Road deaths per million inhabitants

32 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 4 per mn. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
2 per mn
EU average
4 per mn
27 member states
Median country
4 per mn
half above, half below
Range
2 to 8
Norway - Romania

How to read it

Across 32 countries, the highest value is in Romania (8 per mn) and the lowest in Norway (2 per mn).

Half of the countries are above 4 per mn and half below.

The EU average is 4 per mn; 15 of 32 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 10 per mn in 2005 to 4 per mn in 2024.

Road traffic deaths, by type of roads
Rate · Total

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Road deaths over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Norway non-EU2−3
2Sweden2−2
3Malta2−2
4Denmark2−2
5Luxembourg3−2
6Switzerland non-EU3−2
7Netherlands3−1
8Slovenia3−1
9Ireland3−1
10Finland3−1
11Germany3−1
12Iceland non-EU3−1
13Spain4−1
14Austria4−1
15Belgium40
16Cyprus40
17Lithuania40
18Czechia50
19France50
20Slovakia50
21Estonia5+1
22Italy5+1
23Hungary5+1
24Poland5+1
25Portugal6+1
26Latvia6+2
27Croatia6+2
28Greece6+2
29Liechtenstein non-EU7+3
30Bulgaria7+3
31Romania8+3
32Serbia non-EU8+3
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset sdg_11_40 · 2024 Source and licence

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