Road traffic deaths
7.3per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021.
Ranks 145th of 195 countries by rate.
- Estimated deaths, 2021
- 316 (289–342)
Panama: injury statistics
The World Health Organization’s estimates for Panama of deaths from road traffic crashes, suicide, homicide and unintentional poisoning: the latest year WHO has published, where each rate stands among countries, and the trend since 2000 where WHO gives one.
WHO region: Americas.
Suicide rate
3.3per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021, age-standardized. Range (2.4–4.2).
Ranks 153rd of 185 countries by age-standardized rate.
- Male
- 5.6 (4.2–7.2)
- Female
- 1.0 (0.7–1.2)
- In 2000
- 5.3
- Crude rate, 2021
- 3.3 (2.4–4.2)
Homicide rate
20.3per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (15.5–25.6).
Ranks 17th of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 37.1 (28.4–46.4)
- Female
- 3.5 (2.5–4.7)
- In 2000
- 12.1
- Estimated homicides, 2019
- 730 (519–988)
Unintentional poisoning deaths
0.2per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (0.1–0.3).
Ranks 150th of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 0.4 (0.3–0.5)
- Female
- 0.1 (0.0–0.1)
- In 2000
- 0.2
How to read these figures
- Each figure is WHO’s estimate, made with the same definitions for every country so that countries can be compared. It can differ from what Panama registers itself; the national figures we carry are on the injury facts pages for road & transport, violence & self-harm and poisoning & home hazards.
- A range is WHO’s uncertainty interval: where WHO judges the true value is likely to lie.
- A rank is the country’s position in WHO’s list for that year, from the highest rate. Countries whose rates print the same are listed alphabetically, so where many countries share a small rate a few places of rank mean nothing. Rates are deaths per 100 000 population; the suicide rate is age-standardized, so countries with older or younger populations can be compared.
- The trend line runs from the earliest to the latest year WHO publishes, scaled to the country’s own highest and lowest values.
About these figures
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory (indicator codes shown). WHO web content and data are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; figures are shown as WHO publishes them, with attribution. WHO copyright and licensing.
| Code | WHO indicator | Years | WHO last updated | Read from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RS_198 | Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population) | 2021 | 15 April 2024 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_198 |
RS_196 | Estimated number of road traffic deaths | 2021 | 15 April 2024 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/RS_196 |
MH_12 | Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 28 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/MH_12 |
SDGSUICIDE | Crude suicide rates (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 10 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/SDGSUICIDE |
VIOLENCE_HOMICIDERATE | Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population | 2000–2021 | 13 February 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/VIOLENCE_HOMICIDERATE |
VIOLENCE_HOMICIDENUM | Estimates of number of homicides | 2000–2019 | 9 February 2021 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/VIOLENCE_HOMICIDENUM |
SDGPOISON | Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) | 2000–2021 | 10 January 2025 | ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/SDGPOISON |
Read from WHO’s Global Health Observatory data service on 26 September 2026. The figures are WHO’s estimates; ranks are each country’s position in WHO’s list, highest rate first.