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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. DR Congo
43.92
1
2. Somalia
42.11
2
3. Central Africa
39.71
3
4. Burundi
37.29
4
5. Djibouti
34.58
5
6. Mali
34.02
6
7. Eritrea
31.12
7
8. South Sudan
31.07
8
9. Comoros
28.90
9
10. Madagascar
28.84
10
11. Burkina Faso
27.40
11
12. Sierra Leone
26.98
12
13. Zimbabwe
26.34
13
14. Chad
26.09
14
15. Niger
26.03
15
16. Equ. Guinea
25.74
16
17. Angola
25.65
17
18. Zambia
24.82
18
19. Gambia
24.18
19
20. Congo
23.63
20
21. Malawi
22.55
21
22. Nigeria
22.00
22
23. Benin
21.89
23
24. Cote d Ivoire
21.34
24
25. Tanzania
20.93
25
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Ethiopia
19.97
26
27. Rwanda
19.07
28
28. Gabon
17.83
29
29. Guinea
17.51
30
30. Togo
16.22
31
31. Uganda
15.49
32
32. Mauritania
15.08
33
33. Kenya
14.89
34
34. Cameroon
14.60
35
35. Mozambique
13.60
37
36. Sao Tome
13.44
38
37. Guinea-Bissau
12.52
40
38. Ghana
12.34
42
39. Senegal
12.06
43
40. Liberia
10.34
44
41. Swaziland
10.12
45
42. Lesotho
9.16
46
43. Namibia
7.84
48
44. South Africa
6.68
50
45. Botswana
4.08
69
46. Sudan
2.54
78
47. Cape Verde
1.85
86
48. Seychelles
0.95
101
49. Mauritius
0.55
119
ICD-10 CODES: E40-E46
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.