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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Burkina Faso
24.24
1
2. Nigeria
22.53
2
3. Cote d Ivoire
21.99
3
4. Ghana
21.03
4
5. Sierra Leone
20.94
5
6. Gambia
20.86
6
7. Equ. Guinea
20.44
8
8. Togo
18.25
9
9. Guinea
17.40
11
10. Cameroon
16.75
13
11. Mali
16.43
14
12. Comoros
16.40
15
13. Chad
15.59
16
14. Zambia
15.53
17
15. Djibouti
15.24
18
16. Eritrea
14.92
19
17. Malawi
14.68
22
18. Uganda
14.66
23
19. Benin
14.46
24
20. Mauritania
14.39
25
21. Ethiopia
14.27
26
22. Guinea-Bissau
14.26
27
23. Burundi
14.15
28
24. Senegal
14.07
29
25. Tanzania
13.92
30
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Gabon
13.91
31
27. Somalia
13.68
32
28. Niger
13.54
33
29. Congo
13.03
34
30. Liberia
13.00
35
31. Angola
12.99
36
32. Rwanda
12.82
37
33. South Sudan
12.47
38
34. Mozambique
11.87
39
35. Central Africa
11.00
40
36. DR Congo
10.85
41
37. Madagascar
9.86
43
38. Kenya
8.30
47
39. Zimbabwe
7.54
50
40. Sao Tome
5.39
57
41. Sudan
3.84
76
42. Cape Verde
2.38
107
43. Namibia
2.18
113
44. Lesotho
2.15
115
45. Swaziland
2.02
121
46. Botswana
1.86
127
47. Seychelles
1.75
132
48. South Africa
1.28
154
49. Mauritius
1.23
155
ICD-10 CODES: W00-W19
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.