Maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria
The maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria was 993 per 100,000 live births in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.
Nigeria, 2023
993
Change from 2022
−23per 100,000 live births
World, 2023
197 per 100,000 live births
Position in 2023
1st of 194
Maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria 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 | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 993 per 100,000 live births | 197 per 100,000 live births |
| 2022 | 1,016 per 100,000 live births | 203 per 100,000 live births |
| 2021 | 1,046 per 100,000 live births | 242 per 100,000 live births |
| 2020 | 1,065 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2019 | 1,091 per 100,000 live births | 207 per 100,000 live births |
| 2018 | 1,118 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2017 | 1,142 per 100,000 live births | 215 per 100,000 live births |
| 2016 | 1,155 per 100,000 live births | 220 per 100,000 live births |
| 2015 | 1,168 per 100,000 live births | 228 per 100,000 live births |
| 2014 | 1,155 per 100,000 live births | 231 per 100,000 live births |
| 2013 | 1,146 per 100,000 live births | 235 per 100,000 live births |
| 2012 | 1,124 per 100,000 live births | 239 per 100,000 live births |
| 2011 | 1,108 per 100,000 live births | 247 per 100,000 live births |
| 2010 | 1,094 per 100,000 live births | 253 per 100,000 live births |
| 2009 | 1,088 per 100,000 live births | 258 per 100,000 live births |
| 2008 | 1,081 per 100,000 live births | 264 per 100,000 live births |
| 2007 | 1,063 per 100,000 live births | 269 per 100,000 live births |
| 2006 | 1,067 per 100,000 live births | 276 per 100,000 live births |
| 2005 | 1,060 per 100,000 live births | 283 per 100,000 live births |
| 2004 | 1,075 per 100,000 live births | 291 per 100,000 live births |
| 2003 | 1,090 per 100,000 live births | 301 per 100,000 live births |
| 2002 | 1,117 per 100,000 live births | 311 per 100,000 live births |
| 2001 | 1,130 per 100,000 live births | 321 per 100,000 live births |
| 2000 | 1,136 per 100,000 live births | 328 per 100,000 live births |
| 1999 | 1,165 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 −23 from 1,016 per 100,000 live births in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1,146 per 100,000 live births, the figure has changed by −153.
- Among the 194 countries with data for 2023, Nigeria has the highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 197 per 100,000 live births.
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