Highest Road-Traffic Mortality by Country or Area, 2021

Countries and areas; road-traffic deaths per 100,000 population, 2021.

What the Data Shows

Road-traffic mortality rates are compared across WHO countries and reporting areas for 2021. Values are deaths per 100,000 population, so higher values indicate heavier mortality burdens. Guinea ranks first at 37.4 deaths per 100,000 population, 3.4 deaths per 100,000 population above Libya. Kenya is the final listed row at 28.2 deaths per 100,000 population, making the first value 1.33 times the final listed value.

Data table

Unit: deaths per 100,000 population · Period: 2021

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Guinea37.42021
2Libya342021
3Haiti31.32021
4Guinea-Bissau30.52021
5Syria29.92021
6Zimbabwe29.92021
7Yemen29.82021
8Comoros292021
9Kenya28.22021

Data notes & caveats

The values are WHO country and reporting-area indicator values for the stated reference year. WHO annex values may be adjusted for comparability or based on primary data reported by countries. Definitions and underlying data quality can differ, and values may not match national publications exactly. Uncertainty intervals are not included.

Methodology

The ranking uses the World Health Statistics 2026 Statistical Annex for road-traffic mortality rate, reference year 2021, and total or all-person coverage. Regional and global aggregates are excluded before country and reporting-area values are ordered from highest to lowest. Equal values retain their published order, and values are rounded for readability without changing rank.

Source consistency notes

All entries use the same WHO source family, health indicator, 2021 reference year, total-disaggregation frame and deaths per 100,000 population unit. No cross-indicator or mixed-year values are included, and the listed entries are not treated as parts of a common total.

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