Maternal mortality ratio by country
Countries reporting
17
Highest
95.8
Tonga
Lowest
41.4
Romania
Median
56.9
Years covered
16
2009–2024
Data points
448
What the numbers show
Maternal mortality ratio is currently reported for 17 countries. The highest value is 95.8 in Tonga; the lowest is 41.4 in Romania.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.9, and the mean is 61.36.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 80.1%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 56.0%).
Maternal mortality ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 95.8 | 2024 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 2 | Morocco | 87.9 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 3 | Panama | 75.9 | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.9 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 5 | Armenia | 69.7 | 2024 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 62.6 | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 59.7 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 58.1 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 9 | Madagascar | 56.9 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 10 | Seychelles | 54.4 | 2024 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 11 | Malta | 54.2 | 2024 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 12 | Montserrat | 52.8 | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 13 | Serbia | 52.7 | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 14 | Albania | 50.6 | 2024 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 50.5 | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 16 | Spain | 48.1 | 2024 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 17 | Romania | 41.4 | 2024 | down 52.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Roraima 165.4
- Piauí 95.7
- Rio Grande do Norte 87.4
- Goiás 75.4
- Amapá 73
- Paraíba 62.8
- Rio de Janeiro 61.1
- Distrito Federal 57.1
- Acre 53.4
- Ceará 51.2
- São Paulo 42.7