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Countries ranked by road traffic deaths

Norway ranks first in this current lowest-to-highest comparison at 1.5 per 100k.

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

Items compared
39
Countries represented
39
Last checked
2026-09-05

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 39 rows

Original rankCountrySource and scope
1Norway1.5 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
2Malta1.9 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
3Sweden2.1 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
4Denmark2.3 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
5Iceland2.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
6Switzerland2.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
7United Kingdom2.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
8Japan2.7 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
9Ireland2.8 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
10Germany3.3 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
11Netherlands3.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
12Spain3.5 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
13Cyprus3.9 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
14Luxembourg3.9 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
15Finland4.2 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
16Estonia4.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
17Australia4.5 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
18Austria4.6 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
19Belgium4.6 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
20Canada4.7 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
21France4.7 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
22Italy5.0 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
23Czechia5.2 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
24Slovenia5.8 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
25United Arab Emirates5.9 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
26Lithuania6.3 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
27Slovakia6.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
28Poland6.5 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
29New Zealand6.6 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
30South Korea6.9 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
31Portugal7.2 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
32Greece7.3 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
33Hungary7.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
34Croatia8.1 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
35Bulgaria8.4 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
36Romania9.6 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
37Latvia9.8 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
38United States14.2 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31
39Saudi Arabia18.5 per 100kdeaths/100k/year2026-09-05
Source Scope: country · Period: 2021-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Norway leads at 1.5 deaths/100k/year.
  • Saudi Arabia sits at the other end with 18.5 deaths/100k/year.
  • The middle of this ranking is 4.7 deaths/100k/year, across 39 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 17 deaths/100k/year.

Quick answer

What does Countries ranked by road traffic deaths show?

Norway ranks first in this current lowest-to-highest comparison at 1.5 per 100k.

How this list is built

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

  • The report states exactly which components are included.
  • Application and filing fees are excluded.
Rows
39 countries
Geographic grain
country
Observation period
2021-12-31
Last checked
2026-09-05
With an official source link
39 of 39

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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/
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@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/},
}
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