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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
15.24
1
2. Nigeria
14.45
2
3. South Sudan
14.32
3
4. Chad
13.47
4
5. Central Africa
13.28
5
6. Guinea-Bissau
12.73
6
7. Lesotho
12.51
7
8. Sierra Leone
12.13
8
9. Angola
11.29
9
10. Mali
11.22
10
11. Guinea
11.00
11
12. Cote d Ivoire
10.92
12
13. Equ. Guinea
10.46
13
14. Liberia
10.40
14
15. Benin
10.25
16
16. Cameroon
10.01
17
17. DR Congo
9.91
18
18. Burkina Faso
9.51
20
19. Mozambique
9.50
21
20. Togo
9.41
22
21. Gambia
9.33
23
22. Ethiopia
9.19
24
23. Zambia
9.13
25
24. Zimbabwe
9.07
26
25. Djibouti
9.04
27
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Comoros
8.86
29
27. Mauritania
8.85
30
28. Niger
8.65
32
29. Tanzania
8.34
33
30. Burundi
8.05
35
31. Ghana
7.80
36
32. Kenya
7.72
37
33. Senegal
7.11
41
34. Uganda
7.01
42
35. Madagascar
6.70
45
36. Sudan
6.66
46
37. Congo
6.58
48
38. Malawi
6.51
49
39. Eritrea
6.30
50
40. Swaziland
6.01
51
41. Gabon
5.80
52
42. Namibia
5.59
53
43. Rwanda
5.48
55
44. Botswana
5.42
56
45. Sao Tome
4.89
61
46. Mauritius
3.92
71
47. South Africa
3.06
78
48. Cape Verde
1.74
91
49. Seychelles
1.39
102
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.