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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Seychelles
19.77
5
2. Lesotho
15.20
7
3. Swaziland
12.99
8
4. Zimbabwe
10.87
12
5. Cape Verde
9.85
16
6. Somalia
9.34
20
7. Mozambique
6.78
37
8. Namibia
6.70
38
9. South Africa
6.56
40
10. Chad
6.10
42
11. Botswana
5.98
44
12. Guinea-Bissau
5.88
45
13. Central Africa
5.71
46
14. Burundi
5.47
49
15. Benin
5.32
53
16. Cote d Ivoire
5.30
54
17. Niger
5.27
55
18. Sierra Leone
5.11
57
19. Cameroon
5.08
58
20. Guinea
5.05
59
21. Eritrea
5.01
61
22. Mauritius
4.97
62
23. Comoros
4.92
64
24. Burkina Faso
4.69
69
25. Zambia
4.64
70
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Mali
4.56
71
27. Sudan
4.36
76
28. Djibouti
4.33
77
29. Togo
4.24
80
30. Angola
4.22
82
31. South Sudan
3.69
91
32. Ghana
3.54
93
33. DR Congo
3.51
94
34. Uganda
3.42
97
35. Madagascar
3.41
99
36. Gambia
3.39
100
37. Senegal
3.38
101
38. Malawi
3.36
102
39. Ethiopia
3.29
104
40. Kenya
3.15
108
41. Rwanda
3.05
109
42. Liberia
2.97
111
43. Tanzania
2.92
112
44. Mauritania
2.78
115
45. Gabon
2.77
116
46. Equ. Guinea
2.70
118
47. Nigeria
2.63
119
48. Congo
2.44
124
49. Sao Tome
2.14
133
ICD-10 CODES: W65-W74
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.