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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
33.13
1
2. Central Africa
27.92
2
3. South Sudan
26.75
3
4. Chad
26.74
4
5. Guinea-Bissau
25.33
5
6. Nigeria
23.73
6
7. Mali
22.11
7
8. Cote d Ivoire
21.88
8
9. Sierra Leone
21.68
9
10. Lesotho
21.66
10
11. Equ. Guinea
21.21
11
12. Angola
20.99
12
13. DR Congo
19.71
15
14. Benin
18.63
16
15. Guinea
17.47
17
16. Togo
17.27
18
17. Gambia
17.24
19
18. Burundi
16.84
20
19. Cameroon
16.71
21
20. Comoros
16.52
23
21. Mozambique
16.51
24
22. Mauritania
16.39
25
23. Ethiopia
16.25
26
24. Djibouti
16.10
27
25. Niger
15.82
28
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Zambia
15.35
29
27. Ghana
15.28
30
28. Burkina Faso
15.24
31
29. Tanzania
14.72
32
30. Liberia
13.91
33
31. Sudan
13.84
34
32. Uganda
13.81
35
33. Kenya
13.51
38
34. Malawi
13.42
39
35. Zimbabwe
12.87
44
36. Swaziland
12.83
45
37. Congo
11.21
47
38. Madagascar
11.20
48
39. Senegal
11.11
49
40. Gabon
10.89
50
41. Botswana
10.87
51
42. Eritrea
10.69
52
43. Rwanda
8.84
57
44. Namibia
8.76
58
45. Sao Tome
8.04
64
46. South Africa
5.66
74
47. Cape Verde
3.02
86
48. Mauritius
2.55
94
49. Seychelles
2.03
111
ICD-10 CODES: P03, P10-P15, P20-P21, P24-P26, P29
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2018
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.