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Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) by country

Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49,...

Countries reporting
194
Highest
993
Nigeria
Lowest
1
Norway
Median
47
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
9,399

What the numbers show

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 993 in Nigeria; the lowest is 1 in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 47, and the mean is 116.13.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 993.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 162 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 84.6%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 76.0%).

Maternal mortality ratio: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 993 2023 down 13.4% falling
2 Chad 748 2023 down 38.5% falling
3 Central African Republic 692 2023 down 36.6% rising
3 South Sudan 692 2023 down 10.2% volatile
5 Liberia 628 2023 down 13.4% falling
6 Somalia 563 2023 down 34.2% falling
7 Afghanistan 521 2023 down 33.0% falling
8 Benin 518 2023 down 14.7% falling
9 Guinea-Bissau 505 2023 down 28.6% falling
10 Guinea 494 2023 down 27.6% falling
11 Lesotho 478 2023 down 44.1% rising
12 Madagascar 445 2023 down 7.5% falling
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 427 2023 down 24.7% falling
14 Burundi 392 2023 down 29.4% falling
15 Mauritania 381 2023 down 23.2% falling
16 Mali 367 2023 down 30.1% falling
17 Cote d'Ivoire 359 2023 down 34.0% falling
18 Zimbabwe 358 2023 down 31.8% rising
19 Gambia 354 2023 down 41.6% falling
19 Sierra Leone 354 2023 down 58.0% falling
21 Niger 350 2023 down 33.5% falling
22 Togo 349 2023 down 30.2% falling
23 Haiti 328 2023 down 13.7% falling
24 Eritrea 291 2023 down 34.3% volatile
25 Tanzania 276 2023 down 42.4% falling
26 Nauru 273 2023 up 10.5% rising
27 Cameroon 258 2023 down 45.0% falling
28 Sudan 256 2023 down 21.7% falling
29 Burkina Faso 242 2023 down 33.0% falling
30 Congo 241 2023 down 24.7% falling
31 Senegal 237 2023 down 38.4% falling
32 Ghana 234 2023 down 30.8% falling
33 Gabon 233 2023 down 0.9% falling
34 Rwanda 229 2023 down 27.8% volatile
35 Venezuela 227 2023 up 84.6% rising
36 Malawi 225 2023 down 45.1% volatile
37 Ethiopia 195 2023 down 60.5% falling
38 East Timor 192 2023 down 45.0% volatile
39 Papua New Guinea 189 2023 down 22.2% falling
40 Myanmar 185 2023 down 21.9% falling
41 Angola 183 2023 down 31.5% falling
42 Comoros 179 2023 down 31.2% falling
43 Equatorial Guinea 174 2023 down 26.3% falling
44 Tuvalu 170 2023 up 1.2% falling
44 Uganda 170 2023 down 44.8% falling
46 Djibouti 162 2023 down 26.0% volatile
47 Botswana 155 2023 down 29.9% falling
47 Marshall Islands 155 2023 down 22.9% falling
47 Pakistan 155 2023 down 29.5% falling
50 Kenya 149 2023 down 27.7% volatile
51 Bolivia 146 2023 down 16.6% falling
52 Nepal 142 2023 down 45.0% volatile
53 Indonesia 140 2023 down 32.7% falling
54 Namibia 139 2023 down 65.4% falling
55 Cambodia 137 2023 down 24.7% volatile
56 Jamaica 130 2023 up 38.3% rising
57 Micronesia (country) 129 2023 down 28.7% falling
58 Dominican Republic 124 2023 up 36.3% falling
59 Solomon Islands 123 2023 down 16.3% falling
60 Eswatini 118 2023 down 76.0% falling
60 Yemen 118 2023 down 12.6% falling
60 South Africa 118 2023 down 34.4% falling
63 Bangladesh 115 2023 down 50.0% volatile
64 Laos 112 2023 down 47.9% volatile
65 Samoa 101 2023 up 1.0% falling
66 Vanuatu 100 2023 down 9.1% falling
67 Mozambique 99 2023 down 49.5% volatile
68 Guatemala 94 2023 down 15.3% falling
69 Palau 89 2023 up 4.7% falling
70 Zambia 85 2023 down 60.1% volatile
71 Philippines 84 2023 down 23.6% falling
71 Suriname 84 2023 down 30.6% falling
73 India 80 2023 down 45.9% volatile
73 Kiribati 80 2023 down 14.0% falling
75 Bahamas 76 2023 up 2.7% rising
76 Guyana 75 2023 down 41.4% falling
76 Sao Tome and Principe 75 2023 down 50.0% falling
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 74 2023 down 9.8% volatile
79 Morocco 70 2023 down 38.1% volatile
80 Belize 67 2023 up 63.4% falling
80 Brazil 67 2023 up 9.8% falling
80 North Korea 67 2023 down 10.7% flat
80 Tonga 67 2023 down 16.2% falling
84 Iraq 66 2023 down 31.2% falling
84 Mauritius 66 2023 up 13.8% falling
86 Algeria 62 2023 down 23.5% falling
87 Nicaragua 60 2023 down 30.2% volatile
88 Colombia 59 2023 down 18.1% falling
88 Libya 59 2023 down 21.3% flat
90 Paraguay 58 2023 down 31.0% falling
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56 2023 down 23.3% falling
92 Ecuador 55 2023 down 19.1% falling
93 Trinidad and Tobago 54 2023 up 8.0% falling
94 Peru 51 2023 down 32.0% falling
95 Grenada 48 2023 up 9.1% falling
95 Vietnam 48 2023 down 20.0% falling
97 Bhutan 47 2023 down 40.5% volatile
97 Honduras 47 2023 down 24.2% falling
99 Saint Lucia 44 2023 down 17.0% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 42 2023 down 34.4% falling
100 Mexico 42 2023 down 6.7% falling
100 Seychelles 42 2023 down 12.5% flat
103 Mongolia 41 2023 down 30.5% volatile
104 Cape Verde 40 2023 down 20.0% volatile
105 El Salvador 39 2023 unchanged volatile
106 Panama 37 2023 down 28.8% falling
107 Brunei 36 2023 down 10.0% falling
107 Dominica 36 2023 down 28.0% falling
107 Tunisia 36 2023 down 16.3% falling
110 Antigua and Barbuda 35 2023 up 9.4% falling
110 Barbados 35 2023 down 12.5% falling
110 Cuba 35 2023 down 16.7% falling
113 Thailand 34 2023 down 2.9% falling
114 Argentina 33 2023 down 29.8% falling
115 Maldives 32 2023 down 31.9% volatile
116 Jordan 31 2023 down 29.5% falling
117 Fiji 30 2023 down 25.0% falling
118 Malaysia 26 2023 down 10.3% falling
118 Uzbekistan 26 2023 down 18.8% falling
120 Costa Rica 24 2023 down 11.1% falling
121 Georgia 20 2023 down 41.2% falling
121 Syria 20 2023 down 20.0% falling
123 Armenia 19 2023 down 26.9% falling
123 Latvia 19 2023 down 20.8% falling
123 Moldova 19 2023 unchanged falling
126 Azerbaijan 18 2023 down 25.0% falling
126 Sri Lanka 18 2023 down 21.7% falling
128 Bahrain 17 2023 unchanged falling
128 Egypt 17 2023 down 37.0% volatile
128 United States 17 2023 up 6.2% rising
131 China 16 2023 down 46.7% volatile
131 Iran 16 2023 down 33.3% volatile
131 Palestine 16 2023 down 50.0% falling
134 Lebanon 15 2023 up 15.4% volatile
134 Portugal 15 2023 up 50.0% falling
134 Turkey 15 2023 down 25.0% falling
134 Ukraine 15 2023 down 25.0% falling
134 Uruguay 15 2023 down 6.2% falling
139 Cyprus 14 2023 up 40.0% volatile
139 Tajikistan 14 2023 down 33.3% volatile
141 Oman 13 2023 down 13.3% volatile
142 Canada 12 2023 up 9.1% rising
142 Hungary 12 2023 down 7.7% falling
142 Romania 12 2023 down 33.3% volatile
145 Andorra 11 2023 up 22.2% falling
145 Luxembourg 11 2023 down 26.7% falling
145 Puerto Rico 11 2023 down 31.2% falling
145 Serbia 11 2023 down 15.4% falling
149 Chile 10 2023 down 41.2% volatile
149 Kazakhstan 10 2023 down 33.3% volatile
151 Russia 9 2023 down 43.8% volatile
152 Finland 8 2023 unchanged rising
152 United Kingdom 8 2023 down 11.1% rising
152 Kuwait 8 2023 unchanged volatile
152 Lithuania 8 2023 down 20.0% falling
152 Malta 8 2023 up 14.3% falling
152 San Marino 8 2023 unchanged volatile
158 Albania 7 2023 down 30.0% volatile
158 France 7 2023 down 22.2% falling
158 New Zealand 7 2023 down 12.5% falling
158 Saudi Arabia 7 2023 down 22.2% volatile
162 Austria 6 2023 unchanged falling
162 Bulgaria 6 2023 down 14.3% falling
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2023 down 14.3% volatile
162 Italy 6 2023 down 25.0% falling
162 Montenegro 6 2023 down 14.3% falling
162 Singapore 6 2023 down 33.3% falling
168 Switzerland 5 2023 down 28.6% falling
168 Estonia 5 2023 down 16.7% volatile
168 Greece 5 2023 up 25.0% falling
168 Monaco 5 2023 unchanged volatile
168 Turkmenistan 5 2023 down 28.6% volatile
173 Belgium 4 2023 down 33.3% falling
173 Germany 4 2023 down 20.0% falling
173 Denmark 4 2023 down 20.0% falling
173 Ireland 4 2023 down 20.0% falling
173 South Korea 4 2023 down 42.9% volatile
173 Netherlands 4 2023 down 33.3% falling
173 Qatar 4 2023 down 33.3% falling
173 Slovakia 4 2023 down 20.0% volatile
173 Sweden 4 2023 down 20.0% falling
182 United Arab Emirates 3 2023 down 25.0% volatile
182 Czechia 3 2023 unchanged volatile
182 Spain 3 2023 down 25.0% falling
182 Croatia 3 2023 down 40.0% falling
182 Iceland 3 2023 down 25.0% falling
182 Japan 3 2023 down 40.0% falling
182 North Macedonia 3 2023 down 40.0% falling
182 Slovenia 3 2023 down 50.0% falling
190 Australia 2 2023 down 66.7% falling
190 Israel 2 2023 down 33.3% volatile
190 Poland 2 2023 unchanged volatile
193 Belarus 1 2023 down 50.0% volatile
193 Norway 1 2023 down 66.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Source
Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 9,399 data points, 1985–2023
Last refreshed

Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).