# WHO estimates 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the pandemic in 2020–2021

Date: 2022

WHO published an estimate of approximately 14.9 million excess deaths associated directly or indirectly with the [COVID-19 pandemic](/drivers/covid-19-pandemic) during 2020 and 2021, with an uncertainty range of 13.3 million to 16.6 million. This is an outcome measurement of the pandemic's scale, not a new transmission event and not a person-level responsibility allocation.

## Drivers

- COVID-19 pandemic: https://factrail.ai/drivers/covid-19-pandemic

## Sources

_Sources are listed on the canonical page._

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/covid-excess-mortality-estimate-2022-05-05