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Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

World Bank code: SH.STA.POIS.P5.MA • Data available for 185 countries • Latest year: 2021

In , Moldova led Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) at 6.71.

The world median across 185 reporting countries was 0.64.

What this measures: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2021

Reporting
185 countries
Median
0.64
Mean
1.00
25th percentile
0.28
75th percentile
1.44
Range
0.00 – 6.71

World at a Glance — 2021

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 0.16AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.00BNCambodia: 0.63KHChina: 1.71CNFiji: 0.34FJIndonesia: 0.40IDJapan: 0.25JPKiribati: 2.42KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 1.55KPKorea, Rep.: 0.39KRLao PDR: 0.48LAMalaysia: 0.99MYMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 0.97FMMongolia: 4.38MNMyanmar: 1.17MMNew Zealand: 0.28NZPapua New Guinea: 0.80PGPhilippines: 0.31PHSamoa: 0.53WSSingapore: 0.00SGSolomon Islands: 1.17SBThailand: 0.62THTimor-Leste: 0.41TLTonga: 1.80TOVanuatu: 1.01VUViet Nam: 1.63VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 0.23ALArmenia: 1.13AMAustria: 0.21ATAzerbaijan: 0.53AZBelarus: 2.60BYBelgium: 0.52BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 1.94BABulgaria: 1.02BGCroatia: 0.21HRCyprus: 0.20CYCzechia: 0.87CZDenmark: 0.00DKEstonia: 2.82EEFinland: 0.47FIFrance: 0.45FRGeorgia: 1.47GEGermany: 0.58DEGreece: 0.22GRHungary: 0.62HUIceland: 0.00ISIreland: 0.40IEItaly: 0.40ITKazakhstan: 1.95KZKyrgyz Republic: 0.96KGLatvia: 1.04LVLithuania: 1.74LTLuxembourg: 0.16LUMoldova: 6.71MDMontenegro: 0.43MENetherlands: 0.05NLNorth Macedonia: 1.10MKNorway: 0.38NOPoland: 2.01PLPortugal: 0.38PTRomania: 2.60RORussian Federation: 4.30RUSerbia: 0.39RSSlovak Republic: 1.07SKSlovenia: 0.41SISpain: 0.46ESSweden: 0.22SESwitzerland: 0.22CHTajikistan: 1.41TJTurkiye: 0.45TRTurkmenistan: 0.40TMUkraine: 3.31UAUnited Kingdom: 0.38GBUzbekistan: 0.74UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 1.09AGArgentina: 0.38ARBahamas, The: 0.20BSBarbados: 0.11BBBelize: 0.20BZBolivia: 0.51BOBrazil: 0.19BRChile: 0.55CLColombia: 0.31COCosta Rica: 0.18CRCuba: 0.17CUDominican Republic: 0.32DOEcuador: 1.55ECEl Salvador: 1.23SVGrenada: 2.39GDGuatemala: 1.14GTGuyana: 0.04GYHaiti: 0.55HTHonduras: 0.78HNJamaica: 0.10JMMexico: 0.57MXNicaragua: 0.22NIPanama: 0.35PAParaguay: 0.21PYPeru: 1.07PEPuerto Rico (US): 0.24PRSt. Lucia: 0.16LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.00VCSuriname: 0.19SRTrinidad and Tobago: 0.09TTUruguay: 0.55UYVenezuela, RB: 0.58VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 2.88AFAlgeria: 0.64DZBahrain: 0.25BHDjibouti: 1.76DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 0.20EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 0.83IRIraq: 0.19IQIsrael: 0.06ILJordan: 0.33JOKuwait: 0.52KWLebanon: 0.19LBLibya: 1.18LYMalta: 0.18MTMorocco: 0.82MAOman: 0.04OMPakistan: 0.14PKQatar: 0.50QASaudi Arabia: 0.35SASyrian Arab Republic: 0.29SYTunisia: 0.49TNUnited Arab Emirates: 0.21AEWest Bank and Gaza: 0.20PSYemen, Rep.: 1.97YENorth AmericaCanada: 0.35CAUnited States: 0.70USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 0.15BDBhutan: 0.10BTIndia: 0.17INMaldives: 0.11MVNepal: 2.84NPSri Lanka: 0.28LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 1.20AOBenin: 1.46BJBotswana: 0.96BWBurkina Faso: 1.74BFBurundi: 2.56BICabo Verde: 0.50CVCameroon: 1.43CMCentral African Republic: 1.91CFChad: 1.57TDComoros: 1.56KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 1.69CDCongo, Rep.: 0.74CGCote d'Ivoire: 1.30CIEquatorial Guinea: 0.66GQEritrea: 2.55EREswatini: 3.51SZEthiopia: 1.24ETGabon: 0.78GAGambia, The: 1.12GMGhana: 0.99GHGuinea: 1.29GNGuinea-Bissau: 1.45GWKenya: 1.95KELesotho: 3.91LSLiberia: 1.12LRMadagascar: 1.53MGMalawi: 1.36MWMali: 1.56MLMauritania: 0.65MRMauritius: 1.42MUMozambique: 1.73MZNamibia: 1.43NANiger: 2.02NENigeria: 1.11NGRwanda: 1.50RWSao Tome and Principe: 0.59STSenegal: 1.08SNSeychelles: 0.26SCSierra Leone: 1.60SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 3.96SOSouth Africa: 1.82ZASouth Sudan: 2.12SSSudan: 1.44SDTanzania: 1.13TZTogo: 1.49TGUganda: 1.31UGZambia: 1.35ZMZimbabwe: 4.45ZW

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Highest Values — 2021

# Country Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
1 Moldova Europe & Central Asia 6.71
2 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 4.45
3 Mongolia East Asia & Pacific 4.38
4 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 4.30
5 Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 3.96
6 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 3.91
7 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 3.51
8 Ukraine Europe & Central Asia 3.31
9 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.88
10 Nepal South Asia 2.84

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 58 0.56
Upper middle income 50 1.05
Lower middle income 50 1.10
Low income 25 1.76
Not classified 2 0.91

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 26 0.94
Europe & Central Asia 48 1.05
Latin America & Caribbean 32 0.51
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 0.62
North America 2 0.52
South Asia 6 0.61
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 1.59

Lowest Values — 2021

# Country Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
1 Singapore 0.00
2 Denmark 0.00
3 Brunei Darussalam 0.00
4 Iceland 0.00
5 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00
6 Guyana 0.04
7 Oman 0.04
8 Netherlands 0.05
9 Israel 0.06
10 Trinidad and Tobago 0.09
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.STA.POIS.P5.MA), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2021.