|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Lesotho |
16.46 |
5 |
2. |
South Africa |
12.91 |
9 |
3. |
Sierra Leone |
12.23 |
11 |
4. |
Benin |
11.93 |
12 |
5. |
Cameroon |
11.24 |
14 |
6. |
Guinea |
11.05 |
15 |
7. |
Gambia |
10.29 |
17 |
8. |
Guinea-Bissau |
10.26 |
18 |
9. |
Burkina Faso |
10.15 |
20 |
10. |
Equ. Guinea |
9.99 |
22 |
11. |
Togo |
9.92 |
23 |
12. |
Central Africa |
9.33 |
25 |
13. |
Sao Tome |
8.77 |
26 |
14. |
Nigeria |
8.56 |
27 |
15. |
Zimbabwe |
8.24 |
29 |
16. |
Niger |
7.54 |
31 |
17. |
Cote d Ivoire |
7.51 |
32 |
18. |
DR Congo |
7.43 |
33 |
19. |
Senegal |
7.24 |
39 |
20. |
Mali |
7.22 |
40 |
21. |
Swaziland |
6.91 |
43 |
22. |
Gabon |
6.84 |
44 |
23. |
Chad |
6.80 |
45 |
24. |
Botswana |
6.54 |
48 |
25. |
Liberia |
6.22 |
49 |
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
Congo |
5.88 |
54 |
27. |
Ghana |
5.81 |
55 |
28. |
Mauritania |
5.76 |
57 |
29. |
Mauritius |
5.57 |
58 |
30. |
Mozambique |
4.88 |
65 |
31. |
Seychelles |
4.57 |
67 |
32. |
Tanzania |
4.27 |
73 |
33. |
Namibia |
4.23 |
76 |
34. |
Angola |
4.21 |
77 |
35. |
Djibouti |
4.17 |
79 |
36. |
Comoros |
4.00 |
80 |
37. |
Somalia |
3.86 |
83 |
38. |
Burundi |
3.54 |
93 |
39. |
Zambia |
3.51 |
94 |
40. |
Sudan |
3.41 |
96 |
41. |
Eritrea |
3.33 |
97 |
42. |
Rwanda |
3.28 |
100 |
43. |
Kenya |
3.15 |
105 |
44. |
Uganda |
3.11 |
106 |
45. |
Madagascar |
2.86 |
118 |
46. |
South Sudan |
2.77 |
120 |
47. |
Ethiopia |
2.68 |
127 |
48. |
Malawi |
2.35 |
136 |
49. |
Cape Verde |
2.02 |
143 |
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ICD-10 CODES: D55-D64 (minus D64.9), D65-D89, E03-E07, E15-E34, E65-E88
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.