Home / Rankings / Road traffic death rate WORLD ATLAS
Road traffic death rate Ranking Map for 190 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories with a road-traffic death-rate estimate from WHO or the World Bank. 190 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country (2010–2025).
In the available data, Dominican Republic has the highest recorded value at 64.6 per 100,000 people (rank #1); Japan ranks #177 at 3.6 per 100,000 people. Coverage: 190 countries and territories. Reference years: Dominican Republic 2019; Japan 2019. This is road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people and reflects exposure, infrastructure, vehicles and reporting.
Rankings Maps CHOOSE A THEME Choose a theme
95 THEMES / 9 CATEGORIES Current theme Road traffic death rate Browse by category ＋ 01 / RANKING MAP
Compare road traffic death rate within the covered dataset. Countries and territories with a road-traffic death-rate estimate from WHO or the World Bank.
Japan 3.6 per 100,000 people
Japan, world rank 177 for Road traffic death rate, 3.6 per 100,000 people
Fiji: 13.5 per 100,000 people Tanzania: 31.1 per 100,000 people Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 5.3 per 100,000 people United States: 12.7 per 100,000 people Kazakhstan: 12.7 per 100,000 people Uzbekistan: 11.7 per 100,000 people Papua New Guinea: 12.6 per 100,000 people Indonesia: 11.3 per 100,000 people Argentina: 14.1 per 100,000 people Chile: 14.9 per 100,000 people Democratic Republic of the Congo: 34.9 per 100,000 people Somalia: 27.4 per 100,000 people Kenya: 28.3 per 100,000 people Sudan: 26.8 per 100,000 people Chad: 32.4 per 100,000 people Haiti: 18.8 per 100,000 people Dominican Republic: 64.6 per 100,000 people Russia: 12 per 100,000 people Bahamas: 7.7 per 100,000 people Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 2.1 per 100,000 people Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 11.9 per 100,000 people South Africa: 22.2 per 100,000 people Lesotho: 31.9 per 100,000 people Mexico: 12.8 per 100,000 people Uruguay: 14.8 per 100,000 people Brazil: 16 per 100,000 people Bolivia: 21.1 per 100,000 people Peru: 13.6 per 100,000 people Colombia: 15.4 per 100,000 people Panama: 13.9 per 100,000 people Costa Rica: 14.8 per 100,000 people Nicaragua: 16.9 per 100,000 people Honduras: 16.1 per 100,000 people El Salvador: 20.9 per 100,000 people Guatemala: 22.9 per 100,000 people Belize: 22.6 per 100,000 people Venezuela: 39 per 100,000 people Guyana: 22.3 per 100,000 people Suriname: 15.3 per 100,000 people France: 5.1 per 100,000 people Ecuador: 20.1 per 100,000 people Puerto Rico: Not included in this limited dataset Jamaica: 15.1 per 100,000 people Cuba: 8.9 per 100,000 people Zimbabwe: 41.2 per 100,000 people Botswana: 26.4 per 100,000 people Namibia: 34.8 per 100,000 people Senegal: 23.5 per 100,000 people Mali: 22.7 per 100,000 people Mauritania: 25.6 per 100,000 people Benin: 26.8 per 100,000 people Niger: 25.5 per 100,000 people Nigeria: 20.7 per 100,000 people Cameroon: 30.2 per 100,000 people Togo: 28.7 per 100,000 people Ghana: 25.7 per 100,000 people Côte d’Ivoire: 24.1 per 100,000 people Guinea: 29.7 per 100,000 people Guinea-Bissau: 32.2 per 100,000 people Liberia: 38.9 per 100,000 people Sierra Leone: 33 per 100,000 people Burkina Faso: 31 per 100,000 people Central African Republic: 37.7 per 100,000 people Republic of the Congo: 29.7 per 100,000 people Gabon: 23.9 per 100,000 people Equatorial Guinea: 27.2 per 100,000 people Zambia: 20.5 per 100,000 people Malawi: 33.4 per 100,000 people Mozambique: 30 per 100,000 people Eswatini: 33.5 per 100,000 people Angola: 26.1 per 100,000 people Burundi: 35.5 per 100,000 people Israel: 3.9 per 100,000 people Lebanon: 16.4 per 100,000 people Madagascar: 29.2 per 100,000 people Palestine: 5.3 per 100,000 people Gambia: 29.6 per 100,000 people Tunisia: 16.5 per 100,000 people Algeria: 20.9 per 100,000 people Jordan: 17 per 100,000 people United Arab Emirates: 8.9 per 100,000 people Qatar: 7.3 per 100,000 people Kuwait: 15.4 per 100,000 people Iraq: 27.3 per 100,000 people Oman: 10.6 per 100,000 people Vanuatu: 14.9 per 100,000 people Cambodia: 19.6 per 100,000 people Thailand: 32.2 per 100,000 people Laos: 17.9 per 100,000 people Myanmar: 20.4 per 100,000 people Vietnam: 30.6 per 100,000 people North Korea: 24.2 per 100,000 people South Korea: 8.6 per 100,000 people Mongolia: 21 per 100,000 people India: 15.6 per 100,000 people Bangladesh: 15.3 per 100,000 people Bhutan: 16.2 per 100,000 people Nepal: 16.3 per 100,000 people Pakistan: 13 per 100,000 people Afghanistan: 15.9 per 100,000 people Tajikistan: 15.7 per 100,000 people Kyrgyzstan: 12.7 per 100,000 people Turkmenistan: 13.5 per 100,000 people Iran: 21.5 per 100,000 people Syria: 14.9 per 100,000 people Armenia: 20 per 100,000 people Sweden: 3.1 per 100,000 people Belarus: 7.6 per 100,000 people Ukraine: 10.2 per 100,000 people Poland: 9.4 per 100,000 people Austria: 4.9 per 100,000 people Hungary: 7.7 per 100,000 people Moldova: 7.3 per 100,000 people Romania: 10.3 per 100,000 people Lithuania: 8.1 per 100,000 people Latvia: 8.1 per 100,000 people Estonia: 4.5 per 100,000 people Germany: 3.8 per 100,000 people Bulgaria: 9.2 per 100,000 people Greece: 8.3 per 100,000 people Türkiye: 6.7 per 100,000 people Albania: 11.7 per 100,000 people Croatia: 7.9 per 100,000 people Switzerland: 2.2 per 100,000 people Luxembourg: 4.1 per 100,000 people Belgium: 5.8 per 100,000 people Netherlands: 4 per 100,000 people Portugal: 8.2 per 100,000 people Spain: 3.9 per 100,000 people Ireland: 3.1 per 100,000 people New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: 16.5 per 100,000 people New Zealand: 9.6 per 100,000 people Australia: 4.9 per 100,000 people Sri Lanka: 19.7 per 100,000 people China: 17.4 per 100,000 people Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: 5.3 per 100,000 people Denmark: 3.7 per 100,000 people United Kingdom: 3.2 per 100,000 people Iceland: 2 per 100,000 people Azerbaijan: 6.7 per 100,000 people Georgia: 12.4 per 100,000 people Philippines: 12 per 100,000 people Malaysia: 22.5 per 100,000 people Brunei: 7.5 per 100,000 people Slovenia: 5.1 per 100,000 people Finland: 3.9 per 100,000 people Slovakia: 6.1 per 100,000 people Czechia: 5.9 per 100,000 people Eritrea: 37.9 per 100,000 people Japan: 3.6 per 100,000 people Paraguay: 22 per 100,000 people Yemen: 29.4 per 100,000 people Saudi Arabia: 35.9 per 100,000 people Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 5.8 per 100,000 people Morocco: 17 per 100,000 people Egypt: 10.1 per 100,000 people Libya: 21.3 per 100,000 people Ethiopia: 28.2 per 100,000 people Djibouti: 23.5 per 100,000 people Somaliland: No data Uganda: 29.4 per 100,000 people Rwanda: 29.4 per 100,000 people Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13.5 per 100,000 people North Macedonia: 5.1 per 100,000 people Serbia: 7.5 per 100,000 people Montenegro: 7.6 per 100,000 people Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 9.3 per 100,000 people South Sudan: 36.7 per 100,000 people Japan Dominican Republic 1 Zimbabwe 2 Venezuela 3 Liberia 4 Eritrea 5 Saudi Arabia Democratic Republic of the Congo South Sudan Malawi Eswatini Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
Choose a country Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Barthelemy Saint Helena Saint Pierre and Miquelon Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Martin (French part) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu U.S. Virgin Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe CONTROLS On mobile, turn on map controls before pinching or dragging. On desktop, drag to move and use Ctrl/⌘ + scroll to zoom.
× JPN Bottom 10% / 2019
Japan Japan
Compare with Japan Select another country to compare.
View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Road traffic death rateRankings 177/190 3.6 per 100,000 people
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #177 for road traffic death rate. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Dominican Republic 64.6 per 100,000 people 2 Zimbabwe 41.2 per 100,000 people 3 Venezuela 39 per 100,000 people 4 Liberia 38.9 per 100,000 people 5 Eritrea 37.9 per 100,000 people
188 San Marino 0 per 100,000 people 188 Monaco 0 per 100,000 people 188 Antigua and Barbuda 0 per 100,000 people 187 Micronesia 0.2 per 100,000 people 186 Maldives 1.6 per 100,000 people 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Road traffic death rate ranking map Countries and territories with a road-traffic death-rate estimate from WHO or the World Bank. This page orders 190 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Dominican Republic (64.6 per 100,000 people), #2 Zimbabwe (41.2 per 100,000 people), #3 Venezuela (39 per 100,000 people)
Japan’s position World #177 (3.6 per 100,000 people)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
03 / FULL RANKING
View the full ranking. Browse every covered country from the top to the bottom of the ranking. Select one to focus it on the map and open its card.
Road traffic death rate Full ranking190 countries #1 Dominican Republic 64.6 per 100,000 people Profile #2 Zimbabwe 41.2 per 100,000 people Profile #3 Venezuela 39 per 100,000 people Profile #4 Liberia 38.9 per 100,000 people Profile #5 Eritrea 37.9 per 100,000 people Profile #6 Central African Republic 37.7 per 100,000 people Profile #7 South Sudan 36.7 per 100,000 people Profile #8 Saudi Arabia 35.9 per 100,000 people Profile #9 Burundi 35.5 per 100,000 people Profile #10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34.9 per 100,000 people Profile #11 Namibia 34.8 per 100,000 people Profile #12 Eswatini 33.5 per 100,000 people Profile #13 Malawi 33.4 per 100,000 people Profile #14 Sierra Leone 33 per 100,000 people Profile #14 Tonga 33 per 100,000 people Profile #16 Chad 32.4 per 100,000 people Profile #17 Guinea-Bissau 32.2 per 100,000 people Profile #17 Thailand 32.2 per 100,000 people Profile #19 Lesotho 31.9 per 100,000 people Profile #20 Tanzania 31.1 per 100,000 people Profile #21 Burkina Faso 31 per 100,000 people Profile #22 Vietnam 30.6 per 100,000 people Profile #23 Cameroon 30.2 per 100,000 people Profile #24 Mozambique 30 per 100,000 people Profile #25 St. Lucia 29.8 per 100,000 people Profile #26 Republic of the Congo 29.7 per 100,000 people Profile #26 Guinea 29.7 per 100,000 people Profile #28 Gambia 29.6 per 100,000 people Profile #29 Rwanda 29.4 per 100,000 people Profile #29 Uganda 29.4 per 100,000 people Profile #29 Yemen 29.4 per 100,000 people Profile #32 Madagascar 29.2 per 100,000 people Profile #33 Togo 28.7 per 100,000 people Profile #34 Kenya 28.3 per 100,000 people Profile #35 Ethiopia 28.2 per 100,000 people Profile #36 Sao Tome and Principe 27.9 per 100,000 people Profile #37 Somalia 27.4 per 100,000 people Profile #38 Iraq 27.3 per 100,000 people Profile #39 Equatorial Guinea 27.2 per 100,000 people Profile #40 Cabo Verde 26.8 per 100,000 people Profile #40 Benin 26.8 per 100,000 people Profile #40 Sudan 26.8 per 100,000 people Profile #43 Comoros 26.6 per 100,000 people Profile #44 Botswana 26.4 per 100,000 people Profile #45 Angola 26.1 per 100,000 people Profile #46 Ghana 25.7 per 100,000 people Profile #47 Mauritania 25.6 per 100,000 people Profile #48 Niger 25.5 per 100,000 people Profile #49 North Korea 24.2 per 100,000 people Profile #50 Côte d’Ivoire 24.1 per 100,000 people Profile #51 Gabon 23.9 per 100,000 people Profile #52 Djibouti 23.5 per 100,000 people Profile #52 Senegal 23.5 per 100,000 people Profile #54 Guatemala 22.9 per 100,000 people Profile #55 Mali 22.7 per 100,000 people Profile #56 Belize 22.6 per 100,000 people Profile #57 Malaysia 22.5 per 100,000 people Profile #58 Guyana 22.3 per 100,000 people Profile #59 South Africa 22.2 per 100,000 people Profile #60 Paraguay 22 per 100,000 people Profile #61 Iran 21.5 per 100,000 people Profile #62 Libya 21.3 per 100,000 people Profile #63 Bolivia 21.1 per 100,000 people Profile #64 Mongolia 21 per 100,000 people Profile #65 Algeria 20.9 per 100,000 people Profile #65 El Salvador 20.9 per 100,000 people Profile #67 Nigeria 20.7 per 100,000 people Profile #68 Zambia 20.5 per 100,000 people Profile #69 Myanmar 20.4 per 100,000 people Profile #70 Ecuador 20.1 per 100,000 people Profile #71 Armenia 20 per 100,000 people Profile #72 Sri Lanka 19.7 per 100,000 people Profile #73 Cambodia 19.6 per 100,000 people Profile #74 Haiti 18.8 per 100,000 people Profile #75 Laos 17.9 per 100,000 people Profile #76 China 17.4 per 100,000 people Profile #77 Jordan 17 per 100,000 people Profile #77 Morocco 17 per 100,000 people Profile #79 Nicaragua 16.9 per 100,000 people Profile #80 Solomon Islands 16.5 per 100,000 people Profile #80 Tunisia 16.5 per 100,000 people Profile #82 Lebanon 16.4 per 100,000 people Profile #83 Nepal 16.3 per 100,000 people Profile #84 Bhutan 16.2 per 100,000 people Profile #85 Honduras 16.1 per 100,000 people Profile #86 Brazil 16 per 100,000 people Profile #87 Afghanistan 15.9 per 100,000 people Profile #88 Tajikistan 15.7 per 100,000 people Profile #89 India 15.6 per 100,000 people Profile #90 Colombia 15.4 per 100,000 people Profile #90 Kuwait 15.4 per 100,000 people Profile #92 Bangladesh 15.3 per 100,000 people Profile #92 Suriname 15.3 per 100,000 people Profile #94 Jamaica 15.1 per 100,000 people Profile #95 Chile 14.9 per 100,000 people Profile #95 Vanuatu 14.9 per 100,000 people Profile #95 Syria 14.9 per 100,000 people Profile #98 Costa Rica 14.8 per 100,000 people Profile #98 Uruguay 14.8 per 100,000 people Profile #100 Argentina 14.1 per 100,000 people Profile #101 Panama 13.9 per 100,000 people Profile #102 Peru 13.6 per 100,000 people Profile #103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.5 per 100,000 people Profile #103 Fiji 13.5 per 100,000 people Profile #103 Turkmenistan 13.5 per 100,000 people Profile #106 Pakistan 13 per 100,000 people Profile #106 Samoa 13 per 100,000 people Profile #108 Mexico 12.8 per 100,000 people Profile #109 Kazakhstan 12.7 per 100,000 people Profile #109 Kyrgyzstan 12.7 per 100,000 people Profile #109 United States 12.7 per 100,000 people Profile #112 Papua New Guinea 12.6 per 100,000 people Profile #113 Georgia 12.4 per 100,000 people Profile #114 Mauritius 12.2 per 100,000 people Profile #115 Philippines 12 per 100,000 people Profile #115 Russia 12 per 100,000 people Profile #117 Timor-Leste 11.9 per 100,000 people Profile #118 Albania 11.7 per 100,000 people Profile #118 Uzbekistan 11.7 per 100,000 people Profile #120 Indonesia 11.3 per 100,000 people Profile #120 Seychelles 11.3 per 100,000 people Profile #122 Dominica 10.9 per 100,000 people Profile #123 Oman 10.6 per 100,000 people Profile #124 Romania 10.3 per 100,000 people Profile #125 Ukraine 10.2 per 100,000 people Profile #126 Egypt 10.1 per 100,000 people Profile #127 New Zealand 9.6 per 100,000 people Profile #128 Poland 9.4 per 100,000 people Profile #129 Trinidad and Tobago 9.3 per 100,000 people Profile #130 Bulgaria 9.2 per 100,000 people Profile #131 Cuba 8.9 per 100,000 people Profile #131 United Arab Emirates 8.9 per 100,000 people Profile #133 South Korea 8.6 per 100,000 people Profile #134 Greece 8.3 per 100,000 people Profile #135 Barbados 8.2 per 100,000 people Profile #135 Portugal 8.2 per 100,000 people Profile #137 Latvia 8.1 per 100,000 people Profile #137 Lithuania 8.1 per 100,000 people Profile #139 Grenada 8 per 100,000 people Profile #140 Croatia 7.9 per 100,000 people Profile #141 Bahamas 7.7 per 100,000 people Profile #141 Hungary 7.7 per 100,000 people Profile #143 Andorra 7.6 per 100,000 people Profile #143 Belarus 7.6 per 100,000 people Profile #143 Montenegro 7.6 per 100,000 people Profile #146 Brunei 7.5 per 100,000 people Profile #146 Serbia 7.5 per 100,000 people Profile #148 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7.4 per 100,000 people Profile #149 Moldova 7.3 per 100,000 people Profile #149 Qatar 7.3 per 100,000 people Profile #151 Azerbaijan 6.7 per 100,000 people Profile #151 Türkiye 6.7 per 100,000 people Profile #153 Slovakia 6.1 per 100,000 people Profile #154 Czechia 5.9 per 100,000 people Profile #155 Belgium 5.8 per 100,000 people Profile #155 Cyprus 5.8 per 100,000 people Profile #157 Marshall Islands 5.7 per 100,000 people Profile #158 Canada 5.3 per 100,000 people Profile #158 Palestine 5.3 per 100,000 people Profile #158 Italy 5.3 per 100,000 people Profile #161 Bahrain 5.2 per 100,000 people Profile #162 France 5.1 per 100,000 people Profile #162 Slovenia 5.1 per 100,000 people Profile #162 North Macedonia 5.1 per 100,000 people Profile #165 Australia 4.9 per 100,000 people Profile #165 Austria 4.9 per 100,000 people Profile #167 Palau 4.8 per 100,000 people Profile #168 Estonia 4.5 per 100,000 people Profile #169 Luxembourg 4.1 per 100,000 people Profile #169 Malta 4.1 per 100,000 people Profile #171 Netherlands 4 per 100,000 people Profile #172 Finland 3.9 per 100,000 people Profile #172 Israel 3.9 per 100,000 people Profile #172 Spain 3.9 per 100,000 people Profile #175 Germany 3.8 per 100,000 people Profile #176 Denmark 3.7 per 100,000 people Profile #177 Japan 3.6 per 100,000 people Profile #178 United Kingdom 3.2 per 100,000 people Profile #179 Ireland 3.1 per 100,000 people Profile #179 Sweden 3.1 per 100,000 people Profile #181 Switzerland 2.2 per 100,000 people Profile #182 Norway 2.1 per 100,000 people Profile #182 Singapore 2.1 per 100,000 people Profile #184 Iceland 2 per 100,000 people Profile #185 Kiribati 1.9 per 100,000 people Profile #186 Maldives 1.6 per 100,000 people Profile #187 Micronesia 0.2 per 100,000 people Profile #188 Antigua and Barbuda 0 per 100,000 people Profile #188 Monaco 0 per 100,000 people Profile #188 San Marino 0 per 100,000 people Profile