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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
20.51
1
2. Mauritania
17.36
3
3. Central Africa
16.31
4
4. Cote d Ivoire
16.14
5
5. Comoros
15.73
6
6. Nigeria
15.68
7
7. Sudan
15.65
8
8. Djibouti
15.43
9
9. Benin
15.02
10
10. Mali
14.38
11
11. South Sudan
14.13
12
12. Guinea-Bissau
14.00
13
13. Chad
13.98
14
14. Sierra Leone
13.56
15
15. Equ. Guinea
13.09
17
16. Zimbabwe
12.99
18
17. Liberia
12.73
20
18. DR Congo
12.54
21
19. Niger
12.38
22
20. Cameroon
12.21
24
21. Somalia
12.18
25
22. Angola
11.91
28
23. Guinea
11.87
29
24. Burkina Faso
11.76
30
25. Mozambique
11.63
32
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Botswana
11.28
34
27. Swaziland
10.73
35
28. Ethiopia
10.65
36
29. Zambia
10.50
37
30. Togo
10.46
38
31. Ghana
10.45
39
32. Namibia
10.31
40
33. Congo
10.15
42
34. Gambia
10.10
43
35. Burundi
10.05
44
36. Gabon
9.92
45
37. Malawi
9.76
47
38. Senegal
9.17
51
39. Kenya
8.84
53
40. Uganda
8.12
57
41. Tanzania
8.10
58
42. Madagascar
7.99
61
43. South Africa
7.82
64
44. Rwanda
7.61
65
45. Eritrea
7.52
66
46. Sao Tome
6.67
77
47. Cape Verde
5.01
94
48. Seychelles
4.95
96
49. Mauritius
3.87
114
ICD-10 CODES: P05, P07, P22, P27-P28
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.