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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
4.47
6
2. Somalia
3.72
11
3. Zimbabwe
3.42
15
4. Niger
3.37
16
5. Chad
3.32
17
6. Seychelles
3.25
18
7. Central Africa
3.20
20
8. Angola
3.07
21
9. Mali
3.00
23
10. Sierra Leone
2.93
26
11. Equ. Guinea
2.87
27
12. DR Congo
2.78
28
13. Burundi
2.69
29
14. Burkina Faso
2.58
31
15. Cameroon
2.55
32
16. Swaziland
2.53
33
17. Cote d Ivoire
2.50
34
18. South Sudan
2.50
35
19. Benin
2.48
36
20. Guinea
2.47
37
21. Guinea-Bissau
2.46
38
22. Mozambique
2.41
39
23. Comoros
2.37
40
24. Zambia
1.96
45
25. Madagascar
1.90
49
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Djibouti
1.86
50
27. Eritrea
1.85
51
28. Namibia
1.81
55
29. Gambia
1.80
57
30. Botswana
1.78
58
31. Senegal
1.76
59
32. Nigeria
1.72
60
33. Sudan
1.70
61
34. South Africa
1.67
66
35. Liberia
1.66
68
36. Ethiopia
1.64
70
37. Tanzania
1.58
73
38. Congo
1.51
75
39. Kenya
1.49
76
40. Mauritania
1.45
78
41. Togo
1.42
79
42. Uganda
1.41
80
43. Rwanda
1.32
85
44. Malawi
1.27
89
45. Ghana
1.26
90
46. Gabon
1.23
92
47. Sao Tome
1.22
93
48. Mauritius
1.22
94
49. Cape Verde
0.89
107
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.