Maternal mortality ratio who gho by country
Countries reporting
195
Highest
992.83
Nigeria
Lowest
0.1073
Cook Islands
Median
46.65
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
7,605
What the numbers show
Maternal mortality ratio who gho is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 992.83 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.1073 in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 46.65, and the mean is 116.62.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,257.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 170 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 84.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 76.0%).
Maternal mortality ratio who gho: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Suriname | 83.64 | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 72 | Mozambique | 82.22 | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 73 | India | 80.48 | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Kiribati | 79.76 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 75 | Bahamas | 75.95 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 75.36 | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 74.73 | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.52 | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 69.77 | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 66.91 | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 81 | North Korea | 66.9 | 2023 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 82 | Belize | 66.8 | 2023 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 83 | Tonga | 66.78 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 84 | Iraq | 65.99 | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritius | 65.9 | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 86 | Algeria | 62.49 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 60.35 | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Libya | 59.5 | 2023 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 89 | Colombia | 59.38 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 58.27 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.84 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 92 | Ecuador | 55.37 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.08 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 94 | Peru | 51.45 | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 95 | Grenada | 48.25 | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 96 | Vietnam | 47.61 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 46.75 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 98 | Bhutan | 46.65 | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 43.96 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 42.11 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.9 | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 102 | Seychelles | 41.89 | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 103 | Mongolia | 40.51 | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 40.04 | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 105 | El Salvador | 39.11 | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Panama | 37.01 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 107 | Brunei | 36.35 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 108 | Tunisia | 35.71 | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 109 | Dominica | 35.55 | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 110 | Barbados | 34.88 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 111 | Cuba | 34.79 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.57 | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 113 | Thailand | 34.45 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 114 | Argentina | 33.23 | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 115 | Maldives | 31.82 | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Jordan | 30.78 | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 117 | Fiji | 30.24 | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 26.46 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 119 | Malaysia | 26.38 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 24.12 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 121 | Syria | 20.37 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 122 | Georgia | 19.69 | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 123 | Armenia | 19.48 | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 124 | Latvia | 18.72 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 125 | Moldova | 18.68 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 18.32 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 17.9 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 128 | Egypt | 16.95 | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahrain | 16.78 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 130 | United States | 16.63 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 131 | China | 16.25 | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Palestine | 16.11 | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 133 | Iran | 15.84 | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Uruguay | 15.31 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 135 | Lebanon | 14.98 | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Ukraine | 14.95 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 137 | Portugal | 14.95 | 2023 | up 45.8% | falling |
| 138 | Turkey | 14.63 | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 13.86 | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Cyprus | 13.62 | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Oman | 12.54 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 142 | Canada | 11.78 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 11.69 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 144 | Romania | 11.68 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Hungary | 11.65 | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 11.03 | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 147 | Serbia | 10.74 | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 148 | Andorra | 10.63 | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 149 | Chile | 9.88 | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 9.58 | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Russia | 9.4 | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Malta | 8.39 | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 153 | United Kingdom | 8.31 | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 154 | Finland | 7.88 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 155 | Kuwait | 7.75 | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Lithuania | 7.67 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 157 | San Marino | 7.66 | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 7.36 | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 159 | France | 7.3 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 160 | New Zealand | 7.03 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 161 | Albania | 6.87 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Italy | 6.48 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.17 | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Singapore | 6.12 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 165 | Austria | 6.1 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 166 | Montenegro | 5.83 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 5.56 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 168 | Switzerland | 5.46 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 169 | Monaco | 5.22 | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Estonia | 4.96 | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Greece | 4.79 | 2023 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 4.52 | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Slovakia | 4.47 | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Netherlands | 4.3 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 175 | Sweden | 4.03 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 176 | Qatar | 3.92 | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 177 | Belgium | 3.84 | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 178 | Ireland | 3.79 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 179 | South Korea | 3.79 | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Denmark | 3.67 | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 181 | Germany | 3.62 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 182 | Slovenia | 3.33 | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 183 | Japan | 3.08 | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 184 | Croatia | 3.05 | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 185 | Iceland | 3.02 | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 186 | North Macedonia | 2.76 | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 187 | Spain | 2.72 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 188 | Czechia | 2.7 | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 2.54 | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Israel | 2.49 | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Australia | 2.33 | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 192 | Poland | 1.57 | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Norway | 1.31 | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 194 | Belarus | 1.1 | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0.1073 | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |