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	3,621	73	2.0%	216.07
Belgium	763,885	22,006	2.9%	192.66
Czechia	1,198,168	19,835	1.7%	186.67
Slovenia	187,762	3,809	2.0%	184.24
United Kingdom	4,166,727	122,303	2.9%	183.94
Italy	2,868,435	96,974	3.4%	160.47
Montenegro	74,183	987	1.3%	158.59
Portugal	801,746	16,185	2.0%	157.41
United States	28,411,273	508,127	1.8%	155.31
Bosnia and Herzegovina	130,510	5,062	3.9%	152.29
Hungary	414,514	14,672	3.5%	150.19
North Macedonia	101,214	3,111	3.1%	149.35
Spain	3,180,212	68,813	2.2%	147.28
Mexico	2,069,370	183,692	8.9%	145.57
Bulgaria	243,946	10,079	4.1%	143.49
Andorra	10,799	110	1.0%	142.85
Peru	1,300,799	45,683	3.5%	142.81
Liechtenstein	2,558	54	2.1%	142.44
Panama	339,383	5,810	1.7%	139.10
Croatia	241,592	5,489	2.3%	134.23
France	3,746,475	85,734	2.3%	127.99
Slovakia	300,775	6,859	2.3%	125.92
Sweden	652,465	12,798	2.0%	125.68
Brazil	10,390,461	251,498	2.4%	120.06
Colombia	2,241,225	59,396	2.7%	119.63
Switzerland	553,867	9,954	1.8%	116.88
Argentina	2,093,645	51,795	2.5%	116.41
Lithuania	196,049	3,209	1.6%	115.04
Poland	1,673,252	43,094	2.6%	113.47
Moldova	181,886	3,871	2.1%	109.17
Chile	812,344	20,310	2.5%	108.44
Armenia	171,227	3,179	1.9%	107.70
Luxembourg	54,871	634	1.2%	104.32
Romania	791,971	20,167	2.5%	103.56
Bolivia	246,822	11,577	4.7%	101.97
Austria	452,767	8,493	1.9%	96.00
Georgia	269,800	3,475	1.3%	93.14
Ecuador	281,169	15,669	5.6%	91.72
Netherlands	1,088,730	15,561	1.4%	90.31
Ireland	217,478	4,271	2.0%	88.00
Kosovo	68,006	1,587	2.3%	86.00
South Africa	1,509,124	49,667	3.3%	85.96
Germany	2,427,069	69,343	2.9%	83.62
Latvia	84,258	1,593	1.9%	82.69
Belize	12,280	315	2.6%	82.23
Iran	1,607,081	59,830	3.7%	73.14
Tunisia	231,298	7,911	3.4%	68.40
Lebanon	366,319	4,560	1.2%	66.58
Malta	21,724	311	1.4%	64.32
Israel	767,726	5,687	0.7%	64.02
Serbia	449,901	4,398	1.0%	62.99
Albania	104,313	1,736	1.7%	60.56
Ukraine	1,373,139	26,991	2.0%	60.49
Greece	186,469	6,410	3.4%	59.75
Monaco	1,932	23	1.2%	59.46
Canada	863,495	21,868	2.5%	59.01
Russia	4,164,802	83,481	2.0%	57.78
Eswatini	16,946	650	3.8%	57.21
Costa Rica	203,914	2,796	1.4%	55.93
Jordan	380,268	4,627	1.2%	46.47
Bahamas	8,496	179	2.1%	46.42
Paraguay	156,189	3,135	2.0%	45.07
West Bank and Gaza	179,293	2,008	1.1%	43.95
Estonia	61,627	567	0.9%	42.93
Honduras	168,243	4,099	2.4%	42.75
Denmark	210,370	2,352	1.1%	40.57
Guatemala	173,142	6,334	3.7%	36.72
Iraq	684,362	13,351	2.0%	34.74
Turkey	2,674,766	28,358	1.1%	34.45
Oman	140,588	1,562	1.1%	32.34
Libya	131,833	2,156	1.6%	32.28
Azerbaijan	233,770	3,209	1.4%	32.28
Suriname	8,901	170	1.9%	29.51
Dominican Republic	237,629	3,075	1.3%	28.94
El Salvador	59,235	1,832	3.1%	28.53
Bahrain	120,495	439	0.4%	27.97
Cabo Verde	15,201	145	1.0%	26.67
Kuwait	188,024	1,067	0.6%	25.79
Guyana	8,485	195	2.3%	25.03
Morocco	482,514	8,598	1.8%	23.86
Kyrgyzstan	86,091	1,463	1.7%	23.16
Belarus	282,898	1,948	0.7%	20.54
Cyprus	33,909	231	0.7%	19.42
Saudi Arabia	376,377	6,480	1.7%	19.23
Saint Lucia	3,149	34	1.1%	18.69
Comoros	3,552	144	4.1%	17.30
Kazakhstan	260,384	3,160	1.2%	17.29
Uruguay	55,695	595	1.1%	17.25
Namibia	38,206	416	1.1%	16.99
Antigua and Barbuda	701	14	2.0%	14.54
Jamaica	22,267	410	1.8%	13.97
Lesotho	10,468	292	2.8%	13.85
Botswana	28,371	310	1.1%	13.75
Finland	55,687	740	1.3%	13.41
Republic of the Congo	25,144	700	2.8%	13.35
Indonesia	1,314,634	35,518	2.7%	13.27
Sao Tome and Principe	1,719	27	1.6%	12.79
United Arab Emirates	381,662	1,182	0.3%	12.27
Norway	70,040	620	0.9%	11.67
Maldives	19,346	60	0.3%	11.63
India	11,063,491	156,825	1.4%	11.59
Philippines	568,680	12,201	2.1%	11.44
Seychelles	2,562	11	0.4%	11.37
Barbados	2,949	32	1.1%	11.16
Egypt	180,640	10,541	5.8%	10.71
Zimbabwe	35,994	1,458	4.1%	10.10
Trinidad and Tobago	7,697	139	1.8%	10.00
Mauritania	17,179	439	2.6%	9.97
Nepal	273,872	2,685	1.0%	9.56
Qatar	162,268	257	0.2%	9.24
Iceland	6,049	29	0.5%	8.20
Algeria	112,622	2,973	2.6%	7.04
Equatorial Guinea	5,852	91	1.6%	6.95
Djibouti	6,060	63	1.0%	6.57
Afghanistan	55,680	2,438	4.4%	6.56
Gambia	4,671	147	3.1%	6.45
Japan	428,816	7,738	1.8%	6.12
Zambia	77,171	1,059	1.4%	6.10
Pakistan	577,482	12,804	2.2%	6.03
Syria	15,405	1,014	6.6%	6.00
Myanmar	141,841	3,198	2.3%	5.95
Malawi	31,502	1,033	3.3%	5.69
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,519	6	0.4%	5.44
Senegal	33,741	852	2.5%	5.37
Bangladesh	544,954	8,384	1.5%	5.20
Venezuela	137,871	1,334	1.0%	4.62
Sudan	30,236	1,878	6.2%	4.49
Gabon	14,234	80	0.6%	3.77
Australia	28,957	909	3.1%	3.64
Kenya	105,057	1,847	1.8%	3.59
Malaysia	293,698	1,100	0.4%	3.49
South Korea	88,922	1,585	1.8%	3.07
Cuba	47,566	312	0.7%	2.75
Nicaragua	6,445	173	2.7%	2.68
Guinea-Bissau	3,215	48	1.5%	2.56
Haiti	12,352	247	2.0%	2.22
Yemen	2,255	625	27.7%	2.19
Cameroon	35,714	551	1.5%	2.19
Ethiopia	156,112	2,321	1.5%	2.12
Sri Lanka	81,933	459	0.6%	2.12
Rwanda	18,553	258	1.4%	2.10
Mozambique	57,597	613	1.1%	2.08
Ghana	81,673	588	0.7%	1.98
Uzbekistan	79,773	622	0.8%	1.89
Mali	8,349	349	4.2%	1.83
Liberia	2,009	85	4.2%	1.76
Angola	20,695	502	2.4%	1.63
Somalia	6,687	223	3.3%	1.49
Central African Republic	5,004	63	1.3%	1.35
Madagascar	19,831	297	1.5%	1.13
Togo	6,637	82	1.2%	1.04
Sierra Leone	3,884	79	2.0%	1.03
Tajikistan	13,308	90	0.7%	0.99
Nigeria	154,476	1,891	1.2%	0.97
Chad	3,934	137	3.5%	0.89
South Sudan	7,349	87	1.2%	0.79
Mauritius	610	10	1.6%	0.79
Uganda	40,300	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	11,914	142	1.2%	0.72
Guinea	15,789	88	0.6%	0.71
Brunei	185	3	1.6%	0.70
Benin	5,434	70	1.3%	0.61
New Zealand	2,371	26	1.1%	0.53
Singapore	59,900	29	0.0%	0.51
China	100,851	4,834	4.8%	0.35
Democratic Republic of the Congo	8,820	128	1.5%	0.15
Papua New Guinea	1,228	12	1.0%	0.14
Thailand	25,764	83	0.3%	0.12
Taiwan	951	9	0.9%	0.04
Tanzania	509	21	4.1%	0.04
Vietnam	2,421	35	1.4%	0.04
Burundi	2,106	3	0.1%	0.03
Eritrea	2,826	7	0.2%	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.