List of deadliest animals to humans explained

This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious. This article contains a compilation of lists from several reliable sources.

List of the most deadly animals

	Source: CNET^[1]		Source: Business Insider^[2]		Source: BBC News^[3]
	Animal	Humans killedper year	Animal	Humans killedper year	Animal	Humans killedper year
1	Mosquitoes	1,000,000	Mosquitoes	750,000	Mosquitoes	725,000
2	Humans (homicide)	475,000	Humans (homicide)	437,000	Snakes	50,000
3	Snakes	50,000	Snakes	100,000	Dogs	25,000
4	Dogs	25,000	Dogs	35,000	Tsetse flies	10,000
5	Tsetse flies	10,000	Freshwater snails	>20,000	Crocodiles	1,000
6	Assassin bugs	10,000	Assassin bugs	12,000	Hippopotamuses	500^[4]
7	Freshwater snails	10,000	Tsetse flies	10,000
8	Scorpions	3,250	Scorpions	3,250
9	Ascaris roundworms	2,500	Ascaris roundworms	2,500
10	Tapeworms	2,000	Tapeworms	2,000

See also

• List of large carnivores known to prey on humans

Further reading

• What Animals Kill The Most Humans Each Year?, World Atlas
• Malaria, World Health Organization
• Animal bites, World Health Organization
• West Niles virus, World Health Organization
• Forrester . Joseph D. . Weiser . Thomas G. . Forrester . Jared A. . An Update on Fatalities Due to Venomous and Nonvenomous Animals in the United States (2008–2015) . Wilderness & Environmental Medicine . March 1, 2018 . 29 . 1 . 36–44 . 10.1016/j.wem.2017.10.004 . 29373216 . free . 1080-6032.

External links

• The Deadliest Animal in the World, Gates Notes
• These Are The Top 15 Deadliest Animals on Earth, Science Alert
• Top 10 Deadliest Animals To Humans In The World, Toptenia
• The 25 Most Dangerous Animals In The World, List 25
• The Most Dangerous Animals in the World, Animal Danger
• Top 10 Most Dangerous Animals In The World, Conservation Institute
• Schistosomiasis: Still a Cause of Significant Morbidity and Mortality, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Notes and References

1. News: The 24 deadliest animals on Earth, ranked . Learish . Jessica . October 15, 2016 . CNET . March 24, 2019 . March 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190324230642/https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-24-deadliest-animals-on-earth-ranked/24/ . live .
2. News: Ramsey . Lydia . September 4, 2016 . These are the world's deadliest animals . Business Insider . June 3, 2021 . June 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210603090326/https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-deadliest-animals-2016-9?r=US&IR=T . live .
3. News: What are the world's deadliest animals? . June 15, 2016 . BBC News . March 24, 2019 . July 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190731014839/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-36320744 . live .
4. https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animals-to-humans Deadliest animals to humans