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Poisoning death rate

How many people per 100,000 of population die of accidental poisoning in a year.

Unit: per 100,000 people Period: 2000–2021 Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO)
Source: WHO · About the indicator
Average: 0.76 per 100k Countries: 185

The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2021.

Poisoning death rate, 2021

Top-20 · per 100,000 people

Poisoning death rate, 20210246MoldovaMoldova: 4.15 per 100k4.15ZimbabweZimbabwe: 3.5 per 100k3.5LesothoLesotho: 3.49 per 100k3.49SomaliaSomalia: 3.17 per 100k3.17MongoliaMongolia: 2.99 per 100k2.99EswatiniEswatini: 2.96 per 100k2.96NepalNepal: 2.93 per 100k2.93RussiaRussia: 2.75 per 100k2.75AfghanistanAfghanistan: 2.5 per 100k2.5BurundiBurundi: 2.26 per 100k2.26EritreaEritrea: 2.1 per 100k2.1UkraineUkraine: 2.05 per 100k2.05RomaniaRomania: 1.92 per 100k1.92Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 1.87 per 100k1.87KiribatiKiribati: 1.72 per 100k1.72GrenadaGrenada: 1.69 per 100k1.69South AfricaSouth Africa: 1.69 per 100k1.69South SudanSouth Sudan: 1.61 per 100k1.61BelarusBelarus: 1.58 per 100k1.58Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 1.58 per 100k1.58
Poisoning death rate — 2021 Current breakdown Full series CSV XLSX JSON
# Year Subregion World rank
1 MD Moldova 4.15 2021 185
2 ZW Zimbabwe 3.5 2021 184
3 LS Lesotho 3.49 2021 183
4 SO Somalia 3.17 2021 182
5 MN Mongolia 2.99 2021 181
6 SZ Eswatini 2.96 2021 180
7 NP Nepal 2.93 2021 179
8 RU Russia 2.75 2021 178
9 AF Afghanistan 2.5 2021 177
10 BI Burundi 2.26 2021 176
11 ER Eritrea 2.1 2021 175
12 UA Ukraine 2.05 2021 174
13 RO Romania 1.92 2021 173
14 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.87 2021 172
15 KI Kiribati 1.72 2021 171
16 GD Grenada 1.69 2021 169
17 ZA South Africa 1.69 2021 169
18 SS South Sudan 1.61 2021 168
19 BY Belarus 1.58 2021 166
20 BF Burkina Faso 1.58 2021 166
21 NE Niger 1.56 2021 165
22 YE Yemen 1.55 2021 164
23 DJ Djibouti 1.51 2021 163
24 KE Kenya 1.49 2021 162
25 CN China 1.47 2021 160
26 MZ Mozambique 1.47 2021 160
27 EE Estonia 1.42 2021 158
28 KZ Kazakhstan 1.42 2021 158
29 KM Comoros 1.38 2021 156
30 NA Namibia 1.38 2021 156
31 MG Madagascar 1.37 2021 155
32 CF Central African Republic 1.36 2021 154
33 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.31 2021 153
34 RW Rwanda 1.3 2021 152
35 KP North Korea 1.26 2021 150
36 TO Tonga 1.26 2021 150
37 ML Mali 1.24 2021 148
38 SL Sierra Leone 1.24 2021 148
39 PL Poland 1.22 2021 147
40 ZM Zambia 1.18 2021 146
41 TD Chad 1.17 2021 144
42 LT Lithuania 1.17 2021 144
43 ET Ethiopia 1.16 2021 142
44 SD Sudan 1.16 2021 142
45 UG Uganda 1.14 2021 141
46 MW Malawi 1.13 2021 140
47 GE Georgia 1.11 2021 138
48 TG Togo 1.11 2021 138
49 MK North Macedonia 1.09 2021 137
50 BJ Benin 1.08 2021 136
51 CM Cameroon 1.07 2021 134
52 NG Nigeria 1.07 2021 134
53 BW Botswana 1.05 2021 133
54 EC Ecuador 1.03 2021 130
55 GW Guinea-Bissau 1.03 2021 130
56 TZ Tanzania 1.03 2021 130
57 AO Angola 0.99 2021 128
58 GN Guinea 0.99 2021 128
59 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.97 2021 127
60 MM Myanmar 0.93 2021 126
61 AM Armenia 0.9 2021 125
62 TJ Tajikistan 0.89 2021 124
63 LY Libya 0.88 2021 122
64 VN Vietnam 0.88 2021 122
65 GH Ghana 0.87 2021 121
66 GM Gambia 0.83 2021 119
67 LR Liberia 0.83 2021 119
68 GT Guatemala 0.82 2021 117
69 MU Mauritius 0.82 2021 117
70 SN Senegal 0.81 2021 116
71 LV Latvia 0.8 2021 115
72 SV El Salvador 0.77 2021 113
73 PE Peru 0.77 2021 113
74 BG Bulgaria 0.73 2021 112
75 MA Morocco 0.71 2021 111
76 KG Kyrgyzstan 0.7 2021 110
77 MY Malaysia 0.65 2021 109
78 GQ Equatorial Guinea 0.64 2021 106
79 GA Gabon 0.64 2021 106
80 SB Solomon Islands 0.64 2021 106
81 IR Iran 0.62 2021 105
82 CG Republic of the Congo 0.6 2021 104
83 SK Slovakia 0.58 2021 102
84 UZ Uzbekistan 0.58 2021 102
85 CZ Czechia 0.57 2021 101
86 VU Vanuatu 0.55 2021 100
87 US United States 0.53 2021 99
88 AG Antigua and Barbuda 0.52 2021 98
89 DZ Algeria 0.51 2021 95
90 HN Honduras 0.51 2021 95
91 FM Micronesia 0.51 2021 95
92 MR Mauritania 0.5 2021 94
93 HT Haiti 0.49 2021 93
94 HU Hungary 0.46 2021 91
95 UY Uruguay 0.46 2021 91
96 PG Papua New Guinea 0.44 2021 90
97 BE Belgium 0.42 2021 88
98 CL Chile 0.42 2021 88
99 AZ Azerbaijan 0.41 2021 85
100 KH Cambodia 0.41 2021 85
101 QA Qatar 0.41 2021 85
102 DE Germany 0.4 2021 82
103 TN Tunisia 0.4 2021 82
104 VE Venezuela 0.4 2021 82
105 BO Bolivia 0.39 2021 80
106 MX Mexico 0.39 2021 80
107 FI Finland 0.38 2021 78
108 TH Thailand 0.38 2021 78
109 KW Kuwait 0.37 2021 77
110 LA Laos 0.35 2021 76
111 FR France 0.34 2021 72
112 SC Seychelles 0.34 2021 72
113 ES Spain 0.34 2021 72
114 TR Türkiye 0.34 2021 72
115 PT Portugal 0.33 2021 70
116 GB United Kingdom 0.33 2021 70
117 JO Jordan 0.32 2021 67
118 ME Montenegro 0.32 2021 67
119 RS Serbia 0.32 2021 67
120 IT Italy 0.31 2021 64
121 ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.31 2021 64
122 TM Turkmenistan 0.31 2021 64
123 CA Canada 0.3 2021 60
124 WS Samoa 0.3 2021 60
125 SA Saudi Arabia 0.3 2021 60
126 TL Timor-Leste 0.3 2021 60
127 CV Cabo Verde 0.29 2021 56
128 HR Croatia 0.29 2021 56
129 CY Cyprus 0.29 2021 56
130 NO Norway 0.29 2021 56
131 SY Syria 0.28 2021 55
132 AR Argentina 0.27 2021 52
133 DO Dominican Republic 0.27 2021 52
134 PR Puerto Rico 0.27 2021 52
135 IE Ireland 0.26 2021 51
136 KR South Korea 0.25 2021 50
137 ID Indonesia 0.23 2021 48
138 PH Philippines 0.23 2021 48
139 SI Slovenia 0.22 2021 47
140 AL Albania 0.21 2021 43
141 BZ Belize 0.21 2021 43
142 EG Egypt 0.21 2021 43
143 SR Suriname 0.21 2021 43
144 BH Bahrain 0.2 2021 39
145 FJ Fiji 0.2 2021 39
146 NZ New Zealand 0.2 2021 39
147 PA Panama 0.2 2021 39
148 CO Colombia 0.19 2021 36
149 GR Greece 0.19 2021 36
150 IQ Iraq 0.19 2021 36
151 AT Austria 0.18 2021 34
152 JP Japan 0.18 2021 34
153 PY Paraguay 0.17 2021 32
154 LK Sri Lanka 0.17 2021 32
155 BS Bahamas 0.16 2021 30
156 LB Lebanon 0.16 2021 30
157 SE Sweden 0.15 2021 28
158 AE United Arab Emirates 0.15 2021 28
159 BR Brazil 0.14 2021 24
160 NI Nicaragua 0.14 2021 24
161 PS Palestine 0.14 2021 24
162 LC Saint Lucia 0.14 2021 24
163 CR Costa Rica 0.13 2021 23
164 AU Australia 0.12 2021 16
165 BD Bangladesh 0.12 2021 16
166 CU Cuba 0.12 2021 16
167 IN India 0.12 2021 16
168 PK Pakistan 0.12 2021 16
169 CH Switzerland 0.12 2021 16
170 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.12 2021 16
171 BB Barbados 0.11 2021 15
172 JM Jamaica 0.1 2021 14
173 MT Malta 0.09 2021 13
174 LU Luxembourg 0.08 2021 12
175 NL Netherlands 0.08 2021 11
176 BT Bhutan 0.08 2021 10
177 GY Guyana 0.07 2021 9
178 MV Maldives 0.07 2021 8
179 IL Israel 0.04 2021 7
180 OM Oman 0.04 2021 6
181 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 5
182 BN Brunei Darussalam 0 2021 3
183 IS Iceland 0 2021 3
184 DK Denmark 0 2021 2
185 SG Singapore 0 2021 1
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Maximum 4.15 per 100k
Median 0.49 per 100k
Minimum 0 per 100k
World 0.75 per 100k

About the indicator

The number of deaths from unintentional poisoning per 100,000 people per year. The word “unintentional” is the key one here: deliberate poisonings belong to suicides and are counted in another indicator. The group takes in poisoning by alcohol and its surrogates, by medicines, household chemicals and carbon monoxide, and this composition differs strongly between countries — in some alcohol prevails, in others heating with coal in closed rooms.

Important: Unintentional poisonings only. Deliberate ones are counted in the suicide mortality rate, so the two indicators cannot be added.

Updates
annually
Unit of measurement
per 100,000 people
Observation period
2000–2021
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Dataset
Global Health Observatory

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