|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Central Africa |
16.37 |
2 |
2. |
Sierra Leone |
15.09 |
3 |
3. |
Burundi |
12.75 |
7 |
4. |
Somalia |
11.72 |
8 |
5. |
Cote d Ivoire |
11.57 |
10 |
6. |
Chad |
11.46 |
11 |
7. |
Eritrea |
11.24 |
12 |
8. |
Burkina Faso |
11.18 |
13 |
9. |
DR Congo |
11.10 |
14 |
10. |
Uganda |
10.83 |
15 |
11. |
Guinea |
9.93 |
17 |
12. |
South Sudan |
9.63 |
19 |
13. |
Niger |
9.62 |
20 |
14. |
Togo |
9.01 |
23 |
15. |
Ethiopia |
8.98 |
24 |
16. |
Mali |
8.65 |
26 |
17. |
Angola |
8.57 |
27 |
18. |
Cameroon |
8.45 |
28 |
19. |
Zambia |
8.31 |
29 |
20. |
Benin |
8.28 |
30 |
21. |
Congo |
8.15 |
31 |
22. |
Guinea-Bissau |
8.07 |
34 |
23. |
Rwanda |
7.75 |
35 |
24. |
Equ. Guinea |
7.73 |
36 |
25. |
Lesotho |
7.63 |
37 |
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
Seychelles |
7.61 |
38 |
27. |
Comoros |
7.55 |
39 |
28. |
Djibouti |
7.40 |
40 |
29. |
Malawi |
7.23 |
41 |
30. |
Gambia |
6.74 |
44 |
31. |
Liberia |
6.64 |
47 |
32. |
Ghana |
6.54 |
48 |
33. |
Tanzania |
6.52 |
50 |
34. |
Madagascar |
6.33 |
52 |
35. |
Senegal |
6.29 |
53 |
36. |
Nigeria |
6.26 |
54 |
37. |
Mozambique |
6.25 |
55 |
38. |
Gabon |
6.14 |
57 |
39. |
Swaziland |
5.92 |
59 |
40. |
Namibia |
5.38 |
62 |
41. |
Sudan |
5.18 |
66 |
42. |
Mauritania |
4.50 |
69 |
43. |
South Africa |
4.46 |
70 |
44. |
Sao Tome |
4.41 |
72 |
45. |
Botswana |
4.11 |
76 |
46. |
Kenya |
3.92 |
79 |
47. |
Zimbabwe |
3.45 |
85 |
48. |
Cape Verde |
1.97 |
119 |
49. |
Mauritius |
1.26 |
142 |
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ICD-10 CODES: K25-K27
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.