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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
83.85
6
2. Central Africa
56.65
12
3. Sao Tome
50.70
16
4. Swaziland
48.02
18
5. Somalia
44.55
22
6. DR Congo
44.15
23
7. Namibia
40.96
26
8. Botswana
40.61
28
9. Burundi
39.25
29
10. Madagascar
38.84
30
11. Mauritius
37.21
31
12. Eritrea
36.46
34
13. Rwanda
33.52
41
14. Mali
31.69
44
15. Equ. Guinea
31.60
45
16. Congo
31.45
46
17. South Africa
31.41
47
18. Niger
30.61
48
19. Guinea
30.27
51
20. Gambia
29.40
54
21. Chad
29.34
55
22. Guinea-Bissau
29.21
57
23. Togo
29.00
58
24. Uganda
28.73
59
25. Angola
28.34
62
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Mozambique
27.71
64
27. Sierra Leone
27.43
66
28. Kenya
26.82
68
29. Ghana
26.48
69
30. Cameroon
26.42
70
31. Cote d Ivoire
26.06
71
32. Zambia
25.95
72
33. Comoros
25.91
73
34. Ethiopia
25.66
75
35. Benin
25.54
76
36. Gabon
23.69
84
37. Sudan
23.39
85
38. Malawi
23.06
86
39. Senegal
23.01
88
40. Zimbabwe
22.07
90
41. Djibouti
21.95
91
42. Seychelles
21.51
95
43. Nigeria
20.77
99
44. South Sudan
20.35
103
45. Burkina Faso
18.73
110
46. Tanzania
17.10
126
47. Mauritania
16.35
131
48. Cape Verde
15.67
136
49. Liberia
15.39
139
ICD-10 CODES: J40-J44
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.