Death rate from pregnancy or maternal conditions by country
Reported deaths from maternal conditions in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
105
Highest
3.26 deaths per 100,000 people
Venezuela
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.1538 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
4,885
What the numbers show
Death rate from pregnancy or maternal conditions is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 3.26 deaths per 100,000 people in Venezuela; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1538 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 0.3743 deaths per 100,000 people.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 1,254.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Death rate from pregnancy or maternal conditions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 3.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2016 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Paraguay | 2.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 2.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2018 | up 299.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Cuba | 1.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 213.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 99.5% | falling |
| 6 | Grenada | 1.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Colombia | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Philippines | 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Suriname | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2014 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Jamaica | 1.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2014 | up 570.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Guyana | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 12 | Guatemala | 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Panama | 0.9995 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Fiji | 0.931 deaths per 100,000 people | 2012 | up 137.3% | volatile |
| 16 | South Africa | 0.8735 deaths per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 17 | Ecuador | 0.8365 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.6474 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Peru | 0.5662 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 0.532 deaths per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Mongolia | 0.5235 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Argentina | 0.5211 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 0.5135 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4829 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 25 | Maldives | 0.453 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Puerto Rico | 0.4339 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 1,254.6% | volatile |
| 27 | United States | 0.4171 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Barbados | 0.3968 deaths per 100,000 people | 2013 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Georgia | 0.3922 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Brunei | 0.3846 deaths per 100,000 people | 2019 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 32 | El Salvador | 0.3764 deaths per 100,000 people | 2018 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Jordan | 0.3377 deaths per 100,000 people | 2018 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 34 | French Guiana | 0.332 deaths per 100,000 people | 2016 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritius | 0.331 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 0.3297 deaths per 100,000 people | 2007 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Malaysia | 0.318 deaths per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 38 | Reunion | 0.2902 deaths per 100,000 people | 2016 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Chile | 0.2859 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Egypt | 0.2707 deaths per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Iceland | 0.2631 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.252 deaths per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Moldova | 0.249 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 0.2288 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Belize | 0.2235 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Latvia | 0.204 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | 0.1902 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 49 | New Zealand | 0.1804 deaths per 100,000 people | 2018 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Portugal | 0.1747 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 334.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Iran | 0.1742 deaths per 100,000 people | 2017 | — | rising |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 0.1697 deaths per 100,000 people | 2019 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 0.1656 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Montenegro | 0.1577 deaths per 100,000 people | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Romania | 0.1553 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0.1538 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 197.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 0.1486 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Armenia | 0.1404 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Hungary | 0.1376 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Lithuania | 0.1364 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 0.1253 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Turkey | 0.1207 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Ukraine | 0.1156 deaths per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 0.1151 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Serbia | 0.1142 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 67 | Oman | 0.107 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Syria | 0.1062 deaths per 100,000 people | 2010 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Cyprus | 0.1058 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Russia | 0.0942 deaths per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 71 | France | 0.091 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Finland | 0.0893 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 0.086 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Canada | 0.0803 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 0.0779 deaths per 100,000 people | 2015 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 0.0769 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Israel | 0.074 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Australia | 0.0662 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 139.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Belgium | 0.0612 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Kuwait | 0.0553 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 81 | South Korea | 0.0543 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 82 | Czechia | 0.0491 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 289.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Netherlands | 0.0446 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Bahrain | 0.0445 deaths per 100,000 people | 2014 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Germany | 0.0395 deaths per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 86 | Japan | 0.0369 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Uruguay | 0.0329 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovakia | 0.0311 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | 0.0309 deaths per 100,000 people | 2018 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Italy | 0.0304 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Qatar | 0.029 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Sweden | 0.028 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Switzerland | 0.0277 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Greece | 0.0267 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 0.0262 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Spain | 0.0259 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Singapore | 0.0246 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Denmark | 0.0227 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Poland | 0.0164 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Hong Kong | 0.0123 deaths per 100,000 people | 2017 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Albania | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Bahamas | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Norway | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Slovenia | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Seychelles | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
Reported deaths from maternal conditions in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.