social2023

Maternal deaths

Name: Maternal deaths
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, maternal, deaths

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•204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.5%

Median: 0.2%

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

Liberia

4.5%

Lowest

Germany

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Liberia4.5%

2Chad3.4%

3Central African Republic3.2%

4Democratic Republic of the Congo2.9%

5Cameroon2.7%

By Region

Africa0.9%(9 countries)

Other0.8%(124 countries)

North America0.3%(4 countries)

Asia0.2%(26 countries)

South America0.1%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (4.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5%)

Africa (9)

Other (124)

North America (4)

Asia (26)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

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	Liberia	4.5%
2	Chad	3.4%
3	Central African Republic	3.2%
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.9%
5	Cameroon	2.7%
6	Eritrea	2.7%
7	Guinea	2.7%
8	Sierra Leone	2.6%
9	Somalia	2.4%
10	Niger	2.4%
11	Haiti	2.3%
12	Mauritania	2.3%
13	Mali	2.0%
14	Gabon	2.0%
15	Republic of the Congo	1.9%
16	Republic of The Gambia	1.9%
17	Timor-Leste	1.9%
18	Cote d'Ivoire	1.9%
19	Nigeria	1.8%
20	Zimbabwe	1.8%
21	Benin	1.8%
22	Burundi	1.8%
23	Madagascar	1.7%
24	Togo	1.7%
25	Guinea-Bissau	1.6%
26	Senegal	1.6%
27	Equatorial Guinea	1.5%
28	Uganda	1.5%
29	Ethiopia	1.5%
30	Angola	1.5%
31	Malawi	1.5%
32	Nauru	1.4%
33	Djibouti	1.4%
34	Papua New Guinea	1.4%
35	South Sudan	1.3%
36	Solomon Islands	1.2%
37	Kenya	1.2%
38	Sudan	1.2%
39	Kiribati	1.2%
40	Rwanda	1.1%
41	Burkina Faso	1.1%
42	Eswatini	1.1%
43	Bolivia	1.0%
44	Ghana	1.0%
45	Zambia	1.0%
46	Guatemala	1.0%
47	Lesotho	1.0%
48	Mozambique	0.8%
49	United Republic of Tanzania	0.8%
50	Namibia	0.8%
51	Afghanistan	0.8%
52	Pakistan	0.8%
53	Bangladesh	0.7%
54	Bhutan	0.6%
55	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.6%
56	Yemen	0.6%
57	Sao Tome and Principe	0.5%
58	Northern Mariana Islands	0.5%
59	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.5%
60	Marshall Islands	0.5%
61	Indonesia	0.5%
62	Myanmar	0.5%
63	Tuvalu	0.4%
64	Honduras	0.4%
65	Venezuela	0.4%
66	Algeria	0.4%
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.4%
68	Peru	0.4%
69	Comoros	0.4%
70	South Africa	0.4%
71	Tonga	0.4%
72	Guyana	0.3%
73	Suriname	0.3%
74	Libya	0.3%
75	Philippines	0.3%
76	Belize	0.3%
77	Guam	0.3%
78	Palau	0.3%
79	Vanuatu	0.3%
80	Fiji	0.3%
81	Dominican Republic	0.3%
82	Paraguay	0.3%
83	American Samoa	0.3%
84	India	0.3%
85	Nepal	0.2%
86	Panama	0.2%
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2%
88	Antigua and Barbuda	0.2%
89	Vietnam	0.2%
90	Grenada	0.2%
91	Bahamas	0.2%
92	Samoa	0.2%
93	Ecuador	0.2%
94	Maldives	0.2%
95	Morocco	0.2%
96	El Salvador	0.2%
97	Cape Verde	0.2%
98	Oman	0.2%
99	Tokelau	0.2%
100	Iraq	0.2%
101	Nicaragua	0.2%
102	Jordan	0.2%
103	Niue	0.2%
104	Jamaica	0.1%
105	Colombia	0.1%
106	Saudi Arabia	0.1%
107	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.1%
108	Seychelles	0.1%
109	Bahrain	0.1%
110	Egypt	0.1%
111	Saint Lucia	0.1%
112	Dominica	0.1%
113	Mongolia	0.1%
114	Lebanon	0.1%
115	Brazil	0.1%
116	Botswana	0.1%
117	Tunisia	0.1%
118	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
119	Malaysia	0.1%
120	Argentina	0.1%
121	Kyrgyzstan	0.1%
122	Brunei Darussalam	0.1%
123	Mexico	0.1%
124	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1%
125	Tajikistan	0.1%
126	Cambodia	0.1%
127	Uzbekistan	0.1%
128	United Arab Emirates	0.1%
129	Qatar	0.1%
130	Cuba	0.1%
131	Kuwait	0.1%
132	North Korea	0.1%
133	Mauritius	0.1%
134	Barbados	0.1%
135	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.1%
136	Costa Rica	0.1%
137	Thailand	0.1%
138	Turkmenistan	0.1%
139	Chile	0.1%
140	Türkiye	0.0%
141	Kazakhstan	0.0%
142	United States of America	0.0%
143	Uruguay	0.0%
144	Azerbaijan	0.0%
145	Bermuda	0.0%
146	State of Palestine	0.0%
147	Puerto Rico	0.0%
148	Sri Lanka	0.0%
149	Greenland	0.0%
150	Georgia	0.0%
151	Armenia	0.0%
152	New Zealand	0.0%
153	Canada	0.0%
154	Israel	0.0%
155	Cook Islands	0.0%
156	Russian Federation	0.0%
157	Malta	0.0%
158	People's Republic of China	0.0%
159	Romania	0.0%
160	Moldova, Republic of	0.0%
161	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0%
162	Montenegro	0.0%
163	Singapore	0.0%
164	Albania	0.0%
165	Latvia	0.0%
166	Serbia	0.0%
167	Cyprus	0.0%
168	South Korea	0.0%
169	Iceland	0.0%
170	France	0.0%
171	Taiwan, Province of China	0.0%
172	Portugal	0.0%
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0%
174	United Kingdom	0.0%
175	Ukraine	0.0%
176	Ireland	0.0%
177	Slovakia	0.0%
178	Monaco	0.0%
179	San Marino	0.0%
180	Australia	0.0%
181	Hungary	0.0%
182	Estonia	0.0%
183	Bulgaria	0.0%
184	Japan	0.0%
185	Andorra	0.0%
186	Spain	0.0%
187	Finland	0.0%
188	Luxembourg	0.0%
189	Belarus	0.0%
190	Greece	0.0%
191	Netherlands	0.0%
192	Czech Republic	0.0%
193	Norway	0.0%
194	Croatia	0.0%
195	Sweden	0.0%
196	Switzerland	0.0%
197	Lithuania	0.0%
198	Poland	0.0%
199	Austria	0.0%
200	Denmark	0.0%
201	Italy	0.0%
202	Belgium	0.0%
203	Slovenia	0.0%
204	Germany	0.0%

Showing 204 of 204 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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