Table 6.
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.