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	2,163,312	198,860	9.2%	611.68
Hungary	816,222	30,114	3.7%	308.23
Bosnia and Herzegovina	223,957	10,131	4.5%	306.91
North Macedonia	184,893	6,339	3.4%	304.25
Montenegro	123,755	1,818	1.5%	292.22
Czechia	1,684,357	30,417	1.8%	285.08
Bulgaria	477,161	19,809	4.2%	283.97
Brazil	21,034,610	588,597	2.8%	278.89
San Marino	5,402	90	1.7%	265.80
Argentina	5,232,358	113,969	2.2%	253.61
Colombia	4,934,568	125,753	2.5%	249.81
Moldova	277,854	6,559	2.4%	246.80
Slovakia	399,978	12,566	3.1%	230.40
Paraguay	459,391	16,114	3.5%	228.74
Georgia	587,551	8,347	1.4%	224.36
Belgium	1,215,114	25,486	2.1%	221.93
Italy	4,618,040	130,100	2.8%	215.76
Slovenia	279,217	4,479	1.6%	214.52
Mexico	3,542,189	269,913	7.6%	211.57
Tunisia	696,279	24,337	3.5%	208.10
Croatia	386,891	8,463	2.2%	208.06
United States	41,536,511	666,607	1.6%	203.09
United Kingdom	7,346,832	134,975	1.8%	201.95
Poland	2,895,223	75,454	2.6%	198.72
Chile	1,645,233	37,261	2.3%	196.61
Ecuador	505,628	32,491	6.4%	187.01
Romania	1,130,586	35,215	3.1%	181.93
Spain	4,922,249	85,638	1.7%	181.91
Uruguay	387,156	6,045	1.6%	174.62
Portugal	1,058,347	17,882	1.7%	174.13
France	7,007,819	116,470	1.7%	173.68
Armenia	250,559	5,056	2.0%	170.94
Lithuania	311,151	4,740	1.5%	170.08
Panama	463,086	7,159	1.5%	168.59
Andorra	15,108	130	0.9%	168.52
Bolivia	496,032	18,616	3.8%	161.69
Kosovo	158,028	2,845	1.8%	158.56
Liechtenstein	3,394	60	1.8%	157.82
South Africa	2,869,201	85,468	3.0%	145.95
Sweden	1,142,770	14,740	1.3%	143.31
Iran	5,360,387	115,619	2.2%	139.44
Namibia	126,430	3,437	2.7%	137.78
Latvia	148,485	2,628	1.8%	137.39
Luxembourg	76,996	834	1.1%	134.54
Suriname	35,208	780	2.2%	134.17
Greece	622,761	14,311	2.3%	133.54
Russia	7,091,368	191,566	2.7%	132.69
Ukraine	2,429,354	58,025	2.4%	130.73
Switzerland	818,715	10,980	1.3%	128.05
Austria	715,893	10,856	1.5%	122.29
Bahamas	19,795	469	2.4%	120.42
Lebanon	615,532	8,218	1.3%	119.87
Costa Rica	499,461	5,889	1.2%	116.67
Germany	4,115,342	92,843	2.3%	111.68
Serbia	838,512	7,633	0.9%	109.91
Seychelles	20,593	106	0.5%	108.58
Netherlands	2,014,008	18,476	0.9%	106.60
Ireland	367,536	5,179	1.4%	104.81
Jordan	810,559	10,574	1.3%	104.68
Eswatini	45,178	1,190	2.6%	103.65
Botswana	165,644	2,337	1.4%	101.45
Trinidad and Tobago	47,653	1,391	2.9%	99.72
Estonia	147,881	1,315	0.9%	99.13
Belize	18,143	385	2.1%	98.63
Honduras	354,970	9,400	2.6%	96.45
Albania	159,423	2,557	1.6%	89.59
Guyana	28,532	701	2.5%	89.55
Malta	36,875	450	1.2%	89.52
Monaco	3,285	33	1.0%	84.69
Bahrain	273,977	1,388	0.5%	84.57
Israel	1,202,212	7,452	0.6%	82.31
West Bank and Gaza	377,134	3,856	1.0%	82.30
Oman	303,268	4,090	1.3%	82.21
Kazakhstan	925,024	15,031	1.6%	81.19
Guatemala	519,986	12,859	2.5%	77.45
Saint Lucia	10,082	136	1.3%	74.40
Canada	1,567,557	27,356	1.7%	72.78
Turkey	6,738,860	60,641	0.9%	72.69
Malaysia	2,030,935	22,009	1.1%	68.89
Libya	327,803	4,469	1.4%	65.94
Azerbaijan	463,326	6,167	1.3%	61.53
Fiji	49,390	540	1.1%	60.68
Jamaica	77,497	1,757	2.3%	59.59
Cabo Verde	36,816	324	0.9%	58.92
Kuwait	410,960	2,435	0.6%	57.88
Cuba	768,497	6,523	0.8%	57.56
Iraq	1,963,264	21,631	1.1%	55.03
Sri Lanka	496,423	11,699	2.4%	53.66
Indonesia	4,178,164	139,682	3.3%	51.61
Antigua and Barbuda	2,304	48	2.1%	49.42
El Salvador	99,701	3,056	3.1%	47.35
Denmark	354,910	2,619	0.7%	45.01
Cyprus	116,494	534	0.5%	44.55
Maldives	83,162	227	0.3%	42.75
Belarus	508,514	3,953	0.8%	41.76
Kyrgyzstan	177,389	2,578	1.5%	39.93
Nepal	780,824	10,991	1.4%	38.42
Morocco	910,991	13,729	1.5%	37.64
Dominican Republic	354,169	4,022	1.1%	37.45
Grenada	2,740	38	1.4%	33.93
Mongolia	266,680	1,074	0.4%	33.30
Philippines	2,283,011	35,742	1.6%	33.06
India	33,347,325	443,928	1.3%	32.49
Zimbabwe	127,083	4,551	3.6%	31.07
Myanmar	438,951	16,784	3.8%	31.06
Saudi Arabia	545,829	8,610	1.6%	25.13
Qatar	235,054	604	0.3%	21.33
Thailand	1,420,343	14,765	1.0%	21.21
United Arab Emirates	730,743	2,068	0.3%	21.17
Zambia	208,161	3,636	1.7%	20.36
Sao Tome and Principe	2,893	42	1.5%	19.53
Finland	134,827	1,051	0.8%	19.04
Lesotho	14,395	403	2.8%	18.96
Afghanistan	154,283	7,174	4.6%	18.86
Barbados	6,177	53	0.9%	18.47
Comoros	4,100	147	3.6%	17.28
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,556	9	0.6%	17.03
Egypt	294,482	16,908	5.7%	16.84
Mauritania	35,142	760	2.2%	16.79
Vietnam	645,640	16,186	2.5%	16.78
Bangladesh	1,536,341	27,058	1.8%	16.60
Djibouti	11,927	157	1.3%	16.13
Norway	179,450	841	0.5%	15.73
Venezuela	349,731	4,228	1.2%	14.83
Gambia	9,867	330	3.3%	14.06
Japan	1,659,192	16,993	1.0%	13.46
Algeria	200,770	5,630	2.8%	13.08
Cambodia	101,443	2,067	2.0%	12.54
Pakistan	1,215,821	27,004	2.2%	12.47
Syria	29,974	2,097	7.0%	12.28
Malawi	61,207	2,246	3.7%	12.06
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2,559	13	0.5%	11.76
Senegal	73,539	1,838	2.5%	11.28
Dominica	2,698	8	0.3%	11.14
Equatorial Guinea	10,792	136	1.3%	10.03
Kenya	244,826	4,949	2.0%	9.41
Rwanda	94,055	1,184	1.3%	9.38
Iceland	11,338	33	0.3%	9.13
Gabon	27,291	174	0.6%	8.01
Timor-Leste	18,786	100	0.5%	7.73
Uganda	121,687	3,106	2.6%	7.02
Guinea-Bissau	6,042	130	2.2%	6.77
Somalia	18,820	1,041	5.5%	6.74
Sudan	37,951	2,875	7.6%	6.72
Mozambique	149,671	1,898	1.3%	6.25
Yemen	8,527	1,612	18.9%	5.53
Brunei	4,566	23	0.5%	5.31
Haiti	21,318	596	2.8%	5.29
Cameroon	85,414	1,368	1.6%	5.29
Liberia	5,727	245	4.3%	4.96
South Korea	279,930	2,386	0.9%	4.61
Ethiopia	327,066	5,035	1.5%	4.49
Australia	80,400	1,128	1.4%	4.45
Angola	51,407	1,360	2.6%	4.27
Ghana	123,874	1,098	0.9%	3.61
Mauritius	13,782	45	0.3%	3.56
Madagascar	42,898	958	2.2%	3.55
Taiwan	16,103	839	5.2%	3.53
Uzbekistan	166,025	1,169	0.7%	3.48
Republic of the Congo	13,701	183	1.3%	3.40
Nicaragua	13,025	202	1.6%	3.09
Guinea	30,085	368	1.2%	2.88
Mali	15,002	543	3.6%	2.76
Togo	24,093	209	0.9%	2.59
Papua New Guinea	18,542	204	1.1%	2.32
Central African Republic	11,309	100	0.9%	2.11
Côte d'Ivoire	58,341	540	0.9%	2.10
Sierra Leone	6,388	121	1.9%	1.55
Tajikistan	17,484	125	0.7%	1.34
Nigeria	200,356	2,640	1.3%	1.31
Benin	21,450	146	0.7%	1.24
Democratic Republic of the Congo	56,322	1,068	1.9%	1.23
South Sudan	11,767	121	1.0%	1.09
Chad	5,021	174	3.5%	1.09
Singapore	73,938	58	0.1%	1.02
Niger	5,938	201	3.4%	0.86
Burkina Faso	13,972	172	1.2%	0.85
New Zealand	4,000	27	0.7%	0.55
Bhutan	2,596	3	0.1%	0.39
China	107,705	4,849	4.5%	0.35
Burundi	14,189	38	0.3%	0.33
Laos	17,905	16	0.1%	0.22
Tanzania	1,367	50	3.7%	0.09
Eritrea	6,663	40	0.6%	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.