Maternal mortality - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 188 countries was 112 deaths per 100,000 births. The highest value was in Nigeria: 993 deaths per 100,000 births and the lowest value was in Belarus: 1 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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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Maternal mortality, 2023 Global rank Available data
Nigeria 993 1 1985 - 2023
Chad 748 2 1985 - 2023
C.A. Republic 692 3 1985 - 2023
Liberia 628 4 1985 - 2023
Somalia 563 5 1985 - 2023
Afghanistan 521 6 1985 - 2023
Benin 518 7 1985 - 2023
G.-Bissau 505 8 1985 - 2023
Guinea 494 9 1985 - 2023
Lesotho 478 10 1985 - 2023
Madagascar 445 11 1985 - 2023
DR Congo 427 12 1985 - 2023
Burundi 392 13 1985 - 2023
Mauritania 381 14 1985 - 2023
Mali 367 15 1985 - 2023
Ivory Coast 359 16 1985 - 2023
Zimbabwe 358 17 1985 - 2023
Gambia 354 18 1985 - 2023
Sierra Leone 354 19 1985 - 2023
Niger 350 20 1985 - 2023
Togo 349 21 1985 - 2023
Haiti 328 22 1985 - 2023
Eritrea 291 23 1985 - 2023
Tanzania 276 24 1985 - 2023
Cameroon 258 25 1985 - 2023
Sudan 256 26 1985 - 2023
Burkina Faso 242 27 1985 - 2023
R. of Congo 241 28 1985 - 2023
Senegal 237 29 1985 - 2023
Ghana 234 30 1985 - 2023
Gabon 233 31 1985 - 2023
Rwanda 229 32 1985 - 2023
Venezuela 227 33 1985 - 2023
Malawi 225 34 1985 - 2023
Ethiopia 195 35 1985 - 2023
Papua N.G. 189 36 1985 - 2023
Burma 185 37 1985 - 2023
Angola 183 38 1985 - 2023
Comoros 179 39 1985 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 174 40 1985 - 2023
Tuvalu 170 41 1985 - 2023
Uganda 170 42 1985 - 2023
Djibouti 162 43 1985 - 2023
Botswana 155 44 1985 - 2023
Pakistan 155 45 1985 - 2023
Kenya 149 46 1985 - 2023
Bolivia 146 47 1985 - 2023
Nepal 142 48 1985 - 2023
Indonesia 140 49 1985 - 2023
Namibia 139 50 1985 - 2023
Cambodia 137 51 1985 - 2023
Jamaica 130 52 1985 - 2023
Micronesia 129 53 1985 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 124 54 1985 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 123 55 1985 - 2023
South Africa 118 56 1985 - 2023
Swaziland 118 57 1985 - 2023
Yemen 118 58 1985 - 2023
Bangladesh 115 59 1985 - 2023
Laos 112 60 1985 - 2023
Samoa 101 61 1985 - 2023
Vanuatu 100 62 1985 - 2023
Mozambique 99 63 1985 - 2023
Guatemala 94 64 1985 - 2023
Palau 89 65 1985 - 2023
Zambia 85 66 1985 - 2023
Philippines 84 67 1985 - 2023
Suriname 84 68 1985 - 2023
India 80 69 1985 - 2023
Kiribati 80 70 1985 - 2023
Bahamas 76 71 1985 - 2023
Guyana 75 72 1985 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 75 73 1985 - 2023
Morocco 70 74 1985 - 2023
Belize 67 75 1985 - 2023
Brazil 67 76 1985 - 2023
North Korea 67 77 1985 - 2023
Tonga 67 78 1985 - 2023
Iraq 66 79 1985 - 2023
Mauritius 66 80 1985 - 2023
Algeria 62 81 1985 - 2023
Nicaragua 60 82 1985 - 2023
Colombia 59 83 1985 - 2023
Libya 59 84 1985 - 2023
Paraguay 58 85 1985 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 56 86 1985 - 2023
Ecuador 55 87 1985 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 54 88 1985 - 2023
Peru 51 89 1985 - 2023
Grenada 48 90 1985 - 2023
Vietnam 48 91 1985 - 2023
Bhutan 47 92 1985 - 2023
Honduras 47 93 1985 - 2023
Saint Lucia 44 94 1985 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 42 95 1985 - 2023
Mexico 42 96 1985 - 2023
Seychelles 42 97 1985 - 2023
Mongolia 41 98 1985 - 2023
Cape Verde 40 99 1985 - 2023
El Salvador 39 100 1985 - 2023
Panama 37 101 1985 - 2023
Brunei 36 102 1985 - 2023
Dominica 36 103 1985 - 2023
Tunisia 36 104 1985 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 35 105 1985 - 2023
Barbados 35 106 1985 - 2023
Thailand 34 107 1985 - 2023
Argentina 33 108 1985 - 2023
Maldives 32 109 1985 - 2023
Jordan 31 110 1985 - 2023
Fiji 30 111 1985 - 2023
Malaysia 26 112 1985 - 2023
Uzbekistan 26 113 1985 - 2023
Costa Rica 24 114 1985 - 2023
Georgia 20 115 1985 - 2023
Syria 20 116 1985 - 2023
Armenia 19 117 1985 - 2023
Latvia 19 118 1985 - 2023
Moldova 19 119 1985 - 2023
Azerbaijan 18 120 1985 - 2023
Sri Lanka 18 121 1985 - 2023
Bahrain 17 122 1985 - 2023
Egypt 17 123 1985 - 2023
USA 17 124 1985 - 2023
China 16 125 1985 - 2023
Iran 16 126 1985 - 2023
Palestine 16 127 1985 - 2023
Lebanon 15 128 1985 - 2023
Portugal 15 129 1985 - 2023
Turkey 15 130 1985 - 2023
Ukraine 15 131 1985 - 2023
Uruguay 15 132 1985 - 2023
Cyprus 14 133 1985 - 2023
Tajikistan 14 134 1985 - 2023
Oman 13 135 1985 - 2023
Canada 12 136 1985 - 2023
Hungary 12 137 1985 - 2023
Romania 12 138 1985 - 2023
Andorra 11 139 1985 - 2023
Luxembourg 11 140 1985 - 2023
Puerto Rico 11 141 1985 - 2023
Serbia 11 142 1985 - 2023
Chile 10 143 1985 - 2023
Kazakhstan 10 144 1985 - 2023
Russia 9 145 1985 - 2023
Finland 8 146 1985 - 2023
Kuwait 8 147 1985 - 2023
Lithuania 8 148 1985 - 2023
Malta 8 149 1985 - 2023
San Marino 8 150 1985 - 2023
UK 8 151 1985 - 2023
Albania 7 152 1985 - 2023
France 7 153 1985 - 2023
New Zealand 7 154 1985 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 7 155 1985 - 2023
Austria 6 156 1985 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 6 157 1985 - 2023
Bulgaria 6 158 1985 - 2023
Italy 6 159 1985 - 2023
Montenegro 6 160 1985 - 2023
Singapore 6 161 1985 - 2023
Estonia 5 162 1985 - 2023
Greece 5 163 1985 - 2023
Monaco 5 164 1985 - 2023
Switzerland 5 165 1985 - 2023
Turkmenistan 5 166 1985 - 2023
Belgium 4 167 1985 - 2023
Denmark 4 168 1985 - 2023
Germany 4 169 1985 - 2023
Ireland 4 170 1985 - 2023
Netherlands 4 171 1985 - 2023
Qatar 4 172 1985 - 2023
Slovakia 4 173 1985 - 2023
South Korea 4 174 1985 - 2023
Sweden 4 175 1985 - 2023
Croatia 3 176 1985 - 2023
Czechia 3 177 1985 - 2023
Iceland 3 178 1985 - 2023
Japan 3 179 1985 - 2023
North Macedonia 3 180 1985 - 2023
Slovenia 3 181 1985 - 2023
Spain 3 182 1985 - 2023
UA Emirates 3 183 1985 - 2023
Australia 2 184 1985 - 2023
Israel 2 185 1985 - 2023
Poland 2 186 1985 - 2023
Belarus 1 187 1985 - 2023
Norway 1 188 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. Nigeria
2. Chad
3. C.A. Republic
4. Liberia
5. Somalia
6. Afghanistan
7. Benin
8. G.-Bissau
9. Guinea
10. Lesotho
11. Madagascar
12. DR Congo
13. Burundi
14. Mauritania
15. Mali
16. Ivory Coast
17. Zimbabwe
18. Gambia
19. Sierra Leone
20. Niger
21. Togo
22. Haiti
23. Eritrea
24. Tanzania
25. Cameroon
26. Sudan
27. Burkina Faso
28. R. of Congo
29. Senegal
30. Ghana
31. Gabon
32. Rwanda
33. Venezuela
34. Malawi
35. Ethiopia
36. Papua N.G.
37. Burma
38. Angola
39. Comoros
40. Eq. Guinea
41. Tuvalu
42. Uganda
43. Djibouti
44. Botswana
45. Pakistan
46. Kenya
47. Bolivia
48. Nepal
49. Indonesia
50. Namibia
51. Cambodia
52. Jamaica
53. Micronesia
54. Domin. Rep.
55. Solomon Isl.
56. South Africa
57. Swaziland
58. Yemen
59. Bangladesh
60. Laos
61. Samoa
62. Vanuatu
63. Mozambique
64. Guatemala
65. Palau
66. Zambia
67. Philippines
68. Suriname
69. India
70. Kiribati
71. Bahamas
72. Guyana
73. S.T.&Principe
74. Morocco
75. Belize
76. Brazil
77. North Korea
78. Tonga
79. Iraq
80. Mauritius
81. Algeria
82. Nicaragua
83. Colombia
84. Libya
85. Paraguay
86. St. Vincent & ...
87. Ecuador
88. Tr.&Tobago
89. Peru
90. Grenada
91. Vietnam
92. Bhutan
93. Honduras
94. Saint Lucia
95. Kyrgyzstan
96. Mexico
97. Seychelles
98. Mongolia
99. Cape Verde
100. El Salvador
101. Panama
102. Brunei
103. Dominica
104. Tunisia
105. Ant.& Barb.
106. Barbados
107. Thailand
108. Argentina
109. Maldives
110. Jordan
111. Fiji
112. Malaysia
113. Uzbekistan
114. Costa Rica
115. Georgia
116. Syria
117. Armenia
118. Latvia
119. Moldova
120. Azerbaijan
121. Sri Lanka
122. Bahrain
123. Egypt
124. USA
125. China
126. Iran
127. Palestine
128. Lebanon
129. Portugal
130. Turkey
131. Ukraine
132. Uruguay
133. Cyprus
134. Tajikistan
135. Oman
136. Canada
137. Hungary
138. Romania
139. Andorra
140. Luxembourg
141. Puerto Rico
142. Serbia
143. Chile
144. Kazakhstan
145. Russia
146. Finland
147. Kuwait
148. Lithuania
149. Malta
150. San Marino
151. UK
152. Albania
153. France
154. New Zealand
155. Saudi Arabia
156. Austria
157. Bosnia & Herz.
158. Bulgaria
159. Italy
160. Montenegro
161. Singapore
162. Estonia
163. Greece
164. Monaco
165. Switzerland
166. Turkmenistan
167. Belgium
168. Denmark
169. Germany
170. Ireland
171. Netherlands
172. Qatar
173. Slovakia
174. South Korea
175. Sweden
176. Croatia
177. Czechia
178. Iceland
179. Japan
180. North Macedonia
181. Slovenia
182. Spain
183. UA Emirates
184. Australia
185. Israel
186. Poland
187. Belarus
188. Norway
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