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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Mali
48.36
1
2. Somalia
31.35
2
3. Madagascar
23.83
4
4. Eritrea
22.93
5
5. Djibouti
21.37
6
6. Burundi
20.95
7
7. Central Africa
19.31
8
8. Zimbabwe
18.89
9
9. South Sudan
17.71
10
10. Mozambique
16.51
11
11. Lesotho
15.48
12
12. Zambia
14.97
13
13. Mauritania
14.27
14
14. Burkina Faso
14.15
15
15. Comoros
14.12
16
16. Chad
14.12
17
17. Kenya
12.29
19
18. Angola
12.08
20
19. Tanzania
11.87
21
20. Malawi
11.40
23
21. Rwanda
11.05
24
22. Ethiopia
10.95
25
23. Sierra Leone
10.83
26
24. Liberia
10.76
27
25. DR Congo
9.71
28
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Congo
9.30
29
27. Uganda
8.85
31
28. Guinea
8.71
32
29. Ghana
8.64
33
30. Benin
7.86
35
31. Guinea-Bissau
7.65
36
32. Niger
7.16
37
33. Swaziland
7.08
38
34. Gambia
7.02
39
35. Namibia
6.90
40
36. Equ. Guinea
6.86
41
37. Botswana
6.70
42
38. Cameroon
6.02
48
39. Sao Tome
5.27
49
40. Gabon
5.21
50
41. Cote d Ivoire
5.20
51
42. Togo
5.07
52
43. South Africa
3.86
58
44. Senegal
3.36
64
45. Nigeria
2.21
76
46. Sudan
1.92
82
47. Cape Verde
1.45
85
48. Seychelles
1.32
88
49. Mauritius
0.23
129
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.