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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
68.50
7
2. South Africa
61.93
10
3. Central Africa
41.50
15
4. Botswana
32.76
17
5. Namibia
32.71
18
6. South Sudan
32.13
20
7. Swaziland
30.24
24
8. Uganda
28.89
25
9. DR Congo
25.90
27
10. Zimbabwe
25.66
28
11. Cape Verde
22.35
30
12. Gambia
22.20
31
13. Eritrea
21.58
32
14. Mauritania
20.65
34
15. Liberia
20.65
35
16. Angola
20.10
36
17. Seychelles
19.77
37
18. Mali
19.71
38
19. Congo
19.46
39
20. Niger
18.96
40
21. Guinea-Bissau
18.26
42
22. Nigeria
17.65
43
23. Guinea
16.47
45
24. Chad
16.29
46
25. Gabon
15.91
48
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Burkina Faso
15.71
50
27. Tanzania
15.71
51
28. Senegal
15.56
52
29. Togo
14.94
55
30. Cote d Ivoire
14.81
57
31. Ethiopia
13.11
60
32. Comoros
12.97
61
33. Sierra Leone
12.35
62
34. Madagascar
11.48
64
35. Kenya
11.35
65
36. Burundi
11.18
66
37. Zambia
10.65
68
38. Sudan
10.65
69
39. Cameroon
10.52
71
40. Benin
10.39
74
41. Somalia
10.08
75
42. Djibouti
9.37
77
43. Sao Tome
8.97
80
44. Ghana
8.36
84
45. Rwanda
7.35
90
46. Mozambique
6.93
93
47. Malawi
4.95
109
48. Equ. Guinea
4.63
112
49. Mauritius
3.29
129
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.