Deaths from falls by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
240,832
India
Lowest
0
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
491.7
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from falls is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 240,832 in India; the lowest is 0 in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 491.7, and the mean is 3,823.
Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 43 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 240,832 | 2021 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 144,097 | 2021 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 45,334 | 2021 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 19,368 | 2021 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 19,293 | 2021 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 17,903 | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 7 | Vietnam | 16,349 | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 14,407 | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 11,618 | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 10 | Japan | 10,505 | 2021 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 10,489 | 2021 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 12 | France | 9,914 | 2021 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 8,130 | 2021 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 14 | Thailand | 7,302 | 2021 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 7,058 | 2021 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 6,325 | 2021 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 6,259 | 2021 | up 128.7% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 5,969 | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 19 | Netherlands | 4,703 | 2021 | up 178.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Myanmar | 4,633 | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 21 | Turkey | 4,424 | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 4,319 | 2021 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 4,026 | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 3,872 | 2021 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3,825 | 2021 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 3,665 | 2021 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 27 | Tanzania | 3,370 | 2021 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 3,170 | 2021 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 29 | South Korea | 3,049 | 2021 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 30 | Kenya | 2,681 | 2021 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 2,587 | 2021 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 32 | Ukraine | 2,571 | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 33 | Cuba | 2,501 | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 34 | Cambodia | 2,360 | 2021 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 35 | Egypt | 2,227 | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 36 | Iran | 2,211 | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 37 | Mexico | 2,030 | 2021 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 38 | North Korea | 1,946 | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 1,887 | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 1,846 | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 1,798 | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 42 | Colombia | 1,793 | 2021 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 43 | Malaysia | 1,765 | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 1,727 | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 1,727 | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 46 | Hungary | 1,628 | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 1,602 | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 48 | Niger | 1,570 | 2021 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 1,564 | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 50 | Cameroon | 1,557 | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 51 | Sudan | 1,460 | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 1,449 | 2021 | up 278.8% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 1,433 | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,425 | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 1,396 | 2021 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 56 | Malawi | 1,378 | 2021 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 57 | Uganda | 1,377 | 2021 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 58 | Morocco | 1,368 | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 59 | Yemen | 1,335 | 2021 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 60 | Venezuela | 1,322 | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 61 | South Africa | 1,251 | 2021 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 1,247 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Mali | 1,211 | 2021 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 64 | Chile | 1,173 | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 65 | Croatia | 1,168 | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 66 | Madagascar | 1,138 | 2021 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 67 | Portugal | 1,103 | 2021 | up 123.6% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 1,102 | 2021 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 69 | Belarus | 1,075 | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 70 | Norway | 1,019 | 2021 | up 141.0% | rising |
| 71 | Somalia | 1,005 | 2021 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 72 | Austria | 964.36 | 2021 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 73 | Rwanda | 904.57 | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 862.54 | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 75 | Zambia | 862.43 | 2021 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 76 | Guatemala | 860.99 | 2021 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 77 | Slovakia | 807.13 | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 78 | Chad | 794.86 | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 79 | Slovenia | 792.77 | 2021 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 80 | Benin | 782.23 | 2021 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 81 | Guinea | 737.54 | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 82 | Burundi | 716.48 | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 83 | Iraq | 698.43 | 2021 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 84 | New Zealand | 681.91 | 2021 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 85 | Denmark | 660.84 | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 658.73 | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 87 | Bolivia | 646.26 | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 88 | Argentina | 617.5 | 2021 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 89 | Czechia | 605.83 | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 605.7 | 2021 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 91 | Serbia | 585.35 | 2021 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 92 | Lithuania | 568.69 | 2021 | up 40.4% | flat |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 566.74 | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 94 | Georgia | 536.82 | 2021 | up 1,875.1% | volatile |
| 95 | South Sudan | 524.97 | 2021 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 501.49 | 2021 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 500.77 | 2021 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 98 | Togo | 482.63 | 2021 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 479.17 | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 100 | Ecuador | 454.18 | 2021 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 101 | Laos | 436.46 | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 102 | Haiti | 416.46 | 2021 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 103 | Tunisia | 414.68 | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 384.48 | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 105 | Syria | 362.85 | 2021 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 347.22 | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 107 | Lebanon | 325.55 | 2021 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 311.43 | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 109 | Libya | 305.13 | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 110 | Eritrea | 295.43 | 2021 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 277.56 | 2021 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 112 | Ireland | 260.26 | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 113 | Honduras | 250.47 | 2021 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 114 | Liberia | 248.49 | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 215.94 | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 116 | Singapore | 211.44 | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 209.62 | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 118 | Peru | 207.76 | 2021 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 119 | Mauritania | 195.4 | 2021 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 120 | Latvia | 194.42 | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 121 | Estonia | 186.24 | 2021 | up 99.5% | falling |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 182.26 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 123 | Congo | 157.25 | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 124 | Gambia | 146.59 | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 125 | Jordan | 144.35 | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 143.75 | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 127 | Israel | 142.54 | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 136.77 | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 129 | Kuwait | 131.35 | 2021 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 130 | Oman | 129.97 | 2021 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 124.41 | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 123.73 | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 133 | Jamaica | 121.23 | 2021 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 120.6 | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 135 | Qatar | 115.62 | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 136 | Paraguay | 101.06 | 2021 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 98.19 | 2021 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 97.54 | 2021 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 139 | Bhutan | 96.04 | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 140 | Lesotho | 88.58 | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 141 | Albania | 87.05 | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 142 | Gabon | 81.97 | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 143 | Djibouti | 79.88 | 2021 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 144 | Armenia | 77.65 | 2021 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 145 | Cyprus | 74.65 | 2021 | up 155.1% | rising |
| 146 | East Timor | 74.2 | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.74 | 2021 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 148 | Luxembourg | 69.35 | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 149 | Malta | 68.01 | 2021 | up 85.8% | flat |
| 150 | Moldova | 67.71 | 2021 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 151 | Panama | 65.05 | 2021 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 152 | Uruguay | 56.14 | 2021 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 51.04 | 2021 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 48.62 | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 155 | Namibia | 48.22 | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritius | 43.85 | 2021 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 157 | Botswana | 41.64 | 2021 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 158 | Montenegro | 41.39 | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 159 | Eswatini | 38.35 | 2021 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 34.01 | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 161 | Maldives | 31.07 | 2021 | up 101.4% | rising |
| 162 | Bahrain | 31.02 | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 27.68 | 2021 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 164 | Fiji | 27.05 | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 165 | Iceland | 24.73 | 2021 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 166 | Suriname | 22.27 | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 167 | Bahamas | 21.1 | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 168 | North Macedonia | 17.26 | 2021 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 169 | Barbados | 15.66 | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 170 | Brunei | 15.16 | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 14.59 | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.14 | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 173 | Monaco | 10.97 | 2021 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 10.43 | 2021 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 9.34 | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 176 | Andorra | 8.13 | 2021 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 6.76 | 2021 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 6.08 | 2021 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Micronesia (country) | 5.65 | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 180 | Guyana | 5.3 | 2021 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.49 | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 182 | Tonga | 3.49 | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 183 | Seychelles | 3.29 | 2021 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.26 | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 185 | Dominica | 2.96 | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 186 | Palau | 2.58 | 2021 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 187 | San Marino | 2.47 | 2021 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 188 | Kiribati | 2.16 | 2021 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 1.7 | 2021 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 0.7 | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 0.59 | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 0.43 | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 193 | Niue | 0.19 | 2021 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |