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

Countries reporting
184
Highest
4.15
Republic of Moldova
Lowest
0.0001
Singapore
Median
0.4927
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312

What the numbers show

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 4.15 in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 0.0001 in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4927, and the mean is 0.7669.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38,826.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 137 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 1,621.5%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 99.9%).

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Moldova 4.15 2021 down 27.6% falling
2 Zimbabwe 3.5 2021 up 1.5% rising
3 Lesotho 3.49 2021 up 4.3% rising
4 Somalia 3.17 2021 up 21.7% rising
5 Mongolia 2.99 2021 down 3.2% falling
6 Eswatini 2.96 2021 up 14.7% rising
7 Nepal 2.93 2021 down 10.2% falling
8 Russian Federation 2.75 2021 down 49.1% falling
9 Afghanistan 2.5 2021 down 13.1% falling
10 Burundi 2.26 2021 down 5.6% rising
11 Eritrea 2.1 2021 down 8.6% falling
12 Ukraine 2.05 2021 down 31.1% volatile
13 Romania 1.92 2021 down 22.4% falling
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.87 2021 down 5.9% flat
15 Kiribati 1.72 2021 down 9.1% rising
16 South Africa 1.69 2021 up 1.8% rising
17 Grenada 1.69 2021 up 243.0% volatile
18 South Sudan 1.61 2021 up 40.3% rising
19 Burkina Faso 1.58 2021 up 13.6% rising
20 Belarus 1.58 2021 down 59.8% falling
21 Niger 1.56 2021 up 4.9% rising
22 Yemen 1.55 2021 up 7.5% falling
23 Djibouti 1.51 2021 up 1.1% rising
24 Kenya 1.49 2021 down 7.8% rising
25 Mozambique 1.47 2021 down 3.4% rising
26 China 1.47 2021 down 23.8% flat
27 Estonia 1.42 2021 up 15.3% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 1.42 2021 down 51.0% falling
29 Namibia 1.38 2021 up 18.0% rising
30 Comoros 1.38 2021 down 8.5% falling
31 Madagascar 1.37 2021 down 9.4% flat
32 Central African Republic 1.36 2021 down 14.9% flat
33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.31 2021 down 8.4% flat
34 Rwanda 1.3 2021 down 6.4% falling
35 Tonga 1.26 2021 down 17.6% falling
36 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.26 2021 down 10.1% rising
37 Sierra Leone 1.24 2021 up 3.7% rising
38 Mali 1.24 2021 down 9.1% flat
39 Poland 1.22 2021 up 71.0% falling
40 Zambia 1.18 2021 up 12.9% falling
41 Chad 1.17 2021 down 18.6% rising
42 Lithuania 1.17 2021 down 68.6% falling
43 Ethiopia 1.16 2021 down 21.5% falling
44 Sudan 1.16 2021 down 25.9% falling
45 Uganda 1.14 2021 up 0.1% falling
46 Malawi 1.13 2021 down 7.4% falling
47 Togo 1.11 2021 up 0.5% rising
48 Georgia 1.11 2021 up 864.6% volatile
49 North Macedonia 1.09 2021 up 90.1% rising
50 Benin 1.08 2021 down 14.4% falling
51 Cameroon 1.07 2021 down 11.6% flat
52 Nigeria 1.07 2021 up 12.1% rising
53 Botswana 1.05 2021 down 43.7% falling
54 Guinea-Bissau 1.03 2021 down 7.4% falling
55 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 2021 down 6.0% falling
56 Ecuador 1.03 2021 up 62.8% rising
57 Angola 0.9944 2021 down 10.7% falling
58 Guinea 0.9884 2021 down 13.1% rising
59 Côte d'Ivoire 0.9723 2021 up 3.3% rising
60 Myanmar 0.9299 2021 down 20.8% falling
61 Armenia 0.8971 2021 up 49.0% falling
62 Tajikistan 0.8915 2021 down 18.0% falling
63 Libya 0.884 2021 down 16.8% rising
64 Viet Nam 0.8802 2021 down 14.9% rising
65 Ghana 0.8717 2021 down 11.2% falling
66 Liberia 0.8274 2021 down 18.2% rising
67 Gambia 0.8268 2021 down 29.5% falling
68 Mauritius 0.8193 2021 up 10.7% volatile
69 Guatemala 0.8155 2021 down 30.5% falling
70 Senegal 0.8077 2021 down 28.5% falling
71 Latvia 0.8044 2021 down 36.9% volatile
72 El Salvador 0.7727 2021 down 18.0% falling
73 Peru 0.7652 2021 down 11.3% falling
74 Bulgaria 0.7329 2021 up 3.4% falling
75 Morocco 0.7108 2021 down 27.4% falling
76 Kyrgyzstan 0.7049 2021 down 25.4% volatile
77 Malaysia 0.6548 2021 up 7.2% falling
78 Gabon 0.6388 2021 down 28.6% falling
79 Equatorial Guinea 0.6373 2021 down 18.7% falling
80 Solomon Islands 0.6364 2021 down 25.2% falling
81 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.6238 2021 down 34.4% falling
82 Congo 0.5998 2021 down 26.0% falling
83 Uzbekistan 0.5841 2021 down 25.8% volatile
84 Slovakia 0.5804 2021 down 6.1% falling
85 Czechia 0.57 2021 down 43.3% falling
86 Vanuatu 0.5451 2021 down 14.8% falling
87 United States of America 0.5282 2021 up 21.2% rising
88 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5224 2021 up 1,621.5% volatile
89 Honduras 0.5126 2021 down 7.8% falling
90 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.5113 2021 down 25.8% falling
91 Algeria 0.5076 2021 down 18.2% falling
92 Mauritania 0.4991 2021 down 6.1% falling
93 Haiti 0.4863 2021 down 22.7% falling
94 Uruguay 0.4587 2021 down 6.9% falling
95 Hungary 0.4576 2021 down 17.6% falling
96 Papua New Guinea 0.4417 2021 down 19.1% falling
97 Belgium 0.4237 2021 down 5.4% falling
98 Chile 0.4194 2021 down 1.5% falling
99 Cambodia 0.4149 2021 down 8.4% falling
100 Azerbaijan 0.4123 2021 down 39.7% falling
101 Qatar 0.4103 2021 down 51.8% falling
102 Germany 0.4007 2021 up 222.1% rising
103 Tunisia 0.4005 2021 down 32.0% falling
104 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3994 2021 up 51.5% rising
105 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3925 2021 down 34.9% falling
106 Mexico 0.3925 2021 down 32.1% falling
107 Thailand 0.3841 2021 up 55.7% rising
108 Finland 0.3796 2021 down 60.4% falling
109 Kuwait 0.3673 2021 down 15.8% falling
110 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3473 2021 down 15.3% falling
111 Seychelles 0.3449 2021 down 31.7% falling
112 France 0.3439 2021 down 4.1% falling
113 Spain 0.3406 2021 down 21.3% falling
114 Türkiye 0.338 2021 down 29.8% falling
115 Portugal 0.3276 2021 up 114.7% flat
116 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3266 2021 up 20.0% rising
117 Montenegro 0.3249 2021 down 22.5% falling
118 Jordan 0.321 2021 down 46.6% falling
119 Serbia 0.3187 2021 down 22.3% falling
120 Turkmenistan 0.3113 2021 down 15.2% volatile
121 Italy 0.3071 2021 up 6.0% falling
122 Sao Tome and Principe 0.306 2021 down 32.3% falling
123 Canada 0.299 2021 down 4.0% falling
124 Saudi Arabia 0.2988 2021 down 39.9% falling
125 Timor-Leste 0.2975 2021 down 14.5% flat
126 Samoa 0.2971 2021 down 12.8% falling
127 Cyprus 0.2908 2021 down 74.6% volatile
128 Cape Verde 0.2897 2021 down 2.1% falling
129 Croatia 0.2885 2021 down 34.6% falling
130 Norway 0.2881 2021 up 29.8% rising
131 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2788 2021 down 30.2% volatile
132 Argentina 0.2728 2021 down 52.8% falling
133 Puerto Rico 0.2705 2021 up 75.3% volatile
134 Dominican Republic 0.2692 2021 up 30.9% rising
135 Ireland 0.2649 2021 down 83.7% volatile
136 Republic of Korea 0.2486 2021 down 29.5% falling
137 Indonesia 0.2266 2021 down 40.4% falling
138 Philippines 0.2265 2021 up 37.4% falling
139 Slovenia 0.2212 2021 down 60.1% falling
140 Belize 0.2124 2021 down 39.4% falling
141 Albania 0.2091 2021 down 53.5% falling
142 Egypt 0.2072 2021 down 36.7% falling
143 Panama 0.2036 2021 down 16.9% volatile
144 Fiji 0.203 2021 down 17.1% falling
145 New Zealand 0.2015 2021 down 12.3% falling
146 Bahrain 0.1951 2021 down 21.0% falling
147 Greece 0.1946 2021 up 10.9% falling
148 Colombia 0.1904 2021 up 86.5% flat
149 Iraq 0.1885 2021 down 28.5% falling
150 Austria 0.1758 2021 down 13.8% falling
151 Japan 0.1756 2021 down 51.0% falling
152 Sri Lanka 0.1742 2021 down 28.0% falling
153 Paraguay 0.1694 2021 up 78.6% flat
154 Lebanon 0.1604 2021 down 4.2% falling
155 Bahamas 0.1561 2021 down 12.5% falling
156 United Arab Emirates 0.152 2021 down 38.8% falling
157 Sweden 0.1509 2021 down 10.5% falling
158 Saint Lucia 0.1447 2021 down 0.2% falling
159 Palestine, State of 0.1442 2021 down 29.2% falling
160 Nicaragua 0.1427 2021 down 33.8% falling
161 Brazil 0.1351 2021 up 56.8% rising
162 Costa Rica 0.1336 2021 down 14.7% flat
163 Bangladesh 0.1234 2021 down 23.4% falling
164 Switzerland 0.1229 2021 up 20.9% falling
165 India 0.1226 2021 down 37.8% falling
166 Pakistan 0.1224 2021 up 1.2% falling
167 Cuba 0.122 2021 down 1.4% falling
168 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1171 2021 down 6.8% falling
169 Australia 0.1151 2021 down 50.6% falling
170 Barbados 0.1113 2021 down 11.3% falling
171 Jamaica 0.0986 2021 down 0.8% falling
172 Malta 0.0928 2021 up 27.5% volatile
173 Luxembourg 0.0809 2021 down 81.0% volatile
174 Netherlands 0.0803 2021 down 33.8% falling
175 Bhutan 0.0764 2021 down 25.1% falling
176 Guyana 0.0745 2021 down 5.5% falling
177 Maldives 0.0723 2021 down 50.2% falling
178 Israel 0.0416 2021 up 43.9% volatile
179 Oman 0.0365 2021 down 54.9% falling
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0042 2021 down 98.7% volatile
181 Iceland 0.0023 2021 down 99.7% volatile
182 Brunei Darussalam 0.0021 2021 down 98.6% volatile
183 Denmark 0.0005 2021 down 99.9% falling
184 Singapore 0.0001 2021 down 99.8% volatile

Regions and income groups

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 (per 100 000 population)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 4,312 data points, 2000–2021
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