Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
Compare mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) across 185 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2021.
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Key Insights
- •185 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Moldova, Republic of has the highest published value (4.15 per 100,000 people).
- •Singapore has the lowest published value (0.0001 per 100,000 people).
Country Rankings
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Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.8per 100,000 people)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 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.
Values use one fixed 2021 reference year from World Development Indicators series SH.STA.POIS.P5. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 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.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova, Republic of | 4.2per 100,000 people |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 3.5per 100,000 people |
| 3 | Lesotho | 3.5per 100,000 people |
| 4 | Somalia | 3.2per 100,000 people |
| 5 | Mongolia | 3.0per 100,000 people |
| 6 | Eswatini | 3.0per 100,000 people |
| 7 | Nepal | 2.9per 100,000 people |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 2.8per 100,000 people |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 2.5per 100,000 people |
| 10 | Burundi | 2.3per 100,000 people |
| 11 | Eritrea | 2.1per 100,000 people |
| 12 | Ukraine | 2.1per 100,000 people |
| 13 | Romania | 1.9per 100,000 people |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.9per 100,000 people |
| 15 | Kiribati | 1.7per 100,000 people |
| 16 | Grenada | 1.7per 100,000 people |
| 17 | South Africa | 1.7per 100,000 people |
| 18 | South Sudan | 1.6per 100,000 people |
| 19 | Belarus | 1.6per 100,000 people |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 1.6per 100,000 people |
| 21 | Niger | 1.6per 100,000 people |
| 22 | Yemen | 1.6per 100,000 people |
| 23 | Djibouti | 1.5per 100,000 people |
| 24 | Kenya | 1.5per 100,000 people |
| 25 | People's Republic of China | 1.5per 100,000 people |
| 26 | Mozambique | 1.5per 100,000 people |
| 27 | Estonia | 1.4per 100,000 people |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 1.4per 100,000 people |
| 29 | Comoros | 1.4per 100,000 people |
| 30 | Namibia | 1.4per 100,000 people |
| 31 | Madagascar | 1.4per 100,000 people |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 1.4per 100,000 people |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.3per 100,000 people |
| 34 | Rwanda | 1.3per 100,000 people |
| 35 | North Korea | 1.3per 100,000 people |
| 36 | Tonga | 1.3per 100,000 people |
| 37 | Mali | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 39 | Poland | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 40 | Zambia | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 41 | Chad | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 42 | Lithuania | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 44 | Sudan | 1.2per 100,000 people |
| 45 | Uganda | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 46 | Malawi | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 47 | Georgia | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 48 | Togo | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 49 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 50 | Benin | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 51 | Cameroon | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 52 | Nigeria | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 53 | Botswana | 1.1per 100,000 people |
| 54 | Ecuador | 1.0per 100,000 people |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.0per 100,000 people |
| 56 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.0per 100,000 people |
| 57 | Guinea | 1.0per 100,000 people |
| 58 | Angola | 1.0per 100,000 people |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.0per 100,000 people |
| 60 | Myanmar | 0.9per 100,000 people |
| 61 | Armenia | 0.9per 100,000 people |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.9per 100,000 people |
| 63 | Libya | 0.9per 100,000 people |
| 64 | Vietnam | 0.9per 100,000 people |
| 65 | Ghana | 0.9per 100,000 people |
| 66 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 67 | Liberia | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 68 | Guatemala | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 69 | Mauritius | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 70 | Senegal | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 71 | Latvia | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 73 | Peru | 0.8per 100,000 people |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 0.7per 100,000 people |
| 75 | Morocco | 0.7per 100,000 people |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7per 100,000 people |
| 77 | Malaysia | 0.7per 100,000 people |
| 78 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 79 | Gabon | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 81 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 82 | Republic of the Congo | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 83 | Slovakia | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 85 | Czech Republic | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 0.6per 100,000 people |
| 87 | United States of America | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 89 | Honduras | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 90 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 91 | Algeria | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 92 | Mauritania | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 93 | Haiti | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 94 | Hungary | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 95 | Uruguay | 0.5per 100,000 people |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 97 | Chile | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 98 | Belgium | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 99 | Cambodia | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 100 | Qatar | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 102 | Germany | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 103 | Tunisia | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 104 | Venezuela | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 105 | Mexico | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 106 | Bolivia | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 107 | Finland | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 108 | Thailand | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 109 | Kuwait | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 110 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4per 100,000 people |
| 111 | France | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 112 | Seychelles | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 113 | Spain | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 114 | Türkiye | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 115 | Portugal | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 117 | Jordan | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 118 | Montenegro | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 119 | Serbia | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 120 | Italy | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 123 | Canada | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 124 | Timor-Leste | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 126 | Samoa | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 128 | Croatia | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 129 | Cyprus | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 130 | Norway | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 131 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 134 | Argentina | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 135 | Ireland | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 136 | South Korea | 0.3per 100,000 people |
| 137 | Indonesia | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 138 | Philippines | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 139 | Slovenia | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 140 | Suriname | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 141 | Egypt | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 142 | Albania | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 143 | Belize | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 144 | Fiji | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 145 | New Zealand | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 146 | Panama | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 147 | Bahrain | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 148 | Colombia | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 149 | Greece | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 150 | Iraq | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 151 | Japan | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 152 | Austria | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 154 | Paraguay | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 155 | Lebanon | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 156 | Bahamas | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2per 100,000 people |
| 159 | State of Palestine | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 162 | Brazil | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 163 | Costa Rica | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 164 | Cuba | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 165 | India | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 166 | Pakistan | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 167 | Switzerland | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 169 | Australia | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 171 | Barbados | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 172 | Jamaica | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 173 | Malta | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 175 | Netherlands | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 176 | Bhutan | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 177 | Guyana | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 178 | Maldives | 0.1per 100,000 people |
| 179 | Israel | 0.0per 100,000 people |
| 180 | Oman | 0.0per 100,000 people |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0per 100,000 people |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.0per 100,000 people |
| 183 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0per 100,000 people |
| 184 | Denmark | 0.0per 100,000 people |
| 185 | Singapore | 0.0per 100,000 people |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2021).
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