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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
16.45
1
2. Nigeria
15.51
2
3. South Sudan
15.46
3
4. Chad
14.71
4
5. Central Africa
14.54
5
6. Guinea-Bissau
14.15
6
7. Lesotho
13.70
7
8. Sierra Leone
13.12
8
9. Angola
12.47
9
10. Mali
12.36
10
11. Cote d Ivoire
12.22
11
12. Guinea
11.93
12
13. Equ. Guinea
11.51
13
14. Liberia
11.43
14
15. Benin
11.26
16
16. Cameroon
11.19
17
17. DR Congo
10.95
18
18. Togo
10.60
19
19. Ethiopia
10.53
20
20. Gambia
10.44
21
21. Burkina Faso
10.42
22
22. Mozambique
10.26
23
23. Zimbabwe
10.09
25
24. Zambia
10.07
26
25. Mauritania
9.85
27
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Comoros
9.63
29
27. Djibouti
9.60
30
28. Niger
9.50
31
29. Tanzania
9.12
34
30. Burundi
9.01
35
31. Ghana
8.81
36
32. Kenya
8.50
38
33. Senegal
7.93
41
34. Uganda
7.85
42
35. Sudan
7.45
45
36. Eritrea
7.37
46
37. Malawi
7.34
47
38. Congo
7.30
48
39. Madagascar
7.29
49
40. Swaziland
6.67
51
41. Gabon
6.57
52
42. Namibia
6.21
53
43. Rwanda
6.06
54
44. Botswana
5.97
56
45. Sao Tome
5.51
60
46. Mauritius
4.26
71
47. South Africa
3.36
78
48. Cape Verde
1.92
92
49. Seychelles
1.52
104
ICD-10 CODES: P03, P10-P15, P20-P21, P24-P26, P29
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.