List of countries by maternal mortality ratio
- Note: Year listed indicates latest available data as of that year. Year can vary by country.
- Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.
* indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.
Location | 2000[1] | 2017[1] | 2020[2][3] |
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Afghanistan * | 1450 | 638 | 620 |
Albania * | 23 | 15 | 8.3 |
Algeria * | 161 | 112 | 78 |
Angola * | 827 | 241 | 222 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 44 | 42 | 21 |
Argentina * | 66 | 39 | 45 |
Armenia * | 43 | 26 | 27 |
Australia * | 7 | 6 | 2.9 |
Austria * | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
Azerbaijan * | 47 | 26 | 41 |
Bahamas | 75 | 70 | 77 |
Bahrain * | 27 | 14 | 16 |
Bangladesh * | 434 | 173 | 123 |
Barbados * | 50 | 27 | 39 |
Belarus * | 22 | 2 | 1.1 |
Belgium * | 8 | 5 | 4.8 |
Belize * | 89 | 36 | 130 |
Benin * | 520 | 397 | 523 |
Bhutan * | 423 | 183 | 60 |
Bolivia * | 331 | 155 | 161 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 17 | 10 | 5.7 |
Botswana * | 262 | 144 | 186 |
Brazil * | 69 | 60 | 72 |
Brunei * | 28 | 31 | 44 |
Bulgaria * | 19 | 10 | 7.1 |
Burkina Faso * | 516 | 320 | 264 |
Burundi * | 1010 | 548 | 494 |
Cambodia * | 488 | 160 | 218 |
Cameroon * | 886 | 529 | 438 |
Canada * | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Cape Verde * | 118 | 58 | 42 |
Central African Republic * | 1280 | 829 | 835 |
Chad * | 1420 | 1140 | 1063 |
Chile * | 31 | 13 | 15 |
China * | 59 | 29 | 23 |
Colombia * | 94 | 83 | 75 |
Comoros * | 444 | 273 | 217 |
Congo * | 739 | 378 | 282 |
Costa Rica * | 40 | 27 | 22 |
Ivory Coast * | 704 | 617 | 480 |
Croatia * | 11 | 8 | 4.8 |
Cuba * | 46 | 36 | 39 |
Cyprus * | 14 | 6 | 68 |
Czech Republic * | 7 | 3 | 3.4 |
DR Congo * | 760 | 473 | 547 |
Denmark * | 8 | 4 | 4.7 |
Djibouti * | 507 | 248 | 234 |
Dominican Republic * | 80 | 95 | 107 |
East Asia and Pacific | 114 | 69 | |
Ecuador * | 122 | 59 | 66 |
Egypt * | 64 | 37 | 17 |
El Salvador * | 73 | 46 | 43 |
Equatorial Guinea * | 454 | 301 | 212 |
Eritrea * | 1280 | 480 | 322 |
Estonia * | 29 | 9 | 5.2 |
Eswatini * | 521 | 437 | |
Ethiopia * | 1030 | 401 | 267 |
Europe and Central Asia | 27 | 13 | |
European Union | 10 | 6 | |
Fiji * | 51 | 34 | 38 |
Finland * | 6 | 3 | 8.3 |
France * | 10 | 8 | 7.9 |
Gabon * | 380 | 252 | 227 |
Gambia | 932 | 597 | 458 |
Georgia * | 31 | 25 | 28 |
Germany * | 7 | 7 | 4.4 |
Ghana * | 484 | 308 | 263 |
Greece * | 3 | 3 | 7.7 |
Grenada * | 38 | 25 | 21 |
Guatemala * | 161 | 95 | 96 |
Guinea * | 1020 | 576 | 553 |
Guinea-Bissau * | 1210 | 667 | 725 |
Guyana * | 231 | 169 | 112 |
Haiti * | 437 | 480 | 350 |
High income | 11 | 11 | |
Honduras * | 85 | 65 | 72 |
Hungary * | 16 | 12 | 15 |
Iceland * | 6 | 4 | 2.7 |
India * | 370 | 145 | 103 |
Indonesia * | 272 | 177 | 173 |
Iran * | 48 | 16 | 22 |
Iraq * | 79 | 79 | 76 |
Ireland * | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Israel * | 7 | 3 | 2.8 |
Italy * | 4 | 2 | 4.6 |
Jamaica * | 77 | 80 | 99 |
Japan * | 9 | 5 | 4.3 |
Jordan * | 70 | 46 | 41 |
Kazakhstan * | 61 | 10 | 13 |
Kenya * | 708 | 342 | 530 |
Kiribati * | 136 | 92 | 76 |
Kuwait * | 10 | 12 | 7.2 |
Kyrgyzstan * | 79 | 60 | 50 |
Laos * | 544 | 185 | 126 |
Latin America and Caribbean | 96 | 74 | |
Latvia * | 34 | 19 | 18 |
Lebanon * | 28 | 29 | 21 |
Lesotho * | 614 | 544 | 566 |
Liberia * | 894 | 661 | 652 |
Libya * | 70 | 72 | 72 |
Lithuania * | 17 | 8 | 8.7 |
Low and middle income | 378 | 231 | |
Low income | 854 | 460 | |
Lower middle income | 424 | 253 | |
Luxembourg * | 10 | 5 | 6.5 |
Madagascar * | 559 | 335 | 392 |
Malawi * | 749 | 349 | 381 |
Malaysia * | 38 | 29 | 21 |
Maldives * | 125 | 53 | 57 |
Mali * | 836 | 562 | 440 |
Malta * | 9 | 6 | 2.9 |
Mauritania * | 834 | 766 | 464 |
Mauritius * | 59 | 61 | 84 |
Mexico * | 55 | 33 | 59 |
Micronesia * | 154 | 88 | 74 |
Middle East and North Africa | 96 | 57 | |
Middle income | 302 | 183 | |
Maldives * | 44 | 19 | |
Mongolia * | 155 | 45 | 39 |
Montenegro * | 12 | 6 | 6.2 |
Morocco * | 188 | 70 | 71 |
Mozambique * | 798 | 289 | 127 |
Myanmar * | 340 | 250 | 179 |
Namibia * | 348 | 195 | 215 |
Nepal * | 553 | 186 | 174 |
Netherlands * | 13 | 5 | 4.3 |
New Zealand * | 12 | 9 | 7 |
Nicaragua * | 162 | 98 | 78 |
Niger * | 813 | 509 | 441 |
Nigeria * | 1200 | 917 | 1047 |
North America | 12 | 18 | |
North Korea * | 139 | 89 | 107 |
North Macedonia * | 13 | 7 | 3 |
Norway * | 6 | 2 | 1.7 |
Oman * | 20 | 19 | 17 |
Pakistan * | 286 | 140 | 154 |
Palestine * | 70 | 27 | 20 |
Panama * | 91 | 52 | 50 |
Papua New Guinea * | 249 | 145 | 192 |
Paraguay * | 194 | 129 | 71 |
Peru * | 144 | 88 | 69 |
Philippines * | 160 | 121 | 78 |
Poland * | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Portugal * | 10 | 8 | 12 |
Puerto Rico * | 26 | 21 | 34 |
Qatar * | 14 | 9 | 7.6 |
Romania * | 54 | 19 | 10 |
Russia * | 56 | 17 | 14 |
Rwanda * | 1160 | 248 | 259 |
Saint Lucia * | 86 | 117 | 73 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | 80 | 68 | 62 |
Samoa * | 88 | 43 | 59 |
São Tomé and Príncipe * | 179 | 130 | 146 |
Saudi Arabia * | 24 | 17 | 16 |
Senegal * | 553 | 315 | 261 |
Serbia * | 13 | 12 | 10 |
Seychelles * | 53 | 53 | 3.3 |
Sierra Leone * | 2480 | 1120 | 443 |
Singapore * | 13 | 8 | 7.5 |
Slovakia * | 8 | 5 | 4.8 |
Slovenia * | 12 | 7 | 4.5 |
Solomon Islands * | 245 | 104 | 122 |
Somalia * | 1210 | 829 | 621 |
South Africa * | 160 | 119 | 127 |
South Asia | 395 | 163 | |
South Korea * | 17 | 11 | 8.1 |
South Sudan * | 1730 | 1150 | 1223 |
Spain * | 5 | 4 | 3.4 |
Sri Lanka * | 56 | 36 | 29 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 870 | 534 | |
Sudan * | 667 | 295 | 270 |
Suriname * | 221 | 120 | 96 |
Sweden * | 5 | 4 | 4.5 |
Switzerland * | 7 | 5 | 7.4 |
Syria * | 26 | 31 | 30 |
Tajikistan * | 53 | 17 | 17 |
Tanzania * | 854 | 524 | 238 |
Thailand * | 43 | 37 | 29 |
East Timor * | 745 | 142 | 204 |
Togo * | 489 | 396 | 399 |
Tonga * | 77 | 52 | 126 |
Trinidad and Tobago * | 81 | 67 | 27 |
Tunisia * | 66 | 43 | 37 |
Turkey * | 42 | 17 | 17 |
Turkmenistan * | 29 | 7 | 5.1 |
Uganda * | 578 | 375 | 284 |
Ukraine * | 35 | 19 | 17 |
United Arab Emirates * | 6 | 3 | 9.3 |
United Kingdom * | 10 | 7 | 9.8 |
United States * | 12 | 19 | 21 |
Upper middle income | 67 | 41 | |
Uruguay * | 26 | 17 | 19 |
Uzbekistan * | 41 | 29 | 30 |
Vanuatu * | 140 | 72 | 94 |
Venezuela * | 119 | 125 | 259 |
Vietnam * | 68 | 43 | 124 |
World | 342 | 211 | |
Yemen * | 301 | 164 | 183 |
Zambia * | 528 | 213 | 135 |
Zimbabwe * | 579 | 458 | 357 |
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
OWID
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Maternal mortality rates and statistics". UNICEF DATA. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
- ^ "Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)". www.who.int. Retrieved 2023-04-02.