|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Equ. Guinea |
11.25 |
2 |
2. |
Burkina Faso |
8.51 |
3 |
3. |
Nigeria |
7.45 |
6 |
4. |
Comoros |
7.33 |
7 |
5. |
Djibouti |
6.66 |
11 |
6. |
Ghana |
6.27 |
12 |
7. |
Gabon |
6.11 |
14 |
8. |
Zambia |
6.05 |
15 |
9. |
Mauritania |
5.50 |
18 |
10. |
Eritrea |
5.42 |
19 |
11. |
Tanzania |
5.35 |
20 |
12. |
Namibia |
5.34 |
21 |
13. |
Mozambique |
5.30 |
24 |
14. |
Angola |
5.28 |
25 |
15. |
Cote d Ivoire |
5.25 |
26 |
16. |
Uganda |
5.18 |
28 |
17. |
Sierra Leone |
5.18 |
29 |
18. |
Rwanda |
5.18 |
30 |
19. |
Gambia |
5.18 |
31 |
20. |
Congo |
5.17 |
32 |
21. |
Mali |
4.91 |
33 |
22. |
DR Congo |
4.78 |
34 |
23. |
Togo |
4.72 |
35 |
24. |
Cameroon |
4.55 |
36 |
25. |
Burundi |
4.55 |
37 |
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
South Africa |
4.52 |
38 |
27. |
Chad |
4.46 |
39 |
28. |
Botswana |
4.33 |
42 |
29. |
Benin |
4.27 |
43 |
30. |
Zimbabwe |
4.25 |
45 |
31. |
Guinea |
4.23 |
46 |
32. |
Malawi |
4.20 |
48 |
33. |
Ethiopia |
4.11 |
49 |
34. |
Swaziland |
4.11 |
50 |
35. |
Senegal |
4.08 |
51 |
36. |
Somalia |
4.03 |
53 |
37. |
Niger |
3.89 |
55 |
38. |
South Sudan |
3.76 |
57 |
39. |
Central Africa |
3.65 |
59 |
40. |
Liberia |
3.48 |
60 |
41. |
Madagascar |
3.24 |
66 |
42. |
Lesotho |
3.19 |
67 |
43. |
Mauritius |
3.16 |
68 |
44. |
Cape Verde |
3.07 |
70 |
45. |
Guinea-Bissau |
3.01 |
72 |
46. |
Kenya |
2.90 |
73 |
47. |
Sao Tome |
2.42 |
80 |
48. |
Sudan |
1.81 |
97 |
49. |
Seychelles |
0.98 |
120 |
|
ICD-10 CODES: L00-L98
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.