|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Lesotho |
18.88 |
3 |
2. |
Central Africa |
15.30 |
5 |
3. |
Niger |
10.80 |
8 |
4. |
Chad |
10.11 |
11 |
5. |
Guinea-Bissau |
9.83 |
14 |
6. |
Swaziland |
8.56 |
18 |
7. |
Zimbabwe |
8.45 |
19 |
8. |
Sierra Leone |
8.40 |
20 |
9. |
Togo |
8.30 |
21 |
10. |
Somalia |
8.06 |
22 |
11. |
Mali |
7.99 |
23 |
12. |
Guinea |
7.93 |
24 |
13. |
Benin |
7.54 |
27 |
14. |
Eritrea |
7.36 |
28 |
15. |
Burundi |
7.20 |
29 |
16. |
Nigeria |
7.03 |
31 |
17. |
Botswana |
7.00 |
32 |
18. |
Cote d Ivoire |
6.93 |
33 |
19. |
Cameroon |
6.68 |
35 |
20. |
Seychelles |
6.58 |
36 |
21. |
Gambia |
6.56 |
37 |
22. |
Mozambique |
6.41 |
38 |
23. |
Rwanda |
6.24 |
43 |
24. |
Namibia |
6.23 |
44 |
25. |
Senegal |
6.11 |
46 |
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
Angola |
5.89 |
48 |
27. |
Liberia |
5.75 |
50 |
28. |
Congo |
5.10 |
56 |
29. |
Burkina Faso |
5.07 |
57 |
30. |
DR Congo |
5.00 |
58 |
31. |
Comoros |
4.97 |
59 |
32. |
Kenya |
4.78 |
61 |
33. |
Djibouti |
4.75 |
62 |
34. |
Uganda |
4.66 |
63 |
35. |
South Africa |
4.52 |
65 |
36. |
Mauritania |
4.26 |
67 |
37. |
Equ. Guinea |
3.96 |
69 |
38. |
Sudan |
3.90 |
70 |
39. |
Madagascar |
3.79 |
72 |
40. |
Malawi |
3.68 |
73 |
41. |
Gabon |
3.48 |
76 |
42. |
Zambia |
3.48 |
77 |
43. |
South Sudan |
3.46 |
78 |
44. |
Ethiopia |
3.22 |
83 |
45. |
Sao Tome |
2.84 |
88 |
46. |
Cape Verde |
2.47 |
93 |
47. |
Ghana |
2.19 |
103 |
48. |
Tanzania |
1.98 |
110 |
49. |
Mauritius |
1.26 |
140 |
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ICD-10 CODES: K25-K27
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.