Maternal mortality ratio by country
The estimated number of women who die from maternal conditions per 100,000 live births, based on data from death certificates, large-scale surveys, and statistical modeling.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
1,223 deaths per 100,000 live births
South Sudan
Lowest
1.1 deaths per 100,000 live births
Belarus
Median
59.13 deaths per 100,000 live births
Years covered
270
1751–2020
Data points
8,868
What the numbers show
Maternal mortality ratio is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 1,223 deaths per 100,000 live births in South Sudan; the lowest is 1.1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.13 deaths per 100,000 live births, and the mean is 145.16 deaths per 100,000 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,109.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 297.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 64.3%).
Maternal mortality ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 1,223 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Chad | 1,063 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 835.27 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 725.09 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 6 | Liberia | 652.34 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Somalia | 620.68 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 620.41 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 9 | Lesotho | 566.21 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea | 553.4 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 547.36 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 12 | Kenya | 529.96 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 13 | Benin | 522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 14 | Burundi | 494.43 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 479.91 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritania | 463.83 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 17 | Gambia | 458.24 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 442.83 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 19 | Niger | 441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 20 | Mali | 440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 437.75 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 399.04 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 23 | Madagascar | 391.52 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 380.67 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 356.76 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 26 | Haiti | 350.4 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 27 | Dominica | 333.7 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2016 | up 237.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Eritrea | 321.55 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 284.14 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 30 | Congo | 282.39 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 31 | Sudan | 270.36 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 266.69 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 263.75 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 34 | Ghana | 263.11 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 260.88 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 36 | Venezuela | 259.19 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 131.0% | rising |
| 37 | Rwanda | 258.93 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Eswatini | 239.63 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 39 | Tanzania | 238.3 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 40 | Djibouti | 234.49 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 226.55 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 42 | Angola | 221.91 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 43 | Cambodia | 217.98 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 44 | Comoros | 216.95 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 45 | Namibia | 214.63 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 212.33 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 47 | East Timor | 203.92 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 191.84 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 49 | Botswana | 185.9 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 50 | Yemen | 183.4 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 51 | Myanmar | 178.67 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 52 | Nepal | 174.41 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Indonesia | 172.92 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 54 | Bolivia | 160.91 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 55 | Pakistan | 154.16 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 146.24 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 57 | Zambia | 134.66 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 58 | Belize | 129.79 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 297.0% | falling |
| 59 | Mozambique | 127.11 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 60 | South Africa | 126.83 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 42.1% | flat |
| 61 | Laos | 126.06 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 62 | Tonga | 125.64 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 123.03 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 122.25 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 65 | Guyana | 111.94 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 107.35 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 67 | North Korea | 106.7 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 68 | India | 102.65 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 98.88 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 70 | Suriname | 96.46 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 71 | Guatemala | 95.5 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 94.44 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 73 | Mauritius | 84.36 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 53.2% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 78.24 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 77.88 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 76 | Algeria | 77.69 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 77 | Bahamas | 77.05 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 78 | Kiribati | 76.33 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 79 | Iraq | 76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 80 | Colombia | 74.76 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 81 | Micronesia (country) | 74.31 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 62.5% | falling |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 73.27 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 83 | Brazil | 72.15 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Libya | 72.13 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 85 | Morocco | 71.85 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 71.82 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 87 | Paraguay | 71.12 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 88 | Peru | 68.54 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Cyprus | 68.41 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 155.4% | rising |
| 90 | Ecuador | 65.75 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.79 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 92 | Bhutan | 59.95 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Mexico | 59.13 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 94 | Samoa | 59.08 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 95 | Maldives | 56.69 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.38 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 49.52 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Vietnam | 45.53 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 99 | Argentina | 44.9 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 100 | Brunei | 44.24 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 101 | El Salvador | 42.79 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 42.24 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Jordan | 41.31 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 40.76 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 39.49 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Cuba | 39.25 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 107 | Barbados | 39.11 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Fiji | 38.05 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 109 | Tunisia | 36.63 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 110 | Puerto Rico | 34.34 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 61.6% | falling |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 30.18 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 112 | Syria | 29.92 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 40.5% | falling |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 28.84 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Thailand | 28.6 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 115 | Georgia | 27.61 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 116 | Armenia | 27.19 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.58 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 118 | China | 23.05 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 119 | Iran | 22.02 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 22 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.25 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Grenada | 21.14 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 124 | Malaysia | 21.13 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 125 | United States | 21.08 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Lebanon | 20.62 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Palestine | 20.43 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 128 | Uruguay | 18.64 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 18.32 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 130 | Turkey | 17.33 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 131 | Oman | 17.01 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 132 | Egypt | 16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 16.63 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Ukraine | 16.54 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 16.2 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 136 | Bahrain | 15.9 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 137 | Reunion | 15.12 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2016 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 138 | Hungary | 15.05 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Chile | 15.03 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Russia | 13.72 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Kazakhstan | 13.38 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Moldova | 12.26 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Portugal | 11.8 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Canada | 11.01 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Serbia | 10.18 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 146 | Romania | 10.07 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 147 | United Kingdom | 9.84 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 9.34 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 149 | Lithuania | 8.66 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 150 | Finland | 8.34 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Albania | 8.28 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 152 | South Korea | 8.12 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 153 | France | 7.91 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Greece | 7.65 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Qatar | 7.61 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 156 | Singapore | 7.45 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Switzerland | 7.38 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Kuwait | 7.17 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 159 | Bulgaria | 7.09 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 160 | New Zealand | 7.03 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Montenegro | 6.17 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.67 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Austria | 5.23 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Estonia | 5.18 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 5.15 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Slovakia | 4.82 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 169 | Croatia | 4.82 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 170 | Belgium | 4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Denmark | 4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Italy | 4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Slovenia | 4.53 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 174 | Sweden | 4.51 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Germany | 4.43 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Japan | 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Netherlands | 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Spain | 3.44 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Czechia | 3.37 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Seychelles | 3.33 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 181 | North Macedonia | 3.04 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 182 | Australia | 2.94 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Israel | 2.84 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Iceland | 2.65 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Poland | 1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Norway | 1.66 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Hong Kong | 1.35 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2017 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Belarus | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 live births | 2020 | down 59.3% | volatile |
About this data
The estimated number of women who die from maternal conditions per 100,000 live births, based on data from death certificates, large-scale surveys, and statistical modeling.