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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Sao Tome
24.55
3
2. Mozambique
16.47
9
3. Cameroon
14.03
12
4. Niger
13.97
13
5. Central Africa
13.45
16
6. Cote d Ivoire
13.42
17
7. Lesotho
13.33
18
8. Burkina Faso
12.71
21
9. Togo
12.49
24
10. Guinea-Bissau
12.48
25
11. Zambia
12.31
27
12. Chad
12.04
29
13. Benin
12.02
30
14. Mali
11.98
31
15. Guinea
11.92
32
16. Angola
11.57
34
17. Gambia
11.55
35
18. Gabon
11.47
37
19. Ghana
11.41
38
20. Sierra Leone
11.39
39
21. Eritrea
11.26
41
22. Malawi
11.15
43
23. Cape Verde
11.05
45
24. Burundi
10.73
46
25. DR Congo
10.62
47
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Somalia
10.61
48
27. Equ. Guinea
10.31
51
28. Ethiopia
10.17
52
29. Senegal
10.16
53
30. Uganda
10.15
54
31. Zimbabwe
10.14
55
32. Swaziland
10.05
57
33. Kenya
10.03
58
34. Djibouti
9.93
60
35. Rwanda
9.61
64
36. Nigeria
9.36
65
37. Congo
9.31
67
38. Seychelles
9.05
70
39. Comoros
8.65
79
40. Liberia
8.25
83
41. Tanzania
7.99
86
42. Mauritania
7.95
88
43. Botswana
7.12
96
44. Namibia
6.90
99
45. Sudan
6.66
103
46. Madagascar
6.42
108
47. South Sudan
6.40
109
48. Mauritius
6.25
114
49. South Africa
4.71
140
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.