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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Seychelles
11.64
5
2. Lesotho
9.67
7
3. Swaziland
7.56
8
4. Zimbabwe
6.69
14
5. Somalia
6.47
16
6. Cape Verde
5.15
25
7. Chad
4.67
32
8. Mozambique
4.35
37
9. Niger
4.32
38
10. Central Africa
4.30
39
11. Namibia
4.09
43
12. South Africa
4.06
44
13. Guinea-Bissau
4.02
45
14. Burundi
4.01
46
15. Sierra Leone
3.97
47
16. Cote d Ivoire
3.93
48
17. Benin
3.85
49
18. Cameroon
3.78
50
19. Mali
3.75
52
20. Botswana
3.71
54
21. Comoros
3.62
58
22. Guinea
3.61
59
23. Angola
3.59
60
24. Burkina Faso
3.55
61
25. Eritrea
3.38
64
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Zambia
3.21
69
27. Djibouti
3.12
71
28. DR Congo
3.10
72
29. South Sudan
3.07
73
30. Sudan
3.02
74
31. Mauritius
3.02
75
32. Togo
2.78
77
33. Equ. Guinea
2.70
81
34. Madagascar
2.63
82
35. Gambia
2.58
84
36. Senegal
2.51
89
37. Ethiopia
2.44
90
38. Ghana
2.38
93
39. Uganda
2.33
95
40. Liberia
2.30
99
41. Kenya
2.27
103
42. Malawi
2.23
104
43. Tanzania
2.22
105
44. Nigeria
2.17
107
45. Rwanda
2.14
108
46. Mauritania
2.10
112
47. Gabon
1.96
117
48. Congo
1.92
118
49. Sao Tome
1.67
124
ICD-10 CODES: W65-W74
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.