97 deaths 2021 up 46.8% rising
96 Bulgaria 501.49 deaths 2021 up 71.3% rising
97 Sierra Leone 500.77 deaths 2021 up 36.0% rising
98 Togo 482.63 deaths 2021 up 32.2% rising
99 Zimbabwe 479.17 deaths 2021 up 27.8% rising
100 Ecuador 454.18 deaths 2021 down 19.5% rising
101 Laos 436.46 deaths 2021 up 16.6% rising
102 Haiti 416.46 deaths 2021 up 19.9% rising
103 Tunisia 414.68 deaths 2021 up 5.9% rising
104 El Salvador 384.48 deaths 2021 up 6.7% rising
105 Syria 362.85 deaths 2021 down 17.5% volatile
106 Tajikistan 347.22 deaths 2021 up 20.0% rising
107 Lebanon 325.55 deaths 2021 up 34.4% rising
108 Papua New Guinea 311.43 deaths 2021 up 32.6% rising
109 Libya 305.13 deaths 2021 up 18.4% rising
110 Eritrea 295.43 deaths 2021 up 24.2% rising
111 Dominican Republic 277.56 deaths 2021 up 21.0% rising
113 Honduras 250.47 deaths 2021 up 40.2% rising
114 Liberia 248.49 deaths 2021 up 16.9% rising
115 United Arab Emirates 215.94 deaths 2021 up 8.6% rising
116 Singapore 211.44 deaths 2021 up 11.1% rising
117 Mongolia 209.62 deaths 2021 up 14.3% rising
118 Peru 207.76 deaths 2021 down 12.2% flat
119 Mauritania 195.4 deaths 2021 up 20.4% rising
120 Latvia 194.42 deaths 2021 down 18.0% falling
121 Estonia 186.24 deaths 2021 up 99.5% falling
122 Central African Republic 182.26 deaths 2021 up 2.1% rising
123 Congo 157.25 deaths 2021 up 3.0% rising
124 Gambia 146.59 deaths 2021 up 9.6% rising
125 Jordan 144.35 deaths 2021 up 5.4% rising
126 Azerbaijan 143.75 deaths 2021 down 28.3% falling
127 Israel 142.54 deaths 2021 up 8.7% rising
128 Kyrgyzstan 136.77 deaths 2021 down 22.2% falling
129 Kuwait 131.35 deaths 2021 up 84.7% rising
130 Oman 129.97 deaths 2021 down 11.2% rising
131 Turkmenistan 124.41 deaths 2021 up 30.2% rising
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 123.73 deaths 2021 down 4.2% rising
133 Jamaica 121.23 deaths 2021 up 41.8% rising
134 Costa Rica 120.6 deaths 2021 up 27.8% rising
135 Qatar 115.62 deaths 2021 down 5.0% rising
136 Paraguay 101.06 deaths 2021 up 28.4% rising
137 Nicaragua 98.19 deaths 2021 down 40.2% rising
138 Guinea-Bissau 97.54 deaths 2021 up 18.8% rising
139 Bhutan 96.04 deaths 2021 up 16.8% rising
140 Lesotho 88.58 deaths 2021 up 12.8% rising
141 Albania 87.05 deaths 2021 down 5.9% rising
142 Gabon 81.97 deaths 2021 down 0.2% rising
143 Djibouti 79.88 deaths 2021 up 44.3% rising
144 Armenia 77.65 deaths 2021 down 16.1% rising
145 Cyprus 74.65 deaths 2021 up 155.1% rising
146 East Timor 74.2 deaths 2021 up 7.9% rising
147 Trinidad and Tobago 70.74 deaths 2021 up 39.3% rising
150 Moldova 67.71 deaths 2021 down 64.3% falling
151 Panama 65.05 deaths 2021 down 42.9% falling
152 Uruguay 56.14 deaths 2021 up 47.0% rising
153 Comoros 51.04 deaths 2021 up 19.5% rising
154 Equatorial Guinea 48.62 deaths 2021 up 16.1% rising
155 Namibia 48.22 deaths 2021 up 22.8% rising
156 Mauritius 43.85 deaths 2021 down 23.2% rising
157 Botswana 41.64 deaths 2021 down 19.6% rising
158 Montenegro 41.39 deaths 2021 down 5.4% falling
159 Eswatini 38.35 deaths 2021 up 60.5% rising
160 Solomon Islands 34.01 deaths 2021 up 18.5% rising
161 Maldives 31.07 deaths 2021 up 101.4% rising
162 Bahrain 31.02 deaths 2021 up 14.5% rising
163 Cape Verde 27.68 deaths 2021 up 14.9% rising
164 Fiji 27.05 deaths 2021 down 0.7% rising
165 Iceland 24.73 deaths 2021 up 53.5% rising
166 Suriname 22.27 deaths 2021 up 5.0% rising
167 Bahamas 21.1 deaths 2021 up 30.2% rising
168 North Macedonia 17.26 deaths 2021 down 69.2% falling
169 Barbados 15.66 deaths 2021 up 13.2% rising
170 Brunei 15.16 deaths 2021 up 36.5% rising
171 Vanuatu 14.59 deaths 2021 up 12.7% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 13.14 deaths 2021 up 15.8% rising
173 Monaco 10.97 deaths 2021 up 76.4% rising
174 Belize 10.43 deaths 2021 up 32.0% rising
175 Samoa 9.34 deaths 2021 up 12.9% rising
176 Andorra 8.13 deaths 2021 up 8.1% falling
177 Saint Lucia 6.76 deaths 2021 up 29.3% rising
178 Grenada 6.08 deaths 2021 up 10.7% volatile
179 Micronesia (country) 5.65 deaths 2021 up 16.3% rising
180 Guyana 5.3 deaths 2021 down 59.0% volatile
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.49 deaths 2021 down 6.3% rising
182 Tonga 3.49 deaths 2021 up 7.1% rising
183 Seychelles 3.29 deaths 2021 down 16.1% rising
184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.26 deaths 2021 down 4.7% rising
185 Dominica 2.96 deaths 2021 down 40.0% falling
186 Palau 2.58 deaths 2021 up 12.2% falling
187 San Marino 2.47 deaths 2021 down 13.0% rising
188 Kiribati 2.16 deaths 2021 up 22.7% rising
189 Marshall Islands 1.7 deaths 2021 down 26.7% falling
190 Cook Islands 0.7 deaths 2021 up 14.8% rising
191 Tuvalu 0.59 deaths 2021 down 7.8% rising
192 Nauru 0.43 deaths 2021 up 13.2% rising
193 Niue 0.19 deaths 2021 up 46.2% rising
194 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Deaths from falls
Unit
deaths
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths from falls in both sexes.