Road traffic deaths in Saudi Arabia
Road traffic injuries caused 35.9 deaths per 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Saudi Arabia, 2019
35.9
Change from 2018
+2.7per 100,000 people
World, 2019
16.7 per 100,000 people
Median of G20 countries, 2019
11.3 per 100,000 people
Position in 2019
8th of 183
Road traffic deaths in Saudi Arabia 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.
| Period | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 35.9 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 33.2 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 30.6 per 100,000 people | 16.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 28.7 per 100,000 people | 16.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 26.2 per 100,000 people | 17.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 25.0 per 100,000 people | 17.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 26.3 per 100,000 people | 17.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 27.0 per 100,000 people | 18.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 26.1 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 24.8 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 23.8 per 100,000 people | 18.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 25.7 per 100,000 people | 18.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 26.0 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 24.8 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 25.9 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 23.0 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 17.7 per 100,000 people | 19.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 17.2 per 100,000 people | 19.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 17.1 per 100,000 people | 19.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 17.1 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 +2.7 from 33.2 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 23.8 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +12.1.
- Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Saudi Arabia has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.