Statement:
The chance to die in a road accident is higher in Malta than in Japan

In the Road traffic death rate rating Malta holds position #160 2019 out of 181 and Japan is #167 out of 181 2019.
Position of Malta is worse than position of Japan.

Referencies:

  1. Road traffic death rate 2019 by WHO
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Deaths per 100 000 population' in descending order.
    Japan 'Deaths per 100 000 population' value is 3.60
    Malta 'Deaths per 100 000 population' value is 4.11