Maternal mortality ratio in Afghanistan
The maternal mortality ratio in Afghanistan was 521 per 100,000 live births in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.
Afghanistan, 2023
521
Change from 2022
−30per 100,000 live births
World, 2023
197 per 100,000 live births
Position in 2023
7th of 194
Maternal mortality ratio in Afghanistan over time
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Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 521 per 100,000 live births | 197 per 100,000 live births |
| 2022 | 551 per 100,000 live births | 203 per 100,000 live births |
| 2021 | 660 per 100,000 live births | 242 per 100,000 live births |
| 2020 | 634 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2019 | 601 per 100,000 live births | 207 per 100,000 live births |
| 2018 | 629 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2017 | 659 per 100,000 live births | 215 per 100,000 live births |
| 2016 | 702 per 100,000 live births | 220 per 100,000 live births |
| 2015 | 741 per 100,000 live births | 228 per 100,000 live births |
| 2014 | 755 per 100,000 live births | 231 per 100,000 live births |
| 2013 | 778 per 100,000 live births | 235 per 100,000 live births |
| 2012 | 810 per 100,000 live births | 239 per 100,000 live births |
| 2011 | 838 per 100,000 live births | 247 per 100,000 live births |
| 2010 | 893 per 100,000 live births | 253 per 100,000 live births |
| 2009 | 925 per 100,000 live births | 258 per 100,000 live births |
| 2008 | 955 per 100,000 live births | 264 per 100,000 live births |
| 2007 | 1,032 per 100,000 live births | 269 per 100,000 live births |
| 2006 | 1,069 per 100,000 live births | 276 per 100,000 live births |
| 2005 | 1,108 per 100,000 live births | 283 per 100,000 live births |
| 2004 | 1,166 per 100,000 live births | 291 per 100,000 live births |
| 2003 | 1,201 per 100,000 live births | 301 per 100,000 live births |
| 2002 | 1,263 per 100,000 live births | 311 per 100,000 live births |
| 2001 | 1,311 per 100,000 live births | 321 per 100,000 live births |
| 2000 | 1,372 per 100,000 live births | 328 per 100,000 live births |
| 1999 | 1,346 per 100,000 live births | 340 per 100,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −30 from 551 per 100,000 live births in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 778 per 100,000 live births, the figure has changed by −257.
- Among the 194 countries with data for 2023, Afghanistan has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 197 per 100,000 live births.
More for Afghanistan
All statistics for Afghanistan
Under-five mortality rate
53.0 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
66.0 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
13.3 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
53.3 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
42
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
0.00 litres
2024 · WHO