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Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
116.6Deaths per 100 000 live births
Median: 46.6Deaths per 100 000 live births
Countries Covered
195
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
992.8Deaths per 100 000 live births
Lowest
Cook Islands
0.1Deaths per 100 000 live births
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria992.8Deaths per 100 000 live births
2Chad747.5Deaths per 100 000 live births
3South Sudan691.8Deaths per 100 000 live births
4Central African Republic691.7Deaths per 100 000 live births
5Liberia627.7Deaths per 100 000 live births
By Region
Africa250.1Deaths per 100 000 live births(9 countries)
Other157.6Deaths per 100 000 live births(116 countries)
Asia61.2Deaths per 100 000 live births(25 countries)
South America41.6Deaths per 100 000 live births(7 countries)
North America41.1Deaths per 100 000 live births(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.1Deaths per 100 000 live births)High (992.8Deaths per 100 000 live births)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 116.6Deaths per 100 000 live births)
Africa (9)
Other (116)
Asia (25)
South America (7)
North America (4)
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.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 992.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 2 | Chad | 747.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 3 | South Sudan | 691.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 691.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 5 | Liberia | 627.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 6 | Somalia | 562.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 520.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 8 | Benin | 518.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 505.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 10 | Guinea | 494.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 11 | Lesotho | 478.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 12 | Madagascar | 445.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 427.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 14 | Burundi | 392.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 15 | Mauritania | 381.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 16 | Kenya | 378.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 17 | Mali | 367.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 359.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 357.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 20 | Republic of The Gambia | 354.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 353.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 22 | Niger | 350.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 23 | Togo | 348.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 24 | Haiti | 327.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 25 | Eritrea | 291.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 275.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 27 | Nauru | 273.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 28 | Cameroon | 258.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 29 | Sudan | 255.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 241.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 241.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 32 | Senegal | 237.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 33 | Ghana | 234.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 34 | Gabon | 232.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 35 | Rwanda | 229.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 36 | Venezuela | 226.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 37 | Malawi | 225.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 194.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 39 | Timor-Leste | 192.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 188.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 41 | Myanmar | 184.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 42 | Angola | 183.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 43 | Comoros | 178.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 173.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 45 | Uganda | 170.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 169.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 47 | Djibouti | 161.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 48 | Botswana | 155.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 49 | Pakistan | 155.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 154.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 51 | Bolivia | 146.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 52 | Nepal | 142.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 53 | Indonesia | 140.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 54 | Namibia | 138.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 55 | Cambodia | 137.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 56 | Jamaica | 130.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 57 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 128.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 124.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 122.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 60 | Yemen | 118.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 61 | Eswatini | 117.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 62 | South Africa | 117.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 115.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 64 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 112.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 65 | Samoa | 101.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 100.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 67 | Guatemala | 93.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 68 | Palau | 89.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 69 | Zambia | 85.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 70 | Philippines | 83.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 71 | Suriname | 83.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 72 | Mozambique | 82.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 73 | India | 80.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 74 | Kiribati | 79.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 75 | Bahamas | 76.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 75.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 77 | Guyana | 74.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 79 | Morocco | 69.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 80 | Brazil | 66.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 81 | North Korea | 66.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 82 | Belize | 66.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 83 | Tonga | 66.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 84 | Iraq | 66.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 85 | Mauritius | 65.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 86 | Algeria | 62.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 60.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 88 | Libya | 59.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 89 | Colombia | 59.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 90 | Paraguay | 58.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 92 | Ecuador | 55.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 94 | Peru | 51.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 95 | Grenada | 48.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 96 | Vietnam | 47.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 97 | Honduras | 46.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 98 | Bhutan | 46.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 44.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 100 | Mexico | 42.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 102 | Seychelles | 41.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 103 | Mongolia | 40.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 40.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 105 | El Salvador | 39.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 106 | Panama | 37.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 107 | Brunei Darussalam | 36.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 108 | Tunisia | 35.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 109 | Dominica | 35.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 110 | Barbados | 34.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 111 | Cuba | 34.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 113 | Thailand | 34.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 114 | Argentina | 33.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 115 | Maldives | 31.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 116 | Jordan | 30.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 117 | Fiji | 30.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 26.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 119 | Malaysia | 26.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 24.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 122 | Georgia | 19.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 123 | Armenia | 19.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 124 | Latvia | 18.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 125 | Moldova, Republic of | 18.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 18.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 17.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 128 | Egypt | 17.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 129 | Bahrain | 16.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 130 | United States of America | 16.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 131 | People's Republic of China | 16.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 132 | State of Palestine | 16.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 133 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 15.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 134 | Uruguay | 15.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 135 | Lebanon | 15.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 136 | Ukraine | 14.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 137 | Portugal | 14.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 138 | Türkiye | 14.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 13.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 140 | Cyprus | 13.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 141 | Oman | 12.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 142 | Canada | 11.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 11.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 144 | Romania | 11.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 145 | Hungary | 11.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 11.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 147 | Serbia | 10.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 148 | Andorra | 10.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 149 | Chile | 9.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 9.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 151 | Russian Federation | 9.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 152 | Malta | 8.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 153 | United Kingdom | 8.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 154 | Finland | 7.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 155 | Kuwait | 7.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 156 | Lithuania | 7.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 157 | San Marino | 7.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 7.4Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 159 | France | 7.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 160 | New Zealand | 7.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 161 | Albania | 6.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 162 | Italy | 6.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 164 | Singapore | 6.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 165 | Austria | 6.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 166 | Montenegro | 5.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 5.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 168 | Switzerland | 5.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 169 | Monaco | 5.2Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 170 | Estonia | 5.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 171 | Greece | 4.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 4.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 173 | Slovakia | 4.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 174 | Netherlands | 4.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 175 | Sweden | 4.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 176 | Qatar | 3.9Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 177 | Belgium | 3.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 178 | Ireland | 3.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 179 | South Korea | 3.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 180 | Denmark | 3.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 181 | Germany | 3.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 182 | Slovenia | 3.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 183 | Japan | 3.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 184 | Croatia | 3.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 185 | Iceland | 3.0Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 186 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2.8Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 187 | Spain | 2.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 188 | Czech Republic | 2.7Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 2.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 190 | Israel | 2.5Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 191 | Australia | 2.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 192 | Poland | 1.6Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 193 | Norway | 1.3Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 194 | Belarus | 1.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0.1Deaths per 100 000 live births |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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