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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
74.75
1
2. Central Africa
73.55
2
3. Madagascar
58.73
5
4. Zambia
56.20
6
5. Mozambique
55.74
7
6. Swaziland
54.16
9
7. Congo
52.27
12
8. Eritrea
52.22
13
9. DR Congo
50.51
14
10. Somalia
50.05
15
11. Gabon
44.80
19
12. Angola
41.41
21
13. Equ. Guinea
40.56
22
14. Sudan
40.23
23
15. Botswana
39.78
24
16. Seychelles
39.54
25
17. Djibouti
38.28
27
18. Namibia
37.70
28
19. Comoros
36.33
30
20. Burundi
34.16
33
21. Mauritius
34.14
34
22. South Africa
33.86
36
23. Malawi
32.87
38
24. Tanzania
31.31
41
25. Burkina Faso
31.19
42
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Uganda
30.73
43
27. Rwanda
30.17
44
28. Ethiopia
29.73
46
29. Kenya
28.53
47
30. Guinea
27.96
49
31. South Sudan
26.49
52
32. Guinea-Bissau
25.92
54
33. Chad
24.66
58
34. Gambia
22.89
68
35. Benin
21.93
72
36. Cameroon
21.74
73
37. Togo
21.50
74
38. Mali
21.16
76
39. Zimbabwe
20.93
78
40. Cote d Ivoire
20.48
80
41. Sierra Leone
20.30
81
42. Liberia
18.52
90
43. Niger
18.25
91
44. Ghana
17.73
94
45. Senegal
17.73
95
46. Mauritania
16.11
102
47. Nigeria
16.07
103
48. Cape Verde
12.84
116
49. Sao Tome
7.94
145
ICD-10 CODES: I10-I15
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.