Road traffic deaths in South Korea
Direct answer · 2019
8.6 per 100,000 people
per 100,000 people
Rank 132 among countries with comparable data
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What this means
Compare estimated road traffic death rates per 100,000 people.
Higher estimated road traffic mortality; lower estimated road traffic mortality.
Methodology & source
Values are World Bank World Development Indicators SH.STA.TRAF.P5: WHO estimated mortality caused by road traffic injury per 100,000 people. This is the published WHO/WDI death-rate series, not a composite road-safety index. Countries without complete vital registration are estimated by WHO. Country rows are joined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3; regional and income aggregates are excluded. Map ranks are comparable-sample competition ranks among currently loaded countries (rank 1 is the highest death rate). Missing countries remain without a value.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators
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World Bank World Development Indicators SH.STA.TRAF.P5 (mortality caused by road traffic injury per 100,000 people), from WHO estimates published in WDI. These are WHO estimated death rates, not a composite index and not a modelled ranking of 'road safety'. Countries without complete vital registration are estimated by WHO. Rows are country and economy series joined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3; World Bank regional and income aggregates are excluded. Snapshot years 2010-2019 from WDI lastupdated 2026-07-13. 189 UN members have at least one finite death rate in this extract.