| Rank | Country | Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) |
| 1 | Angola | 23.4 |  |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 17.39 |  |
| 3 | South Africa | 17.09 |  |
| 4 | Nigeria | 16.06 |  |
| 5 | Russia | 16.04 |  |
| 6 | Ukraine | 15.74 |  |
| 7 | Chad | 15.47 |  |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.27 |  |
| 9 | Lesotho | 15.19 |  |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 15.01 |  |
| 11 | Somalia | 14.87 |  |
| 12 | Swaziland | 14.6 |  |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 14.32 |  |
| 14 | Mali | 14.29 |  |
| 15 | Niger | 14.11 |  |
| 16 | Serbia | 13.85 |  |
| 17 | Belarus | 13.77 |  |
| 18 | Latvia | 13.6 |  |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 13.58 |  |
| 20 | Estonia | 13.55 |  |
| 21 | Malawi | 13.22 |  |
| 22 | Gabon | 13 |  |
| 23 | Mozambique | 13 |  |
| 24 | Namibia | 12.95 |  |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 12.74 |  |
| 26 | Hungary | 12.68 |  |
| 27 | Zambia | 12.61 |  |
| 28 | Tanzania | 12.09 |  |
| 29 | Croatia | 11.91 |  |
| 30 | Cameroon | 11.83 |  |
| 31 | Romania | 11.81 |  |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 11.73 |  |
| 33 | Uganda | 11.71 |  |
| 34 | Congo, Republic of the | 11.49 |  |
| 35 | Lithuania | 11.33 |  |
| 36 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.06 |  |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 11.04 |  |
| 38 | Sudan | 11 |  |
| 39 | Germany | 10.92 |  |
| 40 | Slovenia | 10.87 |  |
| 41 | Czech Republic | 10.86 |  |
| 42 | Portugal | 10.8 |  |
| 43 | Moldova | 10.74 |  |
| 44 | Greece | 10.7 |  |
| 45 | Liberia | 10.62 |  |
| 46 | Belgium | 10.57 |  |
| 47 | Botswana | 10.57 |  |
| 48 | Guinea | 10.45 |  |
| 49 | Finland | 10.24 |  |
| 50 | Sweden | 10.2 |  |