In 2022, two expedition members and one hired climber died while climbing Mount Everest. In a wider context, the cumulative number of fatalities between 2012 and 2022 were 38 and 43 for expedition members and employed personnel, respectively. During these years, 2013 was the only year in which the same number of expedition members and hired personnel died. Meanwhile, the year with the largest disparity of deaths between the two climber types came in 2014, when 17 hired personnel and zero expedition members perished while scaling Mt. Everest.

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.

Death rates (overall and on descent from summit), numbers of deaths, and numbers of climbers at risk (boldfaced).

Rates of success, complete success, and death (as percentage) on Everest for the recent two time periods.