Deaths from road injuries by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
248,099
China
Lowest
0
Monaco
Median
792.01
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from road injuries is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 248,099 in China; the lowest is 0 in Monaco.

The median across all reporting countries is 792.01, and the mean is 6,083.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 100.0%).

Deaths from road injuries: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 248,099 2021 down 13.4% falling
2 India 205,894 2021 down 5.5% rising
3 United States 48,572 2021 up 34.2% falling
4 Nigeria 36,704 2021 up 42.7% rising
5 Brazil 33,586 2021 down 25.1% rising
6 Bangladesh 31,578 2021 up 20.8% rising
7 Indonesia 31,063 2021 down 7.7% flat
8 Pakistan 27,568 2021 up 3.3% rising
9 Ethiopia 21,258 2021 up 4.0% rising
10 Thailand 18,218 2021 down 41.7% falling
11 Iran 18,156 2021 down 27.2% falling
12 Vietnam 17,229 2021 down 40.2% falling
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 15,615 2021 down 12.6% flat
14 Russia 15,335 2021 down 53.9% falling
15 Mexico 15,267 2021 down 8.1% flat
16 Kenya 14,926 2021 up 73.4% rising
17 South Africa 14,528 2021 down 10.4% falling
18 North Korea 11,087 2021 up 33.3% rising
19 Philippines 11,062 2021 up 12.4% rising
20 Myanmar 10,405 2021 down 39.3% falling
21 Egypt 10,263 2021 down 16.1% rising
22 Tanzania 10,052 2021 up 26.6% rising
23 Yemen 9,821 2021 up 42.5% rising
24 Afghanistan 9,605 2021 up 70.2% rising
25 Iraq 9,344 2021 up 76.1% rising
26 Sudan 8,967 2021 up 15.3% rising
27 Ghana 8,494 2021 up 55.3% rising
28 Nepal 8,479 2021 up 25.1% rising
29 Colombia 8,341 2021 up 33.8% rising
30 Algeria 8,106 2021 up 1.0% rising
31 Uganda 7,315 2021 up 26.1% rising
32 Morocco 6,900 2021 down 3.4% falling
33 Madagascar 6,512 2021 up 7.7% rising
34 Mozambique 6,451 2021 up 8.4% rising
35 Syria 6,383 2021 up 50.9% rising
36 Niger 6,278 2021 up 57.6% rising
37 Burkina Faso 6,137 2021 up 64.4% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 5,780 2021 down 37.1% rising
39 Cote d'Ivoire 5,670 2021 up 17.8% rising
40 Turkey 5,528 2021 up 15.2% rising
41 Angola 5,188 2021 up 14.3% rising
42 Guinea 5,061 2021 up 95.8% rising
43 Zimbabwe 4,782 2021 up 44.1% rising
44 Malaysia 4,680 2021 down 34.0% flat
45 Ukraine 4,558 2021 down 32.9% falling
46 Chad 4,533 2021 up 35.7% rising
47 Mali 4,429 2021 up 26.4% rising
48 Peru 4,284 2021 up 14.7% falling
49 Ecuador 4,173 2021 up 34.1% rising
50 Malawi 4,023 2021 up 63.7% rising
51 Argentina 3,983 2021 down 30.2% rising
52 Venezuela 3,718 2021 down 56.5% falling
53 Haiti 3,579 2021 up 62.1% rising
54 South Korea 3,570 2021 down 45.6% falling
55 Senegal 3,502 2021 up 31.8% rising
56 Somalia 3,440 2021 down 6.9% rising
57 Zambia 3,338 2021 up 59.9% rising
58 Japan 3,304 2021 down 46.1% volatile
59 Benin 3,225 2021 up 100.4% rising
60 Uzbekistan 3,155 2021 up 4.4% rising
61 Cambodia 3,113 2021 down 28.4% falling
62 Dominican Republic 3,048 2021 up 61.8% rising
63 France 3,035 2021 down 25.7% falling
64 Italy 2,964 2021 down 27.9% falling
65 Cameroon 2,870 2021 down 34.2% rising
66 Germany 2,778 2021 down 34.0% falling
67 Poland 2,547 2021 down 48.3% falling
68 Sri Lanka 2,513 2021 down 6.1% rising
69 South Sudan 2,500 2021 down 26.6% rising
70 Kazakhstan 2,340 2021 down 39.1% falling
71 Libya 2,287 2021 up 75.9% rising
72 Guatemala 2,221 2021 up 76.1% rising
73 Bolivia 2,127 2021 up 18.9% rising
74 Chile 2,009 2021 down 4.2% falling
75 Tunisia 2,004 2021 down 31.7% falling
76 Togo 1,961 2021 up 25.1% rising
77 Honduras 1,888 2021 up 30.7% rising
78 Romania 1,856 2021 down 10.9% falling
79 Canada 1,805 2021 down 17.0% falling
80 Azerbaijan 1,769 2021 down 20.9% falling
81 Spain 1,665 2021 down 24.7% falling
82 United Kingdom 1,606 2021 down 22.7% falling
83 Rwanda 1,563 2021 down 18.0% falling
84 Burundi 1,546 2021 down 30.2% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 1,483 2021 down 4.7% rising
86 Jordan 1,460 2021 up 44.6% rising
87 Central African Republic 1,434 2021 up 22.1% rising
88 Paraguay 1,405 2021 up 16.0% rising
89 El Salvador 1,358 2021 up 22.7% falling
90 Tajikistan 1,352 2021 down 17.9% rising
91 Laos 1,217 2021 down 29.2% rising
92 Sierra Leone 1,165 2021 down 25.9% rising
93 Australia 1,163 2021 down 12.7% falling
94 Nicaragua 932 2021 up 47.5% rising
95 Kyrgyzstan 869 2021 down 13.1% rising
96 Costa Rica 798 2021 up 18.0% rising
97 Liberia 792.01 2021 down 18.6% flat
98 Greece 753.25 2021 down 42.7% falling
99 Portugal 736 2021 down 35.5% falling
100 Hungary 708.91 2021 down 15.9% falling
101 Belarus 706 2021 down 57.9% falling
102 Eritrea 640 2021 down 7.8% rising
103 Guinea-Bissau 628.95 2021 up 32.0% rising
104 Cuba 614.43 2021 down 28.6% falling
105 Netherlands 600 2021 down 11.9% falling
106 Gambia 582 2021 up 81.3% rising
107 United Arab Emirates 578.52 2021 down 43.6% falling
108 Bulgaria 578 2021 down 14.6% falling
109 Congo 562.06 2021 down 35.4% rising
110 Namibia 557 2021 up 11.1% rising
111 Czechia 548 2021 down 31.2% falling
112 Lebanon 544 2021 down 48.2% falling
113 Serbia 537 2021 down 28.8% falling
114 Belgium 532 2021 down 40.6% falling
115 Turkmenistan 509 2021 down 40.7% flat
116 Jamaica 502 2021 up 58.1% rising
117 Oman 497 2021 down 54.4% rising
118 Lesotho 492 2021 down 22.5% falling
119 Georgia 476 2021 down 12.2% falling
120 Mauritania 457.37 2021 down 37.5% falling
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 447 2021 down 20.0% falling
121 Uruguay 447 2021 down 24.2% flat
123 Botswana 426 2021 down 14.7% falling
124 Mongolia 414 2021 down 26.5% rising
125 Austria 409 2021 down 24.1% falling
126 Gabon 395.33 2021 up 16.6% rising
127 Kuwait 389 2021 down 21.1% rising
128 Israel 379.13 2021 up 7.7% falling
129 Armenia 379 2021 down 24.4% rising
130 Slovakia 350.28 2021 down 25.8% falling
131 New Zealand 338 2021 up 4.6% falling
132 Croatia 328 2021 down 32.1% falling
133 Panama 316 2021 down 33.2% falling
134 Albania 309 2021 down 20.2% falling
135 Eswatini 295 2021 up 23.8% falling
136 Moldova 280.1 2021 down 44.1% falling
137 Djibouti 258 2021 up 33.0% rising
138 Comoros 238 2021 up 67.6% rising
139 Finland 232 2021 down 22.9% falling
140 Equatorial Guinea 226.64 2021 up 44.1% rising
141 Sweden 221.05 2021 down 32.6% falling
142 Switzerland 206 2021 down 37.6% falling
143 Qatar 197.41 2021 down 21.4% rising
144 Latvia 189.52 2021 down 0.3% falling
145 Lithuania 177.79 2021 down 51.4% volatile
146 East Timor 159 2021 down 22.4% falling
147 Ireland 141 2021 down 26.6% falling
148 Denmark 134 2021 down 41.0% falling
149 Singapore 133.21 2021 down 47.1% falling
150 Mauritius 123.94 2021 down 30.4% falling
151 Guyana 122 2021 down 24.7% falling
152 North Macedonia 120 2021 down 32.2% falling
153 Bahrain 118 2021 down 26.2% falling
154 Slovenia 113 2021 down 22.7% falling
155 Suriname 98.97 2021 down 4.8% falling
156 Cape Verde 97 2021 down 10.2% rising
157 Bhutan 95 2021 down 31.7% rising
158 Trinidad and Tobago 84.4 2021 down 56.1% falling
159 Norway 82 2021 down 52.6% falling
160 Solomon Islands 79.16 2021 down 8.0% rising
161 Belize 70 2021 up 20.7% falling
162 Bahamas 65.93 2021 up 17.3% rising
163 Estonia 58.52 2021 down 43.9% volatile
164 Montenegro 56.98 2021 down 9.6% falling
165 Cyprus 49 2021 down 38.6% falling
165 Fiji 49 2021 down 37.2% falling
167 Vanuatu 40 2021 up 2.6% rising
168 Barbados 28 2021 down 9.7% flat
169 Sao Tome and Principe 26 2021 down 27.5% rising
170 Luxembourg 25.14 2021 down 25.9% falling
171 Samoa 21 2021 down 4.5% falling
172 Brunei 16 2021 down 73.3% falling
172 Micronesia (country) 16 2021 — volatile
172 Saint Lucia 16 2021 down 62.8% falling
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11 2021 up 37.5% falling
176 Malta 10.5 2021 down 38.6% flat
177 Iceland 9 2021 down 35.7% falling
177 Tonga 9 2021 unchanged flat
179 Dominica 8 2021 down 20.0% rising
179 Grenada 8 2021 down 11.1% rising
179 Kiribati 8 2021 up 300.0% volatile
182 Antigua and Barbuda 7 2021 — volatile
182 Maldives 7 2021 down 22.3% volatile
182 Seychelles 7 2021 down 36.4% falling
185 Marshall Islands 5 2021 up 150.0% rising
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 2021 up 25.0% volatile
187 Palau 4 2021 down 20.0% rising
188 Cook Islands 3 2021 down 25.0% rising
189 Andorra 2 2021 down 74.8% volatile
189 San Marino 2 2021 up 100.0% volatile
189 Tuvalu 2 2021 unchanged rising
192 Nauru 1 2021 down 50.0% rising
193 Monaco 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Deaths from road injuries
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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