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Death Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
| 1. |
Lesotho |
11.28 |
4 |
| 2. |
Nigeria |
11.22 |
5 |
| 3. |
Sierra Leone |
10.44 |
6 |
| 4. |
Cameroon |
10.13 |
7 |
| 5. |
Chad |
10.03 |
8 |
| 6. |
Angola |
9.93 |
9 |
| 7. |
Cote d Ivoire |
9.91 |
11 |
| 8. |
Equ. Guinea |
9.49 |
12 |
| 9. |
Benin |
9.44 |
13 |
| 10. |
Guinea-Bissau |
9.17 |
17 |
| 11. |
Swaziland |
9.13 |
18 |
| 12. |
Somalia |
8.94 |
20 |
| 13. |
Mozambique |
8.38 |
22 |
| 14. |
Djibouti |
8.20 |
23 |
| 15. |
Zambia |
8.15 |
24 |
| 16. |
Zimbabwe |
8.15 |
25 |
| 17. |
Mali |
8.14 |
26 |
| 18. |
Botswana |
8.12 |
28 |
| 19. |
South Sudan |
7.99 |
32 |
| 20. |
Comoros |
7.95 |
33 |
| 21. |
Burkina Faso |
7.94 |
34 |
| 22. |
DR Congo |
7.74 |
35 |
| 23. |
Guinea |
7.74 |
36 |
| 24. |
Liberia |
7.74 |
37 |
| 25. |
Central Africa |
7.72 |
39 |
| Region Rank |
Rate |
World Rank |
| 26. |
Niger |
7.56 |
40 |
| 27. |
Tanzania |
7.48 |
42 |
| 28. |
Mauritania |
7.27 |
46 |
| 29. |
Togo |
7.21 |
48 |
| 30. |
Ghana |
7.03 |
51 |
| 31. |
Rwanda |
7.02 |
52 |
| 32. |
Burundi |
6.87 |
55 |
| 33. |
Gambia |
6.72 |
59 |
| 34. |
Senegal |
6.71 |
60 |
| 35. |
Seychelles |
6.66 |
61 |
| 36. |
Congo |
6.57 |
65 |
| 37. |
Sudan |
6.55 |
66 |
| 38. |
Eritrea |
6.40 |
71 |
| 39. |
Gabon |
6.38 |
72 |
| 40. |
Ethiopia |
6.38 |
73 |
| 41. |
Malawi |
6.35 |
75 |
| 42. |
Mauritius |
6.34 |
76 |
| 43. |
Uganda |
6.31 |
78 |
| 44. |
Sao Tome |
6.30 |
79 |
| 45. |
Namibia |
6.25 |
81 |
| 46. |
South Africa |
6.23 |
83 |
| 47. |
Kenya |
6.20 |
86 |
| 48. |
Madagascar |
5.69 |
96 |
| 49. |
Cape Verde |
5.58 |
97 |
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ICD-10 CODES: Q00-Q99 (minus Q86.0)
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.