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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
42.27
1
2. Mali
35.74
2
3. Eritrea
26.52
3
4. Djibouti
25.18
4
5. Burundi
24.88
5
6. Central Africa
24.59
6
7. Zimbabwe
23.88
7
8. Madagascar
22.42
8
9. Mozambique
18.97
10
10. Zambia
17.63
11
11. South Sudan
17.61
12
12. Lesotho
17.17
13
13. Chad
15.22
14
14. Malawi
14.32
16
15. Burkina Faso
14.30
17
16. Angola
14.24
18
17. Comoros
14.16
19
18. Mauritania
13.89
20
19. Kenya
13.10
21
20. Tanzania
12.23
22
21. Rwanda
12.03
23
22. DR Congo
11.91
24
23. Ethiopia
11.17
26
24. Sierra Leone
11.15
27
25. Uganda
11.07
28
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Liberia
10.21
29
27. Swaziland
9.91
30
28. Congo
9.47
31
29. Namibia
9.45
32
30. Guinea
8.88
33
31. Guinea-Bissau
8.65
35
32. Ghana
8.62
36
33. Botswana
8.21
37
34. Benin
8.09
38
35. Gambia
7.13
39
36. Niger
6.98
40
37. Gabon
6.07
45
38. Equ. Guinea
6.02
46
39. Cameroon
5.84
47
40. Sao Tome
5.35
50
41. Togo
5.31
52
42. Cote d Ivoire
5.13
55
43. South Africa
4.41
56
44. Senegal
3.50
62
45. Sudan
2.39
82
46. Nigeria
2.36
83
47. Cape Verde
1.83
85
48. Seychelles
1.59
87
49. Mauritius
0.24
132
ICD-10 CODES: E40-E46
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.