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Deaths from poisoning by country

Estimated number of deaths from poisonings in both sexes.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
20,916 deaths
China
Lowest
0 deaths
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
42.96 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from poisoning is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 20,916 deaths in China; the lowest is 0 deaths in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 42.96 deaths, and the mean is 302.88 deaths.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 1,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 100.0%).

Deaths from poisoning: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 20,916 deaths 2021 down 19.8% rising
2 Russia 3,989 deaths 2021 down 48.5% falling
3 Nigeria 2,345 deaths 2021 up 47.9% rising
4 United States 1,768 deaths 2021 up 29.9% rising
5 India 1,733 deaths 2021 down 30.2% falling
6 Ethiopia 1,400 deaths 2021 up 2.6% flat
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,238 deaths 2021 up 27.6% rising
8 South Africa 1,007 deaths 2021 up 15.3% rising
9 Afghanistan 1,004 deaths 2021 up 19.8% rising
10 Vietnam 883.62 deaths 2021 down 5.8% rising
11 Ukraine 879.12 deaths 2021 down 34.5% volatile
12 Nepal 875.46 deaths 2021 down 1.6% rising
13 Kenya 791.88 deaths 2021 up 15.6% rising
14 Tanzania 664.62 deaths 2021 up 27.4% rising
15 Indonesia 622.6 deaths 2021 down 34.0% flat
16 Zimbabwe 559.77 deaths 2021 up 25.6% rising
17 Iran 546.57 deaths 2021 down 25.0% falling
18 Somalia 541.84 deaths 2021 up 67.6% rising
19 Sudan 538.61 deaths 2021 down 0.1% rising
20 Mexico 504.88 deaths 2021 down 24.0% falling
21 Uganda 504.53 deaths 2021 up 38.2% rising
22 Myanmar 500.07 deaths 2021 down 14.3% falling
23 Yemen 499.87 deaths 2021 up 36.5% rising
24 Mozambique 477.97 deaths 2021 up 31.3% rising
25 Poland 465.97 deaths 2021 up 68.7% falling
26 Niger 400.35 deaths 2021 up 56.3% rising
27 Madagascar 393.38 deaths 2021 up 16.7% rising
28 Romania 369.35 deaths 2021 down 26.2% falling
29 Burkina Faso 358.03 deaths 2021 up 54.2% rising
30 Angola 336.92 deaths 2021 up 26.7% rising
31 Germany 334.41 deaths 2021 up 229.4% volatile
32 North Korea 327.49 deaths 2021 down 4.6% rising
33 Cameroon 290.46 deaths 2021 up 17.7% rising
34 Brazil 286.92 deaths 2021 up 69.3% rising
35 Ghana 284.92 deaths 2021 up 11.0% rising
36 Burundi 282.61 deaths 2021 up 25.1% rising
37 Pakistan 281.26 deaths 2021 up 17.8% rising
38 Turkey 274.05 deaths 2021 down 21.3% rising
39 Mali 272.63 deaths 2021 up 24.6% rising
40 Thailand 271.52 deaths 2021 up 59.8% rising
41 Kazakhstan 270.54 deaths 2021 down 45.1% falling
42 Philippines 267.11 deaths 2021 up 58.2% rising
43 Morocco 264.75 deaths 2021 down 17.9% falling
44 Cote d'Ivoire 261.94 deaths 2021 up 27.9% rising
45 Peru 253.14 deaths 2021 up 0.5% falling
46 Zambia 228.85 deaths 2021 up 55.3% rising
47 Egypt 228.06 deaths 2021 down 22.0% flat
48 Malawi 225.97 deaths 2021 up 20.7% rising
49 Algeria 224.89 deaths 2021 down 0.5% falling
50 France 223.19 deaths 2021 down 1.2% falling
51 Japan 221.65 deaths 2021 down 51.7% falling
52 United Kingdom 221.09 deaths 2021 up 28.2% rising
53 Malaysia 218.44 deaths 2021 up 22.2% rising
54 Chad 201.05 deaths 2021 up 13.8% rising
55 Uzbekistan 196.49 deaths 2021 down 13.0% volatile
56 Bangladesh 191.01 deaths 2021 down 19.6% falling
57 Ecuador 182.7 deaths 2021 up 89.1% rising
58 Italy 181.99 deaths 2021 up 4.7% falling
59 South Sudan 175.52 deaths 2021 up 50.7% rising
60 Rwanda 170.84 deaths 2021 up 13.1% flat
61 Spain 161.19 deaths 2021 down 20.2% falling
62 Belarus 153.42 deaths 2021 down 60.2% falling
63 Guatemala 144.69 deaths 2021 down 17.3% rising
64 Benin 142.12 deaths 2021 up 15.0% rising
65 Guinea 132.92 deaths 2021 up 11.2% rising
66 Senegal 132.52 deaths 2021 down 7.1% rising
67 South Korea 128.79 deaths 2021 down 25.3% falling
68 Moldova 123.42 deaths 2021 down 40.6% falling
69 Argentina 123.08 deaths 2021 down 48.8% falling
70 Canada 114.21 deaths 2021 up 6.9% flat
71 Venezuela 110.89 deaths 2021 up 45.4% rising
72 Sierra Leone 104.57 deaths 2021 up 32.4% rising
73 Mongolia 100.22 deaths 2021 up 18.2% falling
74 Colombia 98.39 deaths 2021 up 112.9% rising
75 Togo 95.55 deaths 2021 up 28.5% rising
76 Saudi Arabia 93.59 deaths 2021 down 27.8% falling
77 Tajikistan 87.27 deaths 2021 up 0.6% falling
78 Iraq 82.33 deaths 2021 down 3.7% falling
79 Lesotho 82.21 deaths 2021 up 18.7% rising
80 Chile 81.07 deaths 2021 up 11.1% rising
81 Central African Republic 77.8 deaths 2021 up 1.1% rising
82 Eritrea 75.3 deaths 2021 up 3.0% rising
83 Cambodia 70.51 deaths 2021 up 3.5% rising
84 Czechia 59.77 deaths 2021 down 43.4% falling
85 Libya 59.37 deaths 2021 down 9.2% rising
86 Syria 59.03 deaths 2021 down 35.3% volatile
87 Haiti 55.81 deaths 2021 down 11.0% falling
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.41 deaths 2021 down 23.4% falling
89 Honduras 53.81 deaths 2021 up 11.4% rising
90 Bulgaria 52.1 deaths 2021 down 2.9% falling
91 Tunisia 49.98 deaths 2021 down 23.6% falling
92 El Salvador 49.95 deaths 2021 down 14.7% flat
93 Belgium 49.18 deaths 2021 up 0.1% falling
94 Bolivia 46.36 deaths 2021 down 24.9% falling
95 Hungary 44.45 deaths 2021 down 19.6% falling
96 Papua New Guinea 44 deaths 2021 up 3.3% rising
97 Kyrgyzstan 43.02 deaths 2021 down 14.1% volatile
98 Liberia 42.9 deaths 2021 up 1.1% rising
99 Azerbaijan 41.95 deaths 2021 down 34.0% falling
100 Georgia 41.65 deaths 2021 up 850.9% volatile
101 Sri Lanka 37.59 deaths 2021 down 25.8% falling
102 Jordan 35.63 deaths 2021 down 16.7% falling
103 Eswatini 35.46 deaths 2021 up 25.5% rising
104 Namibia 34.7 deaths 2021 up 39.5% rising
105 Congo 34.45 deaths 2021 down 5.9% rising
106 Portugal 33.2 deaths 2021 up 104.3% flat
107 Lithuania 32.55 deaths 2021 down 71.7% falling
108 Slovakia 31.62 deaths 2021 down 5.4% falling
109 Dominican Republic 30.11 deaths 2021 up 47.3% rising
110 Australia 29.91 deaths 2021 down 42.6% falling
111 Botswana 28.19 deaths 2021 down 28.6% rising
112 Laos 25.85 deaths 2021 down 2.2% flat
113 Armenia 24.92 deaths 2021 up 45.1% falling
114 Serbia 23.42 deaths 2021 down 22.5% falling
115 Mauritania 22.68 deaths 2021 up 21.2% rising
116 Gambia 21.6 deaths 2021 down 9.4% rising
117 Finland 21.03 deaths 2021 down 59.3% falling
118 North Macedonia 21.01 deaths 2021 up 71.2% rising
119 Guinea-Bissau 20.9 deaths 2021 up 17.9% rising
120 Turkmenistan 19.82 deaths 2021 down 0.7% volatile
121 Greece 19.71 deaths 2021 up 1.9% falling
122 Estonia 18.9 deaths 2021 up 15.2% volatile
123 Djibouti 16.79 deaths 2021 up 19.4% rising
124 Sweden 15.76 deaths 2021 down 1.1% falling
125 Uruguay 15.72 deaths 2021 down 5.9% flat
126 Norway 15.57 deaths 2021 up 41.7% rising
127 Austria 15.53 deaths 2021 down 9.2% falling
128 Latvia 15.14 deaths 2021 down 42.6% volatile
129 United Arab Emirates 14.88 deaths 2021 down 16.8% rising
130 Gabon 14.76 deaths 2021 down 6.8% rising
131 Kuwait 14.47 deaths 2021 up 5.5% rising
132 Netherlands 14.1 deaths 2021 down 30.8% falling
133 Cuba 13.74 deaths 2021 down 2.1% falling
134 Ireland 13.22 deaths 2021 down 82.1% volatile
135 Croatia 11.71 deaths 2021 down 39.0% falling
136 Paraguay 11.4 deaths 2021 up 103.2% rising
137 Comoros 11.22 deaths 2021 up 10.5% rising
138 Qatar 11.02 deaths 2021 down 28.1% rising
139 Switzerland 10.7 deaths 2021 up 33.6% rising
140 New Zealand 10.33 deaths 2021 up 2.7% flat
141 Mauritius 10.25 deaths 2021 up 8.5% volatile
142 Equatorial Guinea 10.06 deaths 2021 up 11.9% rising
143 Nicaragua 9.84 deaths 2021 down 23.5% falling
144 Lebanon 9.01 deaths 2021 up 6.2% rising
145 Panama 8.8 deaths 2021 down 2.7% volatile
146 Costa Rica 6.8 deaths 2021 down 9.0% rising
147 Albania 6.12 deaths 2021 down 53.8% falling
148 Slovenia 4.69 deaths 2021 down 58.7% falling
149 Solomon Islands 4.44 deaths 2021 down 5.1% rising
150 East Timor 3.92 deaths 2021 down 0.3% rising
151 Cyprus 3.75 deaths 2021 down 71.1% volatile
152 Israel 3.69 deaths 2021 up 70.0% volatile
153 Bahrain 2.79 deaths 2021 down 5.7% rising
154 Jamaica 2.74 deaths 2021 up 1.5% falling
155 Kiribati 2.24 deaths 2021 up 7.7% rising
156 Montenegro 2.02 deaths 2021 down 23.2% falling
157 Grenada 1.9 deaths 2021 up 245.5% volatile
158 Fiji 1.88 deaths 2021 down 15.7% falling
159 Trinidad and Tobago 1.84 deaths 2021 up 0.5% falling
160 Vanuatu 1.71 deaths 2021 up 8.2% rising
161 Oman 1.65 deaths 2021 down 37.3% rising
162 Cape Verde 1.6 deaths 2021 up 0.6% rising
163 Tonga 1.35 deaths 2021 down 18.2% falling
164 Suriname 1.28 deaths 2021 up 6.7% falling
165 Belize 0.86 deaths 2021 down 25.2% falling
166 Sao Tome and Principe 0.68 deaths 2021 down 19.0% falling
167 Samoa 0.66 deaths 2021 down 1.5% falling
168 Bahamas 0.61 deaths 2021 down 7.6% falling
169 Bhutan 0.59 deaths 2021 down 19.2% falling
169 Micronesia (country) 0.59 deaths 2021 down 21.3% falling
171 Guyana 0.58 deaths 2021 down 1.7% falling
172 Dominica 0.53 deaths 2021 down 18.5% falling
173 Luxembourg 0.52 deaths 2021 down 76.5% volatile
174 Antigua and Barbuda 0.48 deaths 2021 up 1,500.0% volatile
175 Malta 0.47 deaths 2021 up 56.7% volatile
176 Maldives 0.4 deaths 2021 down 25.9% rising
177 Monaco 0.37 deaths 2021 up 23.3% rising
178 Seychelles 0.36 deaths 2021 down 21.7% falling
179 Barbados 0.31 deaths 2021 down 8.8% falling
180 Palau 0.27 deaths 2021 down 15.6% falling
181 Saint Lucia 0.26 deaths 2021 up 4.0% falling
182 Marshall Islands 0.21 deaths 2021 down 47.5% falling
183 San Marino 0.09 deaths 2021 down 35.7% flat
184 Nauru 0.07 deaths 2021 down 12.5% falling
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.04 deaths 2021 down 20.0% falling
185 Tuvalu 0.04 deaths 2021 down 20.0% falling
187 Denmark 0.03 deaths 2021 down 99.8% falling
188 Brunei 0.01 deaths 2021 down 98.2% volatile
188 Iceland 0.01 deaths 2021 down 99.6% volatile
188 Singapore 0.01 deaths 2021 down 99.6% volatile
188 Cook Islands 0.01 deaths 2021 down 50.0% falling
188 Niue 0.01 deaths 2021 unchanged flat
193 Andorra 0 deaths 2021 — volatile
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Deaths from poisoning
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
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Estimated number of deaths from poisonings in both sexes.