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	1,998,056	188,100	9.4%	578.58
Hungary	806,790	29,904	3.7%	306.08
Bosnia and Herzegovina	204,597	9,479	4.6%	287.16
Czechia	1,664,839	30,219	1.8%	283.22
San Marino	5,090	90	1.8%	265.80
North Macedonia	155,507	5,470	3.5%	262.54
Montenegro	99,914	1,597	1.6%	256.70
Bulgaria	420,213	17,893	4.3%	256.50
Moldova	255,715	6,149	2.4%	231.37
Brazil	17,296,118	484,235	2.8%	229.44
Slovakia	390,893	12,433	3.2%	227.96
Belgium	1,074,988	25,075	2.3%	218.35
Slovenia	256,224	4,398	1.7%	210.64
Italy	4,241,760	126,924	3.0%	210.50
Croatia	358,379	8,123	2.3%	199.70
Poland	2,877,007	74,515	2.6%	196.24
United Kingdom	4,566,893	128,148	2.8%	191.74
Argentina	4,093,090	84,628	2.1%	188.32
Colombia	3,694,707	94,615	2.6%	187.95
United States	33,437,746	599,180	1.8%	182.54
Mexico	2,448,820	229,823	9.4%	180.15
Spain	3,733,600	80,501	2.2%	171.00
Portugal	855,951	17,044	2.0%	165.97
France	5,795,487	110,506	1.9%	164.79
Andorra	13,813	127	0.9%	164.63
Romania	1,079,530	31,681	2.9%	163.67
Chile	1,461,419	30,472	2.1%	160.78
Lithuania	277,379	4,330	1.6%	155.37
Liechtenstein	3,024	59	2.0%	155.19
Armenia	223,555	4,482	2.0%	151.54
Panama	386,269	6,427	1.7%	151.35
Paraguay	387,687	10,561	2.7%	149.92
Uruguay	333,484	4,906	1.5%	141.72
Sweden	1,083,456	14,574	1.3%	141.70
Georgia	352,649	5,012	1.4%	134.72
Bolivia	400,047	15,321	3.8%	133.07
Luxembourg	70,406	818	1.2%	131.96
Latvia	135,762	2,449	1.8%	128.03
Switzerland	700,051	10,859	1.6%	126.64
Kosovo	107,125	2,252	2.1%	125.51
Ukraine	2,281,303	53,683	2.4%	120.95
Ecuador	437,121	20,997	4.8%	120.86
Austria	648,187	10,652	1.6%	119.99
Greece	413,954	12,381	3.0%	115.53
Tunisia	364,819	13,365	3.7%	114.28
Lebanon	542,375	7,790	1.4%	113.63
Germany	3,720,811	89,821	2.4%	108.05
Netherlands	1,697,999	17,986	1.1%	103.77
Serbia	714,634	6,951	1.0%	100.09
Ireland	266,058	4,941	1.9%	99.99
Iran	3,013,078	81,796	2.7%	98.65
South Africa	1,730,106	57,592	3.3%	98.35
Estonia	130,418	1,266	1.0%	95.43
Jordan	739,847	9,530	1.3%	94.34
Albania	132,437	2,453	1.9%	85.94
Costa Rica	339,900	4,322	1.3%	85.63
Russia	5,120,578	123,568	2.4%	85.59
Monaco	2,520	33	1.3%	84.69
Malta	30,579	419	1.4%	83.36
Belize	12,938	325	2.5%	83.26
West Bank and Gaza	311,018	3,524	1.1%	75.21
Bahrain	256,921	1,196	0.5%	72.87
Israel	839,653	6,428	0.8%	71.00
Canada	1,407,304	25,863	1.8%	68.80
Honduras	245,695	6,599	2.7%	67.71
Suriname	17,799	390	2.2%	67.08
Bahamas	12,092	236	2.0%	60.59
Eswatini	18,723	676	3.6%	58.88
Turkey	5,319,359	48,593	0.9%	58.24
Guyana	18,196	422	2.3%	53.91
Guatemala	269,308	8,416	3.1%	50.69
Oman	230,219	2,467	1.1%	49.59
Cabo Verde	31,512	272	0.9%	49.46
Azerbaijan	335,065	4,951	1.5%	49.39
Seychelles	12,973	46	0.4%	47.12
Libya	188,762	3,158	1.7%	46.60
Trinidad and Tobago	28,106	644	2.3%	46.17
Saint Lucia	5,168	80	1.5%	43.77
Denmark	289,919	2,524	0.9%	43.38
Antigua and Barbuda	1,263	42	3.3%	43.25
Kuwait	325,014	1,813	0.6%	43.09
Iraq	1,246,860	16,668	1.3%	42.40
Namibia	62,806	973	1.5%	39.01
Botswana	59,480	896	1.5%	38.89
Maldives	69,831	192	0.3%	36.16
El Salvador	75,351	2,288	3.0%	35.45
Dominican Republic	306,698	3,700	1.2%	34.45
Jamaica	48,810	960	2.0%	32.56
Belarus	403,845	2,958	0.7%	31.25
Cyprus	73,115	372	0.5%	31.04
Kyrgyzstan	109,193	1,876	1.7%	29.05
Nepal	604,396	8,305	1.4%	29.03
India	29,359,155	367,081	1.3%	26.86
Morocco	523,165	9,202	1.8%	25.23
Saudi Arabia	463,703	7,537	1.6%	21.99
Philippines	1,300,349	22,507	1.7%	20.82
Qatar	219,466	574	0.3%	20.27
Indonesia	1,894,025	52,566	2.8%	19.42
Kazakhstan	456,346	3,487	0.8%	18.83
United Arab Emirates	593,894	1,720	0.3%	17.60
Finland	93,660	964	1.0%	17.46
Sao Tome and Principe	2,356	37	1.6%	17.20
Comoros	3,894	146	3.7%	17.16
Barbados	4,033	47	1.2%	16.37
Djibouti	11,571	154	1.3%	15.82
Egypt	271,780	15,547	5.7%	15.49
Republic of the Congo	34,695	831	2.4%	15.44
Lesotho	10,853	326	3.0%	15.34
Norway	127,874	789	0.6%	14.75
Malaysia	646,411	3,768	0.6%	11.79
Zimbabwe	39,688	1,629	4.1%	11.12
Japan	772,293	13,936	1.8%	11.04
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,132	12	0.6%	10.85
Mongolia	72,104	342	0.5%	10.60
Syria	24,767	1,806	7.3%	10.58
Mauritania	20,005	473	2.4%	10.45
Pakistan	939,931	21,633	2.3%	9.99
Venezuela	248,820	2,797	1.1%	9.81
Cuba	154,866	1,065	0.7%	9.40
Sri Lanka	218,366	2,011	0.9%	9.22
Afghanistan	87,716	3,412	3.9%	8.97
Equatorial Guinea	8,640	118	1.4%	8.70
Algeria	132,727	3,560	2.7%	8.27
Iceland	6,555	29	0.4%	8.03
Bangladesh	822,849	13,032	1.6%	7.99
Gambia	6,008	180	3.0%	7.67
Zambia	107,974	1,348	1.2%	7.55
Gabon	24,736	156	0.6%	7.18
Senegal	41,900	1,150	2.7%	7.06
Kenya	174,773	3,378	1.9%	6.43
Sudan	36,203	2,719	7.5%	6.35
Malawi	34,470	1,158	3.4%	6.22
Myanmar	145,064	3,239	2.2%	5.99
Cameroon	80,090	1,310	1.6%	5.06
Somalia	14,779	774	5.2%	5.01
Yemen	6,856	1,342	19.6%	4.60
South Korea	147,422	1,982	1.3%	3.83
Ethiopia	273,892	4,235	1.5%	3.78
Guinea-Bissau	3,802	69	1.8%	3.59
Australia	30,234	910	3.0%	3.59
Madagascar	41,869	879	2.1%	3.26
Haiti	16,079	346	2.2%	3.07
Rwanda	27,862	368	1.3%	2.91
Nicaragua	7,662	188	2.5%	2.87
Mozambique	71,355	840	1.2%	2.77
Mali	14,336	523	3.6%	2.66
Ghana	94,444	789	0.8%	2.59
Angola	36,455	819	2.2%	2.57
Uzbekistan	102,892	704	0.7%	2.10
Central African Republic	7,101	98	1.4%	2.07
Thailand	189,828	1,402	0.7%	2.01
Cambodia	37,321	311	0.8%	1.89
Liberia	2,484	93	3.7%	1.88
Papua New Guinea	16,621	164	1.0%	1.87
Taiwan	12,500	385	3.1%	1.62
Togo	13,597	126	0.9%	1.56
Mauritius	1,564	18	1.2%	1.42
Timor-Leste	8,145	18	0.2%	1.39
Guinea	23,366	167	0.7%	1.31
Côte d'Ivoire	47,638	306	0.6%	1.19
Chad	4,942	174	3.5%	1.09
Nigeria	167,051	2,117	1.3%	1.05
Sierra Leone	4,312	82	1.9%	1.05
South Sudan	10,688	115	1.1%	1.04
Tajikistan	13,308	90	0.7%	0.97
Uganda	58,515	408	0.7%	0.92
Benin	8,109	102	1.3%	0.86
Niger	5,446	192	3.5%	0.82
Burkina Faso	13,456	167	1.2%	0.82
Brunei	248	3	1.2%	0.69
Singapore	62,245	34	0.1%	0.60
New Zealand	2,702	26	1.0%	0.53
Fiji	970	4	0.4%	0.45
China	103,320	4,846	4.7%	0.35
Democratic Republic of the Congo	12,026	157	1.3%	0.18
Burundi	4,975	8	0.2%	0.07
Vietnam	10,048	57	0.6%	0.06
Laos	1,979	3	0.2%	0.04
Tanzania	509	21	4.1%	0.04
Eritrea	4,848	16	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.