When looking at the 14 highest mountains above sea level worldwide, Annapurna I and K2 were the mountains with highest summit to death ratio, at 27.2 percent and 22.8 percent, respectively, as of May 2023. Meanwhile, Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain above mean sea level, had a much lower ratio of summits to deaths, coming in 11th place with 3.29 percent.
Selected mountains with the highest share of deaths compared to climber summits worldwide as of May 2023
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