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Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
992.83
Nigeria
Lowest
0.1073
Cook Islands
Median
45.3
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
8,151

What the numbers show

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 992.83 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.1073 in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 45.3, and the mean is 116.79.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,257.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 169 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 84.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 76.0%).

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 992.83 2023 down 13.4% falling
2 Chad 747.54 2023 down 38.5% falling
3 South Sudan 691.82 2023 down 10.3% volatile
4 Central African Republic 691.74 2023 down 36.6% rising
5 Liberia 627.72 2023 down 13.4% falling
6 Somalia 562.59 2023 down 34.2% falling
7 Afghanistan 520.5 2023 down 33.1% falling
8 Benin 518.23 2023 down 14.6% falling
9 Guinea-Bissau 505.37 2023 down 28.5% falling
10 Guinea 494.12 2023 down 27.6% falling
11 Lesotho 478.02 2023 down 44.1% rising
12 Madagascar 445.43 2023 down 7.4% falling
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 427.05 2023 down 24.6% falling
14 Burundi 391.98 2023 down 29.4% falling
15 Mauritania 381.05 2023 down 23.2% falling
16 Kenya 378.8 2023 down 21.9% falling
17 Mali 367.33 2023 down 30.1% falling
18 Cote d'Ivoire 358.95 2023 down 34.0% falling
19 Zimbabwe 357.62 2023 down 31.9% rising
20 Gambia 354.35 2023 down 41.6% falling
21 Sierra Leone 353.56 2023 down 58.0% falling
22 Niger 350.27 2023 down 33.4% falling
23 Togo 348.9 2023 down 30.2% falling
24 Haiti 327.56 2023 down 13.9% falling
25 Eritrea 291.36 2023 down 34.3% volatile
26 Tanzania 275.84 2023 down 42.4% falling
27 Nauru 273.38 2023 up 10.6% rising
28 Cameroon 258.23 2023 down 44.9% falling
29 Sudan 255.71 2023 down 21.8% falling
30 Burkina Faso 241.79 2023 down 33.1% falling
31 Congo 241.09 2023 down 24.7% falling
32 Senegal 237.44 2023 down 38.4% falling
33 Ghana 234.32 2023 down 30.8% falling
34 Gabon 232.66 2023 down 0.8% falling
35 Rwanda 229.48 2023 down 27.5% volatile
36 Venezuela 226.69 2023 up 84.7% rising
37 Malawi 224.95 2023 down 45.2% volatile
38 Ethiopia 194.94 2023 down 60.5% falling
39 East Timor 192.36 2023 down 44.9% volatile
40 Papua New Guinea 188.65 2023 down 22.4% falling
41 Myanmar 184.63 2023 down 22.1% falling
42 Angola 183.2 2023 down 31.3% falling
43 Comoros 178.88 2023 down 31.1% falling
44 Equatorial Guinea 173.66 2023 down 26.3% falling
45 Uganda 170.31 2023 down 44.6% falling
46 Tuvalu 169.71 2023 up 1.2% falling
47 Djibouti 161.88 2023 down 26.1% volatile
48 Botswana 155.1 2023 down 29.9% falling
49 Pakistan 155.03 2023 down 29.4% falling
50 Marshall Islands 154.79 2023 down 22.9% falling
51 Bolivia 146.37 2023 down 16.5% falling
52 Nepal 142 2023 down 45.0% volatile
53 Indonesia 140.5 2023 down 32.6% falling
54 Namibia 138.86 2023 down 65.4% falling
55 Cambodia 137.39 2023 down 24.5% volatile
56 Jamaica 130.14 2023 up 38.6% rising
57 Micronesia (country) 128.75 2023 down 28.9% falling
58 Dominican Republic 124.47 2023 up 36.8% falling
59 Solomon Islands 122.59 2023 down 16.8% falling
60 Yemen 118.4 2023 down 12.2% falling
61 Eswatini 117.93 2023 down 76.0% falling
62 South Africa 117.57 2023 down 34.6% falling
63 Bangladesh 115.11 2023 down 50.0% volatile
64 Laos 112.15 2023 down 47.9% volatile
65 Samoa 101.49 2023 up 1.0% falling
66 Vanuatu 100.05 2023 down 9.3% falling
67 Guatemala 93.72 2023 down 15.7% falling
68 Palau 89.42 2023 up 5.1% falling
69 Zambia 85.45 2023 down 59.9% volatile
70 Philippines 83.75 2023 down 23.7% falling
71 Mozambique 82.22 2023 down 51.6% volatile
72 India 80.48 2023 down 45.7% volatile
73 Kiribati 79.76 2023 down 14.2% falling
74 Bahamas 75.95 2023 up 2.4% rising
75 Sao Tome and Principe 75.36 2023 down 49.7% falling
76 Guyana 74.73 2023 down 41.7% falling
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 73.52 2023 down 10.6% volatile
78 Morocco 69.77 2023 down 38.0% volatile
79 Brazil 66.91 2023 up 9.6% falling
80 North Korea 66.9 2023 down 10.4% flat
81 Belize 66.8 2023 up 61.5% falling
82 Tonga 66.78 2023 down 16.8% falling
83 Iraq 65.99 2023 down 31.1% falling
84 Mauritius 65.9 2023 up 13.4% falling
85 Algeria 62.49 2023 down 22.5% falling
86 Nicaragua 60.35 2023 down 29.6% volatile
87 Libya 59.5 2023 down 20.2% flat
88 Colombia 59.38 2023 down 17.2% falling
89 Paraguay 58.27 2023 down 30.3% falling
90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 55.84 2023 down 23.0% falling
91 Ecuador 55.37 2023 down 18.7% falling
92 Trinidad and Tobago 54.08 2023 up 8.1% falling
93 Peru 51.45 2023 down 31.4% falling
94 Grenada 48.25 2023 up 8.8% falling
95 Vietnam 47.61 2023 down 20.2% falling
96 Honduras 46.75 2023 down 24.4% falling
97 Bhutan 46.65 2023 down 41.1% volatile
98 Saint Lucia 43.96 2023 down 17.4% falling
99 Mexico 42.11 2023 down 6.3% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 41.9 2023 down 34.2% falling
101 Seychelles 41.89 2023 down 13.2% flat
102 Mongolia 40.51 2023 down 31.2% volatile
103 Cape Verde 40.04 2023 down 19.7% volatile
104 El Salvador 39.11 2023 up 1.0% volatile
105 Panama 37.01 2023 down 28.6% falling
106 Brunei 36.35 2023 down 8.5% falling
107 Tunisia 35.71 2023 down 16.5% falling
108 Dominica 35.55 2023 down 28.7% falling
109 Barbados 34.88 2023 down 12.1% falling
110 Cuba 34.79 2023 down 17.7% falling
111 Antigua and Barbuda 34.57 2023 up 7.8% falling
112 Thailand 34.45 2023 down 0.7% falling
113 Argentina 33.23 2023 down 28.9% falling
114 Maldives 31.82 2023 down 32.9% volatile
115 Jordan 30.78 2023 down 29.9% falling
116 Fiji 30.24 2023 down 24.2% falling
117 Uzbekistan 26.46 2023 down 18.0% falling
118 Malaysia 26.38 2023 down 9.1% falling
119 Costa Rica 24.12 2023 down 9.3% falling
120 Syria 20.37 2023 down 18.5% falling
121 Georgia 19.69 2023 down 41.6% falling
122 Armenia 19.48 2023 down 25.1% falling
123 Latvia 18.72 2023 down 22.5% falling
124 Moldova 18.68 2023 down 0.4% falling
125 Sri Lanka 18.32 2023 down 21.8% falling
126 Azerbaijan 17.9 2023 down 25.0% falling
127 Egypt 16.95 2023 down 38.2% volatile
128 Bahrain 16.78 2023 down 1.3% falling
129 United States 16.63 2023 up 3.5% rising
130 China 16.25 2023 down 45.4% volatile
131 Palestine 16.11 2023 down 49.2% falling
132 Iran 15.84 2023 down 34.3% volatile
133 Uruguay 15.31 2023 down 5.6% falling
134 Lebanon 14.98 2023 up 11.2% volatile
135 Ukraine 14.95 2023 down 23.4% falling
136 Portugal 14.95 2023 up 45.8% falling
137 Turkey 14.63 2023 down 27.5% falling
138 Tajikistan 13.86 2023 down 33.9% volatile
139 Cyprus 13.62 2023 up 34.0% volatile
140 Oman 12.54 2023 down 17.6% falling
141 Canada 11.78 2023 up 5.8% rising
142 Luxembourg 11.69 2023 down 24.9% falling
143 Romania 11.68 2023 down 33.3% volatile
144 Hungary 11.65 2023 down 12.0% falling
145 Puerto Rico 11.03 2023 down 30.4% falling
146 Serbia 10.74 2023 down 16.1% falling
147 Andorra 10.63 2023 up 12.0% falling
148 Chile 9.88 2023 down 41.7% volatile
149 Kazakhstan 9.58 2023 down 35.6% volatile
150 Russia 9.4 2023 down 42.7% volatile
151 Malta 8.39 2023 up 12.7% falling
152 United Kingdom 8.31 2023 down 4.6% rising
153 Finland 7.88 2023 up 1.7% rising
154 Kuwait 7.75 2023 down 4.3% volatile
155 Lithuania 7.67 2023 down 23.6% falling
156 San Marino 7.66 2023 down 2.9% volatile
157 Saudi Arabia 7.36 2023 down 15.2% volatile
158 France 7.3 2023 down 17.8% falling
159 New Zealand 7.03 2023 down 15.3% falling
160 Albania 6.87 2023 down 30.9% volatile
161 Italy 6.48 2023 down 20.0% falling
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.17 2023 down 8.8% volatile
163 Singapore 6.12 2023 down 33.7% falling
164 Austria 6.1 2023 up 0.3% falling
165 Montenegro 5.83 2023 down 17.6% falling
166 Bulgaria 5.56 2023 down 22.2% falling
167 Switzerland 5.46 2023 down 18.7% falling
168 Monaco 5.22 2023 down 1.7% volatile
169 Estonia 4.96 2023 down 23.1% volatile
170 Greece 4.79 2023 up 21.2% falling
171 Turkmenistan 4.52 2023 down 35.1% volatile
172 Slovakia 4.47 2023 down 10.6% volatile
173 Netherlands 4.3 2023 down 23.4% falling
174 Sweden 4.03 2023 down 19.1% falling
175 Qatar 3.92 2023 down 39.3% falling
176 Belgium 3.84 2023 down 30.4% falling
177 Ireland 3.79 2023 down 24.6% falling
178 South Korea 3.79 2023 down 47.0% volatile
179 Denmark 3.67 2023 down 31.6% falling
180 Germany 3.62 2023 down 25.8% falling
181 Slovenia 3.33 2023 down 41.9% falling
182 Japan 3.08 2023 down 42.6% falling
183 Croatia 3.05 2023 down 33.4% falling
184 Iceland 3.02 2023 down 27.2% falling
185 North Macedonia 2.76 2023 down 39.2% falling
186 Spain 2.72 2023 down 27.0% falling
187 Czechia 2.7 2023 down 20.6% volatile
188 United Arab Emirates 2.54 2023 down 28.7% volatile
189 Israel 2.49 2023 down 19.9% volatile
190 Australia 2.33 2023 down 60.4% falling
191 Poland 1.57 2023 down 23.4% volatile
192 Norway 1.31 2023 down 54.6% falling
193 Belarus 1.1 2023 down 39.4% volatile
194 Cook Islands 0.1073 2023 down 26.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
209 places, 8,151 data points, 1985–2023
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