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	  Death Rate per 100,000  | 
  
	
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                | Region Rank | 
                Rate | 
                World Rank | 
               
            
                                  
                  | 1. | 
                  Sao Tome | 
                  24.55  | 
                  3  | 
                   
                                
                  | 2. | 
                  Mozambique | 
                  16.47  | 
                  9  | 
                   
                                
                  | 3. | 
                  Cameroon | 
                  14.03  | 
                  12  | 
                   
                                
                  | 4. | 
                  Niger | 
                  13.97  | 
                  13  | 
                   
                                
                  | 5. | 
                  Central Africa | 
                  13.45  | 
                  16  | 
                   
                                
                  | 6. | 
                  Cote d Ivoire | 
                  13.42  | 
                  17  | 
                   
                                
                  | 7. | 
                  Lesotho | 
                  13.33  | 
                  18  | 
                   
                                
                  | 8. | 
                  Burkina Faso | 
                  12.71  | 
                  21  | 
                   
                                
                  | 9. | 
                  Togo | 
                  12.49  | 
                  24  | 
                   
                                
                  | 10. | 
                  Guinea-Bissau | 
                  12.48  | 
                  25  | 
                   
                                
                  | 11. | 
                  Zambia | 
                  12.31  | 
                  27  | 
                   
                                
                  | 12. | 
                  Chad | 
                  12.04  | 
                  29  | 
                   
                                
                  | 13. | 
                  Benin | 
                  12.02  | 
                  30  | 
                   
                                
                  | 14. | 
                  Mali | 
                  11.98  | 
                  31  | 
                   
                                
                  | 15. | 
                  Guinea | 
                  11.92  | 
                  32  | 
                   
                                
                  | 16. | 
                  Angola | 
                  11.57  | 
                  34  | 
                   
                                
                  | 17. | 
                  Gambia | 
                  11.55  | 
                  35  | 
                   
                                
                  | 18. | 
                  Gabon | 
                  11.47  | 
                  37  | 
                   
                                
                  | 19. | 
                  Ghana | 
                  11.41  | 
                  38  | 
                   
                                
                  | 20. | 
                  Sierra Leone | 
                  11.39  | 
                  39  | 
                   
                                
                  | 21. | 
                  Eritrea | 
                  11.26  | 
                  41  | 
                   
                                
                  | 22. | 
                  Malawi | 
                  11.15  | 
                  43  | 
                   
                                
                  | 23. | 
                  Cape Verde | 
                  11.05  | 
                  45  | 
                   
                                
                  | 24. | 
                  Burundi | 
                  10.73  | 
                  46  | 
                   
                                
                  | 25. | 
                  DR Congo | 
                  10.62  | 
                  47  | 
                   
                           
       
      
        
          
            
              | Region Rank | 
              Rate | 
              World Rank | 
             
           
                
          | 26. | 
          Somalia | 
          10.61  | 
          48  | 
           
                
          | 27. | 
          Equ. Guinea | 
          10.31  | 
          51  | 
           
                
          | 28. | 
          Ethiopia | 
          10.17  | 
          52  | 
           
                
          | 29. | 
          Senegal | 
          10.16  | 
          53  | 
           
                
          | 30. | 
          Uganda | 
          10.15  | 
          54  | 
           
                
          | 31. | 
          Zimbabwe | 
          10.14  | 
          55  | 
           
                
          | 32. | 
          Swaziland | 
          10.05  | 
          57  | 
           
                
          | 33. | 
          Kenya | 
          10.03  | 
          58  | 
           
                
          | 34. | 
          Djibouti | 
          9.93  | 
          60  | 
           
                
          | 35. | 
          Rwanda | 
          9.61  | 
          64  | 
           
                
          | 36. | 
          Nigeria | 
          9.36  | 
          65  | 
           
                
          | 37. | 
          Congo | 
          9.31  | 
          67  | 
           
                
          | 38. | 
          Seychelles | 
          9.05  | 
          70  | 
           
                
          | 39. | 
          Comoros | 
          8.65  | 
          79  | 
           
                
          | 40. | 
          Liberia | 
          8.25  | 
          83  | 
           
                
          | 41. | 
          Tanzania | 
          7.99  | 
          86  | 
           
                
          | 42. | 
          Mauritania | 
          7.95  | 
          88  | 
           
                
          | 43. | 
          Botswana | 
          7.12  | 
          96  | 
           
                
          | 44. | 
          Namibia | 
          6.90  | 
          99  | 
           
                
          | 45. | 
          Sudan | 
          6.66  | 
          103  | 
           
                
          | 46. | 
          Madagascar | 
          6.42  | 
          108  | 
           
                
          | 47. | 
          South Sudan | 
          6.40  | 
          109  | 
           
                
          | 48. | 
          Mauritius | 
          6.25  | 
          114  | 
           
                
          | 49. | 
          South Africa | 
          4.71  | 
          140  | 
           
                 
       
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ICD-10 CODES: W00-W19 
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.