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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
123.60
4
2. Swaziland
88.96
11
3. Central Africa
75.61
15
4. Sao Tome
69.32
18
5. Namibia
68.72
20
6. Somalia
65.59
21
7. Botswana
64.97
22
8. Burundi
55.23
29
9. Madagascar
52.42
32
10. DR Congo
51.53
34
11. Eritrea
51.35
35
12. Mauritius
51.06
36
13. Mozambique
48.28
37
14. Rwanda
47.82
38
15. Uganda
47.74
39
16. South Africa
47.28
41
17. Ghana
45.79
43
18. Guinea-Bissau
44.76
45
19. Mali
41.36
48
20. Guinea
41.36
49
21. Zambia
41.25
50
22. Togo
40.90
52
23. Chad
39.33
55
24. Niger
38.50
57
25. Gambia
38.16
58
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Malawi
38.02
59
27. Kenya
37.98
60
28. Equ. Guinea
37.82
62
29. Comoros
37.21
63
30. Congo
37.17
64
31. Cameroon
36.66
66
32. Cote d Ivoire
36.52
67
33. Benin
35.68
71
34. Ethiopia
34.92
73
35. Sierra Leone
34.67
75
36. Zimbabwe
33.63
77
37. Angola
32.89
79
38. Seychelles
32.77
80
39. Gabon
32.66
81
40. Sudan
32.10
87
41. South Sudan
32.00
88
42. Senegal
31.69
89
43. Djibouti
30.54
92
44. Nigeria
26.83
105
45. Burkina Faso
26.65
106
46. Tanzania
23.98
122
47. Cape Verde
23.24
126
48. Mauritania
19.52
143
49. Liberia
16.38
158
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.