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.
Hungary	787,647	28,297	3.6%	289.63
Czechia	1,641,120	29,521	1.8%	276.68
San Marino	5,067	90	1.8%	265.80
Bosnia and Herzegovina	200,353	8,762	4.4%	265.43
Montenegro	98,042	1,526	1.6%	245.28
North Macedonia	153,461	5,042	3.3%	242.00
Bulgaria	408,372	16,800	4.1%	240.83
Moldova	252,153	5,912	2.3%	222.45
Slovakia	384,660	11,920	3.1%	218.55
Belgium	1,007,264	24,444	2.4%	212.85
Slovenia	244,556	4,282	1.8%	205.08
Italy	4,082,198	122,263	3.0%	202.77
Brazil	15,003,563	416,949	2.8%	197.56
Peru	1,824,457	62,976	3.5%	193.71
United Kingdom	4,444,262	127,843	2.9%	191.28
Poland	2,818,378	68,993	2.4%	181.70
Croatia	341,052	7,355	2.2%	180.82
United States	32,604,810	580,064	1.8%	176.72
Mexico	2,358,831	218,173	9.2%	171.01
Spain	3,559,222	78,726	2.2%	167.23
Portugal	838,475	16,988	2.0%	165.42
Andorra	13,363	127	1.0%	164.63
France	5,789,283	106,011	1.8%	158.08
Colombia	2,951,101	76,414	2.6%	151.80
Liechtenstein	2,961	57	1.9%	149.93
Romania	1,062,527	28,710	2.7%	148.32
Argentina	3,095,582	66,263	2.1%	147.45
Panama	366,364	6,255	1.7%	147.30
Lithuania	254,091	4,000	1.6%	143.53
Chile	1,229,248	26,895	2.2%	141.91
Armenia	218,325	4,192	1.9%	141.73
Sweden	1,002,121	14,158	1.4%	137.65
Luxembourg	68,020	801	1.2%	129.22
Switzerland	669,067	10,695	1.6%	124.73
Kosovo	105,614	2,203	2.1%	122.78
Austria	627,484	10,333	1.6%	116.40
Bolivia	314,190	13,151	4.2%	114.23
Latvia	121,509	2,178	1.8%	113.87
Georgia	317,719	4,227	1.3%	113.62
Ecuador	395,327	19,018	4.8%	109.46
Lebanon	531,234	7,415	1.4%	108.16
Ukraine	2,152,280	47,331	2.2%	106.64
Germany	3,502,672	84,425	2.4%	101.55
Greece	355,445	10,847	3.1%	101.22
Netherlands	1,565,352	17,525	1.1%	101.11
Ireland	251,474	4,921	2.0%	99.59
Paraguay	291,540	6,883	2.4%	97.71
Tunisia	317,010	11,208	3.5%	95.84
Serbia	697,241	6,499	0.9%	93.58
South Africa	1,590,370	54,620	3.4%	93.27
Estonia	124,147	1,187	1.0%	89.48
Jordan	717,930	9,014	1.3%	89.23
Iran	2,610,018	73,906	2.8%	89.14
Uruguay	213,449	2,972	1.4%	85.85
Albania	131,510	2,406	1.8%	84.30
Malta	30,420	416	1.4%	82.76
Belize	12,682	323	2.5%	82.75
Monaco	2,475	32	1.3%	82.13
Russia	4,799,872	110,366	2.3%	76.44
West Bank and Gaza	300,387	3,326	1.1%	70.99
Israel	838,828	6,374	0.8%	70.41
Costa Rica	263,094	3,341	1.3%	66.19
Canada	1,274,206	24,479	1.9%	65.12
Eswatini	18,473	671	3.6%	58.44
Honduras	217,595	5,502	2.5%	56.45
Bahamas	10,711	211	2.0%	54.17
Turkey	4,977,982	42,187	0.8%	50.57
Azerbaijan	324,685	4,635	1.4%	46.24
Guatemala	232,439	7,677	3.3%	46.24
Libya	179,193	3,059	1.7%	45.13
Denmark	257,181	2,494	1.0%	42.86
Oman	199,344	2,083	1.0%	41.87
Cabo Verde	25,526	230	0.9%	41.82
Saint Lucia	4,607	75	1.6%	41.03
Bahrain	184,697	670	0.4%	40.82
Iraq	1,098,187	15,673	1.4%	39.87
Guyana	13,957	310	2.2%	39.60
Kuwait	281,772	1,621	0.6%	38.53
Suriname	10,816	213	2.0%	36.64
El Salvador	69,997	2,143	3.1%	33.21
Antigua and Barbuda	1,232	32	2.6%	32.95
Dominican Republic	269,184	3,514	1.3%	32.72
Botswana	48,417	734	1.5%	31.86
Seychelles	6,373	28	0.4%	28.68
Belarus	364,951	2,602	0.7%	27.49
Cyprus	68,442	328	0.5%	27.37
Jamaica	46,338	798	1.7%	27.07
Namibia	49,460	674	1.4%	27.02
Kyrgyzstan	97,278	1,640	1.7%	25.40
Morocco	513,016	9,049	1.8%	24.81
Saudi Arabia	423,406	7,032	1.7%	20.52
Kazakhstan	391,052	3,369	0.9%	18.20
Qatar	209,470	493	0.2%	17.41
Indonesia	1,697,305	46,496	2.7%	17.18
Comoros	3,847	146	3.8%	17.16
India	21,491,598	234,083	1.1%	17.13
Finland	88,078	919	1.0%	16.65
Philippines	1,080,172	17,991	1.7%	16.64
United Arab Emirates	530,944	1,604	0.3%	16.42
Sao Tome and Principe	2,317	35	1.5%	16.27
Barbados	3,929	45	1.1%	15.68
Djibouti	11,307	148	1.3%	15.20
Lesotho	10,749	319	3.0%	15.01
Maldives	33,368	77	0.2%	14.50
Norway	115,411	767	0.7%	14.34
Republic of the Congo	30,201	770	2.5%	14.31
Trinidad and Tobago	12,396	191	1.5%	13.69
Egypt	234,015	13,714	5.9%	13.66
Nepal	368,580	3,529	1.0%	12.34
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,889	12	0.6%	10.85
Zimbabwe	38,398	1,575	4.1%	10.75
Mauritania	18,576	456	2.5%	10.08
Syria	23,191	1,631	7.0%	9.55
Pakistan	850,131	18,677	2.2%	8.62
Japan	622,273	10,566	1.7%	8.37
Equatorial Guinea	7,694	112	1.5%	8.26
Iceland	6,500	29	0.4%	8.03
Venezuela	204,057	2,244	1.1%	7.87
Algeria	123,473	3,307	2.7%	7.68
Gambia	5,925	175	3.0%	7.45
Bangladesh	769,160	11,796	1.5%	7.23
Zambia	91,946	1,256	1.4%	7.03
Afghanistan	61,162	2,664	4.4%	7.00
Senegal	40,578	1,116	2.8%	6.85
Gabon	23,201	140	0.6%	6.44
Cuba	112,714	701	0.6%	6.19
Malawi	34,151	1,152	3.4%	6.18
Myanmar	142,874	3,210	2.2%	5.94
Sudan	34,461	2,365	6.9%	5.52
Kenya	162,098	2,850	1.8%	5.42
Malaysia	427,927	1,610	0.4%	5.04
Somalia	14,368	745	5.2%	4.82
Mongolia	43,201	153	0.4%	4.74
Cameroon	74,946	1,152	1.5%	4.45
Yemen	6,426	1,265	19.7%	4.34
South Korea	126,044	1,860	1.5%	3.60
Australia	29,893	910	3.0%	3.59
Guinea-Bissau	3,738	67	1.8%	3.49
Sri Lanka	119,424	745	0.6%	3.42
Ethiopia	260,802	3,822	1.5%	3.41
Nicaragua	6,989	183	2.6%	2.80
Mozambique	70,108	819	1.2%	2.70
Rwanda	25,486	338	1.3%	2.68
Madagascar	38,337	695	1.8%	2.58
Ghana	92,828	783	0.8%	2.57
Mali	14,029	493	3.5%	2.51
Haiti	13,164	263	2.0%	2.34
Central African Republic	6,674	93	1.4%	1.96
Uzbekistan	93,176	657	0.7%	1.96
Angola	27,921	622	2.2%	1.95
Liberia	2,113	85	4.0%	1.72
Togo	13,068	123	0.9%	1.52
Papua New Guinea	11,630	121	1.0%	1.38
Mauritius	1,216	17	1.4%	1.34
Guinea	22,505	148	0.7%	1.16
Côte d'Ivoire	46,315	291	0.6%	1.13
Chad	4,854	170	3.5%	1.07
South Sudan	10,620	115	1.1%	1.04
Nigeria	165,301	2,065	1.2%	1.03
Sierra Leone	4,068	79	1.9%	1.01
Tajikistan	13,308	90	0.7%	0.97
Benin	7,884	100	1.3%	0.85
Niger	5,286	192	3.6%	0.82
Burkina Faso	13,353	162	1.2%	0.80
Uganda	42,152	345	0.8%	0.78
Brunei	228	3	1.3%	0.69
Cambodia	17,621	114	0.6%	0.69
Singapore	61,286	31	0.1%	0.54
New Zealand	2,634	26	1.0%	0.53
Thailand	76,811	336	0.4%	0.48
China	102,586	4,846	4.7%	0.35
Fiji	129	3	2.3%	0.34
Timor-Leste	2,870	4	0.1%	0.31
Democratic Republic of the Congo	11,016	147	1.3%	0.17
Burundi	4,093	6	0.1%	0.05
Taiwan	1,173	12	1.0%	0.05
Vietnam	3,090	35	1.1%	0.04
Tanzania	509	21	4.1%	0.04
Eritrea	3,734	12	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.