Share of deaths from injuries — all countries

Share of deaths from injuries — Saudi Arabia

Share of deaths from injuries in Saudi Arabia in 2021 — 11.8%. Ranked 176 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.4 pp.

2021 11.8% −0.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 176of 185
Period maximum 23.4%2015
Period minimum 11.8%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from injuries — Saudi Arabia, 2000–202110152025200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.2%2010: 19.1%2015: 23.4%2019: 15.5%2020: 12.2%2021: 11.8%
Change over the period: −4.4 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia 11.8%
World 6.6%
Share of deaths from injuries — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 11.8 −0.4 pp
2020 12.2 −3.3 pp
2019 15.5
2015 23.4
2010 19.1
2000 16.2

About the indicator

The share of deaths from injuries and other external causes in the total number of deaths during a year. This takes in road accidents, falls, drownings, poisonings, homicides and suicides — everything that is not a disease. This share depends little on the level of income but strongly on age structure: external causes kill predominantly the young, so in countries with a young population their contribution is noticeably higher even at the same safety of the environment.

Important: There are no aggregates by country group: a weight by the total number of deaths is needed, and we do not have it. The only one of the three groups where the large part is played not by medicine but by the environment: roads, rules, weapons and alcohol.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.