Safety Statistics

Aggregated for prevention and awareness — not a casualty list. Open a mountain to see its causes of death, incidents, and safety lessons in full.

3 mountains with safety data

1. 1
   Nanga Parbat Pakistan High risk

   Eight-thousander death-rate table (8000ers.com data), 1950 through March 2012: 335 summits / 68 deaths = 20.3% deaths per person reaching the top. Nanga Parbat is nicknamed the 'Killer Mountain' — 31 climbers died before its first ascent (Hermann Buhl, 1953). It ranks among the deadliest eight-thousanders.

   1950–2012 Source
   20.3% fatality rateper successful summit 68deaths · 335summits
2. 2
   Annapurna I Nepal High risk

   As of Feb 2025: 559 summits / 75 deaths (Guinness World Records). Historically recorded at ~32% in 2012 (Eberhard Jurgalski's analysis, 1950–2012) — often called the deadliest eight-thousander.

   1950–2025 Source
   13.4% fatality rateper successful summit 75deaths · 559summits
3. 3
   K2 Pakistan High risk

   As of Aug 2023: ~800 summits / 96 deaths. Before 2021 the ratio was roughly one death for every four people who reached the summit (~25%); recent waves of mass guided ascents lowered the cumulative ratio. K2 is often called the hardest and second-deadliest eight-thousander.

   1954–2023 Source
   12% fatality rateper successful summit 96deaths · 800summits