Table 6.
The Global Mortality Costs of COVID-19
| Country | Number of Deaths | VSL x Deaths ($ millions) | VSL ($ millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 519,399 | 3,479,110 | |
| United States | 130,813 | 1,438,943 | 11 |
| Brazil | 60,813 | 174,995 | 2.8776 |
| Russia | 9683 | 44,001 | 4.5441 |
| India | 17,860 | 20,589 | 1.1528 |
| United Kingdom | 43,906 | 343,292 | 7.8188 |
| Spain | 28,363 | 189,130 | 6.6682 |
| Peru | 9860 | 22,733 | 2.3056 |
| Chile | 5753 | 25,035 | 4.3516 |
| Italy | 34,788 | 246,285 | 7.0796 |
| Iran | 11,106 | 38,727 | 3.487 |
| Mexico | 28,510 | 91,888 | 3.223 |
| Pakistan | 4473 | 4551 | 1.0175 |
| Turkey | 5150 | 19,437 | 3.7741 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1752 | 18,368 | 10.4841 |
| Germany | 9061 | 85,029 | 9.3841 |
| France | 29,861 | 237,944 | 7.9684 |
| South Africa | 2749 | 6764 | 2.4607 |
| Bangladesh | 1926 | 1311 | 0.6809 |
| Canada | 8615 | 72,296 | 8.3919 |
| Colombia | 3470 | 8989 | 2.5905 |
| Qatar | 118 | 3124 | 26.4737 |
| China | 4636 | 12,754 | 2.7511 |
| Egypt | 3034 | 6211 | 2.0471 |
| Sweden | 5370 | 49,997 | 9.3104 |
| Argentina | 1363 | 5215 | 3.8258 |
| Belarus | 405 | 1310 | 3.2351 |
| Belgium | 9761 | 85,199 | 8.7285 |
| Indonesia | 2987 | 6111 | 2.046 |
| Ecuador | 4576 | 9861 | 2.1549 |
| Iraq | 2160 | 6334 | 2.9326 |
| Netherlands | 6113 | 57,742 | 9.4457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 316 | 4230 | 13.3859 |
| Kuwait | 359 | 5790 | 16.1271 |
| Ukraine | 1185 | 1777 | 1.4993 |
| Singapore | 26 | 404 | 15.554 |
| Kazakhstan | 188 | 844 | 4.4891 |
| Oman | 188 | 1389 | 7.3887 |
| Portugal | 1579 | 8771 | 5.555 |
| Philippines | 1274 | 2178 | 1.7094 |
| Poland | 1492 | 7395 | 4.9566 |
| Panama | 645 | 2523 | 3.9116 |
| Bolivia | 1201 | 1540 | 1.2826 |
| Dominican Republic | 754 | 1961 | 2.6004 |
| Afghanistan | 807 | 299 | 0.3707 |
| Switzerland | 1965 | 24,079 | 12.254 |
| Romania | 1687 | 6970 | 4.1316 |
| Bahrain | 93 | 687 | 7.3909 |
| Armenia | 459 | 769 | 1.6764 |
| Nigeria | 603 | 670 | 1.111 |
| Israel | 324 | 2232 | 6.8893 |
| Ireland | 1738 | 18,145 | 10.4401 |
| Honduras | 542 | 492 | 0.9086 |
| Guatemala | 817 | 1176 | 1.4399 |
| Japan | 974 | 7878 | 8.0883 |
| Ghana | 117 | 91 | 0.7799 |
| Azerbaijan | 220 | 722 | 3.2824 |
| Austria | 705 | 6626 | 9.3984 |
| Moldova | 549 | 566 | 1.0318 |
| Serbia | 287 | 736 | 2.5652 |
| Nepal | 31 | 15 | 0.4774 |
| Algeria | 920 | 2517 | 2.7357 |
| Korea, Rep. | 282 | 1877 | 6.655 |
| Morocco | 228 | 335 | 1.4696 |
| Denmark | 606 | 5705 | 9.4138 |
| Cameroon | 313 | 184 | 0.5874 |
| Czech Republic | 349 | 2105 | 6.0313 |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 68 | 42 | 0.6237 |
| Sudan | 602 | 459 | 0.7623 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 32 | 1.1858 |
| Norway | 251 | 3140 | 12.5081 |
| Malaysia | 121 | 606 | 5.0072 |
| Australia | 104 | 901 | 8.6636 |
| Finland | 328 | 2671 | 8.1444 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 176 | 24 | 0.1375 |
| Senegal | 121 | 55 | 0.4554 |
| El Salvador | 191 | 301 | 1.5752 |
| Kenya | 149 | 88 | 0.5874 |
| North Macedonia | 306 | 803 | 2.6246 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 66 | 42 | 0.6325 |
| Venezuela | 54 | 174 | 3.2285 |
| Haiti | 107 | 36 | 0.3366 |
| Tajikistan | 52 | 34 | 0.6611 |
| Ethiopia | 103 | 32 | 0.3102 |
| Gabon | 42 | 152 | 3.6091 |
| Guinea | 33 | 7 | 0.2145 |
| Bulgaria | 232 | 793 | 3.4177 |
| Mauritania | 129 | 94 | 0.726 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 189 | 394 | 2.0834 |
| Luxembourg | 110 | 1516 | 13.7797 |
| Hungary | 587 | 2833 | 4.8257 |
| CAR | 47 | 6 | 0.1188 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 48 | 2.8501 |
| Greece | 192 | 974 | 5.0721 |
| Thailand | 58 | 172 | 2.9667 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 8 | 8 | 0.9691 |
| Croatia | 110 | 471 | 4.2779 |
| Albania | 69 | 149 | 2.1626 |
| Nicaragua | 83 | 80 | 0.9669 |
| Madagascar | 24 | 6 | 0.2695 |
| Maldives | 10 | 22 | 2.1945 |
| Cuba | 86 | 375 | 4.3637 |
| Paraguay | 19 | 32 | 1.6599 |
| Mali | 116 | 44 | 0.3762 |
| Sri Lanka | 11 | 24 | 2.1989 |
| South Sudan | 38 | 12 | 0.3113 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 32 | 166 | 5.1997 |
| Estonia | 69 | 374 | 5.4274 |
| Iceland | 10 | 90 | 9.0156 |
| Lithuania | 78 | 411 | 5.2701 |
| Lebanon | 35 | 92 | 2.629 |
| Slovakia | 28 | 158 | 5.6276 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 24 | 7 | 0.2772 |
| Slovenia | 111 | 662 | 5.9609 |
| Zambia | 30 | 21 | 0.6963 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 152 | 6.9113 |
| Sierra Leone | 60 | 18 | 0.2981 |
| Congo, Rep. | 41 | 50 | 1.2078 |
| Malawi | 16 | 3 | 0.2178 |
| Cabo Verde | 15 | 18 | 1.2078 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 77 | 11.0616 |
| Benin | 21 | 8 | 0.3916 |
| Yemen | 318 | 165 | 0.5203 |
| Tunisia | 50 | 106 | 2.1219 |
| Jordan | 9 | 19 | 2.057 |
| Latvia | 30 | 142 | 4.7487 |
| Niger | 67 | 12 | 0.1815 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 1 | 0.3289 |
| Cyprus | 19 | 115 | 6.0522 |
| Burkina Faso | 53 | 17 | 0.3168 |
| Uruguay | 28 | 109 | 3.8995 |
| Georgia | 15 | 27 | 1.7853 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 1 | 0.2233 |
| Uganda | – | – | 0.3476 |
| Chad | 74 | 30 | 0.4037 |
| Liberia | 37 | 5 | 0.1375 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 13 | 8 | 0.6215 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 17 | 1.6599 |
| Malta | 9 | 57 | 6.3415 |
| Togo | 14 | 4 | 0.2541 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 2 | 0.3267 |
| Montenegro | 12 | 38 | 3.1471 |
| Suriname | 13 | 41 | 3.1757 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 11 | 0.5027 |
| Vietnam | – | – | 1.0934 |
| Mauritius | 10 | 38 | 3.8115 |
| Myanmar | 6 | 6 | 0.9427 |
| Comoros | 7 | 2 | 0.2849 |
| Namibia | – | – | 1.9844 |
| Angola | 15 | 19 | 1.2364 |
| Guyana | 13 | 19 | 1.441 |
| Botswana | 1 | 3 | 2.9656 |
| Mongolia | – | – | 2.145 |
| Eritrea | – | – | 0.3619 |
| Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0.1397 |
| Bermuda | 9 | 113 | 12.5664 |
| Brunei | 3 | 47 | 15.7025 |
| Cambodia | – | – | 0.6314 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 49 | 6.1523 |
| Bahamas | 11 | 46 | 4.1998 |
| Barbados | 7 | 21 | 2.9843 |
| Seychelles | – | – | 4.9071 |
| Bhutan | – | – | 1.4586 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 13 | 4.2592 |
| Gambia | 2 | 1 | 0.2959 |
| Macao | – | – | 19.591 |
| Lesotho | – | – | 0.6292 |
| St. Vincent Grenadines | – | – | 2.1197 |
| Belize | 2 | 3 | 1.5334 |
| Timor-Leste | – | – | 0.8701 |
| Grenada | – | – | 2.5025 |
| Laos | – | – | 1.0318 |
| St. Lucia | – | – | 2.0603 |
| Dominica | – | – | 2.0075 |
| Fiji | – | – | 1.6918 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | – | – | 4.6585 |
| Papua New Guinea | – | – | 0.5852 |
Notes: VSL figures are based on Viscusi (2019), updated for inflation. Mortality figures are from Worldometer,
July 2, 2020: https://web.archive.org/web/20200702133224/https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. Countries appear in order based on the number of positive COVID-19 tests.