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Share of deaths that are registered

Name: Share of deaths that are registered by country, 2019
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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% · lower is better · 189 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2019

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164 countries · 2019

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Share of deaths that are registered league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Nigeria	0.52%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Uganda	0.91%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Benin	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Equatorial Guinea	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
5	Angola	8.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
6	Mozambique	9.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Niger	10.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Mauritania	13.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Togo	15.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Djibouti	17.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
11	Sierra Leone	19.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Guinea-Bissau	21.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Cote d'Ivoire	25.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Zambia	26.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Gambia, The	31.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Rwanda	33.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Cambodia	41.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
18	Lesotho	41.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
19	United Arab Emirates	42.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
20	Yemen, Rep.	43.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
21	Indonesia	43.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
22	Lao PDR	46.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
23	Eswatini	48.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Andorra	54.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Qatar	56.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
26	Honduras	58.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
27	Kenya	59.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Cayman Islands	63.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
29	Bolivia	64.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
30	Dominican Republic	64.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
31	Syrian Arab Republic	65.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
32	Faroe Islands	66.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Oman	66.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
34	Botswana	66.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
35	Myanmar	67%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Bhutan	69.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
37	Tajikistan	69.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
38	Venezuela, RB	70.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
39	Aruba	71.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
40	Lebanon	73.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
41	Maldives	73.3%	South Asia	Upper middle income
42	St. Kitts and Nevis	75.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
43	Azerbaijan	75.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
44	Bahrain	75.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
45	West Bank and Gaza	77.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
46	Mongolia	78.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
47	Kuwait	78.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Cyprus	78.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	San Marino	79.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	American Samoa	80.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
51	Curacao	80.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
52	Uzbekistan	80.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
53	Iraq	81.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
54	India	82.3%	South Asia	Lower middle income
55	Nicaragua	82.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
56	Guyana	83.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
57	Monaco	83.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Viet Nam	83.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
59	Singapore	83.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
60	Albania	84.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Brunei Darussalam	84.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Ecuador	85.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Puerto Rico (US)	85.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
64	Palau	86.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
65	Macao SAR, China	86.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
66	Cabo Verde	89%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
67	North Macedonia	89.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Nepal	90.1%	South Asia	Lower middle income
69	Suriname	90.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Dominica	91%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Algeria	91.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
72	Jordan	92%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
73	Bahamas, The	92%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Bermuda	92.2%	North America	High income
75	Georgia	92.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Ukraine	92.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
77	Guatemala	93.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Philippines	93.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Bulgaria	93.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Lithuania	94.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Montenegro	94.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
82	Mexico	94.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Kazakhstan	95.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	95.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Costa Rica	95.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Korea, Rep.	95.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
87	Colombia	95.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Latvia	95.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Chile	95.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	Hong Kong SAR, China	96%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
91	Peru	96%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Paraguay	96.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Barbados	96.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Belgium	96.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Sweden	96.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Brazil	97%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Austria	97.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Serbia	97.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Belarus	97.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Japan	97.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Armenia	97.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	Finland	97.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Croatia	97.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Malaysia	97.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Switzerland	97.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Iran, Islamic Rep.	98.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
107	Australia	98.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
108	Netherlands	98.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Portugal	98.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	United States	98.4%	North America	High income
111	Ireland	98.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Malta	98.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
113	Spain	98.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
114	Argentina	98.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Estonia	98.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Denmark	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Iceland	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Gibraltar	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	United Kingdom	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Panama	98.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	Norway	98.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	St. Lucia	99%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
123	Egypt, Arab Rep.	99.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
124	Czechia	99.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Taiwan	99.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
126	Israel	99.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
127	France	99.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Greece	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Slovenia	99.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Cuba	99.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Turkiye	99.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Tunisia	100%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
133	Trinidad and Tobago	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
134	Thailand	100%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Seychelles	100%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
136	Belize	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
137	Slovak Republic	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	El Salvador	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
139	Canada	100%	North America	High income
140	Russian Federation	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Romania	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	French Polynesia	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
143	Poland	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Antigua and Barbuda	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
145	Uruguay	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
146	New Zealand	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
147	Germany	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	New Caledonia	100%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	Samoa	100%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
150	Namibia	100%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Mauritius	100%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
152	Fiji	100%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
153	Moldova	100%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Luxembourg	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Grenada	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
156	Sri Lanka	100%	South Asia	Upper middle income
157	South Africa	100%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
158	Liechtenstein	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Greenland	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Hungary	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Kyrgyz Republic	100%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
162	Jamaica	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
164	Italy	100%	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Share of deaths that are registered