|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Central Africa |
29.88 |
2 |
2. |
Mauritania |
29.04 |
3 |
3. |
Lesotho |
28.77 |
4 |
4. |
Comoros |
26.85 |
5 |
5. |
Sudan |
25.20 |
7 |
6. |
Mali |
25.13 |
8 |
7. |
Cote d Ivoire |
25.13 |
9 |
8. |
Nigeria |
24.78 |
10 |
9. |
Chad |
24.67 |
11 |
10. |
Benin |
24.64 |
12 |
11. |
Djibouti |
24.59 |
13 |
12. |
Sierra Leone |
23.83 |
14 |
13. |
Guinea-Bissau |
23.77 |
15 |
14. |
Somalia |
23.36 |
16 |
15. |
Equ. Guinea |
23.16 |
17 |
16. |
South Sudan |
23.08 |
18 |
17. |
DR Congo |
22.00 |
20 |
18. |
Angola |
19.90 |
21 |
19. |
Niger |
19.69 |
22 |
20. |
Botswana |
18.21 |
24 |
21. |
Mozambique |
18.14 |
25 |
22. |
Swaziland |
18.04 |
26 |
23. |
Burkina Faso |
17.76 |
27 |
24. |
Burundi |
17.57 |
29 |
25. |
Cameroon |
17.25 |
31 |
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
Ghana |
17.13 |
32 |
27. |
Malawi |
16.79 |
33 |
28. |
Zimbabwe |
16.78 |
34 |
29. |
Gambia |
16.69 |
35 |
30. |
Ethiopia |
16.04 |
37 |
31. |
Togo |
15.80 |
38 |
32. |
Guinea |
15.71 |
39 |
33. |
Gabon |
15.46 |
41 |
34. |
Congo |
15.34 |
42 |
35. |
Liberia |
15.24 |
43 |
36. |
Zambia |
14.67 |
45 |
37. |
Kenya |
13.88 |
48 |
38. |
Namibia |
13.48 |
50 |
39. |
Uganda |
13.22 |
51 |
40. |
Senegal |
12.53 |
53 |
41. |
Tanzania |
12.33 |
56 |
42. |
Madagascar |
11.81 |
61 |
43. |
Rwanda |
10.89 |
66 |
44. |
South Africa |
10.31 |
68 |
45. |
Sao Tome |
9.30 |
74 |
46. |
Eritrea |
9.28 |
75 |
47. |
Cape Verde |
7.66 |
88 |
48. |
Seychelles |
6.49 |
96 |
49. |
Mauritius |
5.79 |
100 |
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ICD-10 CODES: P05, P07, P22, P27-P28
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.