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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
87.48
1
2. Swaziland
40.46
3
3. Zimbabwe
23.63
7
4. South Africa
23.49
8
5. Mozambique
23.20
9
6. Central Africa
22.96
10
7. Botswana
20.22
14
8. Eritrea
17.26
21
9. Cameroon
15.92
25
10. Cote d Ivoire
15.66
26
11. Cape Verde
15.23
27
12. Togo
14.81
28
13. Somalia
14.66
29
14. Zambia
14.43
32
15. Burkina Faso
14.38
33
16. Namibia
13.51
36
17. Equ. Guinea
13.51
37
18. Chad
13.22
39
19. Gabon
13.11
40
20. Benin
12.71
43
21. Angola
12.56
44
22. DR Congo
12.41
45
23. Guinea-Bissau
12.38
46
24. Guinea
12.33
48
25. Burundi
12.12
51
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Djibouti
11.95
53
27. Congo
11.62
55
28. Sierra Leone
11.25
56
29. Kenya
11.01
60
30. Senegal
10.99
62
31. Malawi
10.58
63
32. Ghana
10.54
64
33. Uganda
10.45
65
34. Niger
10.15
70
35. Gambia
9.64
77
36. Ethiopia
9.45
80
37. Rwanda
9.45
81
38. Madagascar
9.18
85
39. Mauritius
8.75
87
40. Comoros
8.46
89
41. Tanzania
8.15
96
42. Mali
7.96
99
43. Seychelles
7.73
102
44. Liberia
7.37
108
45. Nigeria
6.87
117
46. South Sudan
6.69
120
47. Mauritania
5.47
132
48. Sudan
4.76
143
49. Sao Tome
2.20
176
ICD-10 CODES: X60-X84, Y870
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.