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:
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For the 10 countries 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.
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 10 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).
| Country | Confirmed | Deaths | Case-Fatality | Deaths/100k pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 1,721,753 | 101,616 | 5.9% | 31.06 |
| United Kingdom | 270,508 | 37,919 | 14.0% | 57.03 |
| Italy | 231,732 | 33,142 | 14.3% | 54.84 |
| France | 186,364 | 28,665 | 15.4% | 42.79 |
| Spain | 237,906 | 27,119 | 11.4% | 58.04 |
| Brazil | 438,238 | 26,754 | 6.1% | 12.77 |
| Belgium | 57,849 | 9,388 | 16.2% | 82.19 |
| Mexico | 81,400 | 9,044 | 11.1% | 7.17 |
| Germany | 182,196 | 8,470 | 4.6% | 10.21 |
| Iran | 143,849 | 7,627 | 5.3% | 9.32 |
| Canada | 89,976 | 6,982 | 7.8% | 18.84 |
| Netherlands | 46,152 | 5,922 | 12.8% | 34.37 |
| India | 165,386 | 4,711 | 2.8% | 0.35 |
| China | 84,106 | 4,638 | 5.5% | 0.33 |
| Turkey | 160,979 | 4,461 | 2.8% | 5.42 |
| Sweden | 35,727 | 4,266 | 11.9% | 41.89 |
| Russia | 379,051 | 4,142 | 1.1% | 2.87 |
| Peru | 141,779 | 4,099 | 2.9% | 12.81 |
| Ecuador | 38,471 | 3,313 | 8.6% | 19.39 |
| Switzerland | 30,796 | 1,919 | 6.2% | 22.53 |
| Ireland | 24,841 | 1,639 | 6.6% | 33.77 |
| Indonesia | 24,538 | 1,496 | 6.1% | 0.56 |
| Portugal | 31,596 | 1,369 | 4.3% | 13.31 |
| Pakistan | 61,227 | 1,260 | 2.1% | 0.59 |
| Romania | 18,791 | 1,235 | 6.6% | 6.34 |
| Poland | 22,825 | 1,038 | 4.5% | 2.73 |
| Philippines | 15,588 | 921 | 5.9% | 0.86 |
| Chile | 86,943 | 890 | 1.0% | 4.75 |
| Japan | 16,598 | 881 | 5.3% | 0.70 |
| Egypt | 20,793 | 845 | 4.1% | 0.86 |
| Colombia | 24,141 | 833 | 3.5% | 1.68 |
| Ukraine | 22,382 | 669 | 3.0% | 1.50 |
| Austria | 16,628 | 668 | 4.0% | 7.55 |
| Algeria | 8,997 | 630 | 7.0% | 1.49 |
| South Africa | 27,403 | 577 | 2.1% | 1.00 |
| Denmark | 11,712 | 568 | 4.8% | 9.80 |
| Bangladesh | 40,321 | 559 | 1.4% | 0.35 |
| Hungary | 3,816 | 509 | 13.3% | 5.21 |
| Argentina | 14,702 | 508 | 3.5% | 1.14 |
| Dominican Republic | 16,068 | 485 | 3.0% | 4.56 |
| Saudi Arabia | 80,185 | 441 | 0.5% | 1.31 |
| Panama | 12,131 | 320 | 2.6% | 7.66 |
| Czechia | 9,140 | 319 | 3.5% | 3.00 |
| Finland | 6,743 | 313 | 4.6% | 5.67 |
| Bolivia | 8,387 | 293 | 3.5% | 2.58 |
| Israel | 16,872 | 284 | 1.7% | 3.20 |
| Moldova | 7,725 | 282 | 3.7% | 7.95 |
| Korea, South | 11,402 | 269 | 2.4% | 0.52 |
| Nigeria | 8,915 | 259 | 2.9% | 0.13 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32,532 | 258 | 0.8% | 2.68 |
| Serbia | 11,300 | 241 | 2.1% | 3.45 |
| Norway | 8,411 | 236 | 2.8% | 4.44 |
| Afghanistan | 13,036 | 235 | 1.8% | 0.63 |
| Belarus | 39,858 | 219 | 0.5% | 2.31 |
| Morocco | 7,643 | 202 | 2.6% | 0.56 |
| Honduras | 4,752 | 196 | 4.1% | 2.04 |
| Sudan | 4,346 | 195 | 4.5% | 0.47 |
| Kuwait | 24,112 | 185 | 0.8% | 4.47 |
| Iraq | 5,457 | 179 | 3.3% | 0.47 |
| Cameroon | 5,436 | 175 | 3.2% | 0.69 |
| Greece | 2,906 | 175 | 6.0% | 1.63 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,462 | 153 | 6.2% | 4.60 |
| Bulgaria | 2,477 | 134 | 5.4% | 1.91 |
| North Macedonia | 2,077 | 121 | 5.8% | 5.81 |
| Malaysia | 7,629 | 115 | 1.5% | 0.36 |
| Armenia | 8,216 | 113 | 1.4% | 3.83 |
| Luxembourg | 4,008 | 110 | 2.7% | 18.10 |
| Slovenia | 1,473 | 108 | 7.3% | 5.22 |
| Australia | 7,165 | 103 | 1.4% | 0.41 |
| Croatia | 2,245 | 102 | 4.5% | 2.49 |
| Cuba | 1,983 | 82 | 4.1% | 0.72 |
| Guatemala | 4,348 | 80 | 1.8% | 0.46 |
| Mali | 1,194 | 72 | 6.0% | 0.38 |
| Somalia | 1,828 | 72 | 3.9% | 0.48 |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 2,660 | 69 | 2.6% | 0.08 |
| Lithuania | 1,656 | 68 | 4.1% | 2.44 |
| Estonia | 1,851 | 66 | 3.6% | 5.00 |
| Chad | 726 | 65 | 9.0% | 0.42 |
| Niger | 955 | 64 | 6.7% | 0.29 |
| Kenya | 1,618 | 58 | 3.6% | 0.11 |
| Thailand | 3,065 | 57 | 1.9% | 0.08 |
| Yemen | 278 | 57 | 20.5% | nan |
| Azerbaijan | 4,759 | 56 | 1.2% | 0.56 |
| Burkina Faso | 847 | 53 | 6.3% | 0.27 |
| Andorra | 763 | 51 | 6.7% | 66.23 |
| Tunisia | 1,068 | 48 | 4.5% | 0.42 |
| Tajikistan | 3,563 | 47 | 1.3% | 0.52 |
| Sierra Leone | 812 | 45 | 5.5% | 0.59 |
| San Marino | 670 | 42 | 6.3% | 124.32 |
| Oman | 9,009 | 40 | 0.4% | 0.83 |
| Senegal | 3,348 | 39 | 1.2% | 0.25 |
| El Salvador | 2,194 | 39 | 1.8% | 0.61 |
| Kazakhstan | 9,576 | 37 | 0.4% | 0.20 |
| Nicaragua | 759 | 35 | 4.6% | 0.54 |
| Haiti | 1,320 | 34 | 2.6% | 0.31 |
| Ghana | 7,303 | 34 | 0.5% | 0.11 |
| Albania | 1,076 | 33 | 3.1% | 1.15 |
| Qatar | 50,914 | 33 | 0.1% | 1.19 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 2,641 | 32 | 1.2% | 0.13 |
| Kosovo | 1,048 | 30 | 2.9% | 1.63 |
| Slovakia | 1,520 | 28 | 1.8% | 0.51 |
| Liberia | 269 | 27 | 10.0% | 0.56 |
| Lebanon | 1,168 | 26 | 2.2% | 0.38 |
| Latvia | 1,061 | 24 | 2.3% | 1.25 |
| Singapore | 33,249 | 23 | 0.1% | 0.41 |
| Uruguay | 811 | 22 | 2.7% | 0.64 |
| New Zealand | 1,504 | 22 | 1.5% | 0.45 |
| Guinea | 3,553 | 22 | 0.6% | 0.18 |
| Tanzania | 509 | 21 | 4.1% | 0.04 |
| Djibouti | 2,914 | 20 | 0.7% | 2.09 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 571 | 19 | 3.3% | 0.36 |
| Mauritania | 346 | 19 | 5.5% | 0.43 |
| Cyprus | 941 | 17 | 1.8% | 1.43 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1,594 | 16 | 1.0% | 0.25 |
| Bahrain | 10,052 | 15 | 0.1% | 0.96 |
| Uzbekistan | 3,444 | 14 | 0.4% | 0.04 |
| Gabon | 2,431 | 14 | 0.6% | 0.66 |
| Diamond Princess | 712 | 13 | 1.8% | nan |
| Togo | 422 | 13 | 3.1% | 0.16 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 458 | 12 | 2.6% | 5.69 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,043 | 12 | 1.2% | 0.92 |
| Georgia | 738 | 12 | 1.6% | 0.32 |
| Guyana | 150 | 11 | 7.3% | 1.41 |
| Bahamas | 101 | 11 | 10.9% | nan |
| Paraguay | 900 | 11 | 1.2% | 0.16 |
| Venezuela | 1,325 | 11 | 0.8% | 0.04 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,530 | 10 | 0.7% | 0.05 |
| Mauritius | 334 | 10 | 3.0% | 0.79 |
| Iceland | 1,805 | 10 | 0.6% | 2.83 |
| Costa Rica | 1,000 | 10 | 1.0% | 0.20 |
| South Sudan | 994 | 10 | 1.0% | 0.09 |
| Montenegro | 324 | 9 | 2.8% | 1.45 |
| Jordan | 728 | 9 | 1.2% | 0.09 |
| Jamaica | 569 | 9 | 1.6% | 0.31 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,195 | 8 | 0.7% | 0.43 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 116 | 8 | 6.9% | 0.58 |
| Malta | 616 | 7 | 1.1% | 1.45 |
| Barbados | 92 | 7 | 7.6% | 2.44 |
| Ethiopia | 831 | 7 | 0.8% | 0.01 |
| Taiwan* | 441 | 7 | 1.6% | 0.03 |
| Zambia | 1,057 | 7 | 0.7% | 0.04 |
| Burma | 206 | 6 | 2.9% | nan |
| Nepal | 1,042 | 5 | 0.5% | 0.02 |
| Libya | 105 | 5 | 4.8% | 0.07 |
| Maldives | 1,513 | 5 | 0.3% | 0.97 |
| Malawi | 203 | 4 | 2.0% | 0.02 |
| Syria | 122 | 4 | 3.3% | nan |
| Monaco | 98 | 4 | 4.1% | 10.34 |
| Angola | 74 | 4 | 5.4% | 0.01 |
| Cabo Verde | 390 | 4 | 1.0% | 0.74 |
| Zimbabwe | 149 | 4 | 2.7% | 0.03 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 446 | 3 | 0.7% | 0.07 |
| Benin | 210 | 3 | 1.4% | 0.03 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 25 | 3 | 12.0% | 3.12 |