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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
146.89
1
2. Swaziland
78.67
2
3. Mozambique
42.56
6
4. Central Africa
39.64
8
5. South Africa
37.88
10
6. Zimbabwe
37.81
11
7. Botswana
35.54
13
8. Cape Verde
27.40
23
9. Eritrea
27.16
24
10. Zambia
25.74
25
11. Cote d Ivoire
25.65
26
12. Cameroon
25.15
28
13. Namibia
24.88
29
14. Burkina Faso
24.45
30
15. Togo
23.99
31
16. Gabon
23.31
32
17. Somalia
22.75
33
18. Angola
21.71
37
19. DR Congo
20.70
40
20. Benin
20.29
41
21. Chad
20.21
42
22. Ghana
20.04
45
23. Malawi
19.99
46
24. Guinea-Bissau
19.78
47
25. Uganda
19.39
49
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Burundi
18.91
51
27. Senegal
18.53
54
28. Equ. Guinea
18.48
55
29. Guinea
18.36
56
30. Congo
18.28
57
31. Kenya
18.05
58
32. Djibouti
16.25
67
33. Mauritius
15.03
72
34. Sierra Leone
14.80
74
35. Rwanda
14.76
75
36. Ethiopia
14.16
80
37. Niger
14.15
81
38. Seychelles
14.00
82
39. Tanzania
13.50
86
40. Madagascar
13.33
93
41. Gambia
13.27
94
42. Comoros
11.33
107
43. Mali
10.46
114
44. South Sudan
10.38
116
45. Nigeria
10.14
119
46. Liberia
9.41
124
47. Mauritania
7.39
139
48. Sudan
6.34
147
49. Sao Tome
3.34
177
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.