Maps & Trends

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.
San Marino	3,585	73	2.0%	216.07
Belgium	760,809	21,988	2.9%	192.50
Czechia	1,184,352	19,682	1.7%	185.23
Slovenia	187,005	3,802	2.0%	183.90
United Kingdom	4,156,702	121,978	2.9%	183.46
Italy	2,848,564	96,666	3.4%	159.96
Portugal	800,586	16,136	2.0%	156.94
Montenegro	73,612	976	1.3%	156.83
United States	28,336,097	505,890	1.8%	154.63
Bosnia and Herzegovina	129,753	5,051	3.9%	151.96
Hungary	410,129	14,552	3.5%	148.96
North Macedonia	100,632	3,098	3.1%	148.73
Spain	3,170,644	68,468	2.2%	146.54
Mexico	2,060,908	182,815	8.9%	144.87
Andorra	10,775	110	1.0%	142.85
Bulgaria	242,124	10,026	4.1%	142.73
Liechtenstein	2,553	54	2.1%	142.44
Peru	1,293,497	45,487	3.5%	142.19
Panama	338,701	5,789	1.7%	138.60
Croatia	241,048	5,477	2.3%	133.93
France	3,721,061	85,473	2.3%	127.60
Sweden	647,470	12,793	2.0%	125.63
Slovakia	298,337	6,775	2.3%	124.38
Colombia	2,237,542	59,260	2.6%	119.36
Brazil	10,324,463	249,957	2.4%	119.33
Switzerland	552,698	9,942	1.8%	116.74
Argentina	2,085,411	51,650	2.5%	116.08
Lithuania	195,481	3,200	1.6%	114.71
Poland	1,661,109	42,808	2.6%	112.72
Moldova	180,150	3,846	2.1%	108.46
Chile	807,872	20,173	2.5%	107.71
Armenia	170,945	3,175	1.9%	107.56
Luxembourg	54,678	632	1.2%	103.99
Romania	788,048	20,086	2.5%	103.14
Bolivia	245,719	11,547	4.7%	101.71
Austria	450,376	8,470	1.9%	95.74
Georgia	269,438	3,463	1.3%	92.82
Ecuador	278,779	15,634	5.6%	91.51
Netherlands	1,083,686	15,529	1.4%	90.12
Ireland	216,840	4,237	2.0%	87.30
Kosovo	67,569	1,582	2.3%	85.73
South Africa	1,507,448	49,523	3.3%	85.71
Germany	2,416,037	69,170	2.9%	83.41
Latvia	83,445	1,587	1.9%	82.38
Belize	12,271	315	2.6%	82.23
Iran	1,598,875	59,736	3.7%	73.03
Tunisia	230,443	7,869	3.4%	68.04
Lebanon	362,850	4,508	1.2%	65.82
Israel	763,756	5,660	0.7%	63.71
Malta	21,532	308	1.4%	63.70
Serbia	446,313	4,383	1.0%	62.77
Ukraine	1,364,861	26,847	2.0%	60.16
Albania	103,327	1,715	1.7%	59.83
Monaco	1,916	23	1.2%	59.46
Greece	184,686	6,371	3.4%	59.39
Canada	860,348	21,810	2.5%	58.85
Russia	4,153,735	83,044	2.0%	57.48
Eswatini	16,897	649	3.8%	57.12
Costa Rica	203,496	2,793	1.4%	55.87
Bahamas	8,496	179	2.1%	46.42
Jordan	376,441	4,611	1.2%	46.31
Paraguay	154,904	3,119	2.0%	44.84
West Bank and Gaza	177,768	1,999	1.1%	43.75
Honduras	167,494	4,076	2.4%	42.51
Estonia	60,475	557	0.9%	42.17
Denmark	209,767	2,346	1.1%	40.47
Guatemala	172,764	6,327	3.7%	36.68
Iraq	680,288	13,324	2.0%	34.67
Turkey	2,665,194	28,285	1.1%	34.36
Oman	140,300	1,558	1.1%	32.26
Azerbaijan	233,644	3,206	1.4%	32.25
Libya	131,262	2,151	1.6%	32.21
Suriname	8,892	170	1.9%	29.51
Dominican Republic	236,883	3,066	1.3%	28.85
El Salvador	59,235	1,823	3.1%	28.39
Bahrain	119,858	437	0.4%	27.84
Cabo Verde	15,161	145	1.0%	26.67
Kuwait	187,005	1,062	0.6%	25.67
Guyana	8,457	192	2.3%	24.65
Morocco	482,128	8,592	1.8%	23.85
Kyrgyzstan	86,025	1,460	1.7%	23.12
Belarus	281,707	1,939	0.7%	20.44
Cyprus	33,710	231	0.7%	19.42
Saudi Arabia	376,021	6,475	1.7%	19.21
Saint Lucia	3,149	34	1.1%	18.69
Comoros	3,539	144	4.1%	17.30
Kazakhstan	259,478	3,159	1.2%	17.28
Uruguay	54,874	591	1.1%	17.13
Namibia	37,976	413	1.1%	16.87
Antigua and Barbuda	646	14	2.2%	14.54
Jamaica	22,019	406	1.8%	13.83
Lesotho	10,467	291	2.8%	13.80
Finland	55,122	737	1.3%	13.36
Republic of the Congo	25,144	700	2.8%	13.35
Botswana	27,721	300	1.1%	13.31
Indonesia	1,306,141	35,254	2.7%	13.17
Sao Tome and Principe	1,672	27	1.6%	12.79
United Arab Emirates	378,637	1,164	0.3%	12.09
Norway	69,489	620	0.9%	11.67
Maldives	19,162	60	0.3%	11.63
India	11,046,914	156,705	1.4%	11.59
Philippines	566,420	12,129	2.1%	11.37
Seychelles	2,562	11	0.4%	11.37
Barbados	2,907	32	1.1%	11.16
Egypt	180,051	10,495	5.8%	10.66
Zimbabwe	35,960	1,456	4.0%	10.08
Trinidad and Tobago	7,690	139	1.8%	10.00
Mauritania	17,158	439	2.6%	9.97
Nepal	273,760	2,684	1.0%	9.56
Qatar	161,803	257	0.2%	9.24
Iceland	6,049	29	0.5%	8.20
Algeria	112,461	2,970	2.6%	7.03
Equatorial Guinea	5,852	91	1.6%	6.95
Djibouti	6,052	63	1.0%	6.57
Afghanistan	55,664	2,436	4.4%	6.55
Gambia	4,640	147	3.2%	6.45
Japan	427,732	7,664	1.8%	6.06
Zambia	76,484	1,051	1.4%	6.06
Pakistan	575,941	12,772	2.2%	6.02
Syria	15,343	1,008	6.6%	5.96
Myanmar	141,816	3,197	2.3%	5.95
Malawi	31,295	1,029	3.3%	5.67
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,519	6	0.4%	5.44
Senegal	33,453	840	2.5%	5.30
Bangladesh	544,544	8,379	1.5%	5.19
Venezuela	137,445	1,331	1.0%	4.61
Sudan	30,236	1,876	6.2%	4.49
Gabon	14,234	80	0.6%	3.77
Australia	28,947	909	3.1%	3.64
Kenya	104,780	1,839	1.8%	3.58
Malaysia	291,774	1,088	0.4%	3.45
South Korea	88,516	1,581	1.8%	3.06
Cuba	46,896	308	0.7%	2.72
Nicaragua	6,445	173	2.7%	2.68
Guinea-Bissau	3,171	48	1.5%	2.56
Haiti	12,352	247	2.0%	2.22
Yemen	2,221	624	28.1%	2.19
Ethiopia	155,234	2,316	1.5%	2.12
Sri Lanka	81,467	457	0.6%	2.11
Cameroon	33,749	523	1.5%	2.07
Rwanda	18,443	254	1.4%	2.06
Mozambique	56,920	608	1.1%	2.06
Ghana	81,245	584	0.7%	1.96
Uzbekistan	79,749	622	0.8%	1.89
Mali	8,332	348	4.2%	1.82
Liberia	2,002	85	4.2%	1.76
Angola	20,640	501	2.4%	1.63
Somalia	6,549	218	3.3%	1.45
Central African Republic	5,004	63	1.3%	1.35
Madagascar	19,831	297	1.5%	1.13
Togo	6,548	82	1.3%	1.04
Sierra Leone	3,880	79	2.0%	1.03
Tajikistan	13,308	90	0.7%	0.99
Nigeria	153,842	1,885	1.2%	0.96
Chad	3,904	136	3.5%	0.88
South Sudan	7,224	87	1.2%	0.79
Mauritius	610	10	1.6%	0.79
Uganda	40,261	334	0.8%	0.78
Niger	4,740	172	3.6%	0.77
Côte d'Ivoire	32,295	188	0.6%	0.75
Burkina Faso	11,887	142	1.2%	0.72
Guinea	15,680	88	0.6%	0.71
Brunei	185	3	1.6%	0.70
Benin	5,434	70	1.3%	0.61
New Zealand	2,368	26	1.1%	0.53
Singapore	59,890	29	0.0%	0.51
China	100,832	4,834	4.8%	0.35
Democratic Republic of the Congo	8,820	128	1.5%	0.15
Papua New Guinea	1,139	11	1.0%	0.13
Thailand	25,692	83	0.3%	0.12
Taiwan	946	9	1.0%	0.04
Tanzania	509	21	4.1%	0.04
Vietnam	2,412	35	1.5%	0.04
Burundi	2,069	3	0.1%	0.03
Eritrea	2,789	7	0.3%	nan

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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.