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Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
| 1. |
Lesotho |
10.52 |
3 |
| 2. |
Nigeria |
10.34 |
5 |
| 3. |
Sierra Leone |
9.54 |
6 |
| 4. |
Chad |
9.19 |
8 |
| 5. |
Cameroon |
9.08 |
9 |
| 6. |
Equ. Guinea |
9.02 |
12 |
| 7. |
Angola |
8.96 |
13 |
| 8. |
Cote d Ivoire |
8.59 |
14 |
| 9. |
Benin |
8.49 |
15 |
| 10. |
Guinea-Bissau |
8.23 |
16 |
| 11. |
Somalia |
8.04 |
18 |
| 12. |
Swaziland |
7.81 |
20 |
| 13. |
Djibouti |
7.76 |
21 |
| 14. |
Mozambique |
7.73 |
22 |
| 15. |
Mali |
7.50 |
26 |
| 16. |
South Sudan |
7.49 |
27 |
| 17. |
Comoros |
7.39 |
28 |
| 18. |
Zimbabwe |
7.33 |
30 |
| 19. |
Botswana |
7.33 |
31 |
| 20. |
Burkina Faso |
7.30 |
32 |
| 21. |
Zambia |
7.20 |
35 |
| 22. |
Guinea |
7.08 |
37 |
| 23. |
Liberia |
6.95 |
39 |
| 24. |
Niger |
6.88 |
41 |
| 25. |
Tanzania |
6.81 |
42 |
| Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
| 26. |
DR Congo |
6.79 |
43 |
| 27. |
Mauritania |
6.64 |
46 |
| 28. |
Central Africa |
6.57 |
48 |
| 29. |
Rwanda |
6.32 |
53 |
| 30. |
Burundi |
6.16 |
57 |
| 31. |
Gambia |
6.12 |
59 |
| 32. |
Sudan |
6.11 |
60 |
| 33. |
Senegal |
6.11 |
61 |
| 34. |
Togo |
6.06 |
63 |
| 35. |
Seychelles |
6.05 |
65 |
| 36. |
Ghana |
6.03 |
66 |
| 37. |
Congo |
5.83 |
71 |
| 38. |
Kenya |
5.69 |
74 |
| 39. |
South Africa |
5.67 |
77 |
| 40. |
Sao Tome |
5.65 |
78 |
| 41. |
Ethiopia |
5.65 |
79 |
| 42. |
Mauritius |
5.62 |
81 |
| 43. |
Madagascar |
5.61 |
82 |
| 44. |
Uganda |
5.54 |
83 |
| 45. |
Namibia |
5.51 |
85 |
| 46. |
Malawi |
5.47 |
86 |
| 47. |
Gabon |
5.43 |
88 |
| 48. |
Eritrea |
5.38 |
89 |
| 49. |
Cape Verde |
5.04 |
98 |
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ICD-10 CODES: Q00-Q99 (minus Q86.0)
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.