Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) (2021)

Cause of death, by injury (% of total) in 2021: highest in Afghanistan (23.17%), lowest in Bulgaria (1.75%), median 6.75% across the 185 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Cause of death, by injury (% of total) (measured in %) across 229 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %229 countries and regionsSource: World Bank

Data updated:8 Oct 2026Last checked:12 Nov 2026Frequency:AnnualCoverage:2000–2021

Highest Cause of death, by injury (% of total), 2021

1.Afghanistan23.17%
2.Yemen20.63%
3.El Salvador18.82%
4.Honduras18.41%
5.Belize15.62%
6.Qatar14.56%
7.Iraq13.77%
8.Venezuela13.54%
9.Haiti12.25%
10.Saudi Arabia11.79%

Lowest Cause of death, by injury (% of total), 2021

176.Indonesia3.14%
177.Antigua and Barbuda3.06%
178.Maldives2.97%
179.Romania2.92%
180.North Macedonia2.59%
181.Montenegro2.45%
182.Albania2.17%
183.Bosnia and Herzegovina2.17%
184.Serbia2.03%
185.Bulgaria1.75%

All 185 ranked countries, 2021— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Cause of death, by injury (% of total) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

AfghanistanRank 1 of 185 YemenRank 2 of 185 El SalvadorRank 3 of 185 HondurasRank 4 of 185 BelizeRank 5 of 185 QatarRank 6 of 185 IraqRank 7 of 185 VenezuelaRank 8 of 185 HaitiRank 9 of 185 Saudi ArabiaRank 10 of 185 Burkina FasoRank 11 of 185 EthiopiaRank 12 of 185 Syrian Arab RepublicRank 13 of 185 United Arab EmiratesRank 14 of 185 UgandaRank 15 of 185 Cabo VerdeRank 16 of 185 Dominican RepublicRank 17 of 185 LibyaRank 18 of 185 GuatemalaRank 19 of 185 ComorosRank 20 of 185 SenegalRank 21 of 185 BurundiRank 22 of 185 BhutanRank 23 of 185 MongoliaRank 24 of 185 KenyaRank 25 of 185 EritreaRank 26 of 185 TogoRank 27 of 185 ColombiaRank 28 of 185 NepalRank 29 of 185 South SudanRank 30 of 185 Cote d'IvoireRank 31 of 185 ZimbabweRank 32 of 185 RwandaRank 33 of 185 BeninRank 34 of 185 JamaicaRank 35 of 185 NigerRank 36 of 185 LesothoRank 37 of 185 EcuadorRank 38 of 185 MaliRank 39 of 185 GuineaRank 40 of 185 Central African RepublicRank 41 of 185 EswatiniRank 42 of 185 ThailandRank 43 of 185 GuyanaRank 44 of 185 The GambiaRank 45 of 185 Costa RicaRank 46 of 185 DjiboutiRank 47 of 185 SudanRank 48 of 185 South AfricaRank 49 of 185 GhanaRank 50 of 185 VietnamRank 51 of 185 BrazilRank 52 of 185 TanzaniaRank 53 of 185 ChadRank 54 of 185 KuwaitRank 55 of 185 Solomon IslandsRank 56 of 185 Trinidad and TobagoRank 57 of 185 South KoreaRank 58 of 185 DR CongoRank 59 of 185 SomaliaRank 60 of 185 Guinea-BissauRank 61 of 185 The BahamasRank 62 of 185 NigeriaRank 63 of 185 NicaraguaRank 64 of 185 Lao PDRRank 65 of 185 MadagascarRank 66 of 185 CambodiaRank 67 of 185 PakistanRank 68 of 185 MicronesiaRank 69 of 185 CameroonRank 70 of 185 MalawiRank 71 of 185 MexicoRank 72 of 185 North KoreaRank 73 of 185 VanuatuRank 74 of 185 SurinameRank 75 of 185 Sierra LeoneRank 76 of 185 ZambiaRank 77 of 185 PanamaRank 78 of 185 TajikistanRank 79 of 185 MauritaniaRank 80 of 185 AngolaRank 81 of 185 Sri LankaRank 82 of 185 LiberiaRank 83 of 185 NamibiaRank 84 of 185 Papua New GuineaRank 85 of 185 IndiaRank 86 of 185 MozambiqueRank 87 of 185 SloveniaRank 88 of 185 BangladeshRank 89 of 185 ParaguayRank 90 of 185 IranRank 91 of 185 Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 92 of 185 MyanmarRank 93 of 185 AlgeriaRank 94 of 185 West Bank and GazaRank 95 of 185 Timor-LesteRank 96 of 185 St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 97 of 185 Kyrgyz RepublicRank 98 of 185 FranceRank 99 of 185 GabonRank 100 of 185 BelgiumRank 101 of 185 Puerto RicoRank 102 of 185 AustraliaRank 103 of 185 PhilippinesRank 104 of 185 UruguayRank 105 of 185 SamoaRank 106 of 185 JordanRank 107 of 185 United StatesRank 108 of 185 ChinaRank 109 of 185 New ZealandRank 110 of 185 BotswanaRank 111 of 185 NorwayRank 112 of 185 IcelandRank 113 of 185 MalaysiaRank 114 of 185 Republic of the CongoRank 115 of 185 TurkmenistanRank 116 of 185 BoliviaRank 117 of 185 SwitzerlandRank 118 of 185 CanadaRank 119 of 185 Equatorial GuineaRank 120 of 185 ChileRank 121 of 185 TongaRank 122 of 185 NetherlandsRank 123 of 185 MoroccoRank 124 of 185 St. LuciaRank 125 of 185 OmanRank 126 of 185 SeychellesRank 127 of 185 LuxembourgRank 128 of 185 BahrainRank 129 of 185 FinlandRank 130 of 185 AustriaRank 131 of 185 KazakhstanRank 132 of 185 SwedenRank 133 of 185 PeruRank 134 of 185 Brunei DarussalamRank 135 of 185 UzbekistanRank 136 of 185 JapanRank 137 of 185 LithuaniaRank 138 of 185 BarbadosRank 139 of 185 KiribatiRank 140 of 185 CubaRank 141 of 185 TunisiaRank 142 of 185 PortugalRank 143 of 185 CyprusRank 144 of 185 GermanyRank 145 of 185 AzerbaijanRank 146 of 185 EstoniaRank 147 of 185 RussiaRank 148 of 185 CroatiaRank 149 of 185 LebanonRank 150 of 185 LatviaRank 151 of 185 IsraelRank 152 of 185 PolandRank 153 of 185 GrenadaRank 154 of 185 BelarusRank 155 of 185 ArgentinaRank 156 of 185 MauritiusRank 157 of 185 UkraineRank 158 of 185 Czech RepublicRank 159 of 185 IrelandRank 160 of 185 SpainRank 161 of 185 SlovakiaRank 162 of 185 MoldovaRank 163 of 185 ArmeniaRank 164 of 185 ItalyRank 165 of 185 MaltaRank 166 of 185 SingaporeRank 167 of 185 EgyptRank 168 of 185 United KingdomRank 169 of 185 FijiRank 170 of 185 HungaryRank 171 of 185 GreeceRank 172 of 185 GeorgiaRank 173 of 185 TurkeyRank 174 of 185 DenmarkRank 175 of 185 IndonesiaRank 176 of 185 Antigua and BarbudaRank 177 of 185 MaldivesRank 178 of 185 RomaniaRank 179 of 185 North MacedoniaRank 180 of 185 MontenegroRank 181 of 185 AlbaniaRank 182 of 185 Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 183 of 185 SerbiaRank 184 of 185 BulgariaRank 185 of 185

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Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) (2021)

Highest Cause of death, by injury (% of total), 2021

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All 185 ranked countries, 2021— select a country to view interactive chart

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