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	727	42	5.8%	124.32
Peru	782,695	31,870	4.1%	99.63
Belgium	108,768	9,965	9.2%	87.24
Andorra	1,753	53	3.0%	68.83
Bolivia	132,618	7,765	5.9%	68.40
Brazil	4,657,702	139,808	3.0%	66.74
Spain	704,209	31,118	4.4%	66.60
Chile	451,634	12,469	2.8%	66.58
Ecuador	131,146	11,213	8.6%	65.63
United Kingdom	418,889	41,991	10.0%	63.15
US	6,977,658	202,798	2.9%	61.99
Mexico	715,457	75,439	10.5%	59.78
Italy	304,323	35,781	11.8%	59.21
Sweden	90,289	5,878	6.5%	57.72
Panama	108,726	2,297	2.1%	54.99
Colombia	790,823	24,746	3.1%	49.84
France	536,289	31,524	5.9%	47.06
Ireland	33,994	1,797	5.3%	37.02
Netherlands	107,899	6,361	5.9%	36.92
Moldova	48,953	1,252	2.6%	35.31
North Macedonia	17,200	712	4.1%	34.18
Argentina	678,266	14,766	2.2%	33.19
Armenia	48,251	945	2.0%	32.01
Iran	436,319	25,015	5.7%	30.58
South Africa	667,049	16,283	2.4%	28.18
Kosovo	12,683	488	3.8%	26.45
Canada	151,087	9,297	6.2%	25.09
Montenegro	9,717	154	1.6%	24.75
Switzerland	51,492	2,061	4.0%	24.20
Bosnia and Herzegovina	26,316	802	3.0%	24.13
Romania	118,054	4,591	3.9%	23.58
Honduras	73,193	2,249	3.1%	23.46
Iraq	337,106	8,799	2.6%	22.89
Bahamas	3,699	86	2.3%	22.30
Luxembourg	8,158	124	1.5%	20.40
Dominican Republic	110,122	2,076	1.9%	19.53
Portugal	71,156	1,931	2.7%	18.78
Guatemala	87,933	3,170	3.6%	18.38
Oman	95,907	885	0.9%	18.32
Suriname	4,789	102	2.1%	17.71
Kyrgyzstan	45,757	1,063	2.3%	16.83
Costa Rica	69,459	795	1.1%	15.90
Israel	212,115	1,378	0.6%	15.51
Bahrain	67,701	231	0.3%	14.72
Kuwait	101,851	592	0.6%	14.31
Russia	1,123,976	19,867	1.8%	13.75
Saudi Arabia	331,857	4,599	1.4%	13.65
Albania	12,921	370	2.9%	12.91
El Salvador	28,201	823	2.9%	12.82
Germany	281,346	9,436	3.4%	11.38
Bulgaria	19,573	785	4.0%	11.18
Denmark	25,385	645	2.5%	11.13
Paraguay	36,404	743	2.0%	10.68
Serbia	33,163	745	2.2%	10.67
Cabo Verde	5,479	55	1.0%	10.11
Eswatini	5,375	108	2.0%	9.51
Turkey	309,790	7,785	2.5%	9.46
Kazakhstan	107,590	1,699	1.6%	9.30
Guyana	2,579	71	2.8%	9.11
Austria	40,816	783	1.9%	8.85
Ukraine	192,966	3,838	2.0%	8.60
Belarus	76,651	802	1.0%	8.46
Qatar	124,425	212	0.2%	7.62
Hungary	21,200	709	3.3%	7.26
Sao Tome and Principe	910	15	1.6%	7.11
Libya	30,632	474	1.5%	7.10
Slovenia	4,816	145	3.0%	7.01
India	5,732,518	91,149	1.6%	6.74
Maldives	9,939	34	0.3%	6.59
Croatia	15,572	261	1.7%	6.38
Djibouti	5,407	61	1.1%	6.36
Equatorial Guinea	5,018	83	1.7%	6.34
Poland	82,809	2,369	2.9%	6.24
Finland	9,379	343	3.7%	6.22
West Bank and Gaza	37,591	274	0.7%	6.00
Egypt	102,513	5,835	5.7%	5.93
Azerbaijan	39,686	581	1.5%	5.84
Belize	1,706	22	1.3%	5.74
Malta	2,898	27	0.9%	5.58
Morocco	110,099	1,956	1.8%	5.43
Czechia	58,374	567	1.0%	5.34
Norway	13,406	270	2.0%	5.08
Namibia	10,740	119	1.1%	4.86
Estonia	3,076	64	2.1%	4.85
Gambia	3,552	110	3.1%	4.82
Trinidad and Tobago	4,235	67	1.6%	4.82
Philippines	296,755	5,127	1.7%	4.81
Lebanon	32,819	329	1.0%	4.80
United Arab Emirates	88,532	407	0.5%	4.23
Algeria	50,579	1,703	3.4%	4.03
Afghanistan	39,170	1,451	3.7%	3.90
Indonesia	262,022	10,105	3.9%	3.78
Mauritania	7,433	161	2.2%	3.66
Australia	27,000	869	3.2%	3.48
Greece	16,627	366	2.2%	3.41
Lithuania	4,070	89	2.2%	3.19
Bangladesh	355,384	5,072	1.4%	3.14
Antigua and Barbuda	97	3	3.1%	3.12
Pakistan	309,015	6,444	2.1%	3.04
Iceland	2,512	10	0.4%	2.83
Jamaica	5,588	77	1.4%	2.62
Gabon	8,716	54	0.6%	2.55
Barbados	189	7	3.7%	2.44
Nicaragua	5,073	149	2.9%	2.30
Guinea-Bissau	2,324	39	1.7%	2.08
Yemen	2,029	586	28.9%	2.06
Haiti	8,668	227	2.6%	2.04
Venezuela	70,406	581	0.8%	2.01
Sudan	13,592	836	6.2%	2.00
Senegal	14,816	304	2.1%	1.92
Zambia	14,491	332	2.3%	1.91
Latvia	1,594	36	2.3%	1.87
Cyprus	1,663	22	1.3%	1.85
Liberia	1,338	82	6.1%	1.70
Congo (Brazzaville)	5,005	89	1.8%	1.70
Lesotho	1,554	35	2.3%	1.66
Cameroon	20,712	418	2.0%	1.66
Nepal	69,301	453	0.7%	1.61
Zimbabwe	7,752	227	2.9%	1.57
Tunisia	13,305	180	1.4%	1.56
Uruguay	1,959	47	2.4%	1.36
Uzbekistan	53,834	446	0.8%	1.35
Central African Republic	4,804	62	1.3%	1.33
Kenya	37,489	669	1.8%	1.30
Japan	80,490	1,540	1.9%	1.22
Syria	3,966	183	4.6%	1.08
Ethiopia	71,687	1,148	1.6%	1.05
Cuba	5,310	118	2.2%	1.04
Ghana	46,222	299	0.6%	1.00
Malawi	5,747	179	3.1%	0.99
Sierra Leone	2,188	72	3.3%	0.94
Madagascar	16,191	227	1.4%	0.86
Comoros	474	7	1.5%	0.84
Tajikistan	9,520	74	0.8%	0.81
Mauritius	367	10	2.7%	0.79
Korea, South	23,455	395	1.7%	0.76
Slovakia	7,629	41	0.5%	0.75
Botswana	2,921	16	0.5%	0.71
Brunei	146	3	2.1%	0.70
Georgia	4,399	26	0.6%	0.70
Mali	3,041	130	4.3%	0.68
Somalia	3,465	98	2.8%	0.65
Nigeria	57,849	1,102	1.9%	0.56
Togo	1,707	44	2.6%	0.56
Chad	1,171	82	7.0%	0.53
Angola	4,475	162	3.6%	0.53
Guinea	10,434	65	0.6%	0.52
New Zealand	1,829	25	1.4%	0.51
Singapore	57,654	27	0.0%	0.48
Cote d'Ivoire	19,501	120	0.6%	0.48
South Sudan	2,669	49	1.8%	0.45
Malaysia	10,576	133	1.3%	0.42
Jordan	6,591	36	0.5%	0.36
Benin	2,325	40	1.7%	0.35
China	90,424	4,738	5.2%	0.34
Congo (Kinshasa)	10,555	271	2.6%	0.32
Niger	1,194	69	5.8%	0.31
Burma	8,515	155	1.8%	0.29
Burkina Faso	1,950	56	2.9%	0.28
Rwanda	4,789	27	0.6%	0.22
Mozambique	7,399	51	0.7%	0.17
Uganda	7,064	70	1.0%	0.16
Thailand	3,519	59	1.7%	0.08
Papua New Guinea	531	7	1.3%	0.08
Sri Lanka	3,333	13	0.4%	0.06
Tanzania	509	21	4.1%	0.04
Vietnam	1,069	35	3.3%	0.04
Taiwan*	509	7	1.4%	0.03

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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.