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# Countries ranked by road traffic deaths

Road traffic deaths per 100,000 people per year, on one shared WHO observation year for all 39 destinations.

- Canonical: /reports/countries-ranked-by-road-traffic-deaths/
- Last checked: 2026-09-05

## Answers

### Norway

1.5 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27NOR%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Malta

1.9 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27MLT%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Sweden

2.1 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SWE%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Denmark

2.3 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27DNK%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Iceland

2.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ISL%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Switzerland

2.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CHE%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### United Kingdom

2.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27GBR%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Japan

2.7 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27JPN%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Ireland

2.8 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27IRL%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Germany

3.3 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27DEU%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Netherlands

3.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27NLD%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Spain

3.5 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ESP%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Cyprus

3.9 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CYP%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Luxembourg

3.9 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27LUX%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Finland

4.2 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27FIN%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Estonia

4.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27EST%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Australia

4.5 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27AUS%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Austria

4.6 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27AUT%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Belgium

4.6 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27BEL%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Canada

4.7 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CAN%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### France

4.7 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27FRA%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Italy

5.0 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ITA%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Czechia

5.2 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CZE%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Slovenia

5.8 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SVN%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### United Arab Emirates

5.9 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ARE%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Lithuania

6.3 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27LTU%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Slovakia

6.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SVK%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Poland

6.5 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27POL%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### New Zealand

6.6 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27NZL%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### South Korea

6.9 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27KOR%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Portugal

7.2 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27PRT%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Greece

7.3 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27GRC%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Hungary

7.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27HUN%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Croatia

8.1 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27HRV%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Bulgaria

8.4 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27BGR%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Romania

9.6 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ROU%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Latvia

9.8 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27LVA%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### United States

14.2 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27USA%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

### Saudi Arabia

18.5 per 100k
- Source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SAU%27
- Checked: 2026-09-05

## Method

Require all component metrics for the same country, keep their source records, calculate safety_country_road_traffic_deaths_rate, then sort ascending.

## Sources

WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27NOR%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27MLT%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SWE%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27DNK%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ISL%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CHE%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27GBR%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27JPN%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27IRL%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27DEU%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27NLD%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ESP%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CYP%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27LUX%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27FIN%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27EST%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27AUS%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27AUT%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27BEL%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CAN%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27FRA%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ITA%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27CZE%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SVN%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ARE%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27LTU%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SVK%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27POL%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27NZL%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27KOR%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27PRT%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27GRC%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27HUN%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27HRV%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27BGR%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27ROU%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27LVA%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27USA%27
WHO GHO RS_196/RS_198 — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198?$filter=SpatialDim%20eq%20%27SAU%27

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Countries ranked by road traffic deaths [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 312b59eae80f1e74f0ef47bc3f495e00]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-road-traffic-deaths/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_countries-ranked-by-road-traffic-deaths_bca21eaffab8,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Countries ranked by road traffic deaths},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {312b59eae80f1e74f0ef47bc3f495e00},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-road-traffic-deaths/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Countries ranked by road traffic deaths](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-road-traffic-deaths/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 312b59eae80f1e74f0ef47bc3f495e00; retrieved 2026-09-29; built 2026-09-29.

- Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1`
- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-road-traffic-deaths/
- Title: Countries ranked by road traffic deaths
- Author: ImmigrationDB
- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
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- Retrieved: 2026-09-29
- Built: 2026-09-29
- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## Boundary

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