COVID-19 DATA VISUALIZATION CENTER Mortality Analyses

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

This page was last updated on Friday, April 10, 2020 at 08:12 PM EDT.

Mortality in the most affected countries

For the 10 countries 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 10 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.
Italy	147,577	18,849	12.8%	31.19
US	496,535	18,586	3.7%	5.68
Spain	158,273	16,081	10.2%	34.42
France	125,931	13,215	10.5%	19.73
United Kingdom	74,605	8,974	12.0%	13.50
Iran	68,192	4,232	6.2%	5.17
China	82,941	3,340	4.0%	0.24
Belgium	26,667	3,019	11.3%	26.43
Germany	122,171	2,767	2.3%	3.34
Netherlands	23,249	2,520	10.8%	14.62
Brazil	19,638	1,057	5.4%	0.50
Turkey	47,029	1,006	2.1%	1.22
Switzerland	24,551	1,002	4.1%	11.77
Sweden	9,685	870	9.0%	8.54
Canada	22,059	557	2.5%	1.50
Portugal	15,472	435	2.8%	4.23
Austria	13,555	319	2.4%	3.61
Indonesia	3,512	306	8.7%	0.11
Ecuador	7,161	297	4.1%	1.74
Ireland	8,089	287	3.5%	5.91
Romania	5,467	270	4.9%	1.39
Algeria	1,761	256	14.5%	0.61
Denmark	6,014	247	4.1%	4.26
India	7,598	246	3.2%	0.02
Philippines	4,195	221	5.3%	0.21
Korea, South	10,450	208	2.0%	0.40
Mexico	3,441	194	5.6%	0.15
Poland	5,955	181	3.0%	0.48
Peru	5,897	169	2.9%	0.53
Egypt	1,794	135	7.5%	0.14
Dominican Republic	2,620	126	4.8%	1.19
Czechia	5,732	119	2.1%	1.12
Norway	6,314	113	1.8%	2.13
Morocco	1,448	107	7.4%	0.30
Japan	5,530	99	1.8%	0.08
Israel	10,408	95	0.9%	1.07
Russia	11,917	94	0.8%	0.07
Greece	2,011	92	4.6%	0.86
Argentina	1,975	82	4.2%	0.18
Colombia	2,473	80	3.2%	0.16
Hungary	1,190	77	6.5%	0.79
Serbia	3,105	71	2.3%	1.02
Iraq	1,279	70	5.5%	0.18
Malaysia	4,346	70	1.6%	0.22
Ukraine	2,203	69	3.1%	0.15
Panama	2,752	66	2.4%	1.58
Pakistan	4,695	66	1.4%	0.03
Chile	6,501	65	1.0%	0.35
Australia	6,215	54	0.9%	0.22
Luxembourg	3,223	54	1.7%	8.89
Finland	2,769	48	1.7%	0.87
Saudi Arabia	3,651	47	1.3%	0.14
Slovenia	1,160	45	3.9%	2.18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	901	36	4.0%	1.08
San Marino	344	34	9.9%	100.64
Thailand	2,473	33	1.3%	0.05
North Macedonia	711	32	4.5%	1.54
Moldova	1,438	29	2.0%	0.82
Bangladesh	424	27	6.4%	0.02
Andorra	601	26	4.3%	33.76
Bulgaria	635	25	3.9%	0.36
Tunisia	671	25	3.7%	0.22
South Africa	2,003	24	1.2%	0.04
Estonia	1,258	24	1.9%	1.82
Burkina Faso	443	24	5.4%	0.12
Albania	416	23	5.5%	0.80
Honduras	382	23	6.0%	0.24
Lithuania	999	22	2.2%	0.79
Croatia	1,495	21	1.4%	0.51
Lebanon	609	20	3.3%	0.29
Congo (Kinshasa)	215	20	9.3%	0.02
Belarus	1,981	19	1.0%	0.20
Bolivia	268	19	7.1%	0.17
United Arab Emirates	3,360	16	0.5%	0.17
Afghanistan	521	15	2.9%	0.04
Cuba	564	15	2.7%	0.13
Armenia	937	12	1.3%	0.41
Cameroon	820	12	1.5%	0.05
Diamond Princess	712	11	1.5%	nan
Niger	438	11	2.5%	0.05
Azerbaijan	991	10	1.0%	0.10
Cyprus	595	10	1.7%	0.84
Kazakhstan	812	10	1.2%	0.05
Venezuela	171	9	5.3%	0.03
Mauritius	318	9	2.8%	0.71
Bahamas	42	8	19.0%	nan
Trinidad and Tobago	109	8	7.3%	0.58
Iceland	1,675	7	0.4%	1.98
Singapore	2,108	7	0.3%	0.12
Kosovo	250	7	2.8%	0.38
Nigeria	305	7	2.3%	0.00
Kenya	189	7	3.7%	0.01
Mali	87	7	8.0%	0.04
Uruguay	473	7	1.5%	0.20
Jordan	372	7	1.9%	0.07
Sri Lanka	190	7	3.7%	0.03
Bahrain	925	6	0.6%	0.38
El Salvador	117	6	5.1%	0.09
Qatar	2,512	6	0.2%	0.22
Ghana	378	6	1.6%	0.02
Guyana	37	6	16.2%	0.77
Paraguay	129	6	4.7%	0.09
Taiwan*	382	6	1.6%	0.03
Congo (Brazzaville)	60	5	8.3%	0.10
Kyrgyzstan	298	5	1.7%	0.08
Liberia	37	5	13.5%	0.10
Barbados	67	4	6.0%	1.40
Jamaica	63	4	6.3%	0.14
Tanzania	32	3	9.4%	0.01
Togo	76	3	3.9%	0.04
Oman	484	3	0.6%	0.06
Latvia	612	3	0.5%	0.16
Guatemala	126	3	2.4%	0.02
Georgia	234	3	1.3%	0.08
Ethiopia	65	3	4.6%	0.00
Cote d'Ivoire	444	3	0.7%	0.01
Costa Rica	558	3	0.5%	0.06
Burma	27	3	11.1%	nan
Uzbekistan	624	3	0.5%	0.01
Zimbabwe	13	3	23.1%	0.02