# EU countries by road traffic death rate, 2021

All 27 values come from World Health Organization for 2021, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `road_traffic_death_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 population (SDG indicator 3.6.1), from WHO's Global status report on road safety.
- Source: World Health Organization, Road traffic mortality rate (per 100 000 population) (RS_198) (https://data.who.int/indicators/i/B9D9E6A/D6176E2)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: World Health Organization, data.who.int. Road traffic mortality rate (per 100 000 population) (RS_198) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/B9D9E6A/D6176E2 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-traffic-death-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Latvia | 9.8 |
| 2 | Romania | 9.6 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 8.4 |
| 4 | Croatia | 8.1 |
| 5 | Hungary | 7.4 |
| 6 | Greece | 7.3 |
| 7 | Portugal | 7.2 |
| 8 | Poland | 6.5 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 6.4 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 6.3 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 5.8 |
| 12 | Czechia | 5.2 |
| 13 | Italy | 5 |
| 14 | France | 4.7 |
| 15 | Austria | 4.6 |
| 15 | Belgium | 4.6 |
| 17 | Estonia | 4.4 |
| 18 | Finland | 4.2 |
| 19 | Cyprus | 3.9 |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 3.9 |
| 21 | Spain | 3.5 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 3.4 |
| 23 | Germany | 3.3 |
| 24 | Ireland | 2.8 |
| 25 | Denmark | 2.3 |
| 26 | Sweden | 2.1 |
| 27 | Malta | 1.9 |