English: This matrix plot shows the total number of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, who died or went missing at state borders or during international migration, from 1 January 2014 to 26 September 2024.

Rows represent years, while columns represent routes grouped by region (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Mediterranean) and arranged from left to right, from the least to the most dangerous within each region. For routes involving multiple regions, the destination region is used for classification.

The numbers in the cells indicate the total deaths and missing persons per route for each year. The color gradient ranges from light red (low death toll) to dark red (high death toll), highlighting the most lethal routes.

These figures are minimum estimates, as many migration deaths remain unrecorded.

The data are provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) through the Missing Migrants Project, which aims to raise awareness of migrant deaths and promote safer migration routes.

• This graph was created using RAWGraphs, an open-source data visualization tool.