Number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre by country
Number of maternal deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
0.0823 units per square kilometre
Nigeria
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Tuvalu
Median
0.0005 units per square kilometre
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
9,090
What the numbers show
Number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 0.0823 units per square kilometre in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0005 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.004 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 153 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).
Number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 0.0823 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 2 | Burundi | 0.0701 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 3 | Naoero | 0.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Rwanda | 0.0369 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Haiti | 0.0308 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 0.0308 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Gambia | 0.0287 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 8 | Comoros | 0.0236 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 9 | Benin | 0.0222 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 10 | Togo | 0.0184 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 11 | Malawi | 0.0159 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 0.0145 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 13 | Pakistan | 0.0143 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 0.0127 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 17 | Liberia | 0.0114 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0113 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 19 | Guinea | 0.0098 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 20 | Ghana | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.1% | rising |
| 22 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0084 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 24 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 26 | Somalia | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 27 | Senegal | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 28 | Maldives | 0.0067 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 30 | India | 0.0064 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Nepal | 0.0057 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Marshall Islands | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 33 | Cameroon | 0.0053 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0052 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 0.0052 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 36 | Philippines | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 37 | Chad | 0.0048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 39 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 40 | Singapore | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritius | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 42 | Palestine, State of | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 43 | Jamaica | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 44 | Timor-Leste | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Bahrain | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 47 | Kiribati | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 48 | South Sudan | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 49 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 50 | Indonesia | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 51 | Guatemala | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 52 | Yemen | 0.003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 53 | Niger | 0.003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 54 | Grenada | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | Mali | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 56 | Cambodia | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Tonga | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Central African Republic | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 59 | Myanmar | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 61 | Eritrea | 0.0024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 62 | Barbados | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 63 | Sudan | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 64 | Seychelles | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Samoa | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 66 | Viet Nam | 0.0021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Eswatini | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 68 | Angola | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 69 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 70 | El Salvador | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 73 | Djibouti | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 74 | Mozambique | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Lebanon | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 77 | Congo | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 78 | South Africa | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 79 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Honduras | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Jordan | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 86 | Zambia | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 87 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Mauritania | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 92 | Gabon | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 93 | Ecuador | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 94 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 96 | Mexico | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 97 | Egypt | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Thailand | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Tunisia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 102 | Colombia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 103 | Malaysia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 104 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 105 | Panama | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 108 | Bahamas | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Fiji | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 113 | Armenia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 114 | Algeria | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 115 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 116 | Puerto Rico | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Kuwait | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Belize | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | flat |
| 119 | Peru | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 120 | Cyprus | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Netherlands | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 122 | Türkiye | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 123 | Brazil | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Paraguay | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 125 | Israel | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 128 | China | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Portugal | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 130 | Namibia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.7% | rising |
| 131 | Belgium | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Georgia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 134 | Switzerland | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 135 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Hungary | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 137 | Korea | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Romania | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 139 | France | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 140 | Qatar | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Italy | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 142 | Germany | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Albania | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Serbia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 145 | United States of America | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 146 | Japan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 148 | Guyana | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 149 | Austria | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Suriname | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 151 | Ukraine | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 152 | Denmark | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 153 | Slovenia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 154 | Latvia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 155 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 156 | Libya | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 157 | Slovakia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Oman | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Lithuania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Greece | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | Ireland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 163 | Uruguay | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 164 | Bulgaria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Czechia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 166 | Estonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Chile | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 169 | Spain | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 170 | Croatia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 171 | Mongolia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Poland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 173 | New Zealand | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 174 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Finland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 177 | Sweden | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 178 | Russian Federation | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Belarus | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Canada | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 181 | Norway | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 182 | Australia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Dominica | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Iceland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | North Macedonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Malta | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Montenegro | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA blend 0.0197 units per square kilometre
- South Asia 0.0128 units per square kilometre
- Africa Western and Central 0.0123 units per square kilometre
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0084 units per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 0.008 units per square kilometre
- IDA total 0.008 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0078 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0074 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0074 units per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0072 units per square kilometre
- Low income 0.006 units per square kilometre
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0052 units per square kilometre
- Least developed countries 0.0052 units per square kilometre
- IDA only 0.0051 units per square kilometre
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0044 units per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 0.0031 units per square kilometre
- Middle income 0.0026 units per square kilometre
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0025 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0023 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0023 units per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 0.002 units per square kilometre
- World 0.002 units per square kilometre
- Arab World 0.0011 units per square kilometre
- Pacific island small states 0.0009 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0008 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0008 units per square kilometre
- Other small states 0.0007 units per square kilometre
- IBRD only 0.0006 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0006 units per square kilometre
- Small states 0.0004 units per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 0.0004 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0004 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0004 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0004 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0003 units per square kilometre
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0001 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per square kilometre
- Caribbean Small States 0.0001 units per square kilometre
- OECD members 0.0001 units per square kilometre
- Euro area 0.0001 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Number of maternal deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of maternal deaths ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Number of maternal deaths Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.