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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Niger
10.70
8
2. Mali
9.79
11
3. Burkina Faso
8.36
15
4. Gambia
8.25
16
5. Mozambique
8.11
19
6. Cameroon
7.74
20
7. Nigeria
7.73
21
8. Senegal
7.59
23
9. Ethiopia
7.29
24
10. Sierra Leone
6.96
25
11. Sao Tome
6.79
26
12. Guinea-Bissau
6.75
28
13. Zambia
6.72
29
14. Guinea
6.72
30
15. Chad
6.66
31
16. Cote d Ivoire
6.65
32
17. Eritrea
6.57
33
18. Ghana
6.53
34
19. Benin
6.50
35
20. DR Congo
6.47
36
21. Togo
6.44
37
22. Equ. Guinea
6.26
40
23. Malawi
6.21
41
24. Kenya
6.15
42
25. Liberia
6.14
43
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Angola
6.11
44
27. Rwanda
6.09
46
28. Uganda
6.00
47
29. Burundi
5.99
48
30. Central Africa
5.96
49
31. Tanzania
5.84
52
32. Djibouti
5.68
54
33. Congo
5.62
57
34. Mauritania
5.60
58
35. Zimbabwe
5.52
59
36. Somalia
5.44
60
37. Comoros
5.14
63
38. Gabon
5.10
65
39. Madagascar
4.21
81
40. Lesotho
4.20
82
41. South Sudan
4.00
85
42. Cape Verde
3.71
92
43. Sudan
3.27
101
44. Namibia
2.53
116
45. Botswana
2.48
117
46. Swaziland
2.47
118
47. Seychelles
1.80
147
48. South Africa
1.52
158
49. Mauritius
1.06
169
ICD-10 CODES: W00-W19
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.