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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
47.36
1
2. Lesotho
42.44
2
3. Djibouti
36.87
3
4. Swaziland
36.00
4
5. Eritrea
31.28
6
6. Central Africa
31.23
7
7. Mozambique
31.22
8
8. Chad
25.32
13
9. Zimbabwe
24.33
14
10. Guinea-Bissau
21.33
17
11. Guinea
21.09
18
12. Burkina Faso
21.01
19
13. Burundi
20.87
20
14. Niger
20.84
21
15. Cote d Ivoire
20.34
23
16. Cameroon
19.93
24
17. Benin
19.80
25
18. Togo
19.68
26
19. Sierra Leone
18.83
29
20. Botswana
18.61
30
21. Zambia
18.22
33
22. Ethiopia
17.45
35
23. South Sudan
17.22
38
24. Comoros
17.00
40
25. Kenya
16.60
42
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. DR Congo
16.47
43
27. Mali
16.36
45
28. Namibia
16.00
47
29. South Africa
15.75
48
30. Angola
14.54
56
31. Senegal
14.36
57
32. Madagascar
14.19
58
33. Gambia
14.17
59
34. Ghana
14.08
62
35. Malawi
14.01
63
36. Uganda
13.73
65
37. Rwanda
13.24
68
38. Gabon
13.18
69
39. Cape Verde
12.56
73
40. Nigeria
12.16
77
41. Congo
12.09
78
42. Liberia
11.29
85
43. Equ. Guinea
11.04
87
44. Tanzania
11.02
88
45. Mauritania
10.33
93
46. Sudan
8.47
112
47. Sao Tome
7.89
121
48. Seychelles
6.87
133
49. Mauritius
5.12
155
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.