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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Nigeria
5.81
5
2. Cameroon
5.35
8
3. Cote d Ivoire
4.28
13
4. Equ. Guinea
4.22
15
5. Sudan
3.34
21
6. Ghana
3.31
22
7. Sierra Leone
3.17
24
8. Cape Verde
3.13
25
9. Togo
3.02
27
10. Swaziland
2.93
28
11. Mauritania
2.66
30
12. Gambia
2.38
34
13. Benin
2.36
35
14. Zimbabwe
2.31
38
15. Chad
2.27
39
16. Gabon
2.27
40
17. Guinea
2.17
42
18. Congo
1.92
49
19. Namibia
1.74
57
20. Lesotho
1.67
61
21. Liberia
1.66
63
22. Senegal
1.58
65
23. South Africa
1.52
67
24. Tanzania
1.48
68
25. Eritrea
1.45
70
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Guinea-Bissau
1.45
71
27. Burkina Faso
1.42
72
28. Botswana
1.40
73
29. Djibouti
1.34
80
30. Central Africa
1.33
81
31. Sao Tome
1.30
84
32. Mali
1.30
85
33. DR Congo
1.25
88
34. Zambia
1.19
92
35. Mauritius
1.16
95
36. Niger
1.13
99
37. Comoros
1.09
107
38. Angola
1.09
108
39. Uganda
1.09
109
40. Mozambique
0.92
122
41. Seychelles
0.78
133
42. Burundi
0.77
134
43. Ethiopia
0.71
140
44. Somalia
0.62
150
45. South Sudan
0.59
151
46. Malawi
0.57
152
47. Rwanda
0.56
154
48. Kenya
0.39
171
49. Madagascar
0.39
172
ICD-10 CODES: F11-F16, F18-F19, X41-X42, X44
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.