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Death rate from meningitis among both sexes

deaths per 100,000 people · lower is better · 192 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2021
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  1. 1Grenada0
  2. 1Antigua and Barbuda0
  3. 2Andorra0.01
  4. 3Malta0.03
  5. 4Singapore0.04
  6. 5North Macedonia0.08
  7. 5Korea, Rep.0.08
  8. 6Australia0.12
  9. 6San Marino0.12
  10. 7Luxembourg0.13
  11. 7Switzerland0.13
  12. 7Israel0.13
  13. 8Iceland0.14
  14. 9Greece0.15
  15. 9Finland0.15
  16. 9Germany0.15
  17. 9Cyprus0.15
  18. 10Austria0.17
  19. 10Montenegro0.17
  20. 10United States0.17
  21. 11Spain0.18
  22. 11Brunei Darussalam0.18
  23. 12Canada0.19
  24. 13Ireland0.2
  25. 13Norway0.2
  26. 13New Zealand0.2
  27. 14Qatar0.21
  28. 14Italy0.21
  29. 15Albania0.22
  30. 15Kuwait0.22
  31. 15Chile0.22
  32. 16Sweden0.23
  33. 17Oman0.24
  34. 17Czechia0.24
  35. 17Japan0.24
  36. 17Bulgaria0.24
  37. 17France0.24
  38. 18Turkiye0.26
  39. 19Saudi Arabia0.27
  40. 19Slovenia0.27
  41. 19Nicaragua0.27
  42. 19Belize0.27
  43. 19Estonia0.27
  44. 20Peru0.28
  45. 21Bosnia and Herzegovina0.29
  46. 21Bahrain0.29
  47. 22Jordan0.3
  48. 22Azerbaijan0.3
  49. 22Uruguay0.3
  50. 23Mexico0.31
  51. 23Netherlands0.31
  52. 23United Kingdom0.31
  53. 24United Arab Emirates0.34
  54. 25Belgium0.35
  55. 25Hungary0.35
  56. 25Denmark0.35
  57. 26Maldives0.36
  58. 27Colombia0.37
  59. 27Brazil0.37
  60. 28Kazakhstan0.38
  61. 28Croatia0.38
  62. 29Uzbekistan0.39
  63. 30St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.4
  64. 30Tunisia0.4
  65. 30Panama0.4
  66. 30China0.4
  67. 30Egypt, Arab Rep.0.4
  68. 31Slovak Republic0.41
  69. 32Costa Rica0.42
  70. 32Lebanon0.42
  71. 33Portugal0.43
  72. 34Romania0.44
  73. 35Lithuania0.46
  74. 35St. Lucia0.46
  75. 35Iran, Islamic Rep.0.46
  76. 36Kyrgyz Republic0.47
  77. 36Ecuador0.47
  78. 36Moldova0.47
  79. 37Cuba0.48
  80. 38Bahamas, The0.49
  81. 39Monaco0.52
  82. 39Poland0.52
  83. 40Viet Nam0.54
  84. 40Serbia0.54
  85. 40Turkmenistan0.54
  86. 40Jamaica0.54
  87. 41Honduras0.57
  88. 42Ukraine0.58
  89. 43Argentina0.59
  90. 44Algeria0.63
  91. 45Belarus0.64
  92. 45Dominica0.64
  93. 46El Salvador0.65
  94. 47Latvia0.67
  95. 47Morocco0.67
  96. 48Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.68
  97. 49Iraq0.69
  98. 50Libya0.7
  99. 50Mauritius0.7
  100. 51Bolivia0.72
  101. 51Barbados0.72
  102. 51Guatemala0.72
  103. 52Trinidad and Tobago0.8
  104. 53Paraguay0.82
  105. 54Russian Federation0.86
  106. 55Armenia0.87
  107. 56Suriname0.91
  108. 57Solomon Islands0.93
  109. 58Dominican Republic0.95
  110. 59St. Kitts and Nevis0.97
  111. 60Georgia0.99
  112. 61Palau1
  113. 62Syrian Arab Republic1.1
  114. 63Mongolia1.1
  115. 64Malaysia1.1
  116. 65Guyana1.1
  117. 66Samoa1.2
  118. 67Indonesia1.2
  119. 68Cambodia1.2
  120. 69Bangladesh1.2
  121. 70Philippines1.4
  122. 71Sao Tome and Principe1.4
  123. 72Venezuela, RB1.4
  124. 73Tuvalu1.4
  125. 74Myanmar1.5
  126. 74Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1.5
  127. 75Thailand1.5
  128. 76Fiji1.6
  129. 77Lao PDR1.6
  130. 78Vanuatu1.7
  131. 79Tajikistan1.8
  132. 80Yemen, Rep.1.8
  133. 81Bhutan1.8
  134. 82Naoero1.8
  135. 83Marshall Islands1.9
  136. 84Tonga1.9
  137. 85Seychelles1.9
  138. 85Sudan1.9
  139. 86India2
  140. 87Nepal2.1
  141. 88Sri Lanka2.4
  142. 89Cabo Verde2.5
  143. 90Papua New Guinea2.5
  144. 91Timor-Leste2.5
  145. 92Botswana3.6
  146. 93Afghanistan3.9
  147. 94Haiti4.5
  148. 95Namibia4.8
  149. 96Mauritania5.2
  150. 97Congo, Rep.5.2
  151. 98Pakistan5.9
  152. 99South Africa6
  153. 100Gabon6.1
  154. 101Kenya6.6
  155. 102Tanzania6.7
  156. 103Kiribati6.9
  157. 104Senegal7
  158. 105Uganda7.4
  159. 106Gambia, The7.9
  160. 107Ghana8.5
  161. 108Rwanda8.5
  162. 109Zimbabwe8.9
  163. 110Equatorial Guinea9
  164. 111Zambia9.1
  165. 112Mozambique9.4
  166. 113Cote d'Ivoire9.6
  167. 114Eswatini9.7
  168. 115Liberia9.8
  169. 116Ethiopia10
  170. 117Comoros10.2
  171. 118Burundi10.6
  172. 119Malawi10.7
  173. 120Madagascar10.8
  174. 121Togo11
  175. 121Guinea-Bissau11
  176. 122Djibouti11.4
  177. 123Lesotho11.6
  178. 124Cameroon12.2
  179. 125Angola12.5
  180. 126Benin12.7
  181. 127Eritrea12.9
  182. 128Sierra Leone14.1
  183. 129Congo, Dem. Rep.14.4
  184. 130Burkina Faso14.9
  185. 131Mali17.7
  186. 132Guinea18
  187. 133Nigeria18.6
  188. 134South Sudan20.1
  189. 135Central African Republic21.5
  190. 136Chad22
  191. 137Niger29
  192. 138Somalia, Fed. Rep.29.9

Death rate from meningitis among both sexes