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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
256.0deaths
Median: 12.1deaths
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
India
14,691.6deaths
Lowest
San Marino
0.0deaths
Top 5 Countries
1India14,691.6deaths
2Ethiopia3,064.9deaths
3Nigeria2,653.2deaths
4Democratic Republic of the Congo2,012.8deaths
5South Africa1,754.5deaths
By Region
Africa1,192.3deaths(9 countries)
Asia776.1deaths(26 countries)
South America173.7deaths(7 countries)
Other155.7deaths(124 countries)
North America139.0deaths(4 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 (14,691.6deaths)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 256.0deaths)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Other (124)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
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 | India | 14,691.6deaths |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 3,064.9deaths |
| 3 | Nigeria | 2,653.2deaths |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,012.8deaths |
| 5 | South Africa | 1,754.5deaths |
| 6 | Indonesia | 1,455.6deaths |
| 7 | Madagascar | 1,361.7deaths |
| 8 | Kenya | 1,242.9deaths |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,182.5deaths |
| 10 | Ghana | 1,080.1deaths |
| 11 | Pakistan | 996.3deaths |
| 12 | Cameroon | 961.4deaths |
| 13 | Chad | 870.7deaths |
| 14 | Brazil | 838.1deaths |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 825.3deaths |
| 16 | Niger | 823.8deaths |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 705.9deaths |
| 18 | Somalia | 675.4deaths |
| 19 | Angola | 674.3deaths |
| 20 | Malawi | 664.6deaths |
| 21 | South Sudan | 650.2deaths |
| 22 | Mozambique | 648.3deaths |
| 23 | People's Republic of China | 610.9deaths |
| 24 | Uganda | 580.5deaths |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 561.2deaths |
| 26 | Rwanda | 533.1deaths |
| 27 | Thailand | 509.4deaths |
| 28 | Burundi | 478.1deaths |
| 29 | Philippines | 429.7deaths |
| 30 | Benin | 421.8deaths |
| 31 | Mali | 420.3deaths |
| 32 | Myanmar | 417.8deaths |
| 33 | Zambia | 417.6deaths |
| 34 | Guinea | 408.2deaths |
| 35 | Mexico | 349.5deaths |
| 36 | Senegal | 339.7deaths |
| 37 | Togo | 334.6deaths |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 306.4deaths |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 282.6deaths |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 279.5deaths |
| 41 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 276.8deaths |
| 42 | Eritrea | 250.6deaths |
| 43 | Vietnam | 198.0deaths |
| 44 | Nepal | 196.5deaths |
| 45 | Haiti | 195.9deaths |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 171.4deaths |
| 47 | Peru | 166.9deaths |
| 48 | Egypt | 163.6deaths |
| 49 | Cambodia | 149.2deaths |
| 50 | Liberia | 118.0deaths |
| 51 | Guatemala | 113.3deaths |
| 52 | Mauritania | 105.6deaths |
| 53 | Türkiye | 102.1deaths |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 101.1deaths |
| 55 | Argentina | 100.9deaths |
| 56 | Republic of the Congo | 100.1deaths |
| 57 | Lesotho | 99.5deaths |
| 58 | United States of America | 88.6deaths |
| 59 | Afghanistan | 86.8deaths |
| 60 | Yemen | 82.6deaths |
| 61 | Venezuela | 82.1deaths |
| 62 | Malaysia | 79.2deaths |
| 63 | Republic of The Gambia | 76.3deaths |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 72.8deaths |
| 65 | Cuba | 65.3deaths |
| 66 | Sudan | 61.9deaths |
| 67 | Colombia | 59.4deaths |
| 68 | Namibia | 59.4deaths |
| 69 | Algeria | 57.8deaths |
| 70 | Bolivia | 56.5deaths |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 53.5deaths |
| 72 | Djibouti | 45.7deaths |
| 73 | North Korea | 45.0deaths |
| 74 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 44.2deaths |
| 75 | Poland | 43.6deaths |
| 76 | Romania | 42.4deaths |
| 77 | Botswana | 42.3deaths |
| 78 | Morocco | 39.1deaths |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 38.6deaths |
| 80 | Ecuador | 38.5deaths |
| 81 | Ukraine | 36.1deaths |
| 82 | Japan | 31.2deaths |
| 83 | Gabon | 30.9deaths |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 27.0deaths |
| 85 | Paraguay | 26.4deaths |
| 86 | Syrian Arab Republic | 25.2deaths |
| 87 | Uzbekistan | 25.0deaths |
| 88 | El Salvador | 24.9deaths |
| 89 | Eswatini | 24.3deaths |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 22.2deaths |
| 91 | Comoros | 22.1deaths |
| 92 | Tunisia | 18.3deaths |
| 93 | Germany | 16.3deaths |
| 94 | Taiwan, Province of China | 16.1deaths |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 16.0deaths |
| 96 | South Korea | 15.8deaths |
| 97 | United Kingdom | 15.6deaths |
| 98 | Iraq | 15.3deaths |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 15.2deaths |
| 100 | Honduras | 14.6deaths |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 13.3deaths |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.7deaths |
| 103 | France | 11.5deaths |
| 104 | Moldova, Republic of | 10.4deaths |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 9.6deaths |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 9.4deaths |
| 107 | Chile | 9.2deaths |
| 108 | Serbia | 8.9deaths |
| 109 | Lebanon | 8.7deaths |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 8.5deaths |
| 111 | Mongolia | 8.5deaths |
| 112 | Timor-Leste | 8.3deaths |
| 113 | Italy | 8.1deaths |
| 114 | Georgia | 7.8deaths |
| 115 | Spain | 7.7deaths |
| 116 | Czech Republic | 7.5deaths |
| 117 | Armenia | 7.3deaths |
| 118 | Jamaica | 5.6deaths |
| 119 | Hungary | 5.5deaths |
| 120 | Jordan | 5.4deaths |
| 121 | Slovakia | 5.4deaths |
| 122 | Puerto Rico | 5.4deaths |
| 123 | Guyana | 5.2deaths |
| 124 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.2deaths |
| 125 | Canada | 4.7deaths |
| 126 | Belarus | 4.7deaths |
| 127 | Vanuatu | 4.4deaths |
| 128 | Portugal | 4.2deaths |
| 129 | Panama | 4.2deaths |
| 130 | Fiji | 3.7deaths |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 3.7deaths |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.6deaths |
| 133 | Suriname | 3.5deaths |
| 134 | Bhutan | 3.3deaths |
| 135 | State of Palestine | 3.3deaths |
| 136 | Singapore | 3.2deaths |
| 137 | Greece | 3.2deaths |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 3.1deaths |
| 139 | Belgium | 3.1deaths |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0deaths |
| 141 | Belize | 2.8deaths |
| 142 | Libya | 2.7deaths |
| 143 | Uruguay | 2.6deaths |
| 144 | Netherlands | 2.4deaths |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.3deaths |
| 146 | Croatia | 2.1deaths |
| 147 | Albania | 2.1deaths |
| 148 | Oman | 2.1deaths |
| 149 | Australia | 1.9deaths |
| 150 | Lithuania | 1.8deaths |
| 151 | Israel | 1.5deaths |
| 152 | Kuwait | 1.3deaths |
| 153 | Latvia | 1.3deaths |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 1.2deaths |
| 155 | Samoa | 1.1deaths |
| 156 | Mauritius | 1.1deaths |
| 157 | Denmark | 1.0deaths |
| 158 | Sweden | 1.0deaths |
| 159 | Kiribati | 1.0deaths |
| 160 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.9deaths |
| 161 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.9deaths |
| 162 | Bahamas | 0.8deaths |
| 163 | Barbados | 0.8deaths |
| 164 | Slovenia | 0.8deaths |
| 165 | Norway | 0.8deaths |
| 166 | Grenada | 0.7deaths |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7deaths |
| 168 | Ireland | 0.6deaths |
| 169 | Estonia | 0.6deaths |
| 170 | Switzerland | 0.6deaths |
| 171 | Austria | 0.5deaths |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 0.5deaths |
| 173 | Bahrain | 0.5deaths |
| 174 | Tonga | 0.5deaths |
| 175 | New Zealand | 0.4deaths |
| 176 | Finland | 0.4deaths |
| 177 | Seychelles | 0.4deaths |
| 178 | Maldives | 0.4deaths |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 0.3deaths |
| 180 | Guam | 0.3deaths |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3deaths |
| 182 | Montenegro | 0.3deaths |
| 183 | Qatar | 0.3deaths |
| 184 | Dominica | 0.2deaths |
| 185 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.2deaths |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2deaths |
| 187 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2deaths |
| 188 | American Samoa | 0.2deaths |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 0.2deaths |
| 190 | Cyprus | 0.1deaths |
| 191 | Malta | 0.1deaths |
| 192 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.1deaths |
| 193 | Palau | 0.1deaths |
| 194 | Bermuda | 0.1deaths |
| 195 | Nauru | 0.1deaths |
| 196 | Luxembourg | 0.1deaths |
| 197 | Cook Islands | 0.0deaths |
| 198 | Iceland | 0.0deaths |
| 199 | Greenland | 0.0deaths |
| 200 | Andorra | 0.0deaths |
| 201 | Niue | 0.0deaths |
| 202 | Monaco | 0.0deaths |
| 203 | Tokelau | 0.0deaths |
| 204 | San Marino | 0.0deaths |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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