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                | Region Rank | Rate | World Rank |  
                  | 1. | Mozambique | 23.88 | 18 |  
                  | 2. | Djibouti | 21.76 | 29 |  
                  | 3. | Ethiopia | 21.74 | 30 |  
                  | 4. | Burkina Faso | 20.98 | 34 |  
                  | 5. | Equ. Guinea | 20.94 | 35 |  
                  | 6. | Senegal | 20.92 | 36 |  
                  | 7. | Cameroon | 20.71 | 37 |  
                  | 8. | Comoros | 20.70 | 38 |  
                  | 9. | Eritrea | 20.70 | 39 |  
                  | 10. | Gabon | 20.55 | 40 |  
                  | 11. | Benin | 20.23 | 42 |  
                  | 12. | Congo | 20.22 | 43 |  
                  | 13. | Niger | 20.18 | 44 |  
                  | 14. | Angola | 20.11 | 45 |  
                  | 15. | Guinea | 20.04 | 46 |  
                  | 16. | Malawi | 19.90 | 48 |  
                  | 17. | Gambia | 19.89 | 49 |  
                  | 18. | Mali | 19.88 | 50 |  
                  | 19. | DR Congo | 19.83 | 52 |  
                  | 20. | Mauritania | 19.76 | 53 |  
                  | 21. | Togo | 19.75 | 54 |  
                  | 22. | Rwanda | 19.49 | 55 |  
                  | 23. | Chad | 19.49 | 57 |  
                  | 24. | Nigeria | 19.45 | 59 |  
                  | 25. | Uganda | 19.36 | 60 |  
        
          
            
              | Region Rank | Rate | World Rank |  
          | 26. | Sierra Leone | 19.29 | 62 |  
          | 27. | Cote d Ivoire | 19.27 | 63 |  
          | 28. | Botswana | 18.91 | 71 |  
          | 29. | Zambia | 18.87 | 72 |  
          | 30. | Burundi | 18.72 | 73 |  
          | 31. | Zimbabwe | 18.41 | 75 |  
          | 32. | Kenya | 18.35 | 76 |  
          | 33. | Namibia | 18.25 | 79 |  
          | 34. | Tanzania | 18.11 | 81 |  
          | 35. | Somalia | 18.02 | 82 |  
          | 36. | Guinea-Bissau | 17.99 | 83 |  
          | 37. | Ghana | 17.79 | 85 |  
          | 38. | Sao Tome | 17.73 | 86 |  
          | 39. | Central Africa | 17.60 | 91 |  
          | 40. | Liberia | 17.56 | 92 |  
          | 41. | Sudan | 17.52 | 94 |  
          | 42. | Lesotho | 17.24 | 99 |  
          | 43. | Seychelles | 17.22 | 100 |  
          | 44. | Cape Verde | 16.89 | 109 |  
          | 45. | Swaziland | 16.73 | 113 |  
          | 46. | South Africa | 16.44 | 118 |  
          | 47. | South Sudan | 16.37 | 120 |  
          | 48. | Madagascar | 14.65 | 136 |  
          | 49. | Mauritius | 2.41 | 177 |  | 
ICD-10 CODES: F01-F03, G30-G31 
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.