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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Nigeria
10.41
3
2. Cameroon
9.83
4
3. Cote d Ivoire
7.33
9
4. Cape Verde
6.62
13
5. Ghana
6.55
15
6. Equ. Guinea
6.24
16
7. Sierra Leone
5.60
20
8. Togo
5.48
21
9. Sudan
5.07
25
10. Mauritania
4.95
26
11. Zimbabwe
4.54
29
12. Guinea
4.38
30
13. Benin
4.37
31
14. Gambia
4.31
32
15. Chad
4.00
35
16. Swaziland
3.67
38
17. Gabon
3.56
39
18. Tanzania
3.32
43
19. Senegal
3.17
45
20. Liberia
3.16
46
21. Congo
2.97
48
22. Guinea-Bissau
2.93
49
23. Burkina Faso
2.92
51
24. Sao Tome
2.78
53
25. Eritrea
2.78
54
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Zambia
2.69
63
27. Djibouti
2.37
68
28. Namibia
2.27
72
29. Uganda
2.26
73
30. Mali
2.24
75
31. Mozambique
2.15
80
32. Mauritius
2.12
81
33. Central Africa
2.04
83
34. Comoros
1.99
86
35. Niger
1.95
88
36. DR Congo
1.86
95
37. Botswana
1.85
96
38. Angola
1.81
97
39. South Africa
1.79
99
40. Lesotho
1.63
109
41. Burundi
1.44
118
42. Malawi
1.26
128
43. Ethiopia
1.23
130
44. Seychelles
1.18
132
45. Somalia
1.13
135
46. Rwanda
1.12
136
47. South Sudan
1.09
139
48. Kenya
0.86
154
49. Madagascar
0.69
162
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.