Countries ranked by Maternal mortality ratio
How many mothers die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births. Lower is safer.
#1 Nigeria (993 per 100,000 births), #2 Chad (748 per 100,000 births), #3 Central African Republic (692 per 100,000 births), and other countries tied at #3. Several countries are tied for last place, including Norway (1 per 100,000 births).
How to read this number
The number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy, per 100,000 live births.
Many countries lack complete death records, so these are modeled estimates that use information such as births attended by skilled staff, fertility and GDP. Treat small differences between countries as approximate.
- Countries listed: 192 (of 193)
- Data year: 2023
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| Rank | Country | Maternal mortality ratio | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nigeria |
993 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 2 |  Chad |
748 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 3= |  Central African Republic |
692 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 3= |  South Sudan |
692 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 5 |  Liberia |
628 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 6 |  Somalia |
563 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 7 |  Afghanistan |
521 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 8 |  Benin |
518 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 9 |  Guinea-Bissau |
505 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 10 |  Guinea |
494 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 11 |  Lesotho |
478 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 12 |  Madagascar |
445 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 13 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
427 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 14 |  Burundi |
392 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 15 |  Mauritania |
381 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 16 |  Mali |
367 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 17 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
359 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 18 |  Zimbabwe |
358 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 19= |  Gambia |
354 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 19= |  Sierra Leone |
354 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 21 |  Niger |
350 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 22 |  Togo |
349 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 23 |  Haiti |
328 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 24 |  Eritrea |
291 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 25 |  Tanzania |
276 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 26 |  Nauru |
273 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 27 |  Cameroon |
258 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 28 |  Sudan |
256 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 29 |  Burkina Faso |
242 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 30 |  Republic of the Congo |
241 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 31 |  Senegal |
237 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 32 |  Ghana |
234 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 33 |  Gabon |
233 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 34 |  Rwanda |
229 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 35 |  Venezuela |
227 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 36 |  Malawi |
225 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 37 |  Ethiopia |
195 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 38 |  Timor-Leste |
192 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 39 |  Papua New Guinea |
189 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 40 |  Myanmar |
185 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 41 |  Angola |
183 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 42 |  Comoros |
179 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 43 |  Equatorial Guinea |
174 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 44= |  Tuvalu |
170 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 44= |  Uganda |
170 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 46 |  Djibouti |
162 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 47= |  Botswana |
155 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 47= |  Marshall Islands |
155 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 47= |  Pakistan |
155 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 50 |  Kenya |
149 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 51 |  Bolivia |
146 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 52 |  Nepal |
142 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 53 |  Indonesia |
140 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 54 |  Namibia |
139 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 55 |  Cambodia |
137 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 56 |  Jamaica |
130 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 57 |  Micronesia |
129 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 58 |  Dominican Republic |
124 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 59 |  Solomon Islands |
123 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 60= |  Eswatini |
118 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 60= |  Yemen |
118 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 60= |  South Africa |
118 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 63 |  Bangladesh |
115 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 64 |  Laos |
112 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 65 |  Samoa |
101 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 66 |  Vanuatu |
100 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 67 |  Mozambique |
99 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 68 |  Guatemala |
94 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 69 |  Palau |
89 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 70 |  Zambia |
85 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 71= |  Philippines |
84 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 71= |  Suriname |
84 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 73= |  India |
80 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 73= |  Kiribati |
80 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 75 |  Bahamas |
76 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 76= |  Guyana |
75 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 76= |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
75 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 78 |  St. Kitts & Nevis |
74 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 79 |  Morocco |
70 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 80= |  Brazil |
67 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 80= |  Belize |
67 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 80= |  North Korea |
67 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 80= |  Tonga |
67 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 84= |  Iraq |
66 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 84= |  Mauritius |
66 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 86 |  Algeria |
62 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 87 |  Nicaragua |
60 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 88= |  Colombia |
59 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 88= |  Libya |
59 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 90 |  Paraguay |
58 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 91 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines |
56 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 92 |  Ecuador |
55 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 93 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
54 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 94 |  Peru |
51 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 95= |  Grenada |
48 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 95= |  Vietnam |
48 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 97= |  Bhutan |
47 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 97= |  Honduras |
47 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 99 |  St. Lucia |
44 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 100= |  Kyrgyzstan |
42 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 100= |  Mexico |
42 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 100= |  Seychelles |
42 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 103 |  Mongolia |
41 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 104 |  Cape Verde |
40 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 105 |  El Salvador |
39 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 106 |  Panama |
37 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 107= |  Brunei |
36 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 107= |  Dominica |
36 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 107= |  Tunisia |
36 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 110= |  Antigua & Barbuda |
35 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 110= |  Barbados |
35 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 110= |  Cuba |
35 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 113 |  Thailand |
34 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 114 |  Argentina |
33 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 115 |  Maldives |
32 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 116 |  Jordan |
31 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 117 |  Fiji |
30 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 118= |  Malaysia |
26 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 118= |  Uzbekistan |
26 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 120 |  Costa Rica |
24 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 121= |  Georgia |
20 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 121= |  Syria |
20 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 123= |  Armenia |
19 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 123= |  Latvia |
19 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 123= |  Moldova |
19 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 126= |  Azerbaijan |
18 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 126= |  Sri Lanka |
18 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 128= |  Bahrain |
17 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 128= |  Egypt |
17 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 128= |  United States |
17 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 131= |  China |
16 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 131= |  Iran |
16 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 133= |  Lebanon |
15 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 133= |  Portugal |
15 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 133= |  Türkiye |
15 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 133= |  Ukraine |
15 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 133= |  Uruguay |
15 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 138= |  Cyprus |
14 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 138= |  Tajikistan |
14 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 140 |  Oman |
13 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 141= |  Canada |
12 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 141= |  Hungary |
12 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 141= |  Romania |
12 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 144= |  Andorra |
11 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 144= |  Luxembourg |
11 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 144= |  Serbia |
11 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 147= |  Chile |
10 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 147= |  Kazakhstan |
10 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 149 |  Russia |
9 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 150= |  Finland |
8 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 150= |  United Kingdom |
8 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 150= |  Kuwait |
8 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 150= |  Lithuania |
8 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 150= |  Malta |
8 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 150= |  San Marino |
8 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 156= |  Albania |
7 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 156= |  France |
7 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 156= |  New Zealand |
7 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 156= |  Saudi Arabia |
7 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 160= |  Austria |
6 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 160= |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
6 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 160= |  Bulgaria |
6 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 160= |  Italy |
6 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 160= |  Montenegro |
6 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 160= |  Singapore |
6 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 166= |  Switzerland |
5 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 166= |  Estonia |
5 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 166= |  Greece |
5 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 166= |  Monaco |
5 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 166= |  Turkmenistan |
5 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Belgium |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Germany |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Denmark |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Ireland |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  South Korea |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Netherlands |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Qatar |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Sweden |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 171= |  Slovakia |
4 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  United Arab Emirates |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  Czechia |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  Spain |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  Croatia |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  Iceland |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  Japan |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  North Macedonia |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 180= |  Slovenia |
3 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 188= |  Australia |
2 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 188= |  Israel |
2 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 188= |  Poland |
2 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 191= |  Belarus |
1 per 100,000 births | 2023 | |
| 191= |  Norway |
1 per 100,000 births | 2023 |
No matching countries.
Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.
Data is available for 192 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.
Source: Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births), indicator SH.STA.MMRT. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org
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