Liberia's mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) was 38.9 in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 16.47% from 33.4 in 2009 (1.54% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 38.9 | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 34.8 | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | 33.4 | 2009 |
| Highest | 38.9 | 2019 |
| Lowest | 32.9 | 2011 |
| Average since 2010 | 35.4 | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | 35.5 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Liberia's mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) rose 1 on 2018 (from 37.9 to 38.9).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2018), the average change was +0.13 and a typical year strayed about 1.01 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.7 in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.8 in 2006. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.66 a year. A straight line explains 96% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Liberia had the 4th highest value of the 183 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 38.9 | 2019 |
| World | 16.75 | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.42 | 2019 |
| Low income | 28.67 | 2019 |
Closest to Liberia in the 2019 ranking
- Dominican Republic — 1st of 183: 64.6
- Zimbabwe — 2nd of 183: 41.2
- Venezuela, RB — 3rd of 183: 39
- Eritrea — 5th of 183: 37.9
- Central African Republic — 6th of 183: 37.7
- South Sudan — 7th of 183: 36.7
What this measures
Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 20 values
| Year | Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 38.9 |
| 2018 | 37.9 |
| 2017 | 37 |
| 2016 | 36.1 |
| 2015 | 35.2 |
| 2014 | 34.8 |
| 2013 | 34.1 |
| 2012 | 34 |
| 2011 | 32.9 |
| 2010 | 33.1 |
| 2009 |
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 26.1 (2019)
- Benin — 26.8 (2019)
- Botswana — 26.4 (2019)
- Burkina Faso — 31 (2019)
- Burundi — 35.5 (2019)
- Cabo Verde — 26.8 (2019)
- Cameroon — 30.2 (2019)
- Central African Republic — 37.7 (2019)
- Chad — 32.4 (2019)
More health data for Liberia
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.59% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 13.99% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.11 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 38.54% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.13 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 39.62% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.24 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 39.08% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.7% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Liberia's mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)?
- 38.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 9.58% from 35.5 in 2000 (0.48% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 38.9 in 2019 and the lowest 32.9 in 2011.
- How does Liberia rank?
- 4th highest of 183 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) unusual for Liberia?
- In 2019, Liberia's mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) rose 1 on 2018 (from 37.9 to 38.9). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2018), the average change was +0.13 and a typical year strayed about 1.01 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.TRAF.P5, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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