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Road Traffic Deaths by African country

2021

Estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 population (WHO).

Africa, 202154 of 54 countries
18.7population-weighted average
Highest in 2021Guinea · 37.4Lowest in 2021Seychelles · 6.6Reported in 20210 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 15.8Democratic Republic of the Congo — 16.3Somalia — 20.2Kenya — 28.2Sudan — 19.6Chad — 26.4South Africa — 24.5Lesotho — 21.6Zimbabwe — 29.9Botswana — 16.5Namibia — 22.0Senegal — 20.8Mali — 20.2Mauritania — 9.5Benin — 24.8Niger — 24.9Nigeria — 17.2Cameroon — 10.6Togo — 22.7Ghana — 25.9Cote d'Ivoire — 20.6Guinea — 37.4Guinea-Bissau — 30.5Liberia — 15.3Sierra Leone — 13.8Burkina Faso — 27.8Central African Republic — 25.9Republic of the Congo — 8.4Gabon — 12.5Equatorial Guinea — 11.7Zambia — 17.1Malawi — 20.2Mozambique — 20.1Eswatini — 24.7Angola — 15.0Burundi — 12.3Madagascar — 22.5Gambia — 22.0Tunisia — 16.3Algeria — 18.3Eritrea — 17.7Morocco — 18.6Egypt — 9.4Libya — 34.0Ethiopia — 17.7Djibouti — 23.3Uganda — 16.0Rwanda — 11.6South Sudan — 23.3Nigeria 17.2Nigeria 17.2Ethiopia 17.7Ethiopia 17.7Kenya 28.2Kenya 28.2South Africa 24.5South Africa 24.52021HIGHEST IN 2021Guinea37.4Libya34.0Guinea-Bissau30.5Zimbabwe29.9Comorosnot drawn29.0LOWEST IN 2021Seychellesnot drawn6.6Republic of the Congo8.4Egypt9.4Mauritania9.5Mauritiusnot drawn9.7PINNEDEthiopia17.732 of 54Kenya28.26 of 54Nigeria17.233 of 54South Africa24.514 of 54OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawn16.5Sao Tome and Principenot drawn11.7per 100,000 · quintiles of the observed range6.612.517.220.624.837.4no record
20142024
WHO · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries24.0
Western Africa16 of 16 countries20.3
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries19.4
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries16.1
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries15.1
Africaall 54 countries · 54 with a 2021 figure18.7

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Road Traffic DeathsEstimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 population (WHO).
SourceWHO, with processing by Africa API
Unitper 100,000
Last updated8 Aug 2026
Next expected updateAug 2027
Date range2021–2021
Coverage54 of 54 countries · 0 reported, 54 modelled, 0 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 0 countries did so for 2021 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2021 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Road Traffic Deaths". Data adapted from WHO. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/road-traffic-deaths
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=road_traffic_deaths_per_100k&year=2021&limit=100

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Road Traffic Deaths, country by country

54 countries carry a figure

Each country has its own page for this indicator, with the full history, the source and the API request.

AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonCentral African RepublicChadComorosCote d'IvoireDemocratic Republic of the CongoDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRepublic of the CongoRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

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