Road traffic deaths
20.8per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021.
Ranks 35th of 195 countries by rate.
- Estimated deaths, 2021
- 3,502 (3,005–3,999)
Senegal: injury statistics
The World Health Organization’s estimates for Senegal 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: Africa.
Suicide rate
11.6per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021, age-standardized. Range (6.5–16.1).
Ranks 52nd of 185 countries by age-standardized rate.
- Male
- 18.4 (9.3–22.7)
- Female
- 4.9 (2.9–7.9)
- In 2000
- 12.6
- Crude rate, 2021
- 6.8 (3.8–9.7)
Homicide rate
7.9per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (3.8–14.0).
Ranks 58th of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 12.3 (5.9–20.5)
- Female
- 3.4 (1.5–6.9)
- In 2000
- 10.4
- Estimated homicides, 2019
- 1,247 (574–2,348)
Unintentional poisoning deaths
0.8per 100 000 population
WHO estimate, 2021. Range (0.4–1.5).
Ranks 73rd of 185 countries by rate.
- Male
- 1.1 (0.5–1.9)
- Female
- 0.5 (0.3–1.0)
- In 2000
- 1.3
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 Senegal 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.