|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Lesotho |
579.82 |
1 |
2. |
Swaziland |
377.79 |
2 |
3. |
Mozambique |
300.09 |
3 |
4. |
Zimbabwe |
279.19 |
4 |
5. |
Central Africa |
241.79 |
5 |
6. |
Namibia |
223.87 |
6 |
7. |
South Africa |
195.94 |
7 |
8. |
Botswana |
191.84 |
8 |
9. |
Malawi |
189.14 |
9 |
10. |
Cameroon |
176.51 |
10 |
11. |
Zambia |
169.23 |
11 |
12. |
Cote d Ivoire |
164.14 |
12 |
13. |
Guinea-Bissau |
153.72 |
13 |
14. |
South Sudan |
148.57 |
14 |
15. |
Nigeria |
116.06 |
15 |
16. |
Equ. Guinea |
103.22 |
16 |
17. |
Uganda |
96.95 |
17 |
18. |
Kenya |
95.30 |
18 |
19. |
Congo |
94.39 |
19 |
20. |
Gabon |
90.45 |
20 |
21. |
Togo |
88.56 |
21 |
22. |
Gambia |
83.73 |
22 |
23. |
Tanzania |
79.80 |
23 |
24. |
Liberia |
79.30 |
24 |
25. |
Djibouti |
66.53 |
25 |
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
Ghana |
66.52 |
26 |
27. |
Guinea |
65.06 |
27 |
28. |
Angola |
54.12 |
29 |
29. |
Sierra Leone |
51.83 |
31 |
30. |
Mali |
51.35 |
32 |
31. |
Burundi |
41.16 |
34 |
32. |
Rwanda |
35.62 |
35 |
33. |
DR Congo |
34.05 |
37 |
34. |
Sao Tome |
31.30 |
39 |
35. |
Benin |
28.67 |
40 |
36. |
Chad |
27.98 |
41 |
37. |
Ethiopia |
27.70 |
42 |
38. |
Niger |
25.29 |
45 |
39. |
Mauritania |
24.04 |
46 |
40. |
Burkina Faso |
23.34 |
47 |
41. |
Somalia |
18.07 |
52 |
42. |
Senegal |
16.09 |
56 |
43. |
Eritrea |
15.27 |
58 |
44. |
Cape Verde |
14.25 |
61 |
45. |
Sudan |
9.58 |
70 |
46. |
Mauritius |
9.23 |
71 |
47. |
Madagascar |
7.90 |
79 |
48. |
Seychelles |
2.31 |
106 |
49. |
Comoros |
0.82 |
121 |
|
ICD-10 CODES: B20-B24
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.