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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
43.38
5
2. South Africa
37.54
8
3. Central Africa
25.46
15
4. South Sudan
20.51
17
5. Namibia
20.18
18
6. Swaziland
19.13
20
7. Botswana
18.25
22
8. Uganda
17.69
24
9. DR Congo
16.45
27
10. Zimbabwe
14.57
29
11. Cape Verde
14.22
30
12. Mauritania
13.71
31
13. Seychelles
13.66
32
14. Eritrea
13.64
33
15. Liberia
13.13
34
16. Mali
12.80
35
17. Niger
12.61
36
18. Guinea-Bissau
12.49
37
19. Cote d Ivoire
12.47
38
20. Congo
11.99
41
21. Nigeria
11.97
42
22. Gambia
11.94
43
23. Angola
11.75
44
24. Burkina Faso
11.16
45
25. Chad
10.51
46
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Tanzania
10.35
47
27. Guinea
10.25
48
28. Togo
10.19
50
29. Gabon
9.80
53
30. Senegal
9.23
56
31. Ethiopia
8.85
58
32. Comoros
8.76
59
33. Sierra Leone
8.04
61
34. Madagascar
7.62
63
35. Burundi
7.34
64
36. Kenya
7.07
65
37. Zambia
7.04
67
38. Sudan
6.81
69
39. Somalia
6.81
70
40. Benin
6.79
71
41. Ghana
6.73
72
42. Cameroon
6.68
73
43. Djibouti
6.49
75
44. Sao Tome
6.18
77
45. Rwanda
4.56
91
46. Mozambique
4.29
95
47. Equ. Guinea
3.18
110
48. Malawi
3.12
112
49. Mauritius
2.18
128
ICD-10 CODES: X85-Y09, Y871
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.