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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
18.56
4
2. South Africa
14.46
5
3. Cote d Ivoire
10.13
9
4. Central Africa
9.96
10
5. South Sudan
9.40
11
6. Namibia
8.72
14
7. Swaziland
8.69
16
8. Guinea-Bissau
7.44
20
9. Uganda
7.37
21
10. DR Congo
7.16
22
11. Seychelles
6.93
24
12. Mauritania
6.93
25
13. Burkina Faso
6.71
26
14. Cape Verde
6.65
28
15. Niger
6.41
29
16. Nigeria
6.30
30
17. Mali
6.05
31
18. Liberia
6.01
32
19. Eritrea
5.89
33
20. Togo
5.54
37
21. Zimbabwe
5.38
38
22. Botswana
5.35
40
23. Tanzania
5.15
41
24. Ghana
5.05
42
25. Guinea
5.04
43
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Congo
4.78
45
27. Chad
4.77
46
28. Ethiopia
4.68
47
29. Comoros
4.55
49
30. Angola
3.85
52
31. Madagascar
3.84
53
32. Senegal
3.77
54
33. Sierra Leone
3.71
55
34. Burundi
3.61
56
35. Somalia
3.60
57
36. Zambia
3.59
58
37. Sao Tome
3.41
60
38. Gabon
3.40
61
39. Djibouti
3.25
64
40. Benin
3.24
65
41. Sudan
3.13
68
42. Kenya
3.07
71
43. Cameroon
2.84
73
44. Gambia
2.31
85
45. Mozambique
1.93
98
46. Rwanda
1.90
99
47. Malawi
1.46
111
48. Equ. Guinea
1.11
124
49. Mauritius
1.06
125
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.