List of countries by maternal mortality ratio

Maternal death, also called maternal mortality, is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." The maternal mortality ratio, on the other hand, is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The maternal mortality ratio is used as a criterion for the quality of medical care in a country. The global rate is 211 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017 (2017 or latest available year for some countries).[2]

Maternal mortality ratio (with Sustainable Development Goal target)[1]

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  • Note: Year listed indicates latest available data as of that year. Year can vary by country.
  • Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

* indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.

Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births
Location 2000[1] 2017[1] 2020[3][4]
  Afghanistan * 1450 638 620
  Albania * 23 15 8.3
  Algeria * 161 112 78
  Angola * 827 241 222
  Antigua and Barbuda 44 42 21
  Argentina * 66 39 45
  Armenia * 43 26 27
  Australia * 7 6 2.9
  Austria * 6 5 5.2
  Azerbaijan * 47 26 41
  Bahamas 75 70 77
  Bahrain * 27 14 16
  Bangladesh * 434 173 123
  Barbados * 50 27 39
  Belarus * 22 2 1.1
  Belgium * 8 5 4.8
  Belize * 89 36 130
  Benin * 520 397 523
  Bhutan * 423 183 60
  Bolivia * 331 155 161
  Bosnia and Herzegovina * 17 10 5.7
  Botswana * 262 144 186
  Brazil * 69 60 72
  Brunei * 28 31 44
  Bulgaria * 19 10 7.1
  Burkina Faso * 516 320 264
  Burundi * 1010 548 494
  Cambodia * 488 160 218
  Cameroon * 886 529 438
  Canada * 9 10 11
  Cape Verde * 118 58 42
  Central African Republic * 1280 829 835
  Chad * 1420 1140 1063
  Chile * 31 13 15
  China * 59 29 23
  Colombia * 94 83 75
  Comoros * 444 273 217
  Congo * 739 378 282
  Costa Rica * 40 27 22
  Ivory Coast * 704 617 480
  Croatia * 11 8 4.8
  Cuba * 46 36 39
  Cyprus * 14 6 68
  Czech Republic * 7 3 3.4
  DR Congo * 760 473 547
  Denmark * 8 4 4.7
  Djibouti * 507 248 234
  Dominican Republic * 80 95 107
East Asia and Pacific 114 69
  Ecuador * 122 59 66
  Egypt * 64 37 17
  El Salvador * 73 46 43
  Equatorial Guinea * 454 301 212
  Eritrea * 1280 480 322
  Estonia * 29 9 5.2
  Eswatini * 521 437
  Ethiopia * 1030 401 267
Europe and Central Asia 27 13
European Union 10 6
  Fiji * 51 34 38
  Finland * 6 3 8.3
  France * 10 8 7.9
  Gabon * 380 252 227
  Gambia 932 597 458
  Georgia * 31 25 28
  Germany * 7 7 4.4
  Ghana * 484 308 263
  Greece * 3 3 7.7
  Grenada * 38 25 21
  Guatemala * 161 95 96
  Guinea * 1020 576 553
  Guinea-Bissau * 1210 667 725
  Guyana * 231 169 112
  Haiti * 437 480 350
High income 11 11
  Honduras * 85 65 72
  Hungary * 16 12 15
  Iceland * 6 4 2.7
  India * 370 145 103
  Indonesia * 272 177 173
  Iran * 48 16 22
  Iraq * 79 79 76
  Ireland * 7 5 5
  Israel * 7 3 2.8
  Italy * 4 2 4.6
  Jamaica * 77 80 99
  Japan * 9 5 4.3
  Jordan * 70 46 41
  Kazakhstan * 61 10 13
  Kenya * 708 342 530
  Kiribati * 136 92 76
  Kuwait * 10 12 7.2
  Kyrgyzstan * 79 60 50
  Laos * 544 185 126
Latin America and Caribbean 96 74
  Latvia * 34 19 18
  Lebanon * 28 29 21
  Lesotho * 614 544 566
  Liberia * 894 661 652
  Libya * 70 72 72
  Lithuania * 17 8 8.7
Low and middle income 378 231
Low income 854 460
Lower middle income 424 253
  Luxembourg * 10 5 6.5
  Madagascar * 559 335 392
  Malawi * 749 349 381
  Malaysia * 38 29 21
  Maldives * 125 53 57
  Mali * 836 562 440
  Malta * 9 6 2.9
  Mauritania * 834 766 464
  Mauritius * 59 61 84
  Mexico * 55 33 59
  Micronesia * 154 88 74
Middle East and North Africa 96 57
Middle income 302 183
  Maldives * 44 19
  Mongolia * 155 45 39
  Montenegro * 12 6 6.2
  Morocco * 188 70 71
  Mozambique * 798 289 127
  Myanmar * 340 250 179
  Namibia * 348 195 215
  Nepal * 553 186 174
  Netherlands * 13 5 4.3
  New Zealand * 12 9 7
  Nicaragua * 162 98 78
  Niger * 813 509 441
  Nigeria * 1200 917 1047
North America 12 18
  North Korea * 139 89 107
  North Macedonia * 13 7 3
  Norway * 6 2 1.7
  Oman * 20 19 17
  Pakistan * 286 140 154
  Palestine * 70 27 20
  Panama * 91 52 50
  Papua New Guinea * 249 145 192
  Paraguay * 194 129 71
  Peru * 144 88 69
  Philippines * 160 121 78
  Poland * 7 2 2
  Portugal * 10 8 12
  Puerto Rico * 26 21 34
  Qatar * 14 9 7.6
  Romania * 54 19 10
  Russia * 56 17 14
  Rwanda * 1160 248 259
  Saint Lucia * 86 117 73
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * 80 68 62
  Samoa * 88 43 59
  São Tomé and Príncipe * 179 130 146
  Saudi Arabia * 24 17 16
  Senegal * 553 315 261
  Serbia * 13 12 10
  Seychelles * 53 53 3.3
  Sierra Leone * 2480 1120 443
  Singapore * 13 8 7.5
  Slovakia * 8 5 4.8
  Slovenia * 12 7 4.5
  Solomon Islands * 245 104 122
  Somalia * 1210 829 621
  South Africa * 160 119 127
South Asia 395 163
  South Korea * 17 11 8.1
  South Sudan * 1730 1150 1223
  Spain * 5 4 3.4
  Sri Lanka * 56 36 29
Sub-Saharan Africa 870 534
  Sudan * 667 295 270
  Suriname * 221 120 96
  Sweden * 5 4 4.5
  Switzerland * 7 5 7.4
  Syria * 26 31 30
  Tajikistan * 53 17 17
  Tanzania * 854 524 238
  Thailand * 43 37 29
  East Timor * 745 142 204
  Togo * 489 396 399
  Tonga * 77 52 126
  Trinidad and Tobago * 81 67 27
  Tunisia * 66 43 37
  Turkey * 42 17 17
  Turkmenistan * 29 7 5.1
  Uganda * 578 375 284
  Ukraine * 35 19 17
  United Arab Emirates * 6 3 9.3
  United Kingdom * 10 7 9.8
  United States * 12 19 21
Upper middle income 67 41
  Uruguay * 26 17 19
  Uzbekistan * 41 29 30
  Vanuatu * 140 72 94
  Venezuela * 119 125 259
  Vietnam * 68 43 124
World 342 211
  Yemen * 301 164 183
  Zambia * 528 213 135
  Zimbabwe * 579 458 357

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c Maternal mortality ratio. Our World in Data (OWID). Data source: World Health Organization (via World Bank). Sources tab has much more detailed sources info. Table tab has data. Click map tab, and then the download tab to get latest map.
  2. ^ "Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) | Data". Scroll down for country list, and for world and regional numbers.
  3. ^ "Maternal mortality rates and statistics". UNICEF DATA. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. ^ "Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)". www.who.int. Retrieved 2023-04-02.