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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
31.38
1
2. Lesotho
28.67
2
3. Djibouti
27.05
3
4. Mozambique
21.87
5
5. Eritrea
21.49
6
6. Central Africa
21.36
7
7. Swaziland
20.72
8
8. Chad
18.90
10
9. Niger
17.29
11
10. Zimbabwe
16.74
12
11. Burkina Faso
16.52
15
12. Guinea-Bissau
15.81
16
13. Sierra Leone
15.78
17
14. Burundi
15.70
18
15. Guinea
15.68
19
16. Cameroon
15.43
20
17. Cote d Ivoire
15.31
21
18. Benin
15.04
24
19. Togo
14.32
27
20. Ethiopia
14.07
29
21. Mali
13.72
30
22. Comoros
13.47
33
23. Zambia
13.38
34
24. South Sudan
12.63
39
25. DR Congo
12.62
40
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Kenya
12.36
42
27. Gambia
11.81
46
28. Botswana
11.76
48
29. Senegal
11.48
50
30. Madagascar
11.29
52
31. Angola
11.13
54
32. Nigeria
10.98
56
33. South Africa
10.77
57
34. Ghana
10.75
58
35. Equ. Guinea
10.43
61
36. Rwanda
10.27
62
37. Uganda
10.15
64
38. Namibia
10.07
66
39. Malawi
10.06
67
40. Congo
9.74
68
41. Liberia
9.64
70
42. Gabon
9.28
73
43. Tanzania
9.26
74
44. Mauritania
8.96
76
45. Cape Verde
7.51
94
46. Sao Tome
7.20
97
47. Sudan
6.73
105
48. Seychelles
4.16
149
49. Mauritius
4.15
150
ICD-10 CODES: Rest of V, W39, W44, W53-W64, W77-W99, X20-X29, X50-X59, Y40-Y86, Y88, Y89
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.