| |
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
| 1. |
Central Africa |
13.51 |
4 |
| 2. |
Lesotho |
12.57 |
6 |
| 3. |
Niger |
10.49 |
9 |
| 4. |
Chad |
9.66 |
10 |
| 5. |
Guinea-Bissau |
9.19 |
11 |
| 6. |
Sierra Leone |
8.32 |
14 |
| 7. |
Mali |
8.11 |
16 |
| 8. |
Guinea |
7.56 |
19 |
| 9. |
Nigeria |
7.39 |
21 |
| 10. |
Benin |
7.13 |
22 |
| 11. |
Liberia |
7.01 |
23 |
| 12. |
Togo |
6.81 |
24 |
| 13. |
Cameroon |
6.55 |
26 |
| 14. |
Angola |
6.46 |
27 |
| 15. |
Gambia |
6.40 |
28 |
| 16. |
Congo |
6.15 |
32 |
| 17. |
Cote d Ivoire |
6.08 |
33 |
| 18. |
Swaziland |
5.82 |
36 |
| 19. |
Senegal |
5.60 |
37 |
| 20. |
Botswana |
5.60 |
38 |
| 21. |
Somalia |
5.31 |
40 |
| 22. |
Namibia |
5.25 |
41 |
| 23. |
Equ. Guinea |
5.14 |
42 |
| 24. |
Eritrea |
5.08 |
44 |
| 25. |
DR Congo |
5.03 |
46 |
| Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
| 26. |
Burundi |
4.88 |
47 |
| 27. |
Mauritania |
4.74 |
49 |
| 28. |
Zimbabwe |
4.68 |
51 |
| 29. |
Rwanda |
4.52 |
52 |
| 30. |
Sudan |
4.09 |
55 |
| 31. |
South Africa |
3.88 |
57 |
| 32. |
Comoros |
3.71 |
58 |
| 33. |
Gabon |
3.68 |
60 |
| 34. |
Uganda |
3.56 |
62 |
| 35. |
Burkina Faso |
3.44 |
63 |
| 36. |
Mozambique |
3.39 |
64 |
| 37. |
Madagascar |
3.36 |
65 |
| 38. |
Seychelles |
3.06 |
68 |
| 39. |
Kenya |
3.04 |
69 |
| 40. |
Sao Tome |
2.94 |
70 |
| 41. |
Djibouti |
2.81 |
72 |
| 42. |
Cape Verde |
2.61 |
75 |
| 43. |
South Sudan |
2.52 |
77 |
| 44. |
Ethiopia |
2.45 |
79 |
| 45. |
Zambia |
2.21 |
82 |
| 46. |
Malawi |
2.16 |
84 |
| 47. |
Tanzania |
1.54 |
105 |
| 48. |
Ghana |
1.10 |
132 |
| 49. |
Mauritius |
0.74 |
147 |
|
ICD-10 CODES: K25-K27
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.