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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
17.31
1
2. Mauritania
14.37
3
3. Djibouti
13.82
4
4. Nigeria
13.62
5
5. Central Africa
13.49
6
6. Comoros
13.48
7
7. Cote d Ivoire
12.81
8
8. Sudan
12.61
9
9. Benin
12.58
10
10. South Sudan
12.19
11
11. Mali
11.93
13
12. Chad
11.79
14
13. Sierra Leone
11.62
15
14. Guinea-Bissau
11.52
16
15. Equ. Guinea
10.89
19
16. Zimbabwe
10.66
20
17. Liberia
10.64
21
18. Somalia
10.46
23
19. Niger
10.34
25
20. DR Congo
10.27
26
21. Guinea
10.09
27
22. Mozambique
10.02
28
23. Burkina Faso
9.91
29
24. Angola
9.87
30
25. Cameroon
9.84
31
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Botswana
9.40
33
27. Swaziland
8.76
35
28. Zambia
8.73
36
29. Namibia
8.43
37
30. Congo
8.37
39
31. Ghana
8.34
40
32. Ethiopia
8.30
41
33. Togo
8.23
42
34. Gambia
8.20
43
35. Burundi
8.12
44
36. Gabon
7.87
47
37. Malawi
7.85
48
38. Senegal
7.52
52
39. Kenya
7.39
53
40. Madagascar
7.20
55
41. Tanzania
6.82
58
42. Uganda
6.56
62
43. South Africa
6.48
63
44. Rwanda
6.31
65
45. Eritrea
5.61
75
46. Sao Tome
5.29
83
47. Seychelles
4.21
92
48. Cape Verde
4.16
94
49. Mauritius
3.36
110
ICD-10 CODES: P05, P07, P22, P27-P28
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.