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How dangerous are the roads?

Road deaths, 185 countries & territories. Estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year (WHO Global status report on road safety 2023, SDG 3.6.1). WHO models the estimates to correct for under-reporting; the 2021 edition is the latest.

lowest≥ 6.8 per 100k≥ 11.1 per 100k≥ 16.3 per 100k≥ 20.4 per 100k≥ 24.9 per 100k≥ 31.7 per 100k no data
Source: World Health Organization — Global Health Observatory· 2023

The ranking

  1. 1 North Korea 77.3 per 100k 2023
  2. 2 Haiti 64.5 per 100k 2023
  3. 3 Nepal 56 per 100k 2023
  4. 4 Kenya 55.3 per 100k 2023
  5. 5 Ghana 54.9 per 100k 2023
  6. 6 Micronesia 53.3 per 100k 2023
  7. 7 Dominican Republic 52.7 per 100k 2023
  8. 8 Libya 51.4 per 100k 2023
  9. 9 Syria 48.9 per 100k 2023
  10. 10 Burkina Faso 45.7 per 100k 2023
  11. 11 Zimbabwe 45.6 per 100k 2023
  12. 12 Yemen 44.3 per 100k 2023
  13. 13 Comoros 41.1 per 100k 2023
  14. 14 Benin 38.1 per 100k 2023
  15. 15 Guinea-Bissau 37.6 per 100k 2023
  16. 16 Paraguay 36.5 per 100k 2023
  17. 17 Afghanistan 35.6 per 100k 2023
  18. 18 Thailand 35.6 per 100k 2023
  19. 19 Bangladesh 34.5 per 100k 2023
  20. 20 Togo 34 per 100k 2023
  21. 21 El Salvador 33.8 per 100k 2023
  22. 22 Madagascar 33.7 per 100k 2023
  23. 23 Eswatini 33.6 per 100k 2023
  24. 24 Djibouti 33.5 per 100k 2023
  25. 25 Malawi 33.2 per 100k 2023
  26. 26 South Africa 33.1 per 100k 2023
  27. 27 Senegal 31.7 per 100k 2023
  28. 28 Jamaica 31.6 per 100k 2023
  29. 29 Iraq 31.5 per 100k 2023
  30. 30 Niger 31.4 per 100k 2023
  31. 31 Chad 31.4 per 100k 2023
  32. 32 Ivory Coast 30.9 per 100k 2023
  33. 33 Ecuador 30.8 per 100k 2023
  34. 34 Costa Rica 30.7 per 100k 2023
  35. 35 Bahamas 30.5 per 100k 2023
  36. 36 Guyana 30.1 per 100k 2023
  37. 37 Gambia 29.9 per 100k 2023
  38. 38 South Sudan 29.9 per 100k 2023
  39. 39 Lesotho 29.8 per 100k 2023
  40. 40 Central African Republic 29.6 per 100k 2023
  41. 41 Guinea 29.6 per 100k 2023
  42. 42 Iran 28.9 per 100k 2023
  43. 43 Honduras 28.3 per 100k 2023
  44. 44 Sudan 28.2 per 100k 2023
  45. 45 Bhutan 28 per 100k 2023
  46. 46 Colombia 26.7 per 100k 2023
  47. 47 Mozambique 26.7 per 100k 2023
  48. 48 Sierra Leone 26.4 per 100k 2023
  49. 49 United States 26.3 per 100k 2023
  50. 50 Brazil 25.9 per 100k 2023

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