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Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
1,063
Chad
Lowest
1.1
Belarus
Median
57.89
Years covered
36
1985–2020
Data points
6,624

What the numbers show

Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 1,063 in Chad; the lowest is 1.1 in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 57.89, and the mean is 137.48.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 965.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 149 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 297.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 64.3%).

Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita: full country ranking

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

About this data

Indicator
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
184 places, 6,624 data points, 1985–2020
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