|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Eritrea |
44.16 |
6 |
2. |
Kenya |
43.80 |
7 |
3. |
Zambia |
37.16 |
9 |
4. |
Lesotho |
36.17 |
10 |
5. |
Ethiopia |
34.14 |
11 |
6. |
Somalia |
33.91 |
12 |
7. |
Central Africa |
33.62 |
13 |
8. |
Chad |
32.55 |
16 |
9. |
Guinea-Bissau |
32.19 |
17 |
10. |
Guinea |
31.47 |
18 |
11. |
Niger |
30.33 |
21 |
12. |
Nigeria |
29.83 |
23 |
13. |
Djibouti |
28.88 |
26 |
14. |
Madagascar |
28.81 |
27 |
15. |
Liberia |
28.23 |
28 |
16. |
Benin |
27.77 |
30 |
17. |
Comoros |
27.51 |
31 |
18. |
Rwanda |
27.05 |
32 |
19. |
Equ. Guinea |
26.87 |
33 |
20. |
Sierra Leone |
26.82 |
34 |
21. |
Angola |
26.20 |
35 |
22. |
Burundi |
25.93 |
36 |
23. |
Togo |
25.86 |
37 |
24. |
Congo |
25.82 |
38 |
25. |
Gambia |
25.53 |
39 |
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
Cameroon |
25.43 |
40 |
27. |
Mali |
25.36 |
41 |
28. |
Burkina Faso |
24.73 |
44 |
29. |
Malawi |
23.91 |
45 |
30. |
Sao Tome |
23.72 |
46 |
31. |
South Sudan |
23.53 |
47 |
32. |
Uganda |
22.32 |
49 |
33. |
Mauritania |
21.90 |
52 |
34. |
Cote d Ivoire |
21.80 |
53 |
35. |
Ghana |
21.79 |
54 |
36. |
Mozambique |
20.59 |
56 |
37. |
Senegal |
20.11 |
58 |
38. |
Tanzania |
19.03 |
60 |
39. |
Botswana |
18.62 |
61 |
40. |
Gabon |
17.87 |
62 |
41. |
Zimbabwe |
17.71 |
63 |
42. |
Swaziland |
17.30 |
65 |
43. |
DR Congo |
16.23 |
69 |
44. |
Sudan |
15.84 |
71 |
45. |
Seychelles |
14.57 |
78 |
46. |
Namibia |
13.40 |
84 |
47. |
Cape Verde |
13.31 |
86 |
48. |
South Africa |
12.38 |
90 |
49. |
Mauritius |
2.56 |
161 |
|
ICD-10 CODES: K70, K74
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.