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Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
396.4deaths
Median: 35.6deaths
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
8,721.8deaths
Lowest
Niue
0.0deaths
Top 5 Countries
1Democratic Republic of the Congo8,721.8deaths
2Nigeria7,543.9deaths
3India5,957.3deaths
4People's Republic of China4,591.4deaths
5Ethiopia3,275.3deaths
By Region
Africa2,034.1deaths(9 countries)
Asia886.3deaths(26 countries)
North America454.8deaths(4 countries)
Other287.3deaths(124 countries)
South America221.3deaths(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0deaths)High (8,721.8deaths)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 396.4deaths)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
Other (124)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,721.8deaths |
| 2 | Nigeria | 7,543.9deaths |
| 3 | India | 5,957.3deaths |
| 4 | People's Republic of China | 4,591.4deaths |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 3,275.3deaths |
| 6 | Angola | 3,039.6deaths |
| 7 | Indonesia | 2,614.2deaths |
| 8 | Niger | 2,311.0deaths |
| 9 | Pakistan | 2,079.1deaths |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,064.9deaths |
| 11 | Uganda | 2,029.2deaths |
| 12 | Yemen | 1,463.1deaths |
| 13 | Burundi | 1,432.8deaths |
| 14 | Egypt | 1,432.4deaths |
| 15 | Cameroon | 1,425.3deaths |
| 16 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,376.1deaths |
| 17 | Rwanda | 1,287.4deaths |
| 18 | Sudan | 1,167.4deaths |
| 19 | Madagascar | 1,070.7deaths |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 1,048.7deaths |
| 21 | United States of America | 917.1deaths |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 842.1deaths |
| 23 | Mexico | 752.7deaths |
| 24 | Brazil | 744.2deaths |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 735.5deaths |
| 26 | Vietnam | 733.3deaths |
| 27 | Kenya | 699.3deaths |
| 28 | Benin | 686.4deaths |
| 29 | Ghana | 675.1deaths |
| 30 | South Africa | 638.2deaths |
| 31 | Chad | 633.0deaths |
| 32 | Philippines | 626.1deaths |
| 33 | Iraq | 621.0deaths |
| 34 | Haiti | 617.6deaths |
| 35 | Malawi | 616.6deaths |
| 36 | Mozambique | 610.6deaths |
| 37 | Mali | 608.5deaths |
| 38 | South Sudan | 600.2deaths |
| 39 | Somalia | 558.7deaths |
| 40 | Senegal | 544.4deaths |
| 41 | Morocco | 537.0deaths |
| 42 | Thailand | 529.8deaths |
| 43 | Zambia | 517.9deaths |
| 44 | Algeria | 466.2deaths |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 460.6deaths |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 435.2deaths |
| 47 | Guinea | 433.6deaths |
| 48 | Togo | 419.4deaths |
| 49 | Türkiye | 366.4deaths |
| 50 | Eritrea | 346.4deaths |
| 51 | Myanmar | 337.5deaths |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 314.2deaths |
| 53 | Peru | 298.9deaths |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 267.2deaths |
| 55 | Russian Federation | 256.1deaths |
| 56 | Nepal | 249.9deaths |
| 57 | Venezuela | 247.1deaths |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 237.0deaths |
| 59 | Cambodia | 219.4deaths |
| 60 | Republic of the Congo | 204.0deaths |
| 61 | Colombia | 200.6deaths |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 196.1deaths |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 186.5deaths |
| 64 | Namibia | 172.3deaths |
| 65 | Ecuador | 152.6deaths |
| 66 | North Korea | 143.2deaths |
| 67 | Bolivia | 142.9deaths |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 133.2deaths |
| 69 | Malaysia | 118.6deaths |
| 70 | Liberia | 115.5deaths |
| 71 | Jordan | 106.0deaths |
| 72 | Guatemala | 104.3deaths |
| 73 | Syrian Arab Republic | 102.9deaths |
| 74 | Argentina | 102.3deaths |
| 75 | Ukraine | 93.8deaths |
| 76 | Botswana | 92.7deaths |
| 77 | Tunisia | 86.6deaths |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 85.0deaths |
| 79 | Mauritania | 82.1deaths |
| 80 | Honduras | 78.3deaths |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 73.6deaths |
| 82 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 73.6deaths |
| 83 | Libya | 68.4deaths |
| 84 | Republic of The Gambia | 63.9deaths |
| 85 | France | 62.9deaths |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 58.5deaths |
| 87 | Paraguay | 56.3deaths |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.3deaths |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 55.3deaths |
| 90 | Oman | 53.8deaths |
| 91 | Gabon | 47.4deaths |
| 92 | Eswatini | 46.7deaths |
| 93 | Romania | 46.7deaths |
| 94 | Canada | 45.0deaths |
| 95 | Chile | 44.6deaths |
| 96 | Poland | 43.1deaths |
| 97 | Lebanon | 40.8deaths |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.7deaths |
| 99 | South Korea | 38.9deaths |
| 100 | El Salvador | 38.9deaths |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 38.3deaths |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 36.7deaths |
| 103 | Australia | 34.5deaths |
| 104 | Italy | 32.7deaths |
| 105 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.7deaths |
| 106 | Mongolia | 32.1deaths |
| 107 | State of Palestine | 28.9deaths |
| 108 | Japan | 28.2deaths |
| 109 | Spain | 25.7deaths |
| 110 | Taiwan, Province of China | 24.9deaths |
| 111 | Lesotho | 24.1deaths |
| 112 | Timor-Leste | 20.8deaths |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 19.8deaths |
| 114 | Kuwait | 17.4deaths |
| 115 | Panama | 16.5deaths |
| 116 | Netherlands | 15.8deaths |
| 117 | Israel | 15.3deaths |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 15.1deaths |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 14.7deaths |
| 120 | Belarus | 14.0deaths |
| 121 | Cuba | 13.7deaths |
| 122 | Comoros | 12.8deaths |
| 123 | Armenia | 11.1deaths |
| 124 | Djibouti | 11.1deaths |
| 125 | New Zealand | 11.0deaths |
| 126 | Germany | 10.6deaths |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 10.6deaths |
| 128 | Qatar | 10.1deaths |
| 129 | Czech Republic | 10.0deaths |
| 130 | Georgia | 9.8deaths |
| 131 | Serbia | 9.5deaths |
| 132 | Greece | 8.4deaths |
| 133 | Portugal | 8.1deaths |
| 134 | Hungary | 7.7deaths |
| 135 | Belgium | 7.7deaths |
| 136 | Fiji | 7.6deaths |
| 137 | Moldova, Republic of | 7.4deaths |
| 138 | Slovakia | 6.6deaths |
| 139 | Albania | 5.9deaths |
| 140 | Uruguay | 5.8deaths |
| 141 | Bahrain | 5.7deaths |
| 142 | Suriname | 5.6deaths |
| 143 | Austria | 5.1deaths |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.0deaths |
| 145 | Croatia | 4.6deaths |
| 146 | Sweden | 4.5deaths |
| 147 | Switzerland | 4.1deaths |
| 148 | Jamaica | 3.7deaths |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.6deaths |
| 150 | Guyana | 3.6deaths |
| 151 | Belize | 3.2deaths |
| 152 | Ireland | 3.2deaths |
| 153 | Bhutan | 3.1deaths |
| 154 | Lithuania | 2.9deaths |
| 155 | Finland | 2.9deaths |
| 156 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2.8deaths |
| 157 | Norway | 2.8deaths |
| 158 | Denmark | 2.7deaths |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 2.5deaths |
| 160 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.4deaths |
| 161 | Cyprus | 2.4deaths |
| 162 | Mauritius | 2.3deaths |
| 163 | Samoa | 2.1deaths |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 2.0deaths |
| 165 | Bahamas | 1.5deaths |
| 166 | Singapore | 1.5deaths |
| 167 | Slovenia | 1.3deaths |
| 168 | Latvia | 1.3deaths |
| 169 | Kiribati | 1.2deaths |
| 170 | Estonia | 1.1deaths |
| 171 | Montenegro | 0.8deaths |
| 172 | Tonga | 0.8deaths |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 0.8deaths |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.8deaths |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 0.6deaths |
| 176 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.6deaths |
| 177 | Guam | 0.5deaths |
| 178 | Nauru | 0.5deaths |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 0.5deaths |
| 180 | Barbados | 0.4deaths |
| 181 | Maldives | 0.4deaths |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.4deaths |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 0.3deaths |
| 184 | Tuvalu | 0.3deaths |
| 185 | Malta | 0.3deaths |
| 186 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.3deaths |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2deaths |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 0.2deaths |
| 189 | Andorra | 0.2deaths |
| 190 | Greenland | 0.2deaths |
| 191 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.2deaths |
| 192 | Dominica | 0.2deaths |
| 193 | American Samoa | 0.2deaths |
| 194 | Grenada | 0.1deaths |
| 195 | Palau | 0.1deaths |
| 196 | Seychelles | 0.1deaths |
| 197 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1deaths |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1deaths |
| 199 | Bermuda | 0.1deaths |
| 200 | Cook Islands | 0.1deaths |
| 201 | San Marino | 0.0deaths |
| 202 | Monaco | 0.0deaths |
| 203 | Tokelau | 0.0deaths |
| 204 | Niue | 0.0deaths |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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