|
Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
1. |
Sierra Leone |
184.54 |
2 |
2. |
Cote d Ivoire |
171.11 |
5 |
3. |
Ghana |
160.10 |
11 |
4. |
Central Africa |
155.11 |
13 |
5. |
Togo |
143.60 |
16 |
6. |
Angola |
142.27 |
17 |
7. |
Benin |
141.07 |
18 |
8. |
Cape Verde |
140.48 |
20 |
9. |
Mali |
138.90 |
23 |
10. |
Gambia |
136.82 |
26 |
11. |
Sudan |
136.47 |
27 |
12. |
Cameroon |
136.18 |
28 |
13. |
Chad |
133.05 |
30 |
14. |
Guinea-Bissau |
123.07 |
35 |
15. |
Madagascar |
122.95 |
36 |
16. |
Eritrea |
122.03 |
38 |
17. |
Nigeria |
120.00 |
41 |
18. |
Senegal |
119.65 |
42 |
19. |
Comoros |
117.68 |
47 |
20. |
Lesotho |
116.53 |
48 |
21. |
Guinea |
116.39 |
49 |
22. |
Swaziland |
114.83 |
51 |
23. |
Niger |
114.59 |
52 |
24. |
Sao Tome |
112.64 |
53 |
25. |
Equ. Guinea |
112.47 |
54 |
|
Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
26. |
Mauritania |
112.30 |
55 |
27. |
DR Congo |
110.84 |
56 |
28. |
Mozambique |
109.43 |
57 |
29. |
Liberia |
107.18 |
59 |
30. |
Gabon |
103.58 |
64 |
31. |
Congo |
101.88 |
67 |
32. |
Burundi |
101.45 |
68 |
33. |
Botswana |
98.02 |
73 |
34. |
Burkina Faso |
94.36 |
75 |
35. |
South Africa |
93.76 |
78 |
36. |
Djibouti |
93.57 |
79 |
37. |
Uganda |
91.84 |
81 |
38. |
Namibia |
91.52 |
82 |
39. |
Somalia |
91.16 |
83 |
40. |
Ethiopia |
89.82 |
86 |
41. |
South Sudan |
85.00 |
88 |
42. |
Rwanda |
80.70 |
94 |
43. |
Tanzania |
76.58 |
104 |
44. |
Malawi |
72.01 |
112 |
45. |
Kenya |
66.90 |
117 |
46. |
Zambia |
64.18 |
120 |
47. |
Zimbabwe |
63.38 |
121 |
48. |
Seychelles |
54.16 |
128 |
49. |
Mauritius |
53.19 |
131 |
|
ICD-10 CODES: I60-I69
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Age Adjusted Death Rate Estimates: 2017
Calculations Provided by World Life Expectancy
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.