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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
61.25
6
2. Central Africa
43.56
13
3. Sao Tome
38.25
16
4. DR Congo
38.00
17
5. Madagascar
27.53
28
6. Burundi
27.49
29
7. Congo
27.35
30
8. Mauritius
27.31
31
9. Equ. Guinea
26.19
35
10. Somalia
25.95
36
11. Botswana
25.26
40
12. Eritrea
24.75
41
13. Angola
24.75
42
14. Namibia
24.65
43
15. Niger
24.03
45
16. Mali
23.84
48
17. Rwanda
23.72
49
18. Guinea
23.36
52
19. Swaziland
23.21
53
20. Sierra Leone
22.35
54
21. South Africa
21.52
58
22. Gambia
21.47
59
23. Chad
21.33
60
24. Guinea-Bissau
19.66
64
25. Kenya
19.38
66
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Togo
19.19
68
27. Cameroon
18.61
72
28. Benin
18.36
74
29. Ethiopia
17.83
75
30. Comoros
17.14
78
31. Uganda
17.07
79
32. Senegal
16.98
80
33. Gabon
16.76
82
34. Zambia
16.74
84
35. Sudan
16.00
88
36. Zimbabwe
15.84
90
37. Nigeria
15.49
94
38. Mozambique
15.46
95
39. Cote d Ivoire
15.35
97
40. Liberia
14.68
103
41. Mauritania
14.34
107
42. Djibouti
14.25
108
43. Malawi
13.71
117
44. Burkina Faso
13.69
118
45. Seychelles
13.62
120
46. Tanzania
12.48
124
47. Cape Verde
11.40
130
48. South Sudan
10.82
136
49. Ghana
10.39
139
ICD-10 CODES: J40-J44
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.