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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
17.59
1
2. South Sudan
16.53
2
3. Nigeria
16.47
3
4. Chad
15.89
4
5. Central Africa
15.73
5
6. Guinea-Bissau
15.48
6
7. Lesotho
14.80
7
8. Sierra Leone
14.08
8
9. Angola
13.60
9
10. Cote d Ivoire
13.44
10
11. Mali
13.43
11
12. Guinea
12.81
12
13. Equ. Guinea
12.49
13
14. Liberia
12.38
14
15. Cameroon
12.30
15
16. Benin
12.20
16
17. DR Congo
11.94
18
18. Ethiopia
11.78
19
19. Togo
11.74
20
20. Gambia
11.50
21
21. Burkina Faso
11.27
22
22. Zimbabwe
11.06
23
23. Mozambique
11.00
24
24. Zambia
10.96
25
25. Mauritania
10.78
26
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Comoros
10.35
29
27. Niger
10.29
30
28. Djibouti
10.11
32
29. Burundi
9.92
33
30. Tanzania
9.87
36
31. Ghana
9.76
37
32. Kenya
9.23
38
33. Senegal
8.70
40
34. Uganda
8.65
42
35. Eritrea
8.36
45
36. Sudan
8.19
46
37. Malawi
8.12
47
38. Congo
7.99
48
39. Madagascar
7.85
49
40. Swaziland
7.31
51
41. Gabon
7.29
52
42. Namibia
6.81
53
43. Rwanda
6.62
54
44. Botswana
6.49
56
45. Sao Tome
6.11
58
46. Mauritius
4.59
71
47. South Africa
3.65
79
48. Cape Verde
2.10
93
49. Seychelles
1.64
105
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.