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Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) by country

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
3.1 per 100,000 female population
Lesotho
Lowest
0 per 100,000 female population
Singapore
Median
0.29 per 100,000 female population
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
5,104

What the numbers show

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 3.1 per 100,000 female population in Lesotho; the lowest is 0 per 100,000 female population in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.29 per 100,000 female population, and the mean is 0.5314 per 100,000 female population.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 1,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 100.0%).

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 3.1 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 5.8% rising
2 Nepal 3 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 6.5% flat
3 Zimbabwe 2.64 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.5% rising
4 Eswatini 2.42 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.9% rising
5 Somalia 2.38 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 39.2% rising
6 Afghanistan 2.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 11.7% falling
7 Republic of Moldova 1.96 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 30.5% falling
8 Burundi 1.95 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 9.3% rising
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.81 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 8.4% rising
10 Eritrea 1.65 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 2.9% flat
11 Mongolia 1.6 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 3.6% falling
12 South Africa 1.56 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 15.2% rising
13 Burkina Faso 1.43 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 25.4% rising
14 Russian Federation 1.41 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 45.3% falling
15 Namibia 1.33 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 35.7% rising
16 Djibouti 1.28 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 3.8% rising
16 Romania 1.28 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 28.5% falling
18 Mozambique 1.24 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 0.8% rising
19 China 1.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 24.2% flat
20 Madagascar 1.21 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 8.3% flat
21 Comoros 1.19 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 7.0% flat
22 Botswana 1.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 45.2% falling
23 South Sudan 1.12 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 19.1% flat
23 Yemen 1.12 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 2.8% falling
25 Rwanda 1.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 7.5% falling
26 Niger 1.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 16.0% rising
27 Ethiopia 1.08 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.0% falling
27 North Macedonia 1.08 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 440.0% volatile
29 Kiribati 1.06 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 5.4% rising
30 Kenya 1.05 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 7.9% rising
31 Nigeria 1.03 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 21.2% rising
32 Zambia 1.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 32.5% rising
33 Grenada 0.97 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged volatile
33 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.97 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 11.8% rising
33 Uganda 0.97 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 7.8% falling
36 Ukraine 0.95 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.8% falling
37 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.93 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 7.9% rising
37 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.93 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
39 Kazakhstan 0.92 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 43.9% falling
40 Mali 0.91 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 5.2% rising
40 Malawi 0.91 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 15.0% falling
42 Sudan 0.89 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.9% falling
43 Sierra Leone 0.88 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 10.0% rising
44 Central African Republic 0.85 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 3.7% rising
45 Angola 0.8 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 3.6% falling
46 Georgia 0.79 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 1,028.6% rising
47 Chad 0.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.2% rising
48 Tonga 0.76 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.4% falling
49 Ghana 0.75 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 2.6% falling
50 Togo 0.72 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 12.5% rising
51 Benin 0.71 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.3% flat
51 Cameroon 0.71 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.1% rising
53 Armenia 0.7 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 159.3% falling
53 Belarus 0.7 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 61.3% falling
55 Guinea 0.69 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.2% rising
55 Myanmar 0.69 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 21.6% falling
57 Lithuania 0.66 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 62.9% falling
58 Côte d'Ivoire 0.63 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 8.6% rising
59 Guinea-Bissau 0.62 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 6.1% flat
60 Equatorial Guinea 0.61 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.8% falling
61 Latvia 0.6 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.6% volatile
61 Morocco 0.6 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 27.7% falling
63 Libya 0.58 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 19.4% rising
64 Liberia 0.54 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 21.7% rising
65 Gambia 0.53 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 32.1% falling
66 Senegal 0.52 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 34.2% falling
67 Ecuador 0.5 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 38.9% rising
68 Gabon 0.49 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 24.6% falling
68 Guatemala 0.49 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.4% falling
70 Poland 0.48 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 4.3% falling
71 Bulgaria 0.46 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 14.8% falling
71 Congo 0.46 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 35.2% falling
71 Kyrgyzstan 0.46 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged volatile
71 Peru 0.46 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.3% falling
75 Seychelles 0.45 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 9.8% falling
76 Uzbekistan 0.43 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 13.2% volatile
77 Haiti 0.42 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 27.6% falling
78 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.41 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 33.9% falling
79 Tajikistan 0.39 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 15.2% falling
80 Cyprus 0.38 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 90.0% volatile
81 Algeria 0.37 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 21.3% falling
81 Uruguay 0.37 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 5.1% flat
83 Croatia 0.36 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 12.5% falling
83 El Salvador 0.36 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.3% falling
83 United States of America 0.36 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 12.5% rising
86 Mauritania 0.35 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 5.4% falling
87 Belgium 0.33 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 3.1% falling
88 Hungary 0.31 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 27.9% falling
88 Jordan 0.31 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 45.6% falling
88 Tunisia 0.31 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.5% falling
91 Azerbaijan 0.3 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 30.2% falling
91 Puerto Rico 0.3 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 200.0% volatile
93 Chile 0.29 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
93 Finland 0.29 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.7% falling
95 Czechia 0.28 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 41.7% falling
95 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.28 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 21.7% rising
95 Malaysia 0.28 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 9.7% falling
95 Portugal 0.28 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 86.7% rising
99 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.27 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 49.1% falling
99 Syrian Arab Republic 0.27 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 30.8% volatile
101 Canada 0.25 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 19.0% rising
101 Serbia 0.25 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 10.7% falling
103 France 0.24 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 7.7% falling
103 Honduras 0.24 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 25.0% falling
105 Belize 0.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.9% falling
105 Germany 0.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 206.7% rising
105 Montenegro 0.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 11.5% falling
105 Suriname 0.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 15.0% flat
105 Turkmenistan 0.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.9% volatile
105 Türkiye 0.23 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 28.1% falling
111 Dominican Republic 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 29.4% rising
111 Egypt 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 33.3% falling
111 Spain 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 29.4% falling
111 Italy 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 46.7% flat
111 Mexico 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 38.9% falling
111 Mauritius 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 56.9% volatile
111 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 46.7% rising
118 Cambodia 0.21 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.5% falling
118 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.21 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.0% falling
118 Saudi Arabia 0.21 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 40.0% falling
121 Albania 0.19 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 59.6% falling
121 Norway 0.19 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 5.0% rising
121 Timor-Leste 0.19 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 13.6% rising
124 Iraq 0.18 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 30.8% falling
124 Qatar 0.18 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 48.6% falling
126 Argentina 0.17 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 56.4% falling
126 Estonia 0.17 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 71.2% volatile
126 Greece 0.17 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 226.9% volatile
129 Thailand 0.16 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 45.5% flat
129 Viet Nam 0.16 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 15.8% falling
131 Philippines 0.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 78.6% rising
131 Trinidad and Tobago 0.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
133 Austria 0.14 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 6.7% falling
134 Ireland 0.13 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 76.4% volatile
134 Kuwait 0.13 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 59.4% falling
134 Lebanon 0.13 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
134 Saint Lucia 0.13 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 18.2% falling
134 New Zealand 0.13 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
134 Paraguay 0.13 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 140.7% falling
140 Bahamas 0.12 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged rising
140 Barbados 0.12 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged rising
142 Guyana 0.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 10.0% falling
142 Republic of Korea 0.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 50.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 unchanged falling
142 Pakistan 0.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 14.6% rising
142 Slovakia 0.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 66.7% falling
147 Bangladesh 0.1 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 23.5% falling
147 Bahrain 0.1 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 23.1% falling
147 Japan 0.1 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 44.4% falling
150 Jamaica 0.099 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 1.0% flat
151 Palestine, State of 0.092 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 29.2% falling
152 Costa Rica 0.091 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 102.2% volatile
153 Sweden 0.083 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 15.3% rising
154 Brazil 0.08 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 21.2% rising
155 Solomon Islands 0.079 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 34.2% falling
156 Sri Lanka 0.078 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.0% falling
157 Australia 0.074 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 63.0% falling
157 India 0.074 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 32.7% falling
159 Cuba 0.073 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 19.7% falling
159 Vanuatu 0.073 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 20.7% falling
161 Colombia 0.072 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 7.5% falling
161 Fiji 0.072 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 20.9% falling
163 Cape Verde 0.071 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 29.0% falling
164 Nicaragua 0.069 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 15.0% volatile
165 Papua New Guinea 0.062 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 31.9% falling
166 Samoa 0.059 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 22.4% falling
167 Panama 0.057 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 70.0% volatile
168 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.055 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 33.7% falling
169 Bhutan 0.052 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 26.8% falling
170 Indonesia 0.047 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 34.7% falling
171 United Arab Emirates 0.041 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 49.4% falling
172 Slovenia 0.032 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 94.8% volatile
173 Oman 0.026 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 44.7% falling
174 Sao Tome and Principe 0.025 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 44.4% falling
175 Switzerland 0.024 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 51.0% volatile
175 Israel 0.024 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 1,100.0% volatile
177 Maldives 0.016 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 44.8% falling
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.006 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 99.1% volatile
179 Antigua and Barbuda 0.005 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 87.8% volatile
180 Brunei Darussalam 0.002 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 50.0% volatile
180 Iceland 0.002 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 99.5% volatile
182 Luxembourg 0.001 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 98.9% volatile
183 Denmark 0.0005 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 99.5% volatile
184 Malta 0 per 100,000 female population 2021 — volatile
184 Singapore 0 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
Unit
per 100,000 female population
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
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Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.