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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
66.32
2
2. Swaziland
62.63
4
3. Central Africa
56.20
7
4. Zambia
48.45
11
5. Mozambique
47.60
12
6. Sudan
42.79
14
7. Somalia
42.20
15
8. Gabon
40.02
19
9. Madagascar
38.97
21
10. Mauritius
38.90
22
11. DR Congo
38.53
23
12. Seychelles
37.01
25
13. Congo
35.63
26
14. Eritrea
35.04
27
15. Botswana
32.33
31
16. Namibia
32.24
32
17. Angola
31.95
33
18. South Africa
30.32
35
19. Malawi
29.45
37
20. Djibouti
28.80
39
21. Equ. Guinea
26.72
44
22. Comoros
26.07
47
23. Burundi
25.56
49
24. Uganda
24.59
53
25. Ethiopia
24.19
54
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Rwanda
21.53
66
27. Kenya
21.24
68
28. Burkina Faso
20.46
71
29. Tanzania
20.19
73
30. South Sudan
19.67
78
31. Guinea-Bissau
17.15
85
32. Benin
15.54
89
33. Cameroon
15.40
90
34. Cote d Ivoire
15.39
91
35. Guinea
15.28
94
36. Chad
14.56
98
37. Gambia
14.51
99
38. Togo
14.50
100
39. Zimbabwe
13.55
105
40. Mali
11.78
117
41. Liberia
11.59
118
42. Senegal
10.96
121
43. Sierra Leone
10.79
123
44. Niger
10.36
129
45. Ghana
10.00
131
46. Cape Verde
9.58
135
47. Mauritania
9.22
138
48. Nigeria
8.83
140
49. Sao Tome
3.88
160
ICD-10 CODES: I10-I15
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.