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Maternal mortality ratio (modelled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
Maternal mortality ratio by country (deaths per 100,000 live births). UN inter‑agency modelled estimates, latest available year (2020).
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Key Insights
Global Average
149.7deaths per 100,000 live births
Median: 46.0deaths per 100,000 live births
Countries Covered
180
with available data
Highest
South Sudan
1,223.0deaths per 100,000 live births
Lowest
Poland
2.0deaths per 100,000 live births
Top 5 Countries
1South Sudan1,223.0deaths per 100,000 live births
2Nigeria1,047.0deaths per 100,000 live births
3Equatorial Guinea1,000.0deaths per 100,000 live births
4Chad856.0deaths per 100,000 live births
5Eritrea717.0deaths per 100,000 live births
By Region
Africa295.4deaths per 100,000 live births(9 countries)
Other217.4deaths per 100,000 live births(102 countries)
Asia53.0deaths per 100,000 live births(25 countries)
South America51.3deaths per 100,000 live births(7 countries)
North America42.5deaths per 100,000 live births(4 countries)
Key Findings
- •Maternal mortality varies by orders of magnitude across countries, reflecting major disparities in access to quality maternal care.
- •High MMR values are concentrated in parts of Sub‑Saharan Africa and fragile/conflict-affected settings.
- •Low MMR values are typical in high-income countries with strong obstetric care and near-universal skilled birth attendance.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (2.0deaths per 100,000 live births)High (1,260.0deaths per 100,000 live births)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 149.7deaths per 100,000 live births)
Africa (9)
Other (102)
Asia (25)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (31)
Oceania (2)
About This Statistic
Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) measures the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, per 100,000 live births. It is a core indicator of health-system access and quality, reflecting factors such as timely antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric services, and broader determinants like nutrition and education.
These are UN inter‑agency modelled estimates produced by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division (the “Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter‑Agency Group”). Modelled estimates are used because many countries lack complete civil registration and vital statistics coverage for maternal deaths; the modelling integrates surveys, censuses, administrative data, and other sources to produce comparable country values.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 1,223.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 2 | Nigeria | 1,047.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,000.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 4 | Chad | 856.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 5 | Eritrea | 717.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 717.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 7 | Mauritania | 624.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 8 | Somalia | 621.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 9 | Cote d'Ivoire | 617.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 10 | Republic of The Gambia | 597.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 11 | Guinea | 576.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 12 | Liberia | 576.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 13 | Mali | 562.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 547.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 15 | Lesotho | 544.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 16 | Niger | 509.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 17 | Benin | 489.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 18 | Burundi | 480.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 19 | Cameroon | 467.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 462.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 21 | Malta | 427.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 401.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 23 | Togo | 396.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 24 | Madagascar | 392.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 25 | Republic of the Congo | 378.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 26 | Uganda | 375.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 27 | Haiti | 350.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 28 | Malawi | 349.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 29 | Kenya | 342.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 320.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 314.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 32 | Ghana | 308.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 33 | Sudan | 295.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 34 | Gabon | 291.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 35 | Senegal | 261.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 36 | Venezuela | 259.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 37 | Myanmar | 250.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 38 | Comoros | 248.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 39 | Djibouti | 248.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 40 | Angola | 241.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 239.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 42 | United Republic of Tanzania | 238.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 43 | Mozambique | 225.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 215.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 45 | Rwanda | 203.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | 195.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 47 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 185.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 48 | Indonesia | 177.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 173.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 50 | Guyana | 169.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 51 | Yemen | 164.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 52 | Cambodia | 160.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 53 | Bolivia | 155.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 54 | Pakistan | 154.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 55 | Nepal | 151.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 145.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 57 | Zambia | 135.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 58 | Bhutan | 130.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 59 | South Africa | 119.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 60 | Algeria | 112.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 61 | Bahamas | 109.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 62 | Samoa | 107.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 63 | India | 103.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 98.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 65 | Guatemala | 95.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 95.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 92.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 68 | Peru | 88.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 69 | Cape Verde | 84.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 70 | Paraguay | 84.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 71 | Colombia | 83.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 72 | Jamaica | 80.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 73 | Iraq | 79.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 74 | Philippines | 78.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 75 | Suriname | 78.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 76 | Bermuda | 74.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 77 | Morocco | 72.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 78 | Namibia | 72.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 70.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 80 | Maldives | 68.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 81 | North Korea | 67.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 82 | Honduras | 65.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 83 | Belize | 65.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 85 | Mauritius | 61.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 86 | Brazil | 60.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 58.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 88 | Ecuador | 57.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 89 | Seychelles | 53.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 90 | El Salvador | 46.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 91 | Botswana | 46.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 92 | Mongolia | 45.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 93 | Mexico | 44.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 94 | Tunisia | 44.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 95 | Barbados | 44.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 96 | Vietnam | 43.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 97 | Brunei Darussalam | 42.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 98 | Jordan | 41.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 99 | Panama | 40.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 40.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 101 | Argentina | 39.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 102 | Cuba | 37.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 103 | Libya | 37.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 104 | Thailand | 37.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 36.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 106 | Dominica | 36.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 36.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 109 | Lebanon | 29.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 110 | Malaysia | 29.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 111 | Country 532 | 28.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 112 | Russian Federation | 26.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 114 | Georgia | 23.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 115 | United States of America | 23.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 19.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 117 | Moldova, Republic of | 19.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 118 | Romania | 19.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 119 | Ukraine | 19.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 120 | Uruguay | 19.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 121 | Austria | 19.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 122 | People's Republic of China | 18.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 123 | Oman | 17.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 124 | Saudi Arabia | 17.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 17.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 126 | Türkiye | 17.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 127 | Egypt | 17.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 128 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 16.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 129 | Latvia | 15.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 130 | Bahrain | 14.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 13.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 132 | Chile | 13.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 133 | Armenia | 13.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 134 | Cyprus | 12.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 135 | Montenegro | 12.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 136 | Greenland | 11.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 137 | Japan | 11.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 138 | South Korea | 11.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 139 | Hungary | 10.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 10.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 141 | Kuwait | 10.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 142 | Lithuania | 10.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 143 | Portugal | 10.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 144 | Estonia | 9.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 145 | Canada | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 146 | Faroe Islands | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 147 | France | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 148 | Monaco | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 149 | Qatar | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 150 | Serbia | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 151 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 152 | Albania | 8.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 153 | Croatia | 7.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 154 | Fiji | 7.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 7.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 156 | New Zealand | 7.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 157 | Slovenia | 7.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 7.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 159 | United Kingdom | 7.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 160 | Kiribati | 6.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 161 | Singapore | 6.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 162 | Australia | 6.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 163 | Ireland | 5.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 164 | Netherlands | 5.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 165 | Slovakia | 5.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 166 | Switzerland | 5.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 167 | Belgium | 5.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 168 | Denmark | 4.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 169 | Italy | 4.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 170 | Sweden | 4.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 171 | Czech Republic | 3.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 172 | Finland | 3.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 173 | Greece | 3.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 174 | Iceland | 3.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 175 | Israel | 3.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 176 | Spain | 3.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 177 | United Arab Emirates | 3.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 178 | Belarus | 2.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 179 | Norway | 2.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
| 180 | Poland | 2.0deaths per 100,000 live births |
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Data Source
This data comes from WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/World Bank Group/UN DESA (MMEIG) (2020).
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