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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
16.67
1
2. Djibouti
16.55
2
3. Somalia
16.33
3
4. Mozambique
14.65
4
5. Niger
13.85
5
6. Central Africa
13.07
6
7. Sierra Leone
12.98
7
8. Chad
12.90
8
9. Burkina Faso
12.71
9
10. Eritrea
12.54
10
11. Guinea
11.68
14
12. Zimbabwe
11.41
15
13. Guinea-Bissau
11.36
16
14. Mali
11.28
17
15. Cameroon
11.19
19
16. Burundi
11.12
20
17. Ethiopia
10.93
21
18. Benin
10.68
22
19. Equ. Guinea
10.26
25
20. Comoros
10.11
28
21. Cote d Ivoire
9.92
29
22. Nigeria
9.78
31
23. Gambia
9.55
32
24. Togo
9.33
34
25. Zambia
9.16
35
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Senegal
9.08
36
27. DR Congo
9.04
37
28. Kenya
8.72
39
29. Madagascar
8.63
42
30. South Sudan
8.46
43
31. Liberia
8.05
46
32. Angola
8.03
47
33. Mauritania
7.65
52
34. Tanzania
7.63
53
35. Rwanda
7.63
54
36. Congo
7.56
55
37. Ghana
7.54
56
38. Uganda
7.17
60
39. Swaziland
7.08
62
40. Malawi
6.76
65
41. Sao Tome
6.43
68
42. Botswana
6.35
69
43. South Africa
6.18
71
44. Gabon
5.55
78
45. Namibia
5.34
82
46. Sudan
5.08
89
47. Cape Verde
3.58
113
48. Mauritius
3.11
127
49. Seychelles
1.55
175
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.