Road traffic deaths in Zambia

Road traffic injuries caused 20.5 deaths per 100,000 people in Zambia in 2019.

Measure: Road traffic deaths (WHO estimates) Unit: Deaths per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2019 20.5 Deaths per 100,000 people
Change from 2018 0per 100,000 people 2018: 20.5 per 100,000 people
World, 2019 16.7 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2019 68th of 183 See the full ranking

Road traffic deaths in Zambia 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 ZambiaWorld
2019 20.5 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2018 20.5 per 100,000 people 16.7 per 100,000 people
2017 20.6 per 100,000 people 16.8 per 100,000 people
2016 21.2 per 100,000 people 16.9 per 100,000 people
2015 20.9 per 100,000 people 17.0 per 100,000 people
2014 20.6 per 100,000 people 17.2 per 100,000 people
2013 20.4 per 100,000 people 17.5 per 100,000 people
2012 20.4 per 100,000 people 18.0 per 100,000 people
2011 20.7 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2010 23.6 per 100,000 people 18.2 per 100,000 people
2009 23.8 per 100,000 people 18.3 per 100,000 people
2008 23.9 per 100,000 people 18.6 per 100,000 people
2007 24.1 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2006 24.9 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2005 25.4 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2004 25.9 per 100,000 people 18.9 per 100,000 people
2003 26.2 per 100,000 people 19.1 per 100,000 people
2002 26.9 per 100,000 people 19.3 per 100,000 people
2001 27.2 per 100,000 people 19.2 per 100,000 people
2000 27.4 per 100,000 people 19.1 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2018.
  • Since 2009, when it was 23.8 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −3.3.
  • Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Zambia has the 68th 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 Zambia
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