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Number of maternal deaths
Compare number of maternal deaths across 195 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,275.6count
Median: 38.8count
Countries Covered
195
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
74,559.1count
Lowest
Cook Islands
0.0count
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria74,559.1count
2India18,687.5count
3Democratic Republic of the Congo18,660.5count
4Pakistan10,669.4count
5Ethiopia8,003.5count
By Region
Africa10,629.6count(9 countries)
Asia2,166.0count(25 countries)
Other810.1count(116 countries)
North America465.5count(4 countries)
South America396.7count(7 countries)
Key Findings
- •195 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite count observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
- •Nigeria has the highest published value (74559.1 count).
- •Cook Islands has the lowest published value (0.000190907 count).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0count)High (74,559.1count)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,275.6count)
Africa (9)
Asia (25)
Other (116)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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About This Statistic
Number of maternal deaths
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Number of maternal deaths
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 74,559.1count |
| 2 | India | 18,687.5count |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18,660.5count |
| 4 | Pakistan | 10,669.4count |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 8,003.5count |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 7,646.3count |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6,472.4count |
| 8 | Indonesia | 6,297.7count |
| 9 | Chad | 6,122.8count |
| 10 | Kenya | 5,681.9count |
| 11 | Madagascar | 4,459.8count |
| 12 | Somalia | 4,437.5count |
| 13 | Sudan | 4,301.1count |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 4,017.5count |
| 15 | Niger | 3,838.6count |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,578.7count |
| 17 | Mali | 3,495.0count |
| 18 | Uganda | 2,917.0count |
| 19 | Angola | 2,530.7count |
| 20 | Benin | 2,477.5count |
| 21 | Cameroon | 2,472.2count |
| 22 | Guinea | 2,409.3count |
| 23 | South Sudan | 2,271.3count |
| 24 | Ghana | 2,083.0count |
| 25 | Burundi | 1,806.5count |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 1,777.0count |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 1,761.7count |
| 28 | Brazil | 1,740.8count |
| 29 | Myanmar | 1,668.8count |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 1,652.3count |
| 31 | Yemen | 1,642.1count |
| 32 | Philippines | 1,541.4count |
| 33 | Malawi | 1,489.8count |
| 34 | People's Republic of China | 1,446.3count |
| 35 | South Africa | 1,395.3count |
| 36 | Senegal | 1,262.9count |
| 37 | Liberia | 1,067.5count |
| 38 | Mozambique | 1,036.6count |
| 39 | Togo | 1,011.0count |
| 40 | Venezuela | 967.9count |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 915.4count |
| 42 | Rwanda | 907.8count |
| 43 | Mexico | 858.0count |
| 44 | Haiti | 846.3count |
| 45 | Nepal | 815.5count |
| 46 | Iraq | 765.3count |
| 47 | Vietnam | 660.8count |
| 48 | Mauritania | 658.8count |
| 49 | United States of America | 608.3count |
| 50 | Zambia | 585.8count |
| 51 | Algeria | 566.1count |
| 52 | Cambodia | 496.8count |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 481.7count |
| 54 | Republic of the Congo | 456.5count |
| 55 | Morocco | 439.4count |
| 56 | Colombia | 418.6count |
| 57 | Egypt | 407.8count |
| 58 | Bolivia | 380.8count |
| 59 | Guatemala | 353.5count |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 326.9count |
| 61 | Republic of The Gambia | 290.9count |
| 62 | Eritrea | 288.6count |
| 63 | Peru | 277.6count |
| 64 | Lesotho | 266.4count |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 252.9count |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 249.7count |
| 67 | North Korea | 228.8count |
| 68 | Thailand | 203.7count |
| 69 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 185.9count |
| 70 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 182.9count |
| 71 | Argentina | 167.4count |
| 72 | Gabon | 159.9count |
| 73 | Türkiye | 156.8count |
| 74 | Ecuador | 149.7count |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 122.0count |
| 76 | Malaysia | 115.0count |
| 77 | Honduras | 109.3count |
| 78 | Namibia | 106.5count |
| 79 | Syrian Arab Republic | 106.3count |
| 80 | Botswana | 95.1count |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 95.0count |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 79.8count |
| 83 | Paraguay | 79.7count |
| 84 | Libya | 74.0count |
| 85 | Jordan | 72.6count |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 63.2count |
| 87 | Tunisia | 59.9count |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 59.4count |
| 89 | Timor-Leste | 58.8count |
| 90 | United Kingdom | 57.2count |
| 91 | France | 46.7count |
| 92 | Comoros | 43.6count |
| 93 | Jamaica | 43.0count |
| 94 | Canada | 42.0count |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 40.2count |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 39.2count |
| 97 | El Salvador | 38.9count |
| 98 | Djibouti | 38.8count |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 37.6count |
| 100 | Eswatini | 34.9count |
| 101 | Cuba | 33.4count |
| 102 | Ukraine | 31.7count |
| 103 | Panama | 26.4count |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 26.4count |
| 105 | Mongolia | 26.3count |
| 106 | Germany | 26.0count |
| 107 | Italy | 24.9count |
| 108 | State of Palestine | 23.6count |
| 109 | Japan | 23.1count |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 22.4count |
| 111 | Romania | 21.4count |
| 112 | Chile | 17.4count |
| 113 | Lebanon | 14.0count |
| 114 | Portugal | 12.9count |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 12.5count |
| 116 | Guyana | 12.5count |
| 117 | Oman | 10.7count |
| 118 | Hungary | 9.9count |
| 119 | Spain | 9.2count |
| 120 | Suriname | 9.1count |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 9.0count |
| 122 | South Korea | 9.0count |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.7count |
| 124 | Georgia | 8.6count |
| 125 | Mauritius | 7.8count |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 7.2count |
| 127 | Netherlands | 7.2count |
| 128 | Australia | 7.1count |
| 129 | Armenia | 6.8count |
| 130 | Serbia | 6.4count |
| 131 | Moldova, Republic of | 6.2count |
| 132 | Samoa | 5.6count |
| 133 | Uruguay | 5.1count |
| 134 | Fiji | 5.0count |
| 135 | Poland | 5.0count |
| 136 | Belize | 4.9count |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.9count |
| 138 | Austria | 4.7count |
| 139 | Bhutan | 4.6count |
| 140 | Switzerland | 4.6count |
| 141 | Israel | 4.3count |
| 142 | New Zealand | 4.2count |
| 143 | Sweden | 3.9count |
| 144 | Belgium | 3.9count |
| 145 | Kuwait | 3.8count |
| 146 | Greece | 3.5count |
| 147 | Bulgaria | 3.5count |
| 148 | Finland | 3.4count |
| 149 | Bahamas | 3.3count |
| 150 | Bahrain | 3.3count |
| 151 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.2count |
| 152 | Singapore | 2.9count |
| 153 | Kiribati | 2.7count |
| 154 | Latvia | 2.7count |
| 155 | United Arab Emirates | 2.6count |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 2.6count |
| 157 | Czech Republic | 2.5count |
| 158 | Slovakia | 2.3count |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.3count |
| 160 | Denmark | 2.1count |
| 161 | Puerto Rico | 2.1count |
| 162 | Ireland | 2.0count |
| 163 | Cyprus | 2.0count |
| 164 | Albania | 2.0count |
| 165 | Maldives | 1.8count |
| 166 | Lithuania | 1.6count |
| 167 | Tonga | 1.6count |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5count |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 1.3count |
| 170 | Qatar | 1.2count |
| 171 | Barbados | 1.1count |
| 172 | Croatia | 1.0count |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0.9count |
| 174 | Nauru | 0.8count |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 0.8count |
| 176 | Seychelles | 0.7count |
| 177 | Belarus | 0.7count |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7count |
| 179 | Norway | 0.7count |
| 180 | Grenada | 0.7count |
| 181 | Slovenia | 0.6count |
| 182 | Estonia | 0.5count |
| 183 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.5count |
| 184 | Montenegro | 0.4count |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.4count |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 0.4count |
| 187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4count |
| 188 | Malta | 0.4count |
| 189 | Dominica | 0.3count |
| 190 | Palau | 0.2count |
| 191 | Iceland | 0.1count |
| 192 | Andorra | 0.1count |
| 193 | Monaco | 0.0count |
| 194 | San Marino | 0.0count |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0.0count |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2023).
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