Maternal mortality ratio by country
Estimated number of women who die from maternal conditions per 100,000 live births.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
992.83 Deaths per 100 000 live births
Nigeria
Lowest
0.1073 Deaths per 100 000 live births
Cook Islands
Median
47.18 Deaths per 100 000 live births
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
7,605
What the numbers show
Maternal mortality ratio is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 992.83 Deaths per 100 000 live births in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.1073 Deaths per 100 000 live births in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.18 Deaths per 100 000 live births, and the mean is 118.32 Deaths per 100 000 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,257.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 168 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 84.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 76.0%).
Maternal mortality ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 992.83 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 2 | Chad | 747.54 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 3 | South Sudan | 691.82 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 691.74 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 5 | Liberia | 627.72 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 6 | Somalia | 562.59 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 520.5 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 8 | Benin | 518.23 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 505.37 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 494.12 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 11 | Lesotho | 478.02 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 12 | Madagascar | 445.43 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 427.05 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 14 | Burundi | 391.98 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritania | 381.05 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 16 | Kenya | 378.8 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 367.33 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 358.95 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 357.62 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 20 | Gambia | 354.35 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 353.56 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 22 | Niger | 350.27 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 23 | Togo | 348.9 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 327.56 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 25 | Eritrea | 291.36 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania | 275.84 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 27 | Nauru | 273.38 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 258.23 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 29 | Sudan | 255.71 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 241.79 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 241.09 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 32 | Senegal | 237.44 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 33 | Ghana | 234.32 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 34 | Gabon | 232.66 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 35 | Rwanda | 229.48 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Venezuela | 226.69 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 37 | Malawi | 224.95 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 194.94 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 39 | East Timor | 192.36 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 188.65 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 184.63 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 42 | Angola | 183.2 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 43 | Comoros | 178.88 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 173.66 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 45 | Uganda | 170.31 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 169.71 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 47 | Djibouti | 161.88 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Botswana | 155.1 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 49 | Pakistan | 155.03 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 154.79 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 51 | Bolivia | 146.37 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 52 | Nepal | 142 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Indonesia | 140.5 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 54 | Namibia | 138.86 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 137.39 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Jamaica | 130.14 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 57 | Micronesia (country) | 128.75 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 124.47 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 122.59 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 60 | Yemen | 118.4 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 61 | Eswatini | 117.93 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 76.0% | falling |
| 62 | South Africa | 117.57 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 115.11 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Laos | 112.15 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Samoa | 101.49 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 100.05 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 67 | Guatemala | 93.72 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 68 | Palau | 89.42 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 69 | Zambia | 85.45 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 83.75 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 71 | Suriname | 83.64 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 72 | Mozambique | 82.22 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 73 | India | 80.48 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Kiribati | 79.76 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 75 | Bahamas | 75.95 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 75.36 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 74.73 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.52 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 69.77 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 66.91 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 81 | North Korea | 66.9 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 82 | Belize | 66.8 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 83 | Tonga | 66.78 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 84 | Iraq | 65.99 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritius | 65.9 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 86 | Algeria | 62.49 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 60.35 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Libya | 59.5 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 89 | Colombia | 59.38 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 58.27 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.84 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 92 | Ecuador | 55.37 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.08 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 94 | Peru | 51.45 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 95 | Grenada | 48.25 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 96 | Vietnam | 47.61 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 46.75 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 98 | Bhutan | 46.65 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 43.96 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 42.11 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.9 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 102 | Seychelles | 41.89 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 103 | Mongolia | 40.51 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 40.04 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 105 | El Salvador | 39.11 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Panama | 37.01 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 107 | Brunei | 36.35 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 108 | Tunisia | 35.71 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 109 | Dominica | 35.55 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 110 | Barbados | 34.88 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 111 | Cuba | 34.79 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.57 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 113 | Thailand | 34.45 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 114 | Argentina | 33.23 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 115 | Maldives | 31.82 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Jordan | 30.78 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 117 | Fiji | 30.24 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 26.46 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 119 | Malaysia | 26.38 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 24.12 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 121 | Syria | 20.37 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 122 | Georgia | 19.69 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 123 | Armenia | 19.48 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 124 | Latvia | 18.72 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 125 | Moldova | 18.68 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 18.32 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 17.9 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 128 | Egypt | 16.95 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahrain | 16.78 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 130 | United States | 16.63 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 131 | China | 16.25 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Palestine | 16.11 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 133 | Iran | 15.84 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Uruguay | 15.31 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 135 | Lebanon | 14.98 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Ukraine | 14.95 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 137 | Portugal | 14.95 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 45.8% | falling |
| 138 | Turkey | 14.63 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 13.86 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Cyprus | 13.62 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Oman | 12.54 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 142 | Canada | 11.78 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 144 | Romania | 11.68 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Hungary | 11.65 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 11.03 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 147 | Serbia | 10.74 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 148 | Andorra | 10.63 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 149 | Chile | 9.88 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 9.58 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Russia | 9.4 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 153 | United Kingdom | 8.31 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 154 | Finland | 7.88 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 155 | Kuwait | 7.75 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Lithuania | 7.67 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 157 | San Marino | 7.66 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 7.36 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 159 | France | 7.3 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 160 | New Zealand | 7.03 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 161 | Albania | 6.87 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Italy | 6.48 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.17 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Singapore | 6.12 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 165 | Austria | 6.1 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 166 | Montenegro | 5.83 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 5.56 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 168 | Switzerland | 5.46 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 169 | Monaco | 5.22 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Estonia | 4.96 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Greece | 4.79 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 4.52 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Slovakia | 4.47 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Netherlands | 4.3 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 175 | Sweden | 4.03 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 176 | Qatar | 3.92 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 177 | Belgium | 3.84 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 179 | South Korea | 3.79 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Denmark | 3.67 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 181 | Germany | 3.62 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 182 | Slovenia | 3.33 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 183 | Japan | 3.08 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 184 | Croatia | 3.05 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 185 | Iceland | 3.02 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 186 | North Macedonia | 2.76 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 187 | Spain | 2.72 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 188 | Czechia | 2.7 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 2.54 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Israel | 2.49 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Australia | 2.33 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 192 | Poland | 1.57 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Norway | 1.31 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 194 | Belarus | 1.1 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0.1073 Deaths per 100 000 live births | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of women who die from maternal conditions per 100,000 live births.