social2023

Drowning

Name: Drowning
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, drowning

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.6%

Median: 0.5%

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

Papua New Guinea

2.1%

Lowest

Andorra

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Papua New Guinea2.1%

2Niger1.9%

3Burundi1.6%

4Haiti1.6%

5Eritrea1.6%

By Region

Other0.7%(124 countries)

Africa0.7%(9 countries)

Asia0.5%(26 countries)

South America0.3%(7 countries)

North America0.2%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (2.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.6%)

Other (124)

Africa (9)

Asia (26)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Papua New Guinea	2.1%
2	Niger	1.9%
3	Burundi	1.6%
4	Haiti	1.6%
5	Eritrea	1.6%
6	Angola	1.6%
7	Senegal	1.5%
8	Nauru	1.4%
9	Vietnam	1.4%
10	Northern Mariana Islands	1.4%
11	Cambodia	1.4%
12	South Sudan	1.3%
13	Solomon Islands	1.3%
14	Belize	1.3%
15	Timor-Leste	1.3%
16	Micronesia, Federated States of	1.2%
17	Cape Verde	1.2%
18	Cote d'Ivoire	1.2%
19	Vanuatu	1.2%
20	Seychelles	1.2%
21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.1%
22	Rwanda	1.1%
23	Guinea-Bissau	1.1%
24	Benin	1.1%
25	Guyana	1.1%
26	Nepal	1.1%
27	Chad	1.0%
28	Guinea	1.0%
29	Namibia	1.0%
30	Madagascar	1.0%
31	Tajikistan	1.0%
32	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.0%
33	Liberia	1.0%
34	Equatorial Guinea	1.0%
35	Burkina Faso	1.0%
36	Afghanistan	1.0%
37	Djibouti	0.9%
38	Tuvalu	0.9%
39	Bahamas	0.9%
40	Mali	0.9%
41	Bangladesh	0.9%
42	American Samoa	0.9%
43	Maldives	0.9%
44	Somalia	0.9%
45	Ethiopia	0.9%
46	Samoa	0.9%
47	Zambia	0.9%
48	Palau	0.9%
49	Central African Republic	0.8%
50	Greenland	0.8%
51	Kenya	0.8%
52	Pakistan	0.8%
53	Mauritania	0.8%
54	Togo	0.8%
55	Malawi	0.8%
56	Uzbekistan	0.8%
57	Uganda	0.8%
58	Marshall Islands	0.8%
59	Sierra Leone	0.8%
60	Republic of the Congo	0.8%
61	Gabon	0.8%
62	Cameroon	0.8%
63	Thailand	0.7%
64	United Republic of Tanzania	0.7%
65	Qatar	0.7%
66	Republic of The Gambia	0.7%
67	Ghana	0.7%
68	Brunei Darussalam	0.7%
69	Yemen	0.7%
70	Philippines	0.7%
71	Myanmar	0.7%
72	Comoros	0.7%
73	Fiji	0.7%
74	Kyrgyzstan	0.7%
75	Saint Lucia	0.7%
76	Nicaragua	0.6%
77	United Arab Emirates	0.6%
78	Guam	0.6%
79	Mongolia	0.6%
80	Azerbaijan	0.6%
81	Mozambique	0.6%
82	Eswatini	0.6%
83	Bolivia	0.6%
84	Suriname	0.6%
85	Japan	0.6%
86	Panama	0.6%
87	Kiribati	0.6%
88	Bhutan	0.6%
89	Saudi Arabia	0.6%
90	Nigeria	0.5%
91	Costa Rica	0.5%
92	Grenada	0.5%
93	Sri Lanka	0.5%
94	Niue	0.5%
95	Tonga	0.5%
96	India	0.5%
97	Botswana	0.5%
98	Oman	0.5%
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.5%
100	Ecuador	0.5%
101	Kazakhstan	0.5%
102	Peru	0.5%
103	Sao Tome and Principe	0.5%
104	Iraq	0.5%
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.4%
106	Antigua and Barbuda	0.4%
107	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.4%
108	Cook Islands	0.4%
109	Turkmenistan	0.4%
110	Honduras	0.4%
111	Bermuda	0.4%
112	People's Republic of China	0.4%
113	Malaysia	0.4%
114	Dominican Republic	0.4%
115	Tokelau	0.4%
116	Brazil	0.4%
117	Latvia	0.4%
118	Dominica	0.4%
119	Indonesia	0.4%
120	Colombia	0.4%
121	North Korea	0.4%
122	Guatemala	0.4%
123	Belarus	0.4%
124	Paraguay	0.4%
125	Sudan	0.4%
126	Mauritius	0.4%
127	Algeria	0.3%
128	South Africa	0.3%
129	Lithuania	0.3%
130	Egypt	0.3%
131	El Salvador	0.3%
132	Morocco	0.3%
133	Ukraine	0.3%
134	Moldova, Republic of	0.3%
135	Barbados	0.3%
136	Trinidad and Tobago	0.3%
137	Jordan	0.3%
138	Cyprus	0.3%
139	Zimbabwe	0.3%
140	South Korea	0.3%
141	Russian Federation	0.3%
142	Taiwan, Province of China	0.3%
143	Lesotho	0.2%
144	Bahrain	0.2%
145	Mexico	0.2%
146	Venezuela	0.2%
147	Romania	0.2%
148	Greece	0.2%
149	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.2%
150	Chile	0.2%
151	Estonia	0.2%
152	Kuwait	0.2%
153	Slovakia	0.2%
154	Libya	0.2%
155	Monaco	0.2%
156	Albania	0.2%
157	Cuba	0.2%
158	Norway	0.2%
159	Singapore	0.2%
160	Finland	0.2%
161	Tunisia	0.2%
162	Armenia	0.2%
163	New Zealand	0.2%
164	Georgia	0.2%
165	Lebanon	0.2%
166	United States of America	0.1%
167	Poland	0.1%
168	Uruguay	0.1%
169	Ireland	0.1%
170	Jamaica	0.1%
171	France	0.1%
172	Iceland	0.1%
173	Argentina	0.1%
174	Montenegro	0.1%
175	Czech Republic	0.1%
176	Australia	0.1%
177	Türkiye	0.1%
178	Canada	0.1%
179	Bulgaria	0.1%
180	Spain	0.1%
181	State of Palestine	0.1%
182	Croatia	0.1%
183	Israel	0.1%
184	Malta	0.1%
185	Sweden	0.1%
186	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
187	Puerto Rico	0.1%
188	Hungary	0.1%
189	Serbia	0.1%
190	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.1%
191	Portugal	0.1%
192	Belgium	0.1%
193	Austria	0.1%
194	Slovenia	0.1%
195	Switzerland	0.1%
196	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1%
197	Denmark	0.1%
198	United Kingdom	0.1%
199	Netherlands	0.1%
200	Luxembourg	0.1%
201	Italy	0.0%
202	San Marino	0.0%
203	Germany	0.0%
204	Andorra	0.0%

Showing 204 of 204 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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