Deaths from poisonings ghe by country

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

What the numbers show

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

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

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 poisonings ghe: full country ranking

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

About this data

Indicator
Deaths from poisonings 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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