Number of maternal deaths, per capita by country
Number of maternal deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
0.0003 units per person
Central African Republic
Lowest
0 units per person
Tuvalu
Median
0 units per person
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
9,394
What the numbers show
Number of maternal deaths, per capita is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 0.0003 units per person in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0 units per person in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per person, and the mean is 0 units per person.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 174 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 76.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).
Number of maternal deaths, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Liberia | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 9 | Benin | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Mali | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 13 | Niger | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 14 | Madagascar | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 15 | Burundi | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Mauritania | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 17 | Togo | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 18 | Lesotho | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 22 | Gambia | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Naoero | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 27 | Eritrea | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 29 | Congo | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 30 | Haiti | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Gabon | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Ghana | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Uganda | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 39 | Comoros | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 42 | Pakistan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 43 | Timor-Leste | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Yemen | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Mozambique | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Botswana | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Namibia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 49 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 50 | Djibouti | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 52 | Myanmar | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Cambodia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Zambia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Eswatini | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 57 | Vanuatu | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 58 | Samoa | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 59 | Nepal | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 61 | Marshall Islands | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 62 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Kiribati | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Indonesia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Tonga | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 71 | Iraq | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 72 | Guyana | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 73 | Jamaica | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 74 | Suriname | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 75 | India | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Philippines | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 77 | Algeria | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Belize | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Paraguay | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Honduras | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Libya | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 86 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 87 | Grenada | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 88 | Seychelles | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 89 | Ecuador | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Brazil | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Colombia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 93 | Bahamas | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 94 | Mongolia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 96 | Mexico | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 98 | Viet Nam | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 100 | Jordan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bhutan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Panama | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Fiji | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Palestine, State of | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Maldives | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Argentina | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Egypt | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 116 | Malaysia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 118 | Thailand | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 121 | Republic of Moldova | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Lebanon | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Georgia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 124 | Armenia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Oman | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 127 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahrain | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Türkiye | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 131 | United States of America | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 132 | Latvia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 134 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Uruguay | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 136 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Romania | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 140 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 141 | China | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 144 | Chile | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Russian Federation | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 147 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 148 | Albania | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 150 | New Zealand | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 153 | France | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 157 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 158 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 159 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 160 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Bulgaria | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Israel | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Netherlands | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 165 | Greece | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 166 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 167 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 168 | Qatar | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Slovakia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 171 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 172 | Germany | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Australia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 175 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 176 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 177 | Japan | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Czechia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Norway | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Republic of Korea | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Dominica | 0 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Montenegro | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 0 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 0.0002 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0002 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0001 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0001 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Low income 0.0001 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0001 units per person
- IDA total 0.0001 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.0001 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0001 units per person
- IDA only 0.0001 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0001 units per person
- Low & middle income 0 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0 units per person
- World 0 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0 units per person
- Arab World 0 units per person
- Middle income 0 units per person
- South Asia 0 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0 units per person
- Other small states 0 units per person
- Small states 0 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0 units per person
- IBRD only 0 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0 units per person
- Upper middle income 0 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0 units per person
- OECD members 0 units per person
- North America 0 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Number of maternal deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of maternal deaths ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of maternal deaths Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of maternal deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.