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	805,302	32,262	4.0%	100.85
Belgium	115,353	9,987	8.7%	87.44
Bolivia	134,223	7,900	5.9%	69.58
Andorra	1,966	53	2.7%	68.83
Brazil	4,745,464	142,058	3.0%	67.82
Chile	459,671	12,698	2.8%	67.80
Spain	748,266	31,411	4.2%	67.23
Ecuador	134,965	11,280	8.4%	66.03
United Kingdom	441,573	42,090	9.5%	63.30
US	7,148,045	205,072	2.9%	62.68
Mexico	733,717	76,603	10.4%	60.70
Italy	311,364	35,851	11.5%	59.33
Sweden	90,923	5,880	6.5%	57.74
Panama	111,277	2,348	2.1%	56.21
Colombia	818,203	25,641	3.1%	51.64
France	577,980	31,744	5.5%	47.39
Netherlands	115,640	6,415	5.5%	37.23
Ireland	35,377	1,802	5.1%	37.13
Moldova	51,194	1,301	2.5%	36.69
Argentina	723,132	16,113	2.2%	36.21
North Macedonia	17,674	729	4.1%	35.00
Armenia	49,574	957	1.9%	32.42
Iran	449,960	25,779	5.7%	31.51
South Africa	671,669	16,586	2.5%	28.71
Kosovo	12,683	488	3.8%	26.45
Montenegro	10,441	163	1.6%	26.19
Canada	157,219	9,328	5.9%	25.17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,001	829	3.1%	24.94
Romania	123,944	4,748	3.8%	24.38
Switzerland	52,646	2,065	3.9%	24.25
Honduras	75,537	2,301	3.0%	24.00
Iraq	353,566	9,052	2.6%	23.55
Bahamas	3,838	89	2.3%	23.08
Luxembourg	8,376	124	1.5%	20.40
Dominican Republic	111,666	2,098	1.9%	19.74
Oman	98,057	924	0.9%	19.13
Portugal	74,029	1,957	2.6%	19.03
Guatemala	90,263	3,234	3.6%	18.75
Suriname	4,836	102	2.1%	17.71
Costa Rica	73,714	861	1.2%	17.22
Israel	233,265	1,507	0.6%	16.96
Kyrgyzstan	46,355	1,064	2.3%	16.85
Bahrain	69,848	245	0.4%	15.61
Kuwait	103,981	605	0.6%	14.62
Russia	1,154,299	20,299	1.8%	14.05
Saudi Arabia	333,648	4,712	1.4%	13.98
Albania	13,391	380	2.8%	13.26
El Salvador	28,809	831	2.9%	12.94
Paraguay	39,432	818	2.1%	11.76
Bulgaria	20,271	807	4.0%	11.49
Germany	288,631	9,468	3.3%	11.42
Denmark	27,546	649	2.4%	11.19
Cabo Verde	5,817	59	1.0%	10.85
Serbia	33,414	748	2.2%	10.71
Guyana	2,787	78	2.8%	10.01
Turkey	315,845	8,062	2.6%	9.79
Eswatini	5,452	108	2.0%	9.51
Kazakhstan	107,833	1,699	1.6%	9.30
Ukraine	206,579	4,082	2.0%	9.15
Austria	43,432	790	1.8%	8.93
Belarus	77,946	822	1.1%	8.67
Libya	33,213	527	1.6%	7.89
Qatar	125,311	214	0.2%	7.69
Hungary	24,716	749	3.0%	7.67
Slovenia	5,388	149	2.8%	7.21
India	6,145,291	96,318	1.6%	7.12
Sao Tome and Principe	911	15	1.6%	7.11
Croatia	16,245	272	1.7%	6.65
Malta	3,006	32	1.1%	6.62
Maldives	10,157	34	0.3%	6.59
West Bank and Gaza	39,121	299	0.8%	6.54
Poland	88,636	2,447	2.8%	6.44
Djibouti	5,410	61	1.1%	6.36
Equatorial Guinea	5,028	83	1.7%	6.34
Belize	1,891	24	1.3%	6.27
Finland	9,743	345	3.5%	6.25
Egypt	102,955	5,901	5.7%	6.00
Azerbaijan	40,061	588	1.5%	5.91
Morocco	119,107	2,113	1.8%	5.86
Czechia	65,883	618	0.9%	5.82
Trinidad and Tobago	4,386	72	1.6%	5.18
Norway	13,788	274	2.0%	5.16
Lebanon	37,272	351	0.9%	5.12
Philippines	307,288	5,381	1.8%	5.05
Namibia	11,121	121	1.1%	4.94
Gambia	3,569	111	3.1%	4.87
Estonia	3,267	64	2.0%	4.85
United Arab Emirates	92,095	413	0.4%	4.29
Algeria	51,213	1,719	3.4%	4.07
Afghanistan	39,233	1,455	3.7%	3.91
Indonesia	278,722	10,473	3.8%	3.91
Mauritania	7,474	161	2.2%	3.66
Greece	17,707	383	2.2%	3.57
Australia	27,055	882	3.3%	3.53
Lithuania	4,490	92	2.0%	3.30
Bangladesh	360,555	5,193	1.4%	3.22
Jamaica	6,170	93	1.5%	3.17
Antigua and Barbuda	101	3	3.0%	3.12
Pakistan	311,516	6,474	2.1%	3.05
Iceland	2,663	10	0.4%	2.83
Gabon	8,728	54	0.6%	2.55
Barbados	190	7	3.7%	2.44
Nicaragua	5,073	149	2.9%	2.30
Venezuela	73,528	614	0.8%	2.13
Guinea-Bissau	2,324	39	1.7%	2.08
Yemen	2,031	587	28.9%	2.06
Haiti	8,740	227	2.6%	2.04
Sudan	13,606	836	6.1%	2.00
Senegal	14,919	309	2.1%	1.95
Zambia	14,660	332	2.3%	1.91
Latvia	1,697	36	2.1%	1.87
Tunisia	16,114	214	1.3%	1.85
Cyprus	1,713	22	1.3%	1.85
Nepal	74,745	481	0.6%	1.71
Liberia	1,342	82	6.1%	1.70
Congo (Brazzaville)	5,008	89	1.8%	1.70
Lesotho	1,565	35	2.2%	1.66
Cameroon	20,838	418	2.0%	1.66
Zimbabwe	7,816	228	2.9%	1.58
Uzbekistan	55,776	460	0.8%	1.40
Uruguay	2,010	47	2.3%	1.36
Kenya	38,168	700	1.8%	1.36
Central African Republic	4,806	62	1.3%	1.33
Japan	82,484	1,561	1.9%	1.23
Syria	4,102	194	4.7%	1.15
Ethiopia	73,944	1,177	1.6%	1.08
Cuba	5,483	122	2.2%	1.08
Ghana	46,444	299	0.6%	1.00
Malawi	5,770	179	3.1%	0.99
Sierra Leone	2,215	72	3.3%	0.94
Madagascar	16,348	229	1.4%	0.87
Georgia	5,552	32	0.6%	0.86
Comoros	478	7	1.5%	0.84
Tajikistan	9,685	75	0.8%	0.82
Slovakia	9,343	44	0.5%	0.81
Mauritius	367	10	2.7%	0.79
Korea, South	23,699	407	1.7%	0.79
Botswana	3,172	16	0.5%	0.71
Brunei	146	3	2.1%	0.70
Mali	3,090	130	4.2%	0.68
Somalia	3,588	99	2.8%	0.66
Togo	1,749	47	2.7%	0.60
Angola	4,797	176	3.7%	0.57
Nigeria	58,460	1,111	1.9%	0.57
Chad	1,185	85	7.2%	0.55
Guinea	10,598	66	0.6%	0.53
Jordan	9,226	51	0.6%	0.51
New Zealand	1,835	25	1.4%	0.51
Singapore	57,715	27	0.0%	0.48
Cote d'Ivoire	19,641	120	0.6%	0.48
Burma	11,631	256	2.2%	0.48
South Sudan	2,692	49	1.8%	0.45
Malaysia	11,034	134	1.2%	0.43
Benin	2,340	40	1.7%	0.35
China	90,505	4,739	5.2%	0.34
Congo (Kinshasa)	10,624	271	2.6%	0.32
Niger	1,196	69	5.8%	0.31
Burkina Faso	2,028	57	2.8%	0.29
Rwanda	4,832	29	0.6%	0.24
Mozambique	8,288	59	0.7%	0.20
Uganda	7,777	75	1.0%	0.18
Thailand	3,559	59	1.7%	0.08
Papua New Guinea	532	7	1.3%	0.08
Sri Lanka	3,363	13	0.4%	0.06
Tanzania	509	21	4.1%	0.04
Vietnam	1,077	35	3.2%	0.04
Taiwan*	513	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.