Road traffic deaths in Liberia

Road traffic injuries caused 38.9 deaths per 100,000 people in Liberia in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) Unit: Deaths per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2019 38.9 Deaths per 100,000 people
Change from 2018 +1.0per 100,000 people 2018: 37.9 per 100,000 people
World, 2019 16.7 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2019 4th of 183 See the full ranking

Road traffic deaths in Liberia over time

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Deaths per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) (deaths per 100,000 people), 2000 to 2019
Period LiberiaWorld
2019 38.9 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2018 37.9 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2017 37.0 per 100,000 people 16.8 per 100,000 people
2016 36.1 per 100,000 people 16.9 per 100,000 people
2015 35.2 per 100,000 people 17.0 per 100,000 people
2014 34.8 per 100,000 people 17.2 per 100,000 people
2013 34.1 per 100,000 people 17.5 per 100,000 people
2012 34.0 per 100,000 people 18.0 per 100,000 people
2011 32.9 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2010 33.1 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2009 33.4 per 100,000 people 18.3 per 100,000 people
2008 33.9 per 100,000 people 18.6 per 100,000 people
2007 33.6 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2006 34.7 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2005 36.5 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2004 37.3 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2003 37.5 per 100,000 people 19.1 per 100,000 people
2002 34.8 per 100,000 people 19.3 per 100,000 people
2001 35.4 per 100,000 people 19.2 per 100,000 people
2000 35.5 per 100,000 people 19.1 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 from 37.9 per 100,000 people in 2018.
  • Since 2009, when it was 33.4 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +5.5.
  • Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Liberia has the 4th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.TRAF.P5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2019 for Liberia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory