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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
18.96
1
2. Mauritania
15.92
3
3. Central Africa
14.93
4
4. Nigeria
14.70
5
5. Djibouti
14.66
6
6. Comoros
14.65
7
7. Cote d Ivoire
14.52
8
8. Sudan
14.18
9
9. Benin
13.84
10
10. Mali
13.19
11
11. South Sudan
13.19
12
12. Chad
12.91
13
13. Guinea-Bissau
12.80
14
14. Sierra Leone
12.61
15
15. Equ. Guinea
12.02
18
16. Zimbabwe
11.85
20
17. Liberia
11.72
21
18. DR Congo
11.44
22
19. Niger
11.39
23
20. Somalia
11.34
25
21. Cameroon
11.05
26
22. Guinea
11.00
28
23. Angola
10.92
30
24. Burkina Faso
10.86
31
25. Mozambique
10.84
32
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Botswana
10.36
34
27. Swaziland
9.76
35
28. Zambia
9.64
36
29. Ethiopia
9.52
37
30. Ghana
9.43
38
31. Namibia
9.38
39
32. Togo
9.36
40
33. Congo
9.29
42
34. Gambia
9.17
43
35. Burundi
9.11
44
36. Gabon
8.92
45
37. Malawi
8.83
48
38. Senegal
8.37
52
39. Kenya
8.13
53
40. Madagascar
7.61
56
41. Tanzania
7.48
58
42. Uganda
7.36
61
43. South Africa
7.16
63
44. Rwanda
6.97
65
45. Eritrea
6.60
69
46. Sao Tome
5.99
82
47. Cape Verde
4.59
93
48. Seychelles
4.59
94
49. Mauritius
3.62
113
ICD-10 CODES: P05, P07, P22, P27-P28
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.