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	702	42	6.0%	124.32
Belgium	78,897	9,959	12.6%	87.19
Peru	541,493	26,481	4.9%	82.78
Andorra	1,005	53	5.3%	68.83
United Kingdom	322,177	41,466	12.9%	62.37
Spain	364,196	28,670	7.9%	61.36
Italy	254,636	35,405	13.9%	58.59
Sweden	85,219	5,790	6.8%	56.86
Chile	388,855	10,546	2.7%	56.31
US	5,482,416	171,821	3.1%	52.52
Brazil	3,407,354	109,888	3.2%	52.46
Mexico	531,239	57,774	10.9%	45.78
France	256,534	30,434	11.9%	45.43
Panama	82,790	1,809	2.2%	43.31
Bolivia	103,019	4,172	4.0%	36.75
Ireland	27,499	1,775	6.5%	36.57
Netherlands	65,560	6,197	9.5%	35.96
Ecuador	102,941	6,105	5.9%	35.73
Colombia	489,122	15,619	3.2%	31.46
Armenia	41,846	832	2.0%	28.19
North Macedonia	12,970	549	4.2%	26.36
Moldova	30,789	908	2.9%	25.61
Canada	125,084	9,090	7.3%	24.53
Iran	347,835	19,972	5.7%	24.42
Kyrgyzstan	42,146	1,498	3.6%	23.72
Switzerland	38,449	1,992	5.2%	23.39
South Africa	592,144	12,264	2.1%	21.23
Kosovo	11,545	390	3.4%	21.13
Luxembourg	7,499	124	1.7%	20.40
Portugal	54,448	1,784	3.3%	17.35
Honduras	51,670	1,593	3.1%	16.62
Romania	72,208	3,074	4.3%	15.79
Iraq	184,709	6,036	3.3%	15.71
Bosnia and Herzegovina	16,351	495	3.0%	14.89
Guatemala	63,847	2,419	3.8%	14.02
Dominican Republic	87,123	1,489	1.7%	14.01
Argentina	305,966	6,048	2.0%	13.59
Montenegro	4,132	80	1.9%	12.85
Oman	83,418	597	0.7%	12.36
Kuwait	77,470	505	0.7%	12.21
Bahrain	47,581	175	0.4%	11.15
Germany	228,120	9,241	4.1%	11.14
Russia	930,276	15,836	1.7%	10.96
Denmark	16,246	621	3.8%	10.71
Monaco	148	4	2.7%	10.34
Saudi Arabia	301,323	3,470	1.2%	10.30
Serbia	29,890	681	2.3%	9.75
El Salvador	23,462	625	2.7%	9.73
Suriname	3,216	54	1.7%	9.38
Austria	23,829	729	3.1%	8.24
Albania	7,654	232	3.0%	8.09
Israel	96,409	708	0.7%	7.97
Kazakhstan	103,571	1,415	1.4%	7.74
Bulgaria	14,669	519	3.5%	7.39
Turkey	251,805	6,016	2.4%	7.31
Sao Tome and Principe	885	15	1.7%	7.11
Qatar	115,661	193	0.2%	6.94
Eswatini	3,989	76	1.9%	6.69
Cabo Verde	3,253	36	1.1%	6.62
Belarus	69,673	617	0.9%	6.50
Equatorial Guinea	4,821	83	1.7%	6.34
Costa Rica	29,643	314	1.1%	6.28
Slovenia	2,456	129	5.3%	6.24
Hungary	4,970	609	12.3%	6.23
Djibouti	5,374	59	1.1%	6.15
Finland	7,776	334	4.3%	6.05
Egypt	96,753	5,184	5.4%	5.27
Azerbaijan	34,474	509	1.5%	5.12
Poland	57,876	1,896	3.3%	4.99
Norway	10,111	262	2.6%	4.93
Ukraine	96,653	2,152	2.2%	4.82
Estonia	2,200	63	2.9%	4.77
Maldives	6,079	24	0.4%	4.65
Croatia	6,855	166	2.4%	4.06
India	2,767,253	52,888	1.9%	3.91
United Arab Emirates	64,906	366	0.6%	3.80
Czechia	20,483	401	2.0%	3.77
Afghanistan	37,599	1,375	3.7%	3.70
Mauritania	6,789	157	2.3%	3.57
Algeria	39,444	1,391	3.5%	3.29
Guyana	737	25	3.4%	3.21
Antigua and Barbuda	93	3	3.2%	3.12
Pakistan	289,832	6,190	2.1%	2.92
Lithuania	2,474	81	3.3%	2.90
Iceland	2,027	10	0.5%	2.83
Philippines	169,213	2,687	1.6%	2.52
Gabon	8,270	53	0.6%	2.50
West Bank and Gaza	17,306	113	0.7%	2.47
Libya	9,068	164	1.8%	2.46
Barbados	153	7	4.6%	2.44
Indonesia	143,043	6,277	4.4%	2.35
Bangladesh	282,344	3,740	1.3%	2.32
Paraguay	10,606	161	1.5%	2.31
Greece	7,472	232	3.1%	2.16
Nicaragua	4,311	133	3.1%	2.06
Morocco	44,803	714	1.6%	1.98
Sudan	12,485	805	6.4%	1.93
Malta	1,423	9	0.6%	1.86
Australia	23,989	450	1.9%	1.80
Haiti	7,921	196	2.5%	1.76
Guinea-Bissau	2,117	33	1.6%	1.76
Latvia	1,323	33	2.5%	1.71
Liberia	1,282	82	6.4%	1.70
Cyprus	1,359	20	1.5%	1.68
Senegal	12,305	256	2.1%	1.61
Cameroon	18,599	406	2.2%	1.61
Lebanon	9,758	107	1.1%	1.56
Zambia	9,981	264	2.6%	1.52
Namibia	4,464	37	0.8%	1.51
Congo (Brazzaville)	3,831	76	2.0%	1.45
Lesotho	946	30	3.2%	1.42
Central African Republic	4,679	61	1.3%	1.31
Uruguay	1,485	40	2.7%	1.16
Belize	475	4	0.8%	1.04
Venezuela	35,697	297	0.8%	1.03
Zimbabwe	5,378	141	2.6%	0.98
Kenya	30,636	487	1.6%	0.95
Sierra Leone	1,959	69	3.5%	0.90
Malawi	5,193	163	3.1%	0.90
Japan	57,636	1,135	2.0%	0.90
Trinidad and Tobago	629	12	1.9%	0.86
Comoros	406	7	1.7%	0.84
Ghana	42,993	248	0.6%	0.83
Mauritius	346	10	2.9%	0.79
Cuba	3,408	88	2.6%	0.78
Uzbekistan	36,352	242	0.7%	0.73
Tajikistan	8,131	65	0.8%	0.71
Brunei	142	3	2.1%	0.70
Madagascar	14,009	173	1.2%	0.66
Mali	2,666	125	4.7%	0.66
Somalia	3,257	93	2.9%	0.62
Korea, South	16,058	306	1.9%	0.59
Slovakia	2,922	31	1.1%	0.57
Ethiopia	32,722	572	1.7%	0.52
Nigeria	49,895	981	2.0%	0.50
Tunisia	2,314	57	2.5%	0.49
Chad	970	76	7.8%	0.49
Singapore	55,938	27	0.0%	0.48
Jamaica	1,146	14	1.2%	0.48
Georgia	1,351	17	1.3%	0.46
New Zealand	1,649	22	1.3%	0.45
Cote d'Ivoire	17,150	110	0.6%	0.44
South Sudan	2,490	47	1.9%	0.43
Guinea	8,715	52	0.6%	0.42
Nepal	28,257	114	0.4%	0.41
Malaysia	9,219	125	1.4%	0.40
Togo	1,173	27	2.3%	0.34
Benin	2,063	39	1.9%	0.34
China	89,494	4,705	5.3%	0.34
Niger	1,167	69	5.9%	0.31
Angola	1,966	90	4.6%	0.29
Congo (Kinshasa)	9,721	243	2.5%	0.29
Burkina Faso	1,280	55	4.3%	0.28
Botswana	1,308	3	0.2%	0.13
Jordan	1,438	11	0.8%	0.11
Thailand	3,382	58	1.7%	0.08
Rwanda	2,577	10	0.4%	0.08
Mozambique	2,991	19	0.6%	0.06
Sri Lanka	2,902	11	0.4%	0.05
Tanzania	509	21	4.1%	0.04
Uganda	1,603	15	0.9%	0.04
Papua New Guinea	347	3	0.9%	0.03
Taiwan*	486	7	1.4%	0.03
Vietnam	989	26	2.6%	0.03
Yemen	1,889	537	28.4%	nan
Syria	1,844	73	4.0%	nan
Gambia	2,116	63	3.0%	nan
Bahamas	1,424	20	1.4%	nan
Diamond Princess	712	13	1.8%	nan
Burma	376	6	1.6%	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.