Maternal mortality ratio over time (2000–2023)

Follow maternal mortality ratio for the world’s countries, year by year, from 2000 to 2023.

• The country ranked first changed over time: South Sudan in 2000–2002, Central African Republic in 2003–2007, Chad in 2008, Lesotho in 2009–2010, Chad in 2011–2013, South Sudan in 2014–2017, Nigeria in 2018, Central African Republic in 2019–2021, Nigeria in 2022–2023.
• Japan’s maternal mortality ratio went from 9 per 100,000 births in 2000 to 3 per 100,000 births in 2023 (down about 67%).
• Japan ranked #169 of 192 countries in 2000 and #180 of 192 in 2023. Countries with the same value share the same rank.

Japan and the leading countries

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2023

Country	2000	2010	2020	2023
Nigeria	1,136 per 100,000 births	1,094 per 100,000 births	1,065 per 100,000 births	993 per 100,000 births
Chad	1,208 per 100,000 births	1,284 per 100,000 births	877 per 100,000 births	748 per 100,000 births
Central African Republic	1,490 per 100,000 births	1,230 per 100,000 births	1,296 per 100,000 births	692 per 100,000 births
South Sudan	1,658 per 100,000 births	776 per 100,000 births	729 per 100,000 births	692 per 100,000 births
Liberia	786 per 100,000 births	712 per 100,000 births	664 per 100,000 births	628 per 100,000 births
Japan	9 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Countries with data	192	192	192	192

Biggest changes, 2000–2023

Compared among the countries that have data in both 2000 and 2023. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases

Country	2000	2023	Change	Rank
Venezuela	86 per 100,000 births	227 per 100,000 births	about 2.6×	#89 → #35
Portugal	9 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births	up about 67%	#169 → #133
Dominican Republic	76 per 100,000 births	124 per 100,000 births	up about 63%	#95 → #58
Jamaica	82 per 100,000 births	130 per 100,000 births	up about 59%	#92 → #56
Mauritius	43 per 100,000 births	66 per 100,000 births	up about 53%	#123 → #84

Biggest decreases

Country	2000	2023	Change	Rank
Belarus	20 per 100,000 births	1 per 100,000 births	down about 95%	#143 → #191
Bhutan	324 per 100,000 births	47 per 100,000 births	down about 85%	#52 → #97
Kazakhstan	58 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	down about 83%	#104 → #147
Russia	51 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	down about 82%	#111 → #149
Mozambique	547 per 100,000 births	99 per 100,000 births	down about 82%	#28 → #67

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2023

Country	2000	2010	2020	2023
Nigeria	1,136 per 100,000 births	1,094 per 100,000 births	1,065 per 100,000 births	993 per 100,000 births
Chad	1,208 per 100,000 births	1,284 per 100,000 births	877 per 100,000 births	748 per 100,000 births
Central African Republic	1,490 per 100,000 births	1,230 per 100,000 births	1,296 per 100,000 births	692 per 100,000 births
South Sudan	1,658 per 100,000 births	776 per 100,000 births	729 per 100,000 births	692 per 100,000 births
Liberia	786 per 100,000 births	712 per 100,000 births	664 per 100,000 births	628 per 100,000 births
Somalia	1,150 per 100,000 births	1,062 per 100,000 births	655 per 100,000 births	563 per 100,000 births
Afghanistan	1,372 per 100,000 births	893 per 100,000 births	634 per 100,000 births	521 per 100,000 births
Benin	529 per 100,000 births	607 per 100,000 births	578 per 100,000 births	518 per 100,000 births
Guinea-Bissau	1,295 per 100,000 births	698 per 100,000 births	603 per 100,000 births	505 per 100,000 births
Guinea	951 per 100,000 births	750 per 100,000 births	528 per 100,000 births	494 per 100,000 births
Lesotho	413 per 100,000 births	1,311 per 100,000 births	529 per 100,000 births	478 per 100,000 births
Madagascar	638 per 100,000 births	500 per 100,000 births	447 per 100,000 births	445 per 100,000 births
Democratic Republic of the Congo	585 per 100,000 births	601 per 100,000 births	489 per 100,000 births	427 per 100,000 births
Burundi	860 per 100,000 births	614 per 100,000 births	441 per 100,000 births	392 per 100,000 births
Mauritania	644 per 100,000 births	499 per 100,000 births	413 per 100,000 births	381 per 100,000 births
Mali	741 per 100,000 births	558 per 100,000 births	405 per 100,000 births	367 per 100,000 births
Côte d’Ivoire	378 per 100,000 births	592 per 100,000 births	447 per 100,000 births	359 per 100,000 births
Zimbabwe	405 per 100,000 births	567 per 100,000 births	380 per 100,000 births	358 per 100,000 births
Gambia	810 per 100,000 births	632 per 100,000 births	400 per 100,000 births	354 per 100,000 births
Sierra Leone	1,603 per 100,000 births	1,018 per 100,000 births	422 per 100,000 births	354 per 100,000 births
Niger	845 per 100,000 births	621 per 100,000 births	388 per 100,000 births	350 per 100,000 births
Togo	496 per 100,000 births	497 per 100,000 births	398 per 100,000 births	349 per 100,000 births
Haiti	440 per 100,000 births	398 per 100,000 births	346 per 100,000 births	328 per 100,000 births
Eritrea	741 per 100,000 births	498 per 100,000 births	334 per 100,000 births	291 per 100,000 births
Tanzania	568 per 100,000 births	486 per 100,000 births	160 per 100,000 births	276 per 100,000 births
Nauru	278 per 100,000 births	297 per 100,000 births	309 per 100,000 births	273 per 100,000 births
Cameroon	678 per 100,000 births	562 per 100,000 births	316 per 100,000 births	258 per 100,000 births
Sudan	645 per 100,000 births	370 per 100,000 births	273 per 100,000 births	256 per 100,000 births
Burkina Faso	524 per 100,000 births	404 per 100,000 births	334 per 100,000 births	242 per 100,000 births
Republic of the Congo	509 per 100,000 births	382 per 100,000 births	247 per 100,000 births	241 per 100,000 births
Senegal	581 per 100,000 births	436 per 100,000 births	252 per 100,000 births	237 per 100,000 births
Ghana	472 per 100,000 births	363 per 100,000 births	253 per 100,000 births	234 per 100,000 births
Gabon	178 per 100,000 births	144 per 100,000 births	194 per 100,000 births	233 per 100,000 births
Rwanda	885 per 100,000 births	393 per 100,000 births	252 per 100,000 births	229 per 100,000 births
Venezuela	86 per 100,000 births	110 per 100,000 births	207 per 100,000 births	227 per 100,000 births
Malawi	506 per 100,000 births	517 per 100,000 births	256 per 100,000 births	225 per 100,000 births
Ethiopia	870 per 100,000 births	619 per 100,000 births	244 per 100,000 births	195 per 100,000 births
Timor-Leste	796 per 100,000 births	439 per 100,000 births	257 per 100,000 births	192 per 100,000 births
Papua New Guinea	323 per 100,000 births	289 per 100,000 births	194 per 100,000 births	189 per 100,000 births
Myanmar	375 per 100,000 births	259 per 100,000 births	198 per 100,000 births	185 per 100,000 births
Angola	659 per 100,000 births	321 per 100,000 births	195 per 100,000 births	183 per 100,000 births
Comoros	476 per 100,000 births	305 per 100,000 births	198 per 100,000 births	179 per 100,000 births
Equatorial Guinea	406 per 100,000 births	259 per 100,000 births	196 per 100,000 births	174 per 100,000 births
Tuvalu	237 per 100,000 births	213 per 100,000 births	206 per 100,000 births	170 per 100,000 births
Uganda	475 per 100,000 births	304 per 100,000 births	209 per 100,000 births	170 per 100,000 births
Djibouti	501 per 100,000 births	243 per 100,000 births	192 per 100,000 births	162 per 100,000 births
Botswana	136 per 100,000 births	228 per 100,000 births	98 per 100,000 births	155 per 100,000 births
Marshall Islands	251 per 100,000 births	212 per 100,000 births	178 per 100,000 births	155 per 100,000 births
Pakistan	419 per 100,000 births	240 per 100,000 births	178 per 100,000 births	155 per 100,000 births
Kenya	206 per 100,000 births	210 per 100,000 births	184 per 100,000 births	149 per 100,000 births
Bolivia	287 per 100,000 births	196 per 100,000 births	218 per 100,000 births	146 per 100,000 births
Nepal	480 per 100,000 births	297 per 100,000 births	153 per 100,000 births	142 per 100,000 births
Indonesia	311 per 100,000 births	242 per 100,000 births	184 per 100,000 births	140 per 100,000 births
Namibia	384 per 100,000 births	531 per 100,000 births	143 per 100,000 births	139 per 100,000 births
Cambodia	476 per 100,000 births	234 per 100,000 births	164 per 100,000 births	137 per 100,000 births
Jamaica	82 per 100,000 births	94 per 100,000 births	126 per 100,000 births	130 per 100,000 births
Micronesia	204 per 100,000 births	184 per 100,000 births	150 per 100,000 births	129 per 100,000 births
Dominican Republic	76 per 100,000 births	92 per 100,000 births	121 per 100,000 births	124 per 100,000 births
Solomon Islands	166 per 100,000 births	148 per 100,000 births	131 per 100,000 births	123 per 100,000 births
Eswatini	361 per 100,000 births	752 per 100,000 births	102 per 100,000 births	118 per 100,000 births
Yemen	241 per 100,000 births	144 per 100,000 births	135 per 100,000 births	118 per 100,000 births
South Africa	175 per 100,000 births	226 per 100,000 births	118 per 100,000 births	118 per 100,000 births
Bangladesh	523 per 100,000 births	275 per 100,000 births	152 per 100,000 births	115 per 100,000 births
Laos	609 per 100,000 births	305 per 100,000 births	132 per 100,000 births	112 per 100,000 births
Samoa	93 per 100,000 births	92 per 100,000 births	114 per 100,000 births	101 per 100,000 births
Vanuatu	133 per 100,000 births	114 per 100,000 births	107 per 100,000 births	100 per 100,000 births
Mozambique	547 per 100,000 births	305 per 100,000 births	123 per 100,000 births	99 per 100,000 births
Guatemala	166 per 100,000 births	127 per 100,000 births	102 per 100,000 births	94 per 100,000 births
Palau	119 per 100,000 births	96 per 100,000 births	117 per 100,000 births	89 per 100,000 births
Zambia	340 per 100,000 births	332 per 100,000 births	99 per 100,000 births	85 per 100,000 births
Philippines	127 per 100,000 births	117 per 100,000 births	88 per 100,000 births	84 per 100,000 births
Suriname	282 per 100,000 births	134 per 100,000 births	94 per 100,000 births	84 per 100,000 births
India	362 per 100,000 births	188 per 100,000 births	101 per 100,000 births	80 per 100,000 births
Kiribati	119 per 100,000 births	102 per 100,000 births	89 per 100,000 births	80 per 100,000 births
Bahamas	51 per 100,000 births	79 per 100,000 births	84 per 100,000 births	76 per 100,000 births
Guyana	171 per 100,000 births	141 per 100,000 births	109 per 100,000 births	75 per 100,000 births
São Tomé & Príncipe	180 per 100,000 births	170 per 100,000 births	92 per 100,000 births	75 per 100,000 births
St. Kitts & Nevis	143 per 100,000 births	92 per 100,000 births	80 per 100,000 births	74 per 100,000 births
Morocco	271 per 100,000 births	140 per 100,000 births	81 per 100,000 births	70 per 100,000 births
Brazil	69 per 100,000 births	66 per 100,000 births	85 per 100,000 births	67 per 100,000 births
Belize	78 per 100,000 births	41 per 100,000 births	88 per 100,000 births	67 per 100,000 births
North Korea	129 per 100,000 births	77 per 100,000 births	66 per 100,000 births	67 per 100,000 births
Tonga	100 per 100,000 births	85 per 100,000 births	74 per 100,000 births	67 per 100,000 births
Iraq	146 per 100,000 births	107 per 100,000 births	63 per 100,000 births	66 per 100,000 births
Mauritius	43 per 100,000 births	53 per 100,000 births	58 per 100,000 births	66 per 100,000 births
Algeria	123 per 100,000 births	82 per 100,000 births	97 per 100,000 births	62 per 100,000 births
Nicaragua	213 per 100,000 births	96 per 100,000 births	87 per 100,000 births	60 per 100,000 births
Colombia	95 per 100,000 births	76 per 100,000 births	94 per 100,000 births	59 per 100,000 births
Libya	71 per 100,000 births	71 per 100,000 births	71 per 100,000 births	59 per 100,000 births
Paraguay	207 per 100,000 births	136 per 100,000 births	69 per 100,000 births	58 per 100,000 births
St. Vincent & Grenadines	68 per 100,000 births	59 per 100,000 births	57 per 100,000 births	56 per 100,000 births
Ecuador	123 per 100,000 births	80 per 100,000 births	91 per 100,000 births	55 per 100,000 births
Trinidad & Tobago	76 per 100,000 births	54 per 100,000 births	35 per 100,000 births	54 per 100,000 births
Peru	115 per 100,000 births	86 per 100,000 births	75 per 100,000 births	51 per 100,000 births
Grenada	46 per 100,000 births	43 per 100,000 births	51 per 100,000 births	48 per 100,000 births
Vietnam	83 per 100,000 births	62 per 100,000 births	51 per 100,000 births	48 per 100,000 births
Bhutan	324 per 100,000 births	107 per 100,000 births	51 per 100,000 births	47 per 100,000 births
Honduras	82 per 100,000 births	72 per 100,000 births	57 per 100,000 births	47 per 100,000 births
St. Lucia	83 per 100,000 births	56 per 100,000 births	43 per 100,000 births	44 per 100,000 births
Kyrgyzstan	72 per 100,000 births	71 per 100,000 births	55 per 100,000 births	42 per 100,000 births
Mexico	56 per 100,000 births	50 per 100,000 births	61 per 100,000 births	42 per 100,000 births
Seychelles	45 per 100,000 births	50 per 100,000 births	51 per 100,000 births	42 per 100,000 births
Mongolia	144 per 100,000 births	71 per 100,000 births	47 per 100,000 births	41 per 100,000 births
Cape Verde	110 per 100,000 births	61 per 100,000 births	56 per 100,000 births	40 per 100,000 births
El Salvador	48 per 100,000 births	34 per 100,000 births	48 per 100,000 births	39 per 100,000 births
Panama	64 per 100,000 births	56 per 100,000 births	74 per 100,000 births	37 per 100,000 births
Brunei	48 per 100,000 births	40 per 100,000 births	39 per 100,000 births	36 per 100,000 births
Dominica	61 per 100,000 births	50 per 100,000 births	47 per 100,000 births	36 per 100,000 births
Tunisia	56 per 100,000 births	44 per 100,000 births	40 per 100,000 births	36 per 100,000 births
Antigua & Barbuda	37 per 100,000 births	31 per 100,000 births	35 per 100,000 births	35 per 100,000 births
Barbados	46 per 100,000 births	42 per 100,000 births	39 per 100,000 births	35 per 100,000 births
Cuba	48 per 100,000 births	44 per 100,000 births	40 per 100,000 births	35 per 100,000 births
Thailand	49 per 100,000 births	37 per 100,000 births	36 per 100,000 births	34 per 100,000 births
Argentina	58 per 100,000 births	55 per 100,000 births	40 per 100,000 births	33 per 100,000 births
Maldives	94 per 100,000 births	49 per 100,000 births	48 per 100,000 births	32 per 100,000 births
Jordan	61 per 100,000 births	48 per 100,000 births	41 per 100,000 births	31 per 100,000 births
Fiji	47 per 100,000 births	40 per 100,000 births	34 per 100,000 births	30 per 100,000 births
Malaysia	37 per 100,000 births	29 per 100,000 births	29 per 100,000 births	26 per 100,000 births
Uzbekistan	42 per 100,000 births	34 per 100,000 births	29 per 100,000 births	26 per 100,000 births
Costa Rica	36 per 100,000 births	29 per 100,000 births	34 per 100,000 births	24 per 100,000 births
Georgia	43 per 100,000 births	41 per 100,000 births	30 per 100,000 births	20 per 100,000 births
Syria	31 per 100,000 births	19 per 100,000 births	23 per 100,000 births	20 per 100,000 births
Armenia	40 per 100,000 births	28 per 100,000 births	43 per 100,000 births	19 per 100,000 births
Latvia	34 per 100,000 births	22 per 100,000 births	21 per 100,000 births	19 per 100,000 births
Moldova	38 per 100,000 births	20 per 100,000 births	29 per 100,000 births	19 per 100,000 births
Azerbaijan	46 per 100,000 births	28 per 100,000 births	21 per 100,000 births	18 per 100,000 births
Sri Lanka	39 per 100,000 births	26 per 100,000 births	23 per 100,000 births	18 per 100,000 births
Bahrain	25 per 100,000 births	18 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	17 per 100,000 births
Egypt	53 per 100,000 births	32 per 100,000 births	31 per 100,000 births	17 per 100,000 births
United States	12 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births	22 per 100,000 births	17 per 100,000 births
China	56 per 100,000 births	34 per 100,000 births	20 per 100,000 births	16 per 100,000 births
Iran	43 per 100,000 births	27 per 100,000 births	34 per 100,000 births	16 per 100,000 births
Lebanon	24 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births	27 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births
Portugal	9 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	14 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births
Türkiye	32 per 100,000 births	23 per 100,000 births	19 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births
Ukraine	32 per 100,000 births	21 per 100,000 births	18 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births
Uruguay	23 per 100,000 births	17 per 100,000 births	20 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births
Cyprus	12 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	87 per 100,000 births	14 per 100,000 births
Tajikistan	58 per 100,000 births	26 per 100,000 births	25 per 100,000 births	14 per 100,000 births
Oman	19 per 100,000 births	17 per 100,000 births	32 per 100,000 births	13 per 100,000 births
Canada	9 per 100,000 births	11 per 100,000 births	17 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births
Hungary	14 per 100,000 births	13 per 100,000 births	18 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births
Romania	45 per 100,000 births	23 per 100,000 births	16 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births
Andorra	14 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births	48 per 100,000 births	11 per 100,000 births
Luxembourg	18 per 100,000 births	17 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	11 per 100,000 births
Serbia	16 per 100,000 births	13 per 100,000 births	16 per 100,000 births	11 per 100,000 births
Chile	33 per 100,000 births	22 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births
Kazakhstan	58 per 100,000 births	22 per 100,000 births	18 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births
Russia	51 per 100,000 births	23 per 100,000 births	19 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births
Finland	7 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births
United Kingdom	12 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	14 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births
Kuwait	11 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	33 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births
Lithuania	16 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births
Malta	13 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births
San Marino	14 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	46 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births
Albania	15 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births
France	9 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births
New Zealand	11 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births
Saudi Arabia	20 per 100,000 births	11 per 100,000 births	11 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births
Austria	7 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births
Bosnia & Herzegovina	11 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births
Bulgaria	19 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births
Italy	11 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births
Montenegro	11 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	15 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births
Singapore	17 per 100,000 births	10 per 100,000 births	13 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births
Switzerland	9 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births
Estonia	27 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births
Greece	4 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births
Monaco	10 per 100,000 births	11 per 100,000 births	24 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births
Turkmenistan	25 per 100,000 births	9 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births
Belgium	8 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
Germany	7 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
Denmark	9 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
Ireland	8 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
South Korea	15 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
Netherlands	13 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
Qatar	11 per 100,000 births	8 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
Sweden	5 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
Slovakia	8 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births
United Arab Emirates	8 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Czechia	7 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Spain	5 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Croatia	8 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Iceland	7 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Japan	9 per 100,000 births	6 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
North Macedonia	11 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Slovenia	7 per 100,000 births	7 per 100,000 births	12 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births
Australia	7 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	5 per 100,000 births	2 per 100,000 births
Israel	9 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births	2 per 100,000 births
Poland	7 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births	2 per 100,000 births
Belarus	20 per 100,000 births	3 per 100,000 births	2 per 100,000 births	1 per 100,000 births
Norway	5 per 100,000 births	4 per 100,000 births	2 per 100,000 births	1 per 100,000 births
Countries with data	192	192	192	192