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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Sao Tome
14.27
7
2. Niger
12.36
12
3. Mozambique
11.50
13
4. Mali
10.85
16
5. Cameroon
10.66
18
6. Burkina Faso
10.27
19
7. Cote d Ivoire
10.12
20
8. Gambia
9.85
22
9. Togo
9.27
23
10. Central Africa
9.19
26
11. Chad
9.18
27
12. Guinea-Bissau
9.15
29
13. Zambia
9.14
30
14. Benin
9.00
32
15. Sierra Leone
8.98
33
16. Ghana
8.85
34
17. Guinea
8.84
35
18. Eritrea
8.77
36
19. Senegal
8.73
37
20. Ethiopia
8.65
38
21. Angola
8.62
39
22. Nigeria
8.54
40
23. DR Congo
8.41
41
24. Malawi
8.32
43
25. Lesotho
8.24
44
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Equ. Guinea
8.23
45
27. Burundi
8.15
48
28. Gabon
7.99
51
29. Somalia
7.93
52
30. Kenya
7.89
53
31. Djibouti
7.79
57
32. Uganda
7.78
59
33. Rwanda
7.68
61
34. Zimbabwe
7.54
64
35. Congo
7.27
66
36. Liberia
7.14
68
37. Tanzania
6.85
70
38. Comoros
6.78
72
39. Mauritania
6.66
73
40. Cape Verde
6.61
75
41. Swaziland
5.92
85
42. Seychelles
5.28
97
43. Madagascar
5.26
98
44. South Sudan
5.13
100
45. Sudan
4.91
104
46. Botswana
4.45
115
47. Namibia
4.37
118
48. Mauritius
3.56
135
49. South Africa
2.99
150
ICD-10 CODES: W00-W19
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.