Maternal deaths by income group by country
Countries reporting
183
Highest
81,747
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0667
Seychelles
Median
56.28
Years covered
36
1985–2020
Data points
6,660
What the numbers show
Maternal deaths by income group is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 81,747 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0667 in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.28, and the mean is 1,545.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 149 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 297.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 68.6%).
Maternal deaths by income group: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 81,747 | 2020 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 2 | India | 23,753 | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 21,511 | 2020 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 10,246 | 2020 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 5 | Pakistan | 9,809 | 2020 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 8,698 | 2020 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 7 | Indonesia | 7,826 | 2020 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 8 | Chad | 7,764 | 2020 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 9 | Kenya | 7,716 | 2020 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 10 | Tanzania | 5,390 | 2020 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 11 | Niger | 4,896 | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 12 | Uganda | 4,700 | 2020 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 13 | Somalia | 4,519 | 2020 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4,401 | 2020 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 4,119 | 2020 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 16 | Sudan | 4,112 | 2020 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 3,927 | 2020 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 18 | South Sudan | 3,790 | 2020 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 3,719 | 2020 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 3,465 | 2020 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 21 | Angola | 2,914 | 2020 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 22 | China | 2,822 | 2020 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Guinea | 2,557 | 2020 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 2,452 | 2020 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 25 | Benin | 2,451 | 2020 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 26 | Ghana | 2,373 | 2020 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 27 | Burundi | 2,151 | 2020 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 2,049 | 2020 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 29 | Brazil | 2,011 | 2020 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 1,935 | 2020 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 32 | Yemen | 1,852 | 2020 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 1,734 | 2020 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 34 | Myanmar | 1,658 | 2020 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 36 | Mozambique | 1,466 | 2020 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 1,417 | 2020 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 38 | Venezuela | 1,208 | 2020 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 1,165 | 2020 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 40 | Mexico | 1,159 | 2020 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 41 | Togo | 1,089 | 2020 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 42 | Nepal | 1,052 | 2020 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Liberia | 1,050 | 2020 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 44 | Rwanda | 1,033 | 2020 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Haiti | 949.59 | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 46 | Iraq | 897.34 | 2020 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 47 | Zambia | 891.49 | 2020 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 48 | United States | 773.82 | 2020 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 49 | Algeria | 757.52 | 2020 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 50 | Cambodia | 710.62 | 2020 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 51 | Mauritania | 695.75 | 2020 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 52 | Vietnam | 677.49 | 2020 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 53 | Colombia | 548.01 | 2020 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 502.65 | 2020 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 485.35 | 2020 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 56 | Morocco | 472.07 | 2020 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 464.06 | 2020 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 58 | Bolivia | 423.19 | 2020 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 59 | Egypt | 416.62 | 2020 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Peru | 406.42 | 2020 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Gambia | 398.67 | 2020 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 62 | North Korea | 368.12 | 2020 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 361.95 | 2020 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 64 | Lesotho | 334.06 | 2020 | down 44.6% | rising |
| 65 | Eritrea | 327.98 | 2020 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 66 | Argentina | 285.56 | 2020 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 67 | Iran | 273.69 | 2020 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 251.09 | 2020 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 222.21 | 2020 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 70 | Turkey | 219.25 | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 71 | Laos | 206.74 | 2020 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 72 | Russia | 197.2 | 2020 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Ecuador | 196.59 | 2020 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 74 | Thailand | 187.62 | 2020 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 75 | Honduras | 155.13 | 2020 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 76 | Namibia | 148.1 | 2020 | down 52.0% | rising |
| 77 | Gabon | 142.73 | 2020 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 78 | Syria | 121.46 | 2020 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 79 | Botswana | 115.26 | 2020 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 109.81 | 2020 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 81 | Malaysia | 107.98 | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 107.92 | 2020 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 83 | Equatorial Guinea | 106.17 | 2020 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 84 | Jordan | 100.39 | 2020 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 85 | Paraguay | 98.86 | 2020 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 89.41 | 2020 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 87 | Libya | 88 | 2020 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 81.12 | 2020 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 89 | Tunisia | 73.98 | 2020 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 90 | Eswatini | 69.49 | 2020 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 91 | East Timor | 67.3 | 2020 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 92 | United Kingdom | 66.83 | 2020 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 57.28 | 2020 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Djibouti | 56.28 | 2020 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 95 | Ukraine | 56.07 | 2020 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 96 | France | 53.94 | 2020 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 53.81 | 2020 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 98 | Comoros | 52.07 | 2020 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 43.74 | 2020 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 43.65 | 2020 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Cuba | 41.61 | 2020 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 102 | Canada | 40.86 | 2020 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 103 | Panama | 38.13 | 2020 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 104 | Japan | 35.73 | 2020 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Chile | 34.27 | 2020 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Germany | 33.66 | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 107 | Jamaica | 32.63 | 2020 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 108 | Palestine | 29.63 | 2020 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 109 | Mongolia | 29.23 | 2020 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 25.67 | 2020 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 111 | South Korea | 23.86 | 2020 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Romania | 20.04 | 2020 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Italy | 18.82 | 2020 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 18.15 | 2020 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Guyana | 17.91 | 2020 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 116 | Oman | 14.8 | 2020 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 117 | Hungary | 14 | 2020 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 13.64 | 2020 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 119 | Georgia | 13.53 | 2020 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 120 | Spain | 12.11 | 2020 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 121 | Mauritius | 10.97 | 2020 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Suriname | 10.61 | 2020 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 123 | Portugal | 9.79 | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 124 | Armenia | 9.52 | 2020 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 9.27 | 2020 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 9.25 | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 127 | Belize | 9.09 | 2020 | up 297.0% | falling |
| 128 | Cyprus | 8.89 | 2020 | up 137.2% | rising |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.77 | 2020 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 130 | Australia | 8.71 | 2020 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 8.5 | 2020 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 132 | Netherlands | 7.46 | 2020 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 133 | Poland | 7.31 | 2020 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | 7.16 | 2020 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia | 7.03 | 2020 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 6.85 | 2020 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 137 | Uruguay | 6.52 | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 138 | Switzerland | 6.42 | 2020 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 139 | Greece | 6.2 | 2020 | up 62.8% | falling |
| 140 | Bhutan | 5.99 | 2020 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Belgium | 5.47 | 2020 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 142 | Sweden | 5.05 | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 143 | Israel | 4.97 | 2020 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.78 | 2020 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Moldova | 4.78 | 2020 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 146 | New Zealand | 4.43 | 2020 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 147 | Austria | 4.34 | 2020 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 4.25 | 2020 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 4.22 | 2020 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Maldives | 3.97 | 2020 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Bahamas | 3.85 | 2020 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 152 | Finland | 3.84 | 2020 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 153 | Kuwait | 3.8 | 2020 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 154 | Czechia | 3.61 | 2020 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Samoa | 3.54 | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 156 | Latvia | 3.3 | 2020 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Singapore | 3.06 | 2020 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 158 | Kiribati | 3.05 | 2020 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 159 | Bahrain | 3.02 | 2020 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 160 | Ireland | 2.99 | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 161 | Denmark | 2.84 | 2020 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 162 | Slovakia | 2.7 | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 163 | Brunei | 2.65 | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 164 | Tonga | 2.51 | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 165 | Albania | 2.48 | 2020 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Qatar | 2.36 | 2020 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 167 | Lithuania | 2.34 | 2020 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Croatia | 1.73 | 2020 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 169 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.64 | 2020 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Micronesia (country) | 1.49 | 2020 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 1.47 | 2020 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 172 | Barbados | 1.17 | 2020 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 173 | Belarus | 1 | 2020 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Norway | 0.8984 | 2020 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 175 | Slovenia | 0.8613 | 2020 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 176 | Estonia | 0.7251 | 2020 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6179 | 2020 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 178 | North Macedonia | 0.6072 | 2020 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Montenegro | 0.4322 | 2020 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 180 | Grenada | 0.4228 | 2020 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 181 | Luxembourg | 0.3891 | 2020 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2125 | 2020 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 183 | Malta | 0.1446 | 2020 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Iceland | 0.1327 | 2020 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 185 | Seychelles | 0.0667 | 2020 | down 59.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central African Republic 1,888
- South Africa 1,516