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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
34.56
1
2. Zimbabwe
13.46
3
3. South Africa
9.83
8
4. Central Africa
9.30
10
5. Mozambique
8.93
12
6. Equ. Guinea
8.83
13
7. Eritrea
8.28
15
8. Sierra Leone
8.18
16
9. Guinea
8.03
17
10. Botswana
7.79
21
11. Cameroon
7.59
24
12. Djibouti
7.56
25
13. Somalia
7.07
27
14. Chad
6.88
30
15. Guinea-Bissau
6.69
33
16. Burkina Faso
6.50
34
17. Togo
6.45
35
18. Niger
6.42
36
19. Swaziland
6.41
37
20. Burundi
6.35
39
21. Gambia
6.24
42
22. Benin
6.09
45
23. Congo
6.06
46
24. Comoros
5.82
49
25. Mali
5.70
50
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Liberia
5.50
57
27. Madagascar
5.42
59
28. Kenya
5.31
62
29. Zambia
5.28
63
30. Ethiopia
5.18
66
31. Senegal
5.18
67
32. Cape Verde
5.06
69
33. Rwanda
5.04
70
34. Cote d Ivoire
5.03
71
35. DR Congo
5.02
72
36. Angola
4.68
77
37. Namibia
4.35
83
38. Mauritania
3.85
90
39. Gabon
3.81
91
40. Nigeria
3.79
92
41. Tanzania
3.74
94
42. Uganda
3.70
95
43. South Sudan
3.38
106
44. Malawi
3.30
109
45. Sudan
3.26
112
46. Mauritius
2.53
127
47. Ghana
1.79
152
48. Seychelles
1.33
161
49. Sao Tome
1.15
165
ICD-10 CODES: X60-X84, Y870
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.