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Mortality Analyses

Mortality in the most affected countries

For the twenty countries currently most affected by COVID-19 worldwide, the bars in the chart below show the number of deaths either per 100 confirmed cases (observed case-fatality ratio) or per 100,000 population (this represents a country’s general population, with both confirmed cases and healthy people). Countries at the top of this figure have the most deaths proportionally to their COVID-19 cases or population, not necessarily the most deaths overall.

Worldwide mortality

The diagonal lines on the chart below correspond to different case fatality ratios (the number of deaths divided by the number of confirmed cases). Countries falling on the uppermost lines have the highest observed case fatality ratios. Points with a black border correspond to the 20 most affected countries by COVID-19 worldwide, based on the number of deaths. Hover over the circles to see the country name and a ratio value. Use the boxes on the top to toggle between: 1) mortality per absolute number of cases (total confirmed cases within a country); and mortality per 100,000 people (this represents a country’s general population, with both confirmed cases and healthy people).

Cases and mortality by country

Country	Confirmed	Deaths	Case-Fatality	Deaths/100K pop.
Peru	4,487,553	219,539	4.9%	665.84
Bulgaria	1,297,523	38,228	2.9%	550.17
Hungary	2,196,804	48,762	2.2%	504.76
Bosnia and Herzegovina	401,729	16,280	4.1%	496.22
North Macedonia	346,852	9,662	2.8%	463.77
Montenegro	288,808	2,808	1.0%	447.09
Croatia	1,269,326	17,987	1.4%	438.14
Georgia	1,827,537	16,971	0.9%	425.43
Czechia	4,618,256	42,491	0.9%	396.78
Slovakia	2,667,551	21,035	0.8%	387.05
San Marino	23,616	122	0.5%	359.48
Lithuania	1,307,448	9,596	0.7%	352.50
Romania	3,346,046	67,736	2.0%	352.10
US	103,802,702	1,123,836	1.1%	341.11
Slovenia	1,331,707	7,078	0.5%	340.46
Chile	5,192,286	64,273	1.2%	336.22
Greece	5,548,487	34,779	0.6%	333.67
Latvia	976,255	6,269	0.6%	332.36
Brazil	37,076,053	699,276	1.9%	328.98
United Kingdom	24,658,705	220,721	0.9%	325.13
Poland	6,444,960	119,010	1.8%	314.45
Italy	25,603,510	188,322	0.7%	311.47
Trinidad and Tobago	189,918	4,355	2.3%	311.18
Moldova	611,140	12,003	2.0%	298.01
Armenia	447,308	8,727	2.0%	294.51
Belgium	4,739,365	33,814	0.7%	294.22
Argentina	10,044,957	130,472	1.3%	288.68
Colombia	6,359,093	142,339	2.2%	279.74
Paraguay	808,401	19,878	2.5%	278.69
Ukraine	5,711,929	119,283	2.1%	272.75
Russia	22,075,858	388,478	1.8%	266.20
Mexico	7,483,444	333,188	4.5%	260.73
Portugal	5,570,473	26,266	0.5%	257.59
Spain	13,770,429	119,479	0.9%	255.54
France	39,866,718	166,176	0.4%	254.68
Tunisia	1,151,126	29,341	2.5%	248.26
Austria	5,961,143	21,970	0.4%	243.94
Suriname	82,467	1,404	1.7%	239.33
Sweden	2,699,339	23,777	0.9%	235.43
Liechtenstein	21,432	89	0.4%	233.37
Saint Lucia	30,004	409	1.4%	222.73
Estonia	615,433	2,946	0.5%	222.08
Uruguay	1,034,303	7,617	0.7%	219.27
Andorra	47,890	165	0.3%	213.55
Bahamas	37,491	833	2.2%	211.83
Grenada	19,680	238	1.2%	211.52
Serbia	2,500,142	17,881	0.7%	204.65
Ecuador	1,057,121	36,014	3.4%	204.13
Germany	38,249,060	168,935	0.4%	203.16
Barbados	106,798	579	0.5%	201.48
Panama	1,031,731	8,609	0.8%	199.52
Luxembourg	317,367	1,220	0.4%	194.90
Bolivia	1,194,277	22,365	1.9%	191.60
Malta	117,610	828	0.7%	187.53
Costa Rica	1,209,725	9,245	0.8%	181.48
Kosovo	273,312	3,211	1.2%	177.37
Ireland	1,704,502	8,708	0.5%	176.35
Seychelles	50,665	172	0.3%	174.90
Belize	70,757	688	1.0%	173.03
South Africa	4,067,067	102,595	2.5%	172.98
Iran	7,572,311	144,933	1.9%	172.55
Monaco	16,121	67	0.4%	170.73
Guyana	73,075	1,298	1.8%	165.02
Switzerland	4,413,911	14,210	0.3%	164.19
Finland	1,463,644	8,967	0.6%	161.84
Namibia	171,156	4,090	2.4%	160.97
Lebanon	1,232,828	10,841	0.9%	158.83
Antigua and Barbuda	9,106	146	1.6%	149.09
Denmark	3,451,036	8,345	0.2%	142.96
Israel	4,803,824	12,329	0.3%	142.44
Jordan	1,746,997	14,122	0.8%	138.41
Netherlands	8,712,835	23,705	0.3%	138.34
Canada	4,617,095	51,720	1.1%	135.23
Albania	334,457	3,598	1.1%	125.03
Eswatini	74,267	1,425	1.9%	122.83
Turkey	17,042,722	101,492	0.6%	120.34
Botswana	329,758	2,801	0.8%	119.11
Jamaica	154,416	3,514	2.3%	118.67
Malaysia	5,044,718	36,967	0.7%	114.22
Guatemala	1,238,247	20,182	1.6%	112.65
Honduras	472,250	11,111	2.4%	112.18
West Bank and Gaza	703,228	5,708	0.8%	111.89
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9,589	123	1.3%	110.86
Cyprus	650,685	1,330	0.2%	110.16
Dominica	15,760	74	0.5%	102.79
Kazakhstan	1,498,668	19,071	1.3%	101.57
Azerbaijan	828,825	10,138	1.2%	99.99
Fiji	68,898	883	1.3%	98.50
Norway	1,479,506	5,213	0.4%	96.16
Libya	507,187	6,437	1.3%	93.68
Bahrain	710,693	1,553	0.2%	91.27
Oman	399,449	4,628	1.2%	90.63
Saint Kitts and Nevis	6,597	47	0.7%	88.36
Mauritius	296,042	1,044	0.4%	82.09
Sri Lanka	672,039	16,830	2.5%	78.60
Iceland	209,137	263	0.1%	77.07
Australia	11,399,460	19,574	0.2%	76.88
Belarus	994,037	7,118	0.7%	75.33
Cuba	1,112,643	8,530	0.8%	75.31
Cabo Verde	63,244	413	0.7%	74.28
Taiwan*	9,970,937	17,672	0.2%	74.20
Korea, South	30,615,522	34,093	0.1%	66.50
El Salvador	201,785	4,230	2.1%	65.22
Mongolia	1,007,900	2,136	0.2%	65.16
Iraq	2,465,545	25,375	1.0%	63.09
Philippines	4,077,452	66,188	1.6%	60.40
Kuwait	663,860	2,570	0.4%	60.18
Indonesia	6,738,225	160,941	2.4%	58.84
Japan	33,320,438	72,997	0.2%	57.72
Maldives	185,738	311	0.2%	57.53
Micronesia	23,948	61	0.3%	53.60
New Zealand	2,236,114	2,550	0.1%	52.88
Brunei	279,661	225	0.1%	51.43
Palau	5,991	9	0.2%	49.98
Thailand	4,728,182	33,918	0.7%	48.59
Kyrgyzstan	206,708	2,991	1.4%	45.84
Vietnam	11,526,994	43,186	0.4%	44.37
Morocco	1,272,490	16,296	1.3%	44.15
Nepal	1,001,154	12,020	1.2%	41.25
Dominican Republic	660,790	4,384	0.7%	40.41
India	44,690,738	530,779	1.2%	38.46
Zimbabwe	264,276	5,671	2.1%	38.16
Burma	633,950	19,490	3.1%	35.82
Sao Tome and Principe	6,281	77	1.2%	35.13
Lesotho	34,790	723	2.1%	33.75
Singapore	2,235,294	1,722	0.1%	29.43
Marshall Islands	15,649	17	0.1%	29.10
Saudi Arabia	830,127	9,618	1.2%	27.63
Egypt	515,759	24,812	4.8%	24.25
Qatar	495,090	688	0.1%	23.88
United Arab Emirates	1,053,213	2,349	0.2%	23.75
Solomon Islands	24,575	153	0.6%	23.44
Zambia	343,135	4,057	1.2%	22.07
Mauritania	63,668	997	1.6%	21.44
Venezuela	552,162	5,854	1.1%	20.59
Afghanistan	209,451	7,896	3.8%	20.28
Djibouti	15,690	189	1.2%	19.13
Comoros	9,008	161	1.8%	18.51
Cambodia	138,719	3,056	2.2%	18.28
Syria	57,467	3,164	5.5%	18.08
Bangladesh	2,037,871	29,445	1.4%	17.88
Algeria	271,496	6,881	2.5%	15.69
Gambia	12,598	372	3.0%	15.39
Kiribati	5,014	18	0.4%	15.31
Samoa	16,607	29	0.2%	14.79
Malawi	88,707	2,686	3.0%	14.04
Pakistan	1,577,411	30,644	1.9%	13.87
Gabon	48,981	306	0.6%	13.75
Equatorial Guinea	17,229	183	1.1%	13.04
Tonga	16,810	13	0.1%	12.30
Senegal	88,926	1,971	2.2%	11.77
Sudan	63,829	5,017	7.9%	11.44
Rwanda	133,194	1,468	1.1%	11.33
Kenya	342,937	5,688	1.7%	10.58
Timor-Leste	23,419	138	0.6%	10.47
Laos	218,023	758	0.3%	10.42
Guinea-Bissau	8,960	176	2.0%	8.94
Somalia	27,324	1,361	5.0%	8.56
Uganda	170,544	3,630	2.1%	7.94
Haiti	34,202	860	2.5%	7.54
Papua New Guinea	46,825	670	1.4%	7.49
Cameroon	124,392	1,965	1.6%	7.40
Yemen	11,945	2,159	18.1%	7.24
Mozambique	233,214	2,242	1.0%	7.17
China	4,903,524	101,056	2.1%	7.16
Congo (Brazzaville)	25,087	388	1.5%	7.03
Ethiopia	500,116	7,572	1.5%	6.59
Angola	105,288	1,933	1.8%	5.88
Liberia	8,090	295	3.6%	5.83
Madagascar	67,889	1,423	2.1%	5.14
Uzbekistan	251,247	1,637	0.7%	4.89
Vanuatu	12,014	14	0.1%	4.78
Ghana	171,229	1,462	0.9%	4.71
Nicaragua	15,655	245	1.6%	3.70
Mali	33,062	743	2.2%	3.67
Guinea	38,267	467	1.2%	3.56
Togo	39,396	290	0.7%	3.50
Cote d'Ivoire	88,263	834	0.9%	3.16
Eritrea	10,189	103	1.0%	2.90
Bhutan	62,627	21	0.0%	2.72
Central African Republic	15,368	113	0.7%	2.34
Burkina Faso	22,056	396	1.8%	1.89
Congo (Kinshasa)	95,749	1,464	1.5%	1.63
Sierra Leone	7,760	126	1.6%	1.58
Nigeria	266,598	3,155	1.2%	1.53
Tanzania	42,906	846	2.0%	1.42
Benin	27,999	163	0.6%	1.34
Tajikistan	17,786	125	0.7%	1.31
Niger	9,508	315	3.3%	1.30
South Sudan	18,368	138	0.8%	1.23
Chad	7,679	194	2.5%	1.18
Burundi	53,631	38	0.1%	0.32
Korea, North	1	6	600.0%	0.02

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How does mortality differ across countries?

One of the most important ways to measure the burden of COVID-19 is mortality. Countries throughout the world have reported very different case fatality ratios – the number of deaths divided by the number of confirmed cases. Differences in mortality numbers can be caused by:

Differences in the number of people tested: With more testing, more people with milder cases are identified. This lowers the case-fatality ratio.
Demographics: For example, mortality tends to be higher in older populations.
Characteristics of the healthcare system: For example, mortality may rise as hospitals become overwhelmed and have fewer resources.
Other factors, many of which remain unknown.