Which country has the highest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate?

Guinea has the highest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate in 2021, at 37.4 per 100k, followed by Libya (34.0 per 100k) and Haiti (31.3 per 100k).

Which country has the lowest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate?

Maldives has the lowest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate in 2021, at 1.3 per 100k.

What is the median Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate across countries?

The median is 12.2 per 100k across the 188 countries with data in 2021.

Where does this road deaths by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Road traffic deaths - WHO; List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wiki; Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population) - WHO.

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Road Deaths by Country

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Guinea has the highest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate in 2021 (37.4 per 100k), followed by Libya (34.0 per 100k) and Haiti (31.3 per 100k). Maldives has the lowest (1.3 per 100k).

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Median

12.2 per 100k

Middle half 7.3 per 100k – 17.9 per 100k

Average

13.3 per 100k

188 countries

Lowest (best)

1.3 per 100k

Maldives

Highest (worst)

37.4 per 100k

Guinea

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191 countries · # = rank by Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate

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1	Maldives	1.3 per 100k	7
2	Norway	1.5 per 100k	82
3	Singapore	1.9 per 100k	110
3	Malta	1.9 per 100k	10
5	Sweden	2.1 per 100k	217
6	Denmark	2.3 per 100k	134
7	United Kingdom	2.4 per 100k	1,606
7	Switzerland	2.4 per 100k	206
7	Iceland	2.4 per 100k	9
10	Andorra	2.5 per 100k	2
11	Japan	2.7 per 100k	3,304
12	Ireland	2.8 per 100k	141
13	Germany	3.3 per 100k	2,778
14	Netherlands	3.4 per 100k	600
15	Spain	3.5 per 100k	1,653
16	Brunei	3.6 per 100k	16
17	Cyprus	3.9 per 100k	49
17	Luxembourg	3.9 per 100k	25
19	Israel	4.2 per 100k	375
19	Finland	4.2 per 100k	232
21	Estonia	4.4 per 100k	59
22	Australia	4.5 per 100k	1,163
23	Belgium	4.6 per 100k	532
23	Austria	4.6 per 100k	409
25	France	4.7 per 100k	3,035
25	Canada	4.7 per 100k	1,805
25	Palestine	4.7 per 100k	239
28	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.8 per 100k	5
29	Italy	5.0 per 100k	2,964
29	Trinidad and Tobago	5.0 per 100k	77
31	Czechia	5.2 per 100k	548
32	Fiji	5.3 per 100k	49
33	Cuba	5.4 per 100k	613
34	North Macedonia	5.7 per 100k	120
35	Slovenia	5.8 per 100k	122
36	United Arab Emirates	5.9 per 100k	557
36	San Marino	5.9 per 100k	2
38	Kiribati	6.2 per 100k	8
39	Lithuania	6.3 per 100k	175
40	Slovakia	6.4 per 100k	346
40	Grenada	6.4 per 100k	8
42	Turkey	6.5 per 100k	5,528
42	Poland	6.5 per 100k	2,474
44	New Zealand	6.6 per 100k	338
44	Seychelles	6.6 per 100k	7
46	South Korea	6.9 per 100k	3,570
47	Portugal	7.2 per 100k	736
48	Greece	7.3 per 100k	762
48	Panama	7.3 per 100k	316
48	Qatar	7.3 per 100k	197
51	Hungary	7.4 per 100k	718
51	Belarus	7.4 per 100k	706
51	Serbia	7.4 per 100k	537
54	Antigua and Barbuda	7.5 per 100k	7
55	Turkmenistan	8.0 per 100k	509
55	Nauru	8.0 per 100k	1
57	Croatia	8.1 per 100k	328
57	Bahrain	8.1 per 100k	118
59	Bulgaria	8.4 per 100k	578
59	Republic of the Congo	8.4 per 100k	488
61	Tonga	8.5 per 100k	9
62	Argentina	8.8 per 100k	3,983
63	Saint Lucia	8.9 per 100k	16
64	Moldova	9.1 per 100k	278
64	Montenegro	9.1 per 100k	57
66	Kuwait	9.2 per 100k	389
67	Uzbekistan	9.3 per 100k	3,155
68	Egypt	9.4 per 100k	10,263
69	Mauritania	9.5 per 100k	438
70	Romania	9.6 per 100k	1,856
70	Samoa	9.6 per 100k	21
72	Philippines	9.7 per 100k	11,062
72	Lebanon	9.7 per 100k	544
72	Mauritius	9.7 per 100k	126
75	Latvia	9.8 per 100k	183
76	Barbados	10.0 per 100k	28
77	Chile	10.3 per 100k	2,009
78	Ukraine	10.5 per 100k	4,558
79	Russia	10.6 per 100k	15,335
79	Cameroon	10.6 per 100k	1,805
81	Albania	10.8 per 100k	309
82	Oman	11.0 per 100k	497
82	Dominica	11.0 per 100k	8
84	Solomon Islands	11.2 per 100k	79
85	Indonesia	11.3 per 100k	31,063
86	Sri Lanka	11.5 per 100k	2,513
87	Rwanda	11.6 per 100k	1,563
88	Eritrea	11.7 per 100k	640
88	Equatorial Guinea	11.7 per 100k	192
88	Sao Tome and Principe	11.7 per 100k	26
91	Pakistan	11.9 per 100k	27,568
92	Mexico	12.0 per 100k	15,267
92	Timor-Leste	12.0 per 100k	159
94	Kazakhstan	12.2 per 100k	2,340
94	Bhutan	12.2 per 100k	95
96	Burundi	12.3 per 100k	1,546
97	Mongolia	12.4 per 100k	414
98	Puerto Rico	12.5 per 100k	407
98	Gabon	12.5 per 100k	293
98	Vanuatu	12.5 per 100k	40
101	Guatemala	12.6 per 100k	2,221
102	Peru	12.7 per 100k	4,284
102	Georgia	12.7 per 100k	476
104	Uruguay	13.0 per 100k	447
105	Venezuela	13.2 per 100k	3,718
106	Kyrgyzstan	13.3 per 100k	869
107	Jordan	13.6 per 100k	1,514
107	Nicaragua	13.6 per 100k	932
107	Armenia	13.6 per 100k	379
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.7 per 100k	447
111	Sierra Leone	13.8 per 100k	1,165
112	Malaysia	13.9 per 100k	4,680
112	Tajikistan	13.9 per 100k	1,352
114	Micronesia	14.1 per 100k	16
115	United States	14.2 per 100k	47,750
116	India	14.6 per 100k	205,894
117	Papua New Guinea	14.9 per 100k	1,483
118	Angola	15.0 per 100k	5,188
119	Guyana	15.2 per 100k	122
120	Liberia	15.3 per 100k	794
121	Costa Rica	15.5 per 100k	798
122	Brazil	15.7 per 100k	33,586
123	Tanzania	15.8 per 100k	10,052
124	Uganda	16.0 per 100k	7,315
125	Colombia	16.2 per 100k	8,341
125	Suriname	16.2 per 100k	99
125	Bahamas	16.2 per 100k	66
128	DR Congo	16.3 per 100k	15,615
128	Tunisia	16.3 per 100k	2,004
130	Laos	16.4 per 100k	1,217
131	Botswana	16.5 per 100k	426
132	Zambia	17.1 per 100k	3,338
133	Nigeria	17.2 per 100k	36
133	Azerbaijan	17.2 per 100k	1,769
135	China	17.4 per 100k	248,009
136	Belize	17.5 per 100k	70
137	Bolivia	17.6 per 100k	2,127
137	Cook Islands	17.6 per 100k	3
139	Ethiopia	17.7 per 100k	21,258
139	Vietnam	17.7 per 100k	17,229
141	Jamaica	17.8 per 100k	502
142	Algeria	18.3 per 100k	8,106
143	Saudi Arabia	18.5 per 100k	6,651
143	Honduras	18.5 per 100k	1,904
145	Bangladesh	18.6 per 100k	31,578
146	Cambodia	18.8 per 100k	3,113
147	Myanmar	19.3 per 100k	10,405
148	Sudan	19.6 per 100k	8,967
149	Mali	20.2 per 100k	4,429
149	Malawi	20.2 per 100k	4,023
149	Somalia	20.2 per 100k	3,440
152	Iran	20.6 per 100k	18,156
152	Ivory Coast	20.6 per 100k	5,670
154	Senegal	20.8 per 100k	3,502
155	Paraguay	21.0 per 100k	1,405
156	Iraq	21.5 per 100k	9,344
156	El Salvador	21.5 per 100k	1,358
158	Lesotho	21.6 per 100k	492
159	Namibia	22.0 per 100k	557
159	Gambia	22.0 per 100k	582
161	Palau	22.2 per 100k	4
162	Madagascar	22.5 per 100k	6,512
163	Togo	22.7 per 100k	1,961
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	23.1 per 100k	11
165	South Sudan	23.3 per 100k	2,500
165	Djibouti	23.3 per 100k	258
167	Ecuador	23.4 per 100k	4,173
168	Afghanistan	24.1 per 100k	9,684
169	South Africa	24.5 per 100k	14,528
170	Eswatini	24.7 per 100k	295
171	Benin	24.8 per 100k	3,225
172	Niger	24.9 per 100k	6,278
173	Thailand	25.4 per 100k	18,218
174	Ghana	25.9 per 100k	8,494
174	Central African Republic	25.9 per 100k	1,412
176	Chad	26.4 per 100k	4,533
177	Dominican Republic	27.4 per 100k	3,048
178	Burkina Faso	27.8 per 100k	6,137
179	Kenya	28.2 per 100k	14,926
179	Nepal	28.2 per 100k	8,479
181	Comoros	29.0 per 100k	238
182	Yemen	29.8 per 100k	9,821
183	Syria	29.9 per 100k	6,383
183	Zimbabwe	29.9 per 100k	4,782
185	Guinea-Bissau	30.5 per 100k	629
186	Haiti	31.3 per 100k	3,579
187	Libya	34.0 per 100k	2,287
188	Guinea	37.4 per 100k	5,061
—	Morocco	—	6,900
—	Mozambique	—	6,451
—	Cape Verde	—	97

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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate?: Guinea has the highest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate in 2021, at 37.4 per 100k, followed by Libya (34.0 per 100k) and Haiti (31.3 per 100k).
Which country has the lowest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate?: Maldives has the lowest Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate in 2021, at 1.3 per 100k.
What is the median Estimated Road Traffic Death Rate across countries?: The median is 12.2 per 100k across the 188 countries with data in 2021.
Where does this road deaths by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Road traffic deaths - WHO; List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wiki; Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population) - WHO.

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