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Maternal mortality, gaps filled by country

Maternal mortality with 85 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
1,223
South Sudan
Lowest
1.1
Belarus
Median
56.69
Years covered
270
1751–2020
Data points
8,953

What the numbers show

Maternal mortality, gaps filled is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 1,223 in South Sudan; the lowest is 1.1 in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 56.69, and the mean is 142.28.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,109.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 151 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 297.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 64.3%).

Maternal mortality, gaps filled: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Sudan 1,223 2020 up 15.4% volatile
2 Chad 1,063 2020 down 18.4% falling
3 Nigeria 1,047 2020 down 6.7% falling
4 Central African Republic 835.27 2020 down 20.6% falling
5 Guinea-Bissau 725.09 2020 down 8.7% falling
6 Liberia 652.34 2020 up 2.9% falling
7 Somalia 620.68 2020 down 35.6% falling
8 Afghanistan 620.41 2020 down 31.0% falling
9 Lesotho 566.21 2020 down 45.6% rising
10 Guinea 553.4 2020 down 25.3% falling
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 547.36 2020 down 9.0% falling
12 Kenya 529.96 2020 up 11.5% falling
13 Benin 522.61 2020 down 12.6% falling
14 Burundi 494.43 2020 down 18.7% falling
15 Cote d'Ivoire 479.91 2020 down 20.6% falling
16 Mauritania 463.83 2020 down 20.9% falling
17 Gambia 458.24 2020 down 26.1% falling
18 Sierra Leone 442.83 2020 down 47.1% falling
19 Niger 441.07 2020 down 25.7% falling
20 Mali 440.23 2020 down 19.5% falling
21 Cameroon 437.75 2020 down 16.9% falling
22 Togo 399.04 2020 down 24.8% falling
23 Madagascar 391.52 2020 down 21.2% falling
24 Malawi 380.67 2020 down 25.8% falling
25 Zimbabwe 356.76 2020 down 42.3% rising
26 Haiti 350.4 2020 down 13.0% falling
27 Dominica 333.7 2016 up 237.0% volatile
28 Eritrea 321.55 2020 down 33.0% volatile
29 Uganda 284.14 2020 down 23.6% falling
30 Congo 282.39 2020 down 27.4% falling
31 Sudan 270.36 2020 down 29.5% volatile
32 Ethiopia 266.69 2020 down 58.0% falling
33 Burkina Faso 263.75 2020 down 26.2% falling
34 Ghana 263.11 2020 down 21.9% falling
35 Senegal 260.88 2020 down 42.0% falling
36 Venezuela 259.19 2020 up 131.0% rising
37 Rwanda 258.93 2020 down 32.9% volatile
38 Eswatini 239.63 2020 down 64.3% falling
39 Tanzania 238.3 2020 down 51.0% falling
40 Djibouti 234.49 2020 down 14.3% falling
41 Gabon 226.55 2020 up 17.5% falling
42 Angola 221.91 2020 down 39.6% falling
43 Cambodia 217.98 2020 down 21.1% falling
44 Comoros 216.95 2020 down 31.4% falling
45 Namibia 214.63 2020 down 55.4% falling
46 Equatorial Guinea 212.33 2020 up 0.5% volatile
47 East Timor 203.92 2020 down 45.8% volatile
48 Papua New Guinea 191.84 2020 down 33.6% falling
49 Botswana 185.9 2020 up 19.2% falling
50 Yemen 183.4 2020 up 17.1% falling
51 Myanmar 178.67 2020 down 39.0% falling
52 Nepal 174.41 2020 down 50.1% volatile
53 Indonesia 172.92 2020 down 21.0% falling
54 Bolivia 160.91 2020 down 12.6% falling
55 Pakistan 154.16 2020 down 33.1% falling
56 Sao Tome and Principe 146.24 2020 down 8.7% falling
57 Zambia 134.66 2020 down 49.8% falling
58 Belize 129.79 2020 up 297.0% falling
59 Mozambique 127.11 2020 down 60.5% volatile
60 South Africa 126.83 2020 down 42.1% flat
61 Laos 126.06 2020 down 55.5% falling
62 Tonga 125.64 2020 up 34.8% falling
63 Bangladesh 123.03 2020 down 59.1% volatile
64 Solomon Islands 122.25 2020 down 16.9% falling
65 Guyana 111.94 2020 down 24.3% falling
66 Dominican Republic 107.35 2020 up 17.0% falling
67 North Korea 106.7 2020 down 18.1% rising
68 India 102.65 2020 down 42.5% falling
69 Jamaica 98.88 2020 up 12.7% rising
70 Suriname 96.46 2020 down 30.3% falling
71 Guatemala 95.5 2020 down 22.6% falling
72 Vanuatu 94.44 2020 up 1.5% falling
73 Mauritius 84.36 2020 up 53.2% falling
74 Philippines 78.24 2020 down 25.5% falling
75 Nicaragua 77.88 2020 down 20.4% falling
76 Algeria 77.69 2020 down 30.5% falling
77 Bahamas 77.05 2020 down 2.3% rising
78 Kiribati 76.33 2020 down 41.6% falling
79 Iraq 76.11 2020 down 33.7% falling
80 Colombia 74.76 2020 up 5.9% falling
81 Micronesia (country) 74.31 2020 up 62.5% falling
82 Saint Lucia 73.27 2020 down 0.1% rising
83 Brazil 72.15 2020 up 13.0% volatile
84 Libya 72.13 2020 up 25.5% rising
85 Morocco 71.85 2020 down 46.3% volatile
86 Honduras 71.82 2020 down 1.9% falling
87 Paraguay 71.12 2020 down 29.2% falling
88 Peru 68.54 2020 down 10.3% volatile
89 Cyprus 68.41 2020 up 155.4% rising
90 Ecuador 65.75 2020 down 13.7% falling
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61.79 2020 up 38.5% falling
92 Bhutan 59.95 2020 down 48.6% volatile
93 Mexico 59.13 2020 up 15.4% falling
94 Samoa 59.08 2020 down 4.1% falling
95 Maldives 56.69 2020 down 5.2% volatile
96 Kyrgyzstan 50.38 2020 down 29.7% falling
97 Panama 49.52 2020 down 9.8% volatile
98 Vietnam 45.53 2020 down 24.2% falling
99 Argentina 44.9 2020 down 18.5% falling
100 Brunei 44.24 2020 up 5.8% falling
101 El Salvador 42.79 2020 up 19.5% volatile
102 Cape Verde 42.24 2020 down 21.7% volatile
103 Jordan 41.31 2020 down 11.4% falling
104 Azerbaijan 40.76 2020 up 24.2% falling
105 Mongolia 39.49 2020 down 39.7% volatile
106 Cuba 39.25 2020 down 4.4% falling
107 Barbados 39.11 2020 down 26.6% volatile
108 Fiji 38.05 2020 down 8.5% falling
109 Tunisia 36.63 2020 down 16.6% falling
110 Puerto Rico 34.34 2020 up 61.6% falling
111 Uzbekistan 30.18 2020 down 20.1% falling
112 Syria 29.92 2020 up 40.5% falling
113 Sri Lanka 28.84 2020 down 22.6% volatile
114 Thailand 28.6 2020 down 19.1% falling
115 Georgia 27.61 2020 down 32.6% falling
116 Armenia 27.19 2020 down 18.1% falling
117 Trinidad and Tobago 26.58 2020 down 43.2% falling
118 China 23.05 2020 down 30.6% falling
119 Iran 22.02 2020 down 30.3% volatile
120 Costa Rica 22 2020 down 17.2% falling
121 Antigua and Barbuda 21.25 2020 down 31.0% volatile
122 Mayotte 21.21 2016 — rising
123 Grenada 21.14 2020 down 22.7% falling
124 Malaysia 21.13 2020 down 17.1% volatile
125 United States 21.08 2020 up 49.8% volatile
126 Lebanon 20.62 2020 up 14.6% volatile
127 Palestine 20.43 2020 down 53.0% falling
128 Uruguay 18.64 2020 up 5.0% volatile
129 Latvia 18.32 2020 down 27.9% falling
130 Turkey 17.33 2020 down 21.5% falling
131 Oman 17.01 2020 down 6.0% falling
132 Egypt 16.82 2020 down 55.9% volatile
133 Tajikistan 16.63 2020 down 47.8% volatile
134 Ukraine 16.54 2020 down 2.1% volatile
135 Saudi Arabia 16.2 2020 up 5.6% falling
136 Bahrain 15.9 2020 down 19.8% falling
137 Reunion 15.12 2016 down 53.8% falling
138 Hungary 15.05 2020 up 0.3% volatile
139 Chile 15.03 2020 down 35.7% volatile
140 Russia 13.72 2020 down 20.1% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 13.38 2020 down 31.8% volatile
142 Moldova 12.26 2020 down 32.3% volatile
143 Portugal 11.8 2020 up 19.2% volatile
144 Canada 11.01 2020 down 7.8% volatile
145 Serbia 10.18 2020 down 28.5% falling
146 Romania 10.07 2020 down 54.7% volatile
147 United Kingdom 9.84 2020 up 3.3% volatile
148 United Arab Emirates 9.34 2020 up 2.0% falling
149 Lithuania 8.66 2020 down 10.5% falling
150 Finland 8.34 2020 up 18.7% volatile
151 Albania 8.28 2020 down 2.8% volatile
152 South Korea 8.12 2020 down 1.5% volatile
153 France 7.91 2020 down 14.6% volatile
154 Greece 7.65 2020 up 123.1% volatile
155 Qatar 7.61 2020 down 24.6% falling
156 Singapore 7.45 2020 down 10.3% volatile
157 Switzerland 7.38 2020 down 9.1% volatile
158 Kuwait 7.17 2020 down 21.9% falling
159 Bulgaria 7.09 2020 down 31.2% volatile
160 New Zealand 7.03 2020 down 28.9% volatile
161 Luxembourg 6.49 2020 down 21.6% volatile
162 Montenegro 6.17 2020 down 14.1% falling
163 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.67 2020 down 26.3% volatile
164 Austria 5.23 2020 down 12.2% volatile
165 Estonia 5.18 2020 down 36.1% volatile
166 Turkmenistan 5.15 2020 down 41.7% volatile
167 Ireland 4.98 2020 down 23.9% volatile
168 Slovakia 4.82 2020 down 5.2% falling
169 Croatia 4.82 2020 down 33.4% falling
170 Belgium 4.76 2020 down 19.7% volatile
171 Denmark 4.66 2020 down 28.6% volatile
172 Italy 4.59 2020 down 31.8% volatile
173 Slovenia 4.53 2020 down 24.9% falling
174 Sweden 4.51 2020 down 0.5% volatile
175 Germany 4.43 2020 down 28.1% volatile
176 Japan 4.31 2020 down 23.7% volatile
177 Netherlands 4.31 2020 down 31.2% volatile
178 Spain 3.44 2020 down 12.2% volatile
179 Czechia 3.37 2020 down 20.8% volatile
180 Seychelles 3.33 2020 down 59.4% volatile
181 North Macedonia 3.04 2020 down 52.0% falling
182 Australia 2.94 2020 down 46.0% volatile
183 Malta 2.89 2020 down 45.6% volatile
184 Israel 2.84 2020 down 4.3% volatile
185 Iceland 2.65 2020 down 9.3% volatile
186 Poland 1.96 2020 down 22.8% volatile
187 Norway 1.66 2020 down 58.6% volatile
188 Hong Kong 1.35 2017 down 15.3% volatile
189 Belarus 1.1 2020 down 59.3% volatile

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Maternal mortality with 85 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

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Indicator
Maternal mortality, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 8,953 data points, 1751–2020
Last refreshed

Maternal mortality with 85 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.