Malawi – Death Rate 2020
6.2
−0.1 from 2019
Malawi's death rate was 6.2 in 2020, decreased +0.1 from 6.3 in 2019. This was the 46th highest globally.
Global Ranking – 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 1.1 | 25.2% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.1 | 16.7% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 2.4 | 43.2% |
| 4th | Oman | 2.4 | 22.1% |
| 5th | Saudi Arabia | 2.5 | 7.2% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 2.6 | 22.9% |
| 7th | Maldives | 3.0 | 14.9% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 9th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.4 | 8.2% |
| 10th | Jordan | 3.5 | 15.1% |
| 11th | French Polynesia | 3.8 | 13.1% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.1 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Cayman Islands | 4.9 | 1.3% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.9 | 3.0% |
| 15th | Iraq | 5.0 | 14.6% |
| 16th | Malaysia | 5.0 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.1 | -4.3% |
| 18th | Honduras | 5.1 | 12.8% |
| 19th | Mongolia | 5.1 | -8.9% |
| 20th | Singapore | 5.2 | 4.0% |
| 21st | Israel | 5.3 | 3.9% |
| 22nd | Uganda | 5.4 | -0.9% |
| 23rd | Libya | 5.5 | 7.3% |
| 24th | Costa Rica | 5.6 | 8.8% |
| 25th | Belize | 5.6 | 10.6% |
| 26th | Vanuatu | 5.7 | 4.5% |
| 27th | British Virgin Islands | 5.8 | 1.2% |
| 28th | Viet Nam | 5.8 | -7.7% |
| 29th | Solomon Islands | 5.8 | 4.9% |
| 30th | Philippines | 5.8 | -1.1% |
| 31st | Yemen, Republic of | 5.8 | -0.5% |
| 32nd | Guatemala | 5.8 | 14.0% |
| 33rd | Tajikistan | 5.9 | 20.8% |
| 34th | Panama | 5.9 | 24.3% |
| 35th | Cabo Verde | 5.9 | 17.6% |
| 36th | Korea | 5.9 | 3.5% |
| 37th | Tanzania | 5.9 | -4.4% |
| 38th | Algeria | 6.0 | 27.9% |
| 39th | Sri Lanka | 6.0 | -10.4% |
| 40th | Senegal | 6.1 | 1.2% |
| 41st | Rwanda | 6.1 | -0.7% |
| 42nd | Paraguay | 6.1 | 9.2% |
| 43rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.1 | 17.3% |
| 44th | Türkiye | 6.1 | 15.1% |
| 45th | Bangladesh | 6.1 | 14.0% |
| 46th | Malawi | 6.2 | -1.8% |
| 47th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.2 | 1.8% |
| 48th | Botswana | 6.3 | -2.4% |
| 49th | Zambia | 6.3 | -3.4% |
| 50th | Bhutan | 6.3 | -1.2% |
| 51st | Turkmenistan | 6.3 | 4.8% |
| 52nd | Australia | 6.3 | -6.0% |
| 53rd | Iceland | 6.3 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Cambodia | 6.3 | 2.5% |
| 55th | American Samoa | 6.4 | 2.6% |
| 56th | Ireland | 6.4 | 3.2% |
| 57th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.4 | 17.0% |
| 58th | Lebanon | 6.4 | 17.4% |
| 59th | Mauritania | 6.4 | 4.8% |
| 60th | New Zealand | 6.4 | -6.7% |
| 61st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.4 | 38.2% |
| 62nd | Tonga | 6.5 | 0.5% |
| 63rd | Uzbekistan | 6.5 | 8.3% |
| 64th | Lao PDR | 6.5 | -1.9% |
| 65th | Dominican Republic | 6.5 | 5.6% |
| 66th | Morocco | 6.5 | 15.1% |
| 67th | Samoa | 6.5 | -0.5% |
| 68th | Eritrea | 6.6 | 2.6% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.6 | 2.4% |
| 70th | Colombia | 6.6 | 23.1% |
| 71st | Tunisia | 6.6 | 9.0% |
| 72nd | Nicaragua | 6.7 | 34.6% |
| 73rd | Cyprus | 6.7 | 1.0% |
| 74th | Sudan | 6.8 | 3.6% |
| 75th | Gambia, The | 6.8 | -0.1% |
| 76th | Congo, Republic of | 6.8 | -7.4% |
| 77th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.8 | 4.6% |
| 78th | Seychelles | 6.8 | -16.0% |
| 79th | Papua New Guinea | 6.8 | 3.0% |
| 80th | Gabon | 6.8 | 2.1% |
| 81st | Aruba | 6.8 | 11.3% |
| 82nd | Suriname | 6.8 | -2.6% |
| 83rd | Gibraltar | 6.9 | 1.2% |
| 84th | Faroe Islands | 7.0 | -12.5% |
| 85th | China | 7.1 | -0.3% |
| 86th | Burundi | 7.2 | -2.7% |
| 87th | India | 7.2 | 8.2% |
| 88th | Guam | 7.2 | 10.5% |
| 89th | Nepal | 7.3 | 3.5% |
| 90th | Marshall Islands | 7.3 | 7.5% |
| 91st | Luxembourg | 7.3 | 5.8% |
| 92nd | Pakistan | 7.3 | 7.8% |
| 93rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.4 | 5.0% |
| 94th | Timor-Leste | 7.4 | -1.2% |
| 95th | Chile | 7.4 | 14.4% |
| 96th | New Caledonia | 7.4 | 18.1% |
| 97th | Peru | 7.4 | 20.4% |
| 98th | Ghana | 7.4 | 1.3% |
| 99th | Ecuador | 7.5 | 57.2% |
| 100th | Azerbaijan | 7.5 | 33.9% |
| 101st | Norway | 7.5 | -1.3% |
| 102nd | Brazil | 7.5 | 16.3% |
| 103rd | Namibia | 7.5 | -2.6% |
| 104th | Nauru | 7.6 | -0.3% |
| 105th | Kiribati | 7.6 | 5.4% |
| 106th | Afghanistan | 7.6 | 7.1% |
| 107th | Thailand | 7.6 | 2.6% |
| 108th | Angola | 7.6 | -0.9% |
| 109th | Comoros | 7.7 | 0.2% |
| 110th | Jamaica | 7.7 | 2.5% |
| 111th | Madagascar | 7.9 | 4.7% |
| 112th | Malta | 7.9 | 8.2% |
| 113th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.9 | 14.9% |
| 114th | Kenya | 7.9 | 8.8% |
| 115th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 8.0 | 4.9% |
| 116th | Mozambique | 8.0 | -0.9% |
| 117th | Djibouti | 8.0 | 3.0% |
| 118th | Canada | 8.1 | 6.6% |
| 119th | Cameroon | 8.1 | -0.7% |
| 120th | Zimbabwe | 8.1 | -1.7% |
| 121st | Liechtenstein | 8.2 | 20.6% |
| 122nd | Guinea-Bissau | 8.2 | 4.3% |
| 123rd | Haiti | 8.3 | 5.2% |
| 124th | Andorra | 8.3 | 49.0% |
| 125th | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.3 | 4.6% |
| 126th | Burkina Faso | 8.3 | -2.8% |
| 127th | Togo | 8.4 | -0.1% |
| 128th | Virgin Islands (US) | 8.4 | 2.4% |
| 129th | Mexico | 8.4 | 38.6% |
| 130th | Argentina | 8.5 | 10.1% |
| 131st | Guyana | 8.5 | 13.2% |
| 132nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.5 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Liberia | 8.5 | -0.2% |
| 134th | Kosovo | 8.6 | 50.0% |
| 135th | St. Lucia | 8.6 | 1.6% |
| 136th | El Salvador | 8.6 | 15.1% |
| 137th | Kazakhstan | 8.6 | 24.2% |
| 138th | Grenada | 8.6 | 1.5% |
| 139th | Equatorial Guinea | 8.6 | 1.6% |
| 140th | Mauritius | 8.7 | -1.1% |
| 141st | Bermuda | 8.8 | 0.6% |
| 142nd | Switzerland | 8.8 | 11.4% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | 8.8 | 17.0% |
| 144th | Myanmar | 9.0 | 1.7% |
| 145th | Albania | 9.1 | 21.5% |
| 146th | Benin | 9.2 | -1.8% |
| 147th | Tuvalu | 9.2 | -0.1% |
| 148th | Greenland | 9.2 | -5.2% |
| 149th | Uruguay | 9.2 | -5.5% |
| 150th | Fiji | 9.3 | 2.1% |
| 151st | Curaçao | 9.3 | 5.7% |
| 152nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.3 | -1.6% |
| 153rd | Sierra Leone | 9.3 | -0.8% |
| 154th | Denmark | 9.4 | 1.1% |
| 155th | Sweden | 9.5 | 10.5% |
| 156th | Mali | 9.5 | 0.3% |
| 157th | Bahamas, The | 9.5 | 2.2% |
| 158th | Niger | 9.5 | -0.5% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 9.5 | 1.8% |
| 160th | Barbados | 9.5 | 0.3% |
| 161st | South Sudan | 9.6 | 3.1% |
| 162nd | South Africa | 9.7 | 10.7% |
| 163rd | Netherlands | 9.7 | 10.2% |
| 164th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 9.7 | 4.2% |
| 165th | France | 9.9 | 8.8% |
| 166th | San Marino | 9.9 | 37.5% |
| 167th | Guinea | 9.9 | -0.3% |
| 168th | Finland | 10.0 | 2.0% |
| 169th | Puerto Rico (US) | 10.1 | 10.2% |
| 170th | Channel Islands | 10.2 | 5.2% |
| 171st | United Kingdom | 10.3 | 13.8% |
| 172nd | United States | 10.3 | 18.1% |
| 173rd | Austria | 10.3 | 9.6% |
| 174th | Spain | 10.4 | 18.2% |
| 175th | Cuba | 10.4 | 3.5% |
| 176th | Isle of Man | 10.4 | 3.5% |
| 177th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.5 | 5.1% |
| 178th | Slovak Republic | 10.8 | 10.2% |
| 179th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 10.8 | -0.7% |
| 180th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.8 | 43.4% |
| 181st | Belgium | 11.0 | 15.8% |
| 182nd | Japan | 11.1 | -0.9% |
| 183rd | Palau | 11.1 | 4.7% |
| 184th | Slovenia | 11.4 | 15.2% |
| 185th | Montenegro | 11.6 | 10.5% |
| 186th | European Union | 11.6 | 11.6% |
| 187th | Lesotho | 11.9 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Germany | 11.9 | 5.3% |
| 189th | Estonia | 11.9 | 2.6% |
| 190th | Portugal | 11.9 | 10.2% |
| 191st | Czechia | 12.1 | 15.2% |
| 192nd | Armenia | 12.2 | 38.6% |
| 193rd | Greece | 12.2 | 4.3% |
| 194th | Chad | 12.3 | -1.5% |
| 195th | North Macedonia | 12.4 | 26.5% |
| 196th | Italy | 12.5 | 17.9% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 12.6 | -0.7% |
| 198th | St. Martin (French part) | 12.6 | 83.7% |
| 199th | Poland | 12.7 | 17.6% |
| 200th | Dominica | 12.7 | 0.8% |
| 201st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.9 | 14.5% |
| 202nd | Georgia | 13.0 | 7.3% |
| 203rd | Central African Republic | 13.3 | -56.2% |
| 204th | Croatia | 14.1 | 11.0% |
| 205th | Ukraine | 14.4 | 10.4% |
| 206th | Hungary | 14.6 | 9.0% |
| 207th | Russian Federation | 14.6 | 18.7% |
| 208th | Moldova | 14.8 | 6.0% |
| 209th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.2 | 15.8% |
| 210th | Latvia | 15.2 | 4.8% |
| 211th | Lithuania | 15.5 | 14.0% |
| 212th | Romania | 15.5 | 15.7% |
| 213th | Belarus | 15.8 | 23.3% |
| 214th | Serbia | 16.9 | 15.8% |
| 215th | Bulgaria | 19.0 | 16.6% |
| 216th | Monaco | 21.4 | -4.1% |
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Peak: 1960
Lowest: 2023
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