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Total (estimated) road traffic death rate (per 100,000 population)

Name: Total (estimated) road traffic death rate (per 100,000 population)
Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, road safety, transport, mortality, injuries, SDG 3.6, public health, traffic, deaths

Estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 people by country (WHO). Compare safety outcomes worldwide and track progress toward SDG road safety targets.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO)•168 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

15.0per 100,000 people

Median: 14.5per 100,000 people

Countries Covered

168

with available data

Highest

Country 180

33.7per 100,000 people

Lowest

Norway

2.6per 100,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1Country 18033.7per 100,000 people

2Thailand32.2per 100,000 people

3Country 72830.9per 100,000 people

4Country 12029.9per 100,000 people

5Country 83429.5per 100,000 people

By Region

Africa20.9per 100,000 people(9 countries)

Other18.0per 100,000 people(90 countries)

South America14.9per 100,000 people(7 countries)

Asia14.9per 100,000 people(24 countries)

North America11.1per 100,000 people(4 countries)

Key Findings

•Road traffic death rates vary by more than 10× between the safest and most dangerous settings.
•Several low- and middle-income countries have rates above 25 deaths per 100,000, indicating a very high injury burden.
•Some high-income countries cluster below ~5 deaths per 100,000, showing what is achievable with safer roads, vehicles, and enforcement.
•The indicator is central for monitoring progress toward reducing road traffic deaths (SDG 3.6).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.6per 100,000 people)High (33.7per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 15.0per 100,000 people)

Africa (9)

Other (90)

South America (7)

Asia (24)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the estimated number of deaths from road traffic injuries per 100,000 population in a given year. It is one of the most comparable global indicators of road safety because it is expressed as a rate (not a raw count), allowing meaningful comparison between countries of different sizes.

The World Health Organization (WHO) compiles and models these estimates using multiple inputs (e.g., vital registration, police data, health system records, and statistical adjustments for underreporting). It is widely used for tracking progress toward global road safety goals and identifying where interventions—safer infrastructure, speed management, safer vehicles, and enforcement—could save the most lives.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33.7per 100,000 people
2	Thailand	32.2per 100,000 people
3	South Sudan	30.9per 100,000 people
4	Cameroon	29.9per 100,000 people
5	United Republic of Tanzania	29.5per 100,000 people
6	Uganda	29.4per 100,000 people
7	Zimbabwe	29.3per 100,000 people
8	Sierra Leone	28.9per 100,000 people
9	Mozambique	28.4per 100,000 people
10	Kenya	28.2per 100,000 people
11	Niger	28.0per 100,000 people
12	Burundi	27.0per 100,000 people
13	Guinea	26.7per 100,000 people
14	Lesotho	26.7per 100,000 people
15	Ethiopia	26.6per 100,000 people
16	Eritrea	26.4per 100,000 people
17	Angola	26.0per 100,000 people
18	Namibia	25.9per 100,000 people
19	Syrian Arab Republic	25.8per 100,000 people
20	Republic of The Gambia	25.3per 100,000 people
21	Rwanda	25.2per 100,000 people
22	Guinea-Bissau	25.1per 100,000 people
23	Djibouti	25.0per 100,000 people
24	Burkina Faso	24.7per 100,000 people
25	Yemen	24.7per 100,000 people
26	Ghana	24.6per 100,000 people
27	Vietnam	24.5per 100,000 people
28	South Africa	24.5per 100,000 people
29	Zambia	24.5per 100,000 people
30	Benin	24.2per 100,000 people
31	Chad	23.6per 100,000 people
32	Madagascar	23.3per 100,000 people
33	Senegal	23.3per 100,000 people
34	Dominican Republic	23.0per 100,000 people
35	Malaysia	22.5per 100,000 people
36	Somalia	22.5per 100,000 people
37	Afghanistan	22.5per 100,000 people
38	Central African Republic	22.0per 100,000 people
39	Bolivia	21.8per 100,000 people
40	Malawi	21.6per 100,000 people
41	Eswatini	21.5per 100,000 people
42	Nigeria	21.4per 100,000 people
43	Republic of the Congo	21.2per 100,000 people
44	Vanuatu	20.6per 100,000 people
45	Togo	20.6per 100,000 people
46	Cote d'Ivoire	20.5per 100,000 people
47	Mauritania	20.5per 100,000 people
48	Gabon	20.3per 100,000 people
49	Ecuador	20.1per 100,000 people
50	Islamic Republic of Iran	20.0per 100,000 people
51	Myanmar	19.9per 100,000 people
52	Liberia	19.8per 100,000 people
53	Papua New Guinea	19.8per 100,000 people
54	Kazakhstan	19.0per 100,000 people
55	Libya	19.0per 100,000 people
56	Morocco	19.0per 100,000 people
57	Sudan	19.0per 100,000 people
58	Mali	18.7per 100,000 people
59	Timor-Leste	18.5per 100,000 people
60	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.2per 100,000 people
61	Barbados	18.2per 100,000 people
62	Belize	18.1per 100,000 people
63	Cambodia	17.8per 100,000 people
64	People's Republic of China	17.4per 100,000 people
65	Haiti	17.4per 100,000 people
66	Brunei Darussalam	17.4per 100,000 people
67	Iraq	17.3per 100,000 people
68	Venezuela	17.3per 100,000 people
69	Honduras	17.0per 100,000 people
70	India	16.6per 100,000 people
71	North Korea	16.1per 100,000 people
72	Botswana	16.0per 100,000 people
73	Uruguay	15.9per 100,000 people
74	Indonesia	15.7per 100,000 people
75	Oman	15.7per 100,000 people
76	Paraguay	15.4per 100,000 people
77	Bulgaria	15.3per 100,000 people
78	Bangladesh	15.3per 100,000 people
79	Colombia	15.2per 100,000 people
80	Nepal	15.2per 100,000 people
81	Brazil	15.2per 100,000 people
82	Nicaragua	15.0per 100,000 people
83	Comoros	14.8per 100,000 people
84	Suriname	14.7per 100,000 people
85	Pakistan	14.3per 100,000 people
86	Tajikistan	14.0per 100,000 people
87	Guatemala	13.9per 100,000 people
88	El Salvador	13.7per 100,000 people
89	Ukraine	13.7per 100,000 people
90	Lebanon	13.6per 100,000 people
91	Panama	13.6per 100,000 people
92	Bahrain	13.3per 100,000 people
93	Peru	13.1per 100,000 people
94	Austria	13.1per 100,000 people
95	Tunisia	13.0per 100,000 people
96	United States of America	12.9per 100,000 people
97	Chile	12.8per 100,000 people
98	Moldova, Republic of	12.6per 100,000 people
99	Saudi Arabia	12.6per 100,000 people
100	Egypt	12.6per 100,000 people
101	Georgia	12.3per 100,000 people
102	Philippines	12.3per 100,000 people
103	Argentina	12.3per 100,000 people
104	Costa Rica	12.1per 100,000 people
105	Mexico	12.1per 100,000 people
106	Andorra	12.1per 100,000 people
107	Russian Federation	12.0per 100,000 people
108	Trinidad and Tobago	12.0per 100,000 people
109	Kyrgyzstan	11.9per 100,000 people
110	Uzbekistan	11.7per 100,000 people
111	Mongolia	11.4per 100,000 people
112	Sri Lanka	11.0per 100,000 people
113	New Caledonia	10.9per 100,000 people
114	Cyprus	10.3per 100,000 people
115	Mauritius	10.3per 100,000 people
116	Romania	9.6per 100,000 people
117	Jordan	9.4per 100,000 people
118	Kuwait	8.9per 100,000 people
119	United Arab Emirates	8.9per 100,000 people
120	Montenegro	8.8per 100,000 people
121	Türkiye	8.7per 100,000 people
122	Solomon Islands	8.4per 100,000 people
123	Belarus	8.2per 100,000 people
124	Serbia	8.1per 100,000 people
125	Greece	7.6per 100,000 people
126	Poland	7.6per 100,000 people
127	Croatia	7.4per 100,000 people
128	Cuba	7.3per 100,000 people
129	Hungary	7.3per 100,000 people
130	Latvia	7.0per 100,000 people
131	Slovakia	7.0per 100,000 people
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.9per 100,000 people
133	Estonia	6.8per 100,000 people
134	South Korea	6.6per 100,000 people
135	Lithuania	6.6per 100,000 people
136	Bhutan	6.4per 100,000 people
137	Czech Republic	6.2per 100,000 people
138	Faroe Islands	6.1per 100,000 people
139	Fiji	6.1per 100,000 people
140	Portugal	6.1per 100,000 people
141	The Republic of North Macedonia	6.0per 100,000 people
142	Cape Verde	5.9per 100,000 people
143	New Zealand	5.6per 100,000 people
144	Algeria	5.6per 100,000 people
145	Belgium	5.6per 100,000 people
146	Canada	5.5per 100,000 people
147	Monaco	5.4per 100,000 people
148	France	5.3per 100,000 people
149	Italy	5.3per 100,000 people
150	Albania	5.2per 100,000 people
151	Luxembourg	5.1per 100,000 people
152	Armenia	5.1per 100,000 people
153	Slovenia	4.9per 100,000 people
154	Australia	4.5per 100,000 people
155	Spain	4.2per 100,000 people
156	Japan	4.1per 100,000 people
157	Finland	4.0per 100,000 people
158	Denmark	3.7per 100,000 people
159	Germany	3.7per 100,000 people
160	Israel	3.7per 100,000 people
161	Singapore	3.6per 100,000 people
162	Netherlands	3.5per 100,000 people
163	Ireland	2.9per 100,000 people
164	United Kingdom	2.9per 100,000 people
165	Sweden	2.8per 100,000 people
166	Switzerland	2.7per 100,000 people
167	Iceland	2.6per 100,000 people
168	Norway	2.6per 100,000 people

Showing 168 of 168 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #road safety #transport #mortality #injuries #SDG 3.6 #public health #traffic #deaths

Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (WHO) (2021).

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