Maternal mortality - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 188 countries was 131 deaths per 100,000 births. The highest value was in the Central African Republic: 1296 deaths per 100,000 births and the lowest value was in Belarus: 2 deaths per 100,000 births. The indicator is available from 1985 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: deaths per 100,000 births; Source: UNICEF
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Countries Maternal mortality, 2020 Global rank Available data
C.A. Republic 1296 1 1985 - 2023
Nigeria 1065 2 1985 - 2023
Chad 877 3 1985 - 2023
Liberia 664 4 1985 - 2023
Somalia 655 5 1985 - 2023
Afghanistan 634 6 1985 - 2023
G.-Bissau 603 7 1985 - 2023
Benin 578 8 1985 - 2023
Lesotho 529 9 1985 - 2023
Guinea 528 10 1985 - 2023
DR Congo 489 11 1985 - 2023
Ivory Coast 447 12 1985 - 2023
Madagascar 447 13 1985 - 2023
Burundi 441 14 1985 - 2023
Sierra Leone 422 15 1985 - 2023
Mauritania 413 16 1985 - 2023
Mali 405 17 1985 - 2023
Gambia 400 18 1985 - 2023
Togo 398 19 1985 - 2023
Niger 388 20 1985 - 2023
Zimbabwe 380 21 1985 - 2023
Haiti 346 22 1985 - 2023
Burkina Faso 334 23 1985 - 2023
Eritrea 334 24 1985 - 2023
Cameroon 316 25 1985 - 2023
Sudan 273 26 1985 - 2023
Malawi 256 27 1985 - 2023
Ghana 253 28 1985 - 2023
Rwanda 252 29 1985 - 2023
Senegal 252 30 1985 - 2023
R. of Congo 247 31 1985 - 2023
Ethiopia 244 32 1985 - 2023
Bolivia 218 33 1985 - 2023
Uganda 209 34 1985 - 2023
Venezuela 207 35 1985 - 2023
Tuvalu 206 36 1985 - 2023
Burma 198 37 1985 - 2023
Comoros 198 38 1985 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 196 39 1985 - 2023
Angola 195 40 1985 - 2023
Gabon 194 41 1985 - 2023
Papua N.G. 194 42 1985 - 2023
Djibouti 192 43 1985 - 2023
Indonesia 184 44 1985 - 2023
Kenya 184 45 1985 - 2023
Pakistan 178 46 1985 - 2023
Cambodia 164 47 1985 - 2023
Tanzania 160 48 1985 - 2023
Nepal 153 49 1985 - 2023
Bangladesh 152 50 1985 - 2023
Micronesia 150 51 1985 - 2023
Namibia 143 52 1985 - 2023
Yemen 135 53 1985 - 2023
Laos 132 54 1985 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 131 55 1985 - 2023
Jamaica 126 56 1985 - 2023
Mozambique 123 57 1985 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 121 58 1985 - 2023
South Africa 118 59 1985 - 2023
Palau 117 60 1985 - 2023
Samoa 114 61 1985 - 2023
Guyana 109 62 1985 - 2023
Vanuatu 107 63 1985 - 2023
Guatemala 102 64 1985 - 2023
Swaziland 102 65 1985 - 2023
India 101 66 1985 - 2023
Zambia 99 67 1985 - 2023
Botswana 98 68 1985 - 2023
Algeria 97 69 1985 - 2023
Colombia 94 70 1985 - 2023
Suriname 94 71 1985 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 92 72 1985 - 2023
Ecuador 91 73 1985 - 2023
Kiribati 89 74 1985 - 2023
Belize 88 75 1985 - 2023
Philippines 88 76 1985 - 2023
Cyprus 87 77 1985 - 2023
Nicaragua 87 78 1985 - 2023
Brazil 85 79 1985 - 2023
Bahamas 84 80 1985 - 2023
Morocco 81 81 1985 - 2023
Peru 75 82 1985 - 2023
Panama 74 83 1985 - 2023
Tonga 74 84 1985 - 2023
Libya 71 85 1985 - 2023
Paraguay 69 86 1985 - 2023
North Korea 66 87 1985 - 2023
Iraq 63 88 1985 - 2023
Mexico 61 89 1985 - 2023
Mauritius 58 90 1985 - 2023
Honduras 57 91 1985 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 57 92 1985 - 2023
Cape Verde 56 93 1985 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 55 94 1985 - 2023
Bhutan 51 95 1985 - 2023
Grenada 51 96 1985 - 2023
Seychelles 51 97 1985 - 2023
Vietnam 51 98 1985 - 2023
Andorra 48 99 1985 - 2023
El Salvador 48 100 1985 - 2023
Maldives 48 101 1985 - 2023
Dominica 47 102 1985 - 2023
Mongolia 47 103 1985 - 2023
San Marino 46 104 1985 - 2023
Armenia 43 105 1985 - 2023
Saint Lucia 43 106 1985 - 2023
Jordan 41 107 1985 - 2023
Argentina 40 108 1985 - 2023
Tunisia 40 109 1985 - 2023
Barbados 39 110 1985 - 2023
Brunei 39 111 1985 - 2023
Thailand 36 112 1985 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 35 113 1985 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 35 114 1985 - 2023
Costa Rica 34 115 1985 - 2023
Fiji 34 116 1985 - 2023
Iran 34 117 1985 - 2023
Kuwait 33 118 1985 - 2023
Oman 32 119 1985 - 2023
Egypt 31 120 1985 - 2023
Georgia 30 121 1985 - 2023
Malaysia 29 122 1985 - 2023
Moldova 29 123 1985 - 2023
Uzbekistan 29 124 1985 - 2023
Lebanon 27 125 1985 - 2023
Tajikistan 25 126 1985 - 2023
Monaco 24 127 1985 - 2023
Sri Lanka 23 128 1985 - 2023
Syria 23 129 1985 - 2023
USA 22 130 1985 - 2023
Azerbaijan 21 131 1985 - 2023
Latvia 21 132 1985 - 2023
China 20 133 1985 - 2023
Palestine 20 134 1985 - 2023
Uruguay 20 135 1985 - 2023
Russia 19 136 1985 - 2023
Turkey 19 137 1985 - 2023
Hungary 18 138 1985 - 2023
Kazakhstan 18 139 1985 - 2023
Ukraine 18 140 1985 - 2023
Canada 17 141 1985 - 2023
Romania 16 142 1985 - 2023
Serbia 16 143 1985 - 2023
Montenegro 15 144 1985 - 2023
Portugal 14 145 1985 - 2023
UK 14 146 1985 - 2023
Singapore 13 147 1985 - 2023
Chile 12 148 1985 - 2023
Iceland 12 149 1985 - 2023
Slovenia 12 150 1985 - 2023
South Korea 12 151 1985 - 2023
Puerto Rico 11 152 1985 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 11 153 1985 - 2023
Malta 10 154 1985 - 2023
Bulgaria 9 155 1985 - 2023
Finland 9 156 1985 - 2023
France 9 157 1985 - 2023
Italy 8 158 1985 - 2023
Lithuania 8 159 1985 - 2023
New Zealand 8 160 1985 - 2023
Albania 7 161 1985 - 2023
Bahrain 7 162 1985 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 7 163 1985 - 2023
Greece 7 164 1985 - 2023
North Macedonia 7 165 1985 - 2023
Austria 6 166 1985 - 2023
Estonia 6 167 1985 - 2023
Ireland 6 168 1985 - 2023
Luxembourg 6 169 1985 - 2023
Qatar 6 170 1985 - 2023
UA Emirates 6 171 1985 - 2023
Australia 5 172 1985 - 2023
Croatia 5 173 1985 - 2023
Sweden 5 174 1985 - 2023
Switzerland 5 175 1985 - 2023
Turkmenistan 5 176 1985 - 2023
Belgium 4 177 1985 - 2023
Denmark 4 178 1985 - 2023
Germany 4 179 1985 - 2023
Japan 4 180 1985 - 2023
Netherlands 4 181 1985 - 2023
Slovakia 4 182 1985 - 2023
Spain 4 183 1985 - 2023
Czechia 3 184 1985 - 2023
Israel 3 185 1985 - 2023
Poland 3 186 1985 - 2023
Belarus 2 187 1985 - 2023
Norway 2 188 1985 - 2023


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Definition: 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).

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1. C.A. Republic
2. Nigeria
3. Chad
4. Liberia
5. Somalia
6. Afghanistan
7. G.-Bissau
8. Benin
9. Lesotho
10. Guinea
11. DR Congo
12. Ivory Coast
13. Madagascar
14. Burundi
15. Sierra Leone
16. Mauritania
17. Mali
18. Gambia
19. Togo
20. Niger
21. Zimbabwe
22. Haiti
23. Burkina Faso
24. Eritrea
25. Cameroon
26. Sudan
27. Malawi
28. Ghana
29. Rwanda
30. Senegal
31. R. of Congo
32. Ethiopia
33. Bolivia
34. Uganda
35. Venezuela
36. Tuvalu
37. Burma
38. Comoros
39. Eq. Guinea
40. Angola
41. Gabon
42. Papua N.G.
43. Djibouti
44. Indonesia
45. Kenya
46. Pakistan
47. Cambodia
48. Tanzania
49. Nepal
50. Bangladesh
51. Micronesia
52. Namibia
53. Yemen
54. Laos
55. Solomon Isl.
56. Jamaica
57. Mozambique
58. Domin. Rep.
59. South Africa
60. Palau
61. Samoa
62. Guyana
63. Vanuatu
64. Guatemala
65. Swaziland
66. India
67. Zambia
68. Botswana
69. Algeria
70. Colombia
71. Suriname
72. S.T.&Principe
73. Ecuador
74. Kiribati
75. Belize
76. Philippines
77. Cyprus
78. Nicaragua
79. Brazil
80. Bahamas
81. Morocco
82. Peru
83. Panama
84. Tonga
85. Libya
86. Paraguay
87. North Korea
88. Iraq
89. Mexico
90. Mauritius
91. Honduras
92. St. Vincent & ...
93. Cape Verde
94. Kyrgyzstan
95. Bhutan
96. Grenada
97. Seychelles
98. Vietnam
99. Andorra
100. El Salvador
101. Maldives
102. Dominica
103. Mongolia
104. San Marino
105. Armenia
106. Saint Lucia
107. Jordan
108. Argentina
109. Tunisia
110. Barbados
111. Brunei
112. Thailand
113. Ant.& Barb.
114. Tr.&Tobago
115. Costa Rica
116. Fiji
117. Iran
118. Kuwait
119. Oman
120. Egypt
121. Georgia
122. Malaysia
123. Moldova
124. Uzbekistan
125. Lebanon
126. Tajikistan
127. Monaco
128. Sri Lanka
129. Syria
130. USA
131. Azerbaijan
132. Latvia
133. China
134. Palestine
135. Uruguay
136. Russia
137. Turkey
138. Hungary
139. Kazakhstan
140. Ukraine
141. Canada
142. Romania
143. Serbia
144. Montenegro
145. Portugal
146. UK
147. Singapore
148. Chile
149. Iceland
150. Slovenia
151. South Korea
152. Puerto Rico
153. Saudi Arabia
154. Malta
155. Bulgaria
156. Finland
157. France
158. Italy
159. Lithuania
160. New Zealand
161. Albania
162. Bahrain
163. Bosnia & Herz.
164. Greece
165. North Macedonia
166. Austria
167. Estonia
168. Ireland
169. Luxembourg
170. Qatar
171. UA Emirates
172. Australia
173. Croatia
174. Sweden
175. Switzerland
176. Turkmenistan
177. Belgium
178. Denmark
179. Germany
180. Japan
181. Netherlands
182. Slovakia
183. Spain
184. Czechia
185. Israel
186. Poland
187. Belarus
188. Norway
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