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Number of maternal deaths by country

The estimated number of maternal deaths in a given year.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
81,747 deaths
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0667 deaths
Seychelles
Median
67.06 deaths
Years covered
36
1985–2020
Data points
6,660

What the numbers show

Number of maternal deaths is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 81,747 deaths in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0667 deaths in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 67.06 deaths, and the mean is 1,572 deaths.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 297.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 68.6%).

Number of maternal deaths: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 81,747 deaths 2020 up 7.5% rising
2 India 23,753 deaths 2020 down 50.0% volatile
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 21,511 deaths 2020 up 20.9% rising
4 Ethiopia 10,246 deaths 2020 down 50.5% falling
5 Pakistan 9,809 deaths 2020 down 31.9% falling
6 Afghanistan 8,698 deaths 2020 down 15.7% rising
7 Indonesia 7,826 deaths 2020 down 27.3% falling
8 Chad 7,764 deaths 2020 up 2.7% rising
9 Kenya 7,716 deaths 2020 up 10.3% rising
10 Tanzania 5,390 deaths 2020 down 38.2% falling
11 Niger 4,896 deaths 2020 up 2.0% flat
12 Uganda 4,700 deaths 2020 down 9.6% falling
13 Somalia 4,519 deaths 2020 down 18.6% rising
14 Cote d'Ivoire 4,401 deaths 2020 down 11.5% rising
15 Cameroon 4,119 deaths 2020 down 1.6% rising
16 Sudan 4,112 deaths 2020 down 15.7% falling
17 Mali 3,927 deaths 2020 down 0.8% falling
18 South Sudan 3,790 deaths 2020 down 6.9% volatile
19 Bangladesh 3,719 deaths 2020 down 61.1% volatile
20 Madagascar 3,465 deaths 2020 down 10.9% falling
21 Angola 2,914 deaths 2020 down 24.4% falling
22 China 2,822 deaths 2020 down 52.7% volatile
23 Guinea 2,557 deaths 2020 down 14.8% falling
24 Malawi 2,452 deaths 2020 down 20.5% falling
25 Benin 2,451 deaths 2020 up 10.1% rising
26 Ghana 2,373 deaths 2020 down 16.5% falling
27 Burundi 2,151 deaths 2020 down 17.0% falling
28 Burkina Faso 2,049 deaths 2020 down 17.7% falling
29 Brazil 2,011 deaths 2020 up 3.5% volatile
30 Philippines 1,935 deaths 2020 down 23.8% falling
31 Central African Republic 1,888 deaths 2020 down 11.1% rising
32 Yemen 1,852 deaths 2020 up 33.5% falling
33 Zimbabwe 1,734 deaths 2020 down 41.3% rising
34 Myanmar 1,658 deaths 2020 down 41.0% falling
35 South Africa 1,516 deaths 2020 down 40.0% flat
36 Mozambique 1,466 deaths 2020 down 53.0% falling
37 Senegal 1,417 deaths 2020 down 33.6% falling
38 Venezuela 1,208 deaths 2020 up 80.0% rising
39 Sierra Leone 1,165 deaths 2020 down 44.4% falling
40 Mexico 1,159 deaths 2020 down 0.2% falling
41 Togo 1,089 deaths 2020 down 16.5% rising
42 Nepal 1,052 deaths 2020 down 51.2% volatile
43 Liberia 1,050 deaths 2020 up 8.2% falling
44 Rwanda 1,033 deaths 2020 down 25.4% volatile
45 Haiti 949.59 deaths 2020 down 13.0% falling
46 Iraq 897.34 deaths 2020 down 27.1% falling
47 Zambia 891.49 deaths 2020 down 42.4% falling
48 United States 773.82 deaths 2020 up 36.2% rising
49 Algeria 757.52 deaths 2020 down 22.8% falling
50 Cambodia 710.62 deaths 2020 down 24.4% falling
51 Mauritania 695.75 deaths 2020 down 5.8% rising
52 Vietnam 677.49 deaths 2020 down 23.7% falling
53 Colombia 548.01 deaths 2020 up 2.4% falling
54 Congo 502.65 deaths 2020 down 24.9% falling
55 Papua New Guinea 485.35 deaths 2020 down 27.0% rising
56 Morocco 472.07 deaths 2020 down 49.3% volatile
57 Guinea-Bissau 464.06 deaths 2020 down 2.7% falling
58 Bolivia 423.19 deaths 2020 down 12.6% falling
59 Egypt 416.62 deaths 2020 down 54.0% volatile
60 Peru 406.42 deaths 2020 down 13.9% volatile
61 Gambia 398.67 deaths 2020 down 19.6% falling
62 North Korea 368.12 deaths 2020 down 10.0% falling
63 Guatemala 361.95 deaths 2020 down 26.8% falling
64 Lesotho 334.06 deaths 2020 down 44.6% rising
65 Eritrea 327.98 deaths 2020 down 35.5% falling
66 Argentina 285.56 deaths 2020 down 29.5% falling
67 Iran 273.69 deaths 2020 down 35.2% volatile
68 Uzbekistan 251.09 deaths 2020 up 2.6% falling
69 Dominican Republic 222.21 deaths 2020 up 12.1% falling
70 Turkey 219.25 deaths 2020 down 23.5% falling
71 Laos 206.74 deaths 2020 down 57.4% falling
72 Russia 197.2 deaths 2020 down 37.0% volatile
73 Ecuador 196.59 deaths 2020 down 21.3% falling
74 Thailand 187.62 deaths 2020 down 34.8% falling
75 Honduras 155.13 deaths 2020 down 1.5% falling
76 Namibia 148.1 deaths 2020 down 52.0% rising
77 Gabon 142.73 deaths 2020 up 29.8% falling
78 Syria 121.46 deaths 2020 down 11.0% falling
79 Botswana 115.26 deaths 2020 up 27.5% flat
80 Nicaragua 109.81 deaths 2020 down 21.0% falling
81 Malaysia 107.98 deaths 2020 down 13.0% falling
82 Saudi Arabia 107.92 deaths 2020 up 9.8% falling
83 Equatorial Guinea 106.17 deaths 2020 up 19.6% falling
84 Jordan 100.39 deaths 2020 up 8.8% falling
85 Paraguay 98.86 deaths 2020 down 24.9% falling
86 Sri Lanka 89.41 deaths 2020 down 33.9% falling
87 Libya 88 deaths 2020 up 0.1% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 81.12 deaths 2020 down 26.0% falling
89 Tunisia 73.98 deaths 2020 down 15.4% falling
90 Eswatini 69.49 deaths 2020 down 68.6% falling
91 East Timor 67.3 deaths 2020 down 47.4% volatile
92 United Kingdom 66.83 deaths 2020 down 12.5% flat
93 Kazakhstan 57.28 deaths 2020 down 21.0% volatile
94 Djibouti 56.28 deaths 2020 down 14.3% falling
95 Ukraine 56.07 deaths 2020 down 33.5% volatile
96 France 53.94 deaths 2020 down 27.0% falling
97 Azerbaijan 53.81 deaths 2020 down 10.9% falling
98 Comoros 52.07 deaths 2020 down 25.1% falling
99 Tajikistan 43.74 deaths 2020 down 42.1% volatile
100 El Salvador 43.65 deaths 2020 up 2.5% volatile
101 Cuba 41.61 deaths 2020 down 21.4% falling
102 Canada 40.86 deaths 2020 down 8.3% rising
103 Panama 38.13 deaths 2020 down 9.8% falling
104 Japan 35.73 deaths 2020 down 42.3% volatile
105 Chile 34.27 deaths 2020 down 39.6% volatile
106 Germany 33.66 deaths 2020 down 19.1% falling
107 Jamaica 32.63 deaths 2020 down 11.4% rising
108 Palestine 29.63 deaths 2020 down 49.5% falling
109 Mongolia 29.23 deaths 2020 down 29.2% volatile
110 Solomon Islands 25.67 deaths 2020 down 3.0% rising
111 South Korea 23.86 deaths 2020 down 36.1% volatile
112 Romania 20.04 deaths 2020 down 60.2% volatile
113 Italy 18.82 deaths 2020 down 50.3% falling
114 Lebanon 18.15 deaths 2020 up 14.6% volatile
115 Guyana 17.91 deaths 2020 down 24.3% falling
116 Oman 14.8 deaths 2020 up 27.8% falling
117 Hungary 14 deaths 2020 up 3.7% falling
118 Costa Rica 13.64 deaths 2020 down 30.6% falling
119 Georgia 13.53 deaths 2020 down 43.1% falling
120 Spain 12.11 deaths 2020 down 36.5% falling
121 Mauritius 10.97 deaths 2020 up 32.8% volatile
122 Suriname 10.61 deaths 2020 down 30.3% falling
123 Portugal 9.79 deaths 2020 down 2.1% falling
124 Armenia 9.52 deaths 2020 down 30.1% volatile
125 Puerto Rico 9.27 deaths 2020 up 3.9% falling
126 United Arab Emirates 9.25 deaths 2020 down 13.0% falling
127 Belize 9.09 deaths 2020 up 297.0% falling
128 Cyprus 8.89 deaths 2020 up 137.2% rising
129 Sao Tome and Principe 8.77 deaths 2020 down 21.7% flat
130 Australia 8.71 deaths 2020 down 46.8% falling
131 Vanuatu 8.5 deaths 2020 up 14.2% rising
132 Netherlands 7.46 deaths 2020 down 35.3% falling
133 Poland 7.31 deaths 2020 down 31.9% volatile
134 Turkmenistan 7.16 deaths 2020 down 39.1% volatile
135 Serbia 7.03 deaths 2020 down 30.5% falling
136 Fiji 6.85 deaths 2020 down 21.5% falling
137 Uruguay 6.52 deaths 2020 down 23.5% falling
138 Switzerland 6.42 deaths 2020 up 0.1% falling
139 Greece 6.2 deaths 2020 up 62.8% falling
140 Bhutan 5.99 deaths 2020 down 63.3% volatile
141 Belgium 5.47 deaths 2020 down 28.4% falling
142 Sweden 5.05 deaths 2020 down 2.3% falling
143 Israel 4.97 deaths 2020 up 4.1% volatile
144 Trinidad and Tobago 4.78 deaths 2020 down 51.3% volatile
145 Moldova 4.78 deaths 2020 down 50.2% volatile
146 New Zealand 4.43 deaths 2020 down 28.9% falling
147 Austria 4.34 deaths 2020 down 6.6% falling
148 Bulgaria 4.25 deaths 2020 down 47.1% volatile
149 Cape Verde 4.22 deaths 2020 down 28.8% volatile
150 Maldives 3.97 deaths 2020 down 17.0% volatile
151 Bahamas 3.85 deaths 2020 down 18.6% rising
152 Finland 3.84 deaths 2020 down 10.5% flat
153 Kuwait 3.8 deaths 2020 down 32.1% falling
154 Czechia 3.61 deaths 2020 down 26.9% volatile
155 Samoa 3.54 deaths 2020 down 4.1% falling
156 Latvia 3.3 deaths 2020 down 35.1% volatile
157 Singapore 3.06 deaths 2020 down 21.8% falling
158 Kiribati 3.05 deaths 2020 down 22.1% falling
159 Bahrain 3.02 deaths 2020 down 19.8% falling
161 Denmark 2.84 deaths 2020 down 30.9% falling
162 Slovakia 2.7 deaths 2020 down 13.0% falling
163 Brunei 2.65 deaths 2020 down 9.4% falling
164 Tonga 2.51 deaths 2020 down 10.1% falling
165 Albania 2.48 deaths 2020 down 16.7% volatile
166 Qatar 2.36 deaths 2020 up 29.8% falling
167 Lithuania 2.34 deaths 2020 down 22.1% volatile
168 Croatia 1.73 deaths 2020 down 46.8% falling
169 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.64 deaths 2020 down 40.6% volatile
170 Micronesia (country) 1.49 deaths 2020 up 8.3% falling
171 Saint Lucia 1.47 deaths 2020 down 0.1% falling
172 Barbados 1.17 deaths 2020 down 26.6% falling
173 Belarus 1 deaths 2020 down 67.0% volatile
174 Norway 0.8984 deaths 2020 down 63.4% falling
175 Slovenia 0.8613 deaths 2020 down 38.0% falling
176 Estonia 0.7251 deaths 2020 down 44.1% volatile
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6179 deaths 2020 down 30.8% falling
178 North Macedonia 0.6072 deaths 2020 down 61.6% volatile
179 Montenegro 0.4322 deaths 2020 down 24.9% falling
180 Grenada 0.4228 deaths 2020 down 22.7% falling
182 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2125 deaths 2020 down 31.0% falling
184 Iceland 0.1327 deaths 2020 down 9.3% falling
185 Seychelles 0.0667 deaths 2020 down 59.4% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Number of maternal deaths
Unit
deaths
Source
UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 6,660 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

The estimated number of maternal deaths in a given year.