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

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male 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
6.71 per 100,000 male population
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0002 per 100,000 male population
Singapore
Median
0.64 per 100,000 male population
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
5,104

What the numbers show

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 6.71 per 100,000 male population in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0002 per 100,000 male population in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.64 per 100,000 male population, and the mean is 1 per 100,000 male population.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33,550.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 137 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 8,435.7%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 99.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Moldova 6.71 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 26.1% falling
2 Zimbabwe 4.45 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.5% rising
3 Mongolia 4.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.5% falling
4 Russian Federation 4.3 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 50.5% falling
5 Somalia 3.96 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 13.5% flat
6 Lesotho 3.91 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.2% rising
7 Eswatini 3.51 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 50.6% rising
8 Ukraine 3.31 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 33.5% volatile
9 Afghanistan 2.88 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 14.0% falling
10 Nepal 2.84 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 14.2% falling
11 Estonia 2.82 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 42.4% volatile
12 Belarus 2.6 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 59.3% falling
12 Romania 2.6 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.3% falling
14 Burundi 2.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 2.7% flat
15 Eritrea 2.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.4% falling
16 Kiribati 2.42 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.7% rising
17 Grenada 2.39 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 8,435.7% volatile
18 South Sudan 2.12 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 55.9% rising
19 Niger 2.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 unchanged rising
20 Poland 2.01 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 103.0% falling
21 Yemen 1.97 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 10.7% falling
22 Kazakhstan 1.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 54.4% falling
22 Kenya 1.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 7.6% flat
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.94 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 17.1% falling
25 Central African Republic 1.91 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 20.7% falling
26 South Africa 1.82 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 23.8% rising
27 Tonga 1.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.5% falling
28 Djibouti 1.76 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.4% rising
29 Burkina Faso 1.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5.5% flat
29 Lithuania 1.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 70.9% falling
31 Mozambique 1.73 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.9% rising
32 China 1.71 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 23.3% flat
33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.69 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.2% flat
34 Viet Nam 1.63 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.5% rising
35 Sierra Leone 1.6 per 100,000 male population 2021 unchanged rising
36 Chad 1.57 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.1% flat
37 Comoros 1.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 9.8% falling
37 Mali 1.56 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.4% falling
39 Ecuador 1.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 72.2% rising
39 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 9.4% rising
41 Madagascar 1.53 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.0% falling
42 Rwanda 1.5 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.7% falling
43 Togo 1.49 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.5% flat
44 Georgia 1.47 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 764.7% volatile
45 Benin 1.46 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.6% falling
46 Guinea-Bissau 1.45 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.2% falling
47 Sudan 1.44 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 26.9% falling
48 Cameroon 1.43 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.3% falling
48 Namibia 1.43 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 4.4% falling
50 Mauritius 1.42 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 46.4% volatile
51 Tajikistan 1.41 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.4% falling
52 Malawi 1.36 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 2.2% falling
53 Zambia 1.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 2.3% falling
54 Uganda 1.31 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.4% falling
55 Côte d'Ivoire 1.3 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 0.8% rising
56 Guinea 1.29 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 17.8% flat
57 Ethiopia 1.24 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 29.5% falling
58 El Salvador 1.23 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.5% flat
59 Angola 1.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 14.3% falling
60 Libya 1.18 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.1% rising
61 Myanmar 1.17 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 20.4% falling
61 Solomon Islands 1.17 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 24.5% falling
63 Guatemala 1.14 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 33.7% falling
64 Armenia 1.13 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 13.0% falling
64 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.13 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.3% falling
66 Gambia 1.12 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 28.7% falling
66 Liberia 1.12 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.8% flat
68 Nigeria 1.11 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 4.7% falling
69 North Macedonia 1.1 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 14.6% falling
70 Antigua and Barbuda 1.09 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 5,955.6% volatile
71 Senegal 1.08 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 26.5% falling
72 Peru 1.07 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.5% falling
72 Slovakia 1.07 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 16.3% falling
74 Latvia 1.04 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 49.8% volatile
75 Bulgaria 1.02 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 15.9% falling
76 Vanuatu 1.01 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.9% falling
77 Ghana 0.99 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.8% falling
77 Malaysia 0.99 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 12.5% falling
79 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.97 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 25.4% falling
80 Botswana 0.96 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 41.5% falling
80 Kyrgyzstan 0.96 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 33.3% volatile
82 Czechia 0.87 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 43.9% falling
83 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.83 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 34.1% falling
84 Morocco 0.82 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 27.4% falling
85 Papua New Guinea 0.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 17.5% falling
86 Gabon 0.78 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 31.0% falling
86 Honduras 0.78 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 1.3% falling
88 Congo 0.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.7% falling
88 Uzbekistan 0.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 37.8% volatile
90 United States of America 0.7 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 27.3% rising
91 Equatorial Guinea 0.66 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 14.3% falling
92 Mauritania 0.65 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 7.1% falling
93 Algeria 0.64 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.9% falling
94 Cambodia 0.63 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 7.4% flat
95 Hungary 0.62 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.1% falling
95 Thailand 0.62 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 59.0% rising
97 Sao Tome and Principe 0.59 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 31.4% falling
98 Germany 0.58 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 222.2% volatile
98 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.58 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 52.6% rising
100 Mexico 0.57 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 29.6% falling
101 Chile 0.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 1.8% falling
101 Haiti 0.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.1% falling
101 Uruguay 0.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 9.8% falling
104 Azerbaijan 0.53 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 44.8% falling
104 Samoa 0.53 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.2% falling
106 Belgium 0.52 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.3% falling
106 Kuwait 0.52 per 100,000 male population 2021 unchanged falling
108 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.51 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 25.0% falling
109 Cape Verde 0.5 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 2.0% flat
109 Qatar 0.5 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 51.0% falling
111 Tunisia 0.49 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 37.2% falling
112 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.48 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.8% falling
113 Finland 0.47 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 69.9% falling
114 Spain 0.46 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 34.3% falling
115 France 0.45 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.3% falling
115 Türkiye 0.45 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 29.7% rising
117 Montenegro 0.43 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 27.1% falling
118 Slovenia 0.41 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.0% falling
118 Timor-Leste 0.41 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.8% flat
120 Indonesia 0.4 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 42.0% falling
120 Ireland 0.4 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 85.2% volatile
120 Italy 0.4 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 9.1% falling
120 Turkmenistan 0.4 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.1% volatile
124 Republic of Korea 0.39 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 20.4% falling
124 Serbia 0.39 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 29.1% falling
126 Argentina 0.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 50.6% falling
126 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 18.8% rising
126 Norway 0.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 58.3% rising
126 Portugal 0.38 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 137.5% flat
130 Canada 0.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 14.6% falling
130 Panama 0.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 16.7% volatile
130 Saudi Arabia 0.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 40.7% falling
133 Fiji 0.34 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.0% falling
134 Jordan 0.33 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 47.6% falling
135 Dominican Republic 0.32 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 33.3% rising
136 Colombia 0.31 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 121.4% rising
136 Philippines 0.31 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 24.0% falling
138 Syrian Arab Republic 0.29 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 29.3% volatile
139 Sri Lanka 0.28 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 28.2% falling
139 New Zealand 0.28 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.2% falling
141 Seychelles 0.26 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 55.9% falling
142 Bahrain 0.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 21.9% falling
142 Japan 0.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 54.5% falling
144 Puerto Rico 0.24 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 14.3% volatile
145 Albania 0.23 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 46.5% falling
146 Switzerland 0.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 37.5% rising
146 Greece 0.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 26.7% falling
146 Nicaragua 0.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 42.1% falling
146 Sweden 0.22 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.3% falling
150 United Arab Emirates 0.21 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 36.4% falling
150 Austria 0.21 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.2% falling
150 Croatia 0.21 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 63.8% falling
150 Paraguay 0.21 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 61.5% rising
154 Bahamas 0.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.7% falling
154 Belize 0.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 52.4% falling
154 Cyprus 0.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 90.3% volatile
154 Egypt 0.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 37.5% falling
154 Palestine, State of 0.2 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 28.6% falling
159 Brazil 0.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 72.7% rising
159 Iraq 0.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 29.6% falling
159 Lebanon 0.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 9.5% falling
159 Suriname 0.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 17.4% falling
163 Costa Rica 0.18 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 33.3% falling
163 Malta 0.18 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 20.0% volatile
165 Cuba 0.17 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 10.5% falling
165 India 0.17 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 39.3% falling
167 Australia 0.16 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 40.7% volatile
167 Saint Lucia 0.16 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 11.1% falling
167 Luxembourg 0.16 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 79.2% volatile
170 Bangladesh 0.15 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 37.5% falling
171 Pakistan 0.14 per 100,000 male population 2021 unchanged falling
172 Barbados 0.11 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.4% falling
172 Maldives 0.11 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 52.2% falling
174 Jamaica 0.098 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 1.0% volatile
175 Bhutan 0.097 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 25.4% falling
176 Trinidad and Tobago 0.086 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.2% falling
177 Israel 0.059 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 3.5% volatile
178 Netherlands 0.047 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 63.8% falling
179 Oman 0.043 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 57.0% falling
180 Guyana 0.039 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 31.6% volatile
181 Iceland 0.003 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 99.8% volatile
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.003 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 66.7% volatile
183 Brunei Darussalam 0.002 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 99.3% volatile
184 Denmark 0.0005 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 99.9% falling
185 Singapore 0.0002 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 99.7% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
Unit
per 100,000 male 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 male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male 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.