How the numbers were computed
For the story Road deaths.
Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.
The ranking
Ranks
Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Hungary and Poland, at 52 deaths per million inhabitants each, are both 7th, and Italy is 9th.
- 27 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
3.9
Highest value ÷ lowest value: 78 ÷ 20 = 3.9000. Rounded to 1 decimal.
- 78: Romania, 2024
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.RO@2024· request r1 - 20: Sweden, 2024
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.SE@2024· request r1
27 / 27
EU countries with a value for 2024: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.
- 27 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Ranks, The regions of the EU
Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.
- 244 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2023(<geo> is the country code) · request r2
Class 1 of 5
The regions sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count; equal values stay in one class; a class's ends are its lowest and highest region's values.
- 49 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2023(<geo> is the country code) · request r2
Class 2 of 5
The regions sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count; equal values stay in one class; a class's ends are its lowest and highest region's values.
- 50 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2023(<geo> is the country code) · request r2
Class 3 of 5
The regions sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count; equal values stay in one class; a class's ends are its lowest and highest region's values.
- 47 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2023(<geo> is the country code) · request r2
Class 4 of 5
The regions sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count; equal values stay in one class; a class's ends are its lowest and highest region's values.
- 52 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2023(<geo> is the country code) · request r2
Class 5 of 5
The regions sorted by value and cut into five classes of about equal count; equal values stay in one class; a class's ends are its lowest and highest region's values.
- 46 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2023(<geo> is the country code) · request r2
Over time
Differences, 2024 − 2014
Per country, the 2024 value minus the 2014 value. Rounded to each value rounded to 0 decimals as displayed, then subtracted.
- 27 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2024(<geo> is the country code) · request r1 - 27 values, one per country
tran_r_acci:A.KIL.P_MHAB.<geo>@2014(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Countries where the death rate fell
The countries whose difference 2024 − 2014 is below zero, 25 in all.
Countries where the death rate rose
The countries whose difference 2024 − 2014 is above zero, 1 in all.
Eurostat values in the text
Requests
- r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 3 November 2026 · data updated 31 August 2026 · fingerprint:
2b87b904627b91423dab383bcec6908bab782668b8c69d9a3684d7086a5a9d69 - r2: Eurostat API query · retrieved 3 November 2026 · data updated 31 August 2026 · fingerprint:
f1706aaaac9b92205cb15963b15beb4d96574627b235d145077c3f2f9111277f