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Road traffic deaths, per 100,000 people: ranking of countries
186 countries ranked by their latest value (2016–2019). Dominican Republic is highest at 64.6; San Marino is lowest at 0.0.
World 16.7 (2019)Median country 15.2186 countries
Road deaths: world and regions, 1994–2019
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Road deaths | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 64.6 | 2019 | |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.2 | 2019 | |
| 3 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.0 | 2019 | |
| 4 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.9 | 2019 | |
| 5 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.9 | 2019 | |
| 6 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.7 | 2019 | |
| 7 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.7 | 2019 | |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.9 | 2019 | |
| 9 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.5 | 2019 | |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.9 | 2019 | |
| 11 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.8 | 2019 | |
| 12 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.5 | 2019 | |
| 13 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.4 | 2019 | |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.0 | 2019 | |
| 15 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 33.0 | 2019 | |
| 16 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.4 | 2019 | |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.2 | 2019 | |
| 18 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 32.2 | 2019 | |
| 19 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.9 | 2019 | |
| 20 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.1 | 2019 | |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.0 | 2019 | |
| 22 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 30.6 | 2019 | |
| 23 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.2 | 2019 | |
| 24 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.0 | 2019 | |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 29.8 | 2019 | |
| 26 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.7 | 2019 | |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.7 | 2019 | |
| 28 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.6 | 2019 | |
| 29 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.4 | 2019 | |
| 30 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.4 | 2019 | |
| 31 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 29.4 | 2019 | |
| 32 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.2 | 2019 | |
| 33 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.7 | 2019 | |
| 34 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.3 | 2019 | |
| 35 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.2 | 2019 | |
| 36 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.9 | 2019 | |
| 37 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.4 | 2019 | |
| 38 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 27.3 | 2019 | |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.2 | 2019 | |
| 40 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.8 | 2019 | |
| 41 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.8 | 2019 | |
| 42 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.8 | 2019 | |
| 43 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.6 | 2019 | |
| 44 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.4 | 2019 | |
| 45 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.1 | 2019 | |
| 46 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.7 | 2019 | |
| 47 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.6 | 2019 | |
| 48 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.5 | 2019 | |
| 49 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 24.2 | 2019 | |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.1 | 2019 | |
| 51 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.9 | 2019 | |
| 52 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.5 | 2019 | |
| 53 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.5 | 2019 | |
| 54 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.9 | 2019 | |
| 55 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.7 | 2019 | |
| 56 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.6 | 2019 | |
| 57 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 22.5 | 2019 | |
| 58 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.3 | 2019 | |
| 59 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.2 | 2019 | |
| 60 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.0 | 2019 | |
| 61 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21.5 | 2019 | |
| 62 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21.3 | 2019 | |
| 63 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.1 | 2019 | |
| 64 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.0 | 2019 | |
| 65 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 20.9 | 2019 | |
| 66 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.9 | 2019 | |
| 67 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.7 | 2019 | |
| 68 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.5 | 2019 | |
| 69 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 20.4 | 2019 | |
| 70 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.1 | 2019 | |
| 71 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 20.0 | 2019 | |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 19.7 | 2019 | |
| 73 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 19.6 | 2019 | |
| 74 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.8 | 2019 | |
| 75 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 17.9 | 2019 | |
| 76 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 17.4 | 2019 | |
| 77 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17.0 | 2019 | |
| 78 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17.0 | 2019 | |
| 79 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.9 | 2019 | |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 16.5 | 2019 | |
| 81 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.5 | 2019 | |
| 82 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.4 | 2019 | |
| 83 | Nepal | South Asia | 16.3 | 2019 | |
| 84 | Bhutan | South Asia | 16.2 | 2019 | |
| 85 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.1 | 2019 | |
| 86 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.0 | 2019 | |
| 87 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.9 | 2019 | |
| 88 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 15.7 | 2019 | |
| 89 | India | South Asia | 15.6 | 2019 | |
| 90 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.4 | 2019 | |
| 91 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.4 | 2019 | |
| 92 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 15.3 | 2019 | |
| 93 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.3 | 2019 | |
| 94 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.1 | 2019 | |
| 95 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.9 | 2019 | |
| 96 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 14.9 | 2019 | |
| 97 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 14.9 | 2019 | |
| 98 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.8 | 2019 | |
| 99 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.8 | 2019 | |
| 100 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.1 | 2019 | |
| 101 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.9 | 2019 | |
| 102 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.6 | 2019 | |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 13.5 | 2019 | |
| 104 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 13.5 | 2019 | |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 13.5 | 2019 | |
| 106 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 13.0 | 2019 | |
| 107 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 13.0 | 2019 | |
| 108 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.8 | 2019 | |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 12.7 | 2019 | |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 12.7 | 2019 | |
| 111 | United States | North America | 12.7 | 2019 | |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 12.6 | 2019 | |
| 113 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 12.4 | 2019 | |
| 114 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.2 | 2019 | |
| 115 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 12.0 | 2019 | |
| 116 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 12.0 | 2019 | |
| 117 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 11.9 | 2019 | |
| 118 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 11.7 | 2019 | |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 11.7 | 2019 | |
| 120 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 11.3 | 2019 | |
| 121 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.3 | 2019 | |
| 122 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.9 | 2016 | |
| 123 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.6 | 2019 | |
| 124 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 10.3 | 2019 | |
| 125 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 10.2 | 2019 | |
| 126 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.1 | 2019 | |
| 127 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 9.6 | 2019 | |
| 128 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 9.4 | 2019 | |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.3 | 2019 | |
| 130 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 9.2 | 2019 | |
| 131 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.9 | 2019 | |
| 132 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.9 | 2019 | |
| 133 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 8.6 | 2019 | |
| 134 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 8.3 | 2019 | |
| 135 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.2 | 2019 | |
| 136 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 8.2 | 2019 | |
| 137 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 8.1 | 2019 | |
| 138 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 8.1 | 2019 | |
| 139 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.0 | 2019 | |
| 140 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.9 | 2019 | |
| 141 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.7 | 2019 | |
| 142 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 7.7 | 2019 | |
| 143 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 7.6 | 2019 | |
| 144 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 7.6 | 2019 | |
| 145 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 7.5 | 2019 | |
| 146 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.5 | 2019 | |
| 147 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.4 | 2019 | |
| 148 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 7.3 | 2019 | |
| 149 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.3 | 2019 | |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 6.7 | 2019 | |
| 151 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 6.7 | 2019 | |
| 152 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 6.1 | 2019 | |
| 153 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.9 | 2019 | |
| 154 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 5.8 | 2019 | |
| 155 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 5.8 | 2019 | |
| 156 | Canada | North America | 5.3 | 2019 | |
| 157 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 5.3 | 2019 | |
| 158 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.3 | 2016 | |
| 159 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.2 | 2019 | |
| 160 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 5.1 | 2019 | |
| 161 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.1 | 2019 | |
| 162 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.1 | 2019 | |
| 163 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 4.9 | 2019 | |
| 164 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 4.9 | 2019 | |
| 165 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 4.5 | 2019 | |
| 166 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 4.1 | 2019 | |
| 167 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.1 | 2019 | |
| 168 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 4.0 | 2019 | |
| 169 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 3.9 | 2019 | |
| 170 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.9 | 2019 | |
| 171 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 3.9 | 2019 | |
| 172 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 3.8 | 2019 | |
| 173 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 3.7 | 2019 | |
| 174 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 3.6 | 2019 | |
| 175 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 3.2 | 2019 | |
| 176 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 3.1 | 2019 | |
| 177 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 3.1 | 2019 | |
| 178 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 2.2 | 2019 | |
| 179 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 2.1 | 2019 | |
| 180 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 2.1 | 2019 | |
| 181 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 2.0 | 2019 | |
| 182 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 1.9 | 2019 | |
| 183 | Maldives | South Asia | 1.6 | 2019 | |
| 184 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.2 | 2019 | |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.0 | 2019 | |
| 186 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0 | 2016 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)