The number of people killed by lawnmowers in the US has been named as 2017's top international statistic.

The BBC reported that Kim Kardashian tweeted the figure back in January this year in response to a migrant ban proposed by President Donald Trump.

She highlighted that 69 people were killed annually by lawnmowers in the US, compared with two killed by Islamic jihadist immigrants.

The UK's top statistic went to the fact that only 0.1 percent of land area is densely built on.

The death by lawnmower statistic had originally appeared in a Richard Todd article for the Huffington Post.

The Daily Mail said Todd and Kardashian's use of these figures shows how everyone can deploy statistical evidence to inform debate and highlight misunderstandings of risk in people's lives.

Judging panel member Liberty Vittert said, "Everyone on the panel was particularly taken by this statistic and its insight into risk - a key concept in both statistics and everyday life.

"When you consider that this figure was put into the public domain by Kim Kardashian, it becomes even more powerful because it shows anyone, statistician or not, can use statistics to illustrate an important point and illuminate the bigger picture."

Statistic of the Year is a new initiative for 2017 that celebrates how statistics can help us better understand the world around us.

The winning entries were all felt by the judging panel to capture the spirit of 2017.

Nominations were made by members of the public as well as sought from RSS members worldwide.