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Maternal mortality ratio

Women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy, per 100,000 live births. These are modelled estimates.

Unit: Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births Frequency: Annual Coverage: 194 countries and 11 groups 1985 to 2023 Source: World Bank (original data: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UN Population Division (MMEIG))
Highest in 2023 993 per 100,000 live births Nigeria Lowest in 2023 1 per 100,000 live births Norway
Euro area, 2023 5 per 100,000 live births Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023 194 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

194 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.

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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.

Maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), 1999 to 2023
Period WorldUnited StatesChinaIndia
2023 197 per 100,000 live births 17 per 100,000 live births 16 per 100,000 live births 80 per 100,000 live births
2022 203 per 100,000 live births 20 per 100,000 live births 18 per 100,000 live births 90 per 100,000 live births
2021 242 per 100,000 live births 31 per 100,000 live births 21 per 100,000 live births 155 per 100,000 live births
2020 211 per 100,000 live births 22 per 100,000 live births 20 per 100,000 live births 101 per 100,000 live births
2019 207 per 100,000 live births 18 per 100,000 live births 21 per 100,000 live births 101 per 100,000 live births
2018 211 per 100,000 live births 18 per 100,000 live births 22 per 100,000 live births 107 per 100,000 live births
2017 215 per 100,000 live births 18 per 100,000 live births 24 per 100,000 live births 113 per 100,000 live births
2016 220 per 100,000 live births 18 per 100,000 live births 25 per 100,000 live births 121 per 100,000 live births
2015 228 per 100,000 live births 17 per 100,000 live births 26 per 100,000 live births 129 per 100,000 live births
2014 231 per 100,000 live births 17 per 100,000 live births 28 per 100,000 live births 137 per 100,000 live births
2013 235 per 100,000 live births 16 per 100,000 live births 30 per 100,000 live births 148 per 100,000 live births
2012 239 per 100,000 live births 16 per 100,000 live births 32 per 100,000 live births 160 per 100,000 live births
2011 247 per 100,000 live births 15 per 100,000 live births 33 per 100,000 live births 173 per 100,000 live births
2010 253 per 100,000 live births 15 per 100,000 live births 34 per 100,000 live births 188 per 100,000 live births
2009 258 per 100,000 live births 15 per 100,000 live births 35 per 100,000 live births 205 per 100,000 live births
2008 264 per 100,000 live births 14 per 100,000 live births 38 per 100,000 live births 223 per 100,000 live births
2007 269 per 100,000 live births 13 per 100,000 live births 38 per 100,000 live births 240 per 100,000 live births
2006 276 per 100,000 live births 13 per 100,000 live births 40 per 100,000 live births 258 per 100,000 live births
2005 283 per 100,000 live births 13 per 100,000 live births 42 per 100,000 live births 277 per 100,000 live births
2004 291 per 100,000 live births 13 per 100,000 live births 45 per 100,000 live births 296 per 100,000 live births
2003 301 per 100,000 live births 13 per 100,000 live births 47 per 100,000 live births 313 per 100,000 live births
2002 311 per 100,000 live births 13 per 100,000 live births 50 per 100,000 live births 330 per 100,000 live births
2001 321 per 100,000 live births 13 per 100,000 live births 52 per 100,000 live births 349 per 100,000 live births
2000 328 per 100,000 live births 12 per 100,000 live births 56 per 100,000 live births 362 per 100,000 live births
1999 340 per 100,000 live births 12 per 100,000 live births 58 per 100,000 live births 378 per 100,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 194 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Nigeria (993 per 100,000 live births) and the lowest Norway (1 per 100,000 live births).
  • Half of the countries are above 47 per 100,000 live births and half below.
  • From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 17 countries and fell in 156.
  • The figure for the world was 197 per 100,000 live births in 2023, against 211 per 100,000 live births in 2018 (−14).

About this measure

Definition
Women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy, per 100,000 live births. These are modelled estimates.
Population covered
Live births
Unit
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 100,000 live births)

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UN Population Division (MMEIG)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.MMRT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1985 to 2023
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UN Population Division (MMEIG)

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Nigeria 993 per 100,000 live births
  2. 2 Chad 748 per 100,000 live births
  3. 3 Central African Republic 692 per 100,000 live births
  4. 4 South Sudan 692 per 100,000 live births
  5. 5 Liberia 628 per 100,000 live births
  6. 6 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 563 per 100,000 live births
  7. 7 Afghanistan 521 per 100,000 live births
  8. 8 Benin 518 per 100,000 live births
  9. 9 Guinea-Bissau 505 per 100,000 live births
  10. 10 Guinea 494 per 100,000 live births
  11. 11 Lesotho 478 per 100,000 live births
  12. 12 Madagascar 445 per 100,000 live births
  13. 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 427 per 100,000 live births
  14. 14 Burundi 392 per 100,000 live births
  15. 15 Mauritania 381 per 100,000 live births
  16. 16 Mali 367 per 100,000 live births
  17. 17 Côte d'Ivoire 359 per 100,000 live births
  18. 18 Zimbabwe 358 per 100,000 live births
  19. 19 Gambia 354 per 100,000 live births
  20. 20 Sierra Leone 354 per 100,000 live births
  21. 21 Niger 350 per 100,000 live births
  22. 22 Togo 349 per 100,000 live births
  23. 23 Haiti 328 per 100,000 live births
  24. 24 Eritrea 291 per 100,000 live births
  25. 25 Tanzania 276 per 100,000 live births
  26. 26 Naoero 273 per 100,000 live births
  27. 27 Cameroon 258 per 100,000 live births
  28. 28 Sudan 256 per 100,000 live births
  29. 29 Burkina Faso 242 per 100,000 live births
  30. 30 Republic of the Congo 241 per 100,000 live births
  31. 31 Senegal 237 per 100,000 live births
  32. 32 Ghana 234 per 100,000 live births
  33. 33 Gabon 233 per 100,000 live births
  34. 34 Rwanda 229 per 100,000 live births
  35. 35 Venezuela 227 per 100,000 live births
  36. 36 Malawi 225 per 100,000 live births
  37. 37 Ethiopia 195 per 100,000 live births
  38. 38 Timor-Leste 192 per 100,000 live births
  39. 39 Papua New Guinea 189 per 100,000 live births
  40. 40 Myanmar 185 per 100,000 live births
  41. 41 Angola 183 per 100,000 live births
  42. 42 Comoros 179 per 100,000 live births
  43. 43 Equatorial Guinea 174 per 100,000 live births
  44. 44 Tuvalu 170 per 100,000 live births
  45. 45 Uganda 170 per 100,000 live births
  46. 46 Djibouti 162 per 100,000 live births
  47. 47 Botswana 155 per 100,000 live births
  48. 48 Marshall Islands 155 per 100,000 live births
  49. 49 Pakistan 155 per 100,000 live births
  50. 50 Kenya 149 per 100,000 live births
  51. 51 Bolivia 146 per 100,000 live births
  52. 52 Nepal 142 per 100,000 live births
  53. 53 Indonesia 140 per 100,000 live births
  54. 54 Namibia 139 per 100,000 live births
  55. 55 Cambodia 137 per 100,000 live births
  56. 56 Jamaica 130 per 100,000 live births
  57. 57 Micronesia 129 per 100,000 live births
  58. 58 Dominican Republic 124 per 100,000 live births
  59. 59 Solomon Islands 123 per 100,000 live births
  60. 60 Eswatini 118 per 100,000 live births
  61. 61 South Africa 118 per 100,000 live births
  62. 62 Yemen 118 per 100,000 live births
  63. 63 Bangladesh 115 per 100,000 live births
  64. 64 Laos 112 per 100,000 live births
  65. 65 Samoa 101 per 100,000 live births
  66. 66 Vanuatu 100 per 100,000 live births
  67. 67 Mozambique 99 per 100,000 live births
  68. 68 Guatemala 94 per 100,000 live births
  69. 69 Palau 89 per 100,000 live births
  70. 70 Zambia 85 per 100,000 live births
  71. 71 Philippines 84 per 100,000 live births
  72. 72 Suriname 84 per 100,000 live births
  73. 73 India 80 per 100,000 live births
  74. 74 Kiribati 80 per 100,000 live births
  75. 75 Bahamas 76 per 100,000 live births
  76. 76 Guyana 75 per 100,000 live births
  77. 77 São Tomé and Príncipe 75 per 100,000 live births
  78. 78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 74 per 100,000 live births
  79. 79 Morocco 70 per 100,000 live births
  80. 80 Belize 67 per 100,000 live births
  81. 81 Brazil 67 per 100,000 live births
  82. 82 North Korea 67 per 100,000 live births
  83. 83 Tonga 67 per 100,000 live births
  84. 84 Iraq 66 per 100,000 live births
  85. 85 Mauritius 66 per 100,000 live births
  86. 86 Algeria 62 per 100,000 live births
  87. 87 Nicaragua 60 per 100,000 live births
  88. 88 Colombia 59 per 100,000 live births
  89. 89 Libya 59 per 100,000 live births
  90. 90 Paraguay 58 per 100,000 live births
  91. 91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56 per 100,000 live births
  92. 92 Ecuador 55 per 100,000 live births
  93. 93 Trinidad and Tobago 54 per 100,000 live births
  94. 94 Peru 51 per 100,000 live births
  95. 95 Grenada 48 per 100,000 live births
  96. 96 Viet Nam 48 per 100,000 live births
  97. 97 Bhutan 47 per 100,000 live births
  98. 98 Honduras 47 per 100,000 live births
  99. 99 Saint Lucia 44 per 100,000 live births
  100. 100 Kyrgyzstan 42 per 100,000 live births
  101. 101 Mexico 42 per 100,000 live births
  102. 102 Seychelles 42 per 100,000 live births
  103. 103 Mongolia 41 per 100,000 live births
  104. 104 Cabo Verde 40 per 100,000 live births
  105. 105 El Salvador 39 per 100,000 live births
  106. 106 Panama 37 per 100,000 live births
  107. 107 Brunei 36 per 100,000 live births
  108. 108 Dominica 36 per 100,000 live births
  109. 109 Tunisia 36 per 100,000 live births
  110. 110 Antigua and Barbuda 35 per 100,000 live births
  111. 111 Barbados 35 per 100,000 live births
  112. 112 Cuba 35 per 100,000 live births
  113. 113 Thailand 34 per 100,000 live births
  114. 114 Argentina 33 per 100,000 live births
  115. 115 Maldives 32 per 100,000 live births
  116. 116 Jordan 31 per 100,000 live births
  117. 117 Fiji 30 per 100,000 live births
  118. 118 Malaysia 26 per 100,000 live births
  119. 119 Uzbekistan 26 per 100,000 live births
  120. 120 Costa Rica 24 per 100,000 live births
  121. 121 Georgia 20 per 100,000 live births
  122. 122 Syria 20 per 100,000 live births
  123. 123 Armenia 19 per 100,000 live births
  124. 124 Latvia 19 per 100,000 live births
  125. 125 Moldova 19 per 100,000 live births
  126. 126 Azerbaijan 18 per 100,000 live births
  127. 127 Sri Lanka 18 per 100,000 live births
  128. 128 Bahrain 17 per 100,000 live births
  129. 129 Egypt 17 per 100,000 live births
  130. 130 United States 17 per 100,000 live births
  131. 131 China 16 per 100,000 live births
  132. 132 Iran 16 per 100,000 live births
  133. 133 West Bank and Gaza 16 per 100,000 live births
  134. 134 Lebanon 15 per 100,000 live births
  135. 135 Portugal 15 per 100,000 live births
  136. 136 Türkiye 15 per 100,000 live births
  137. 137 Ukraine 15 per 100,000 live births
  138. 138 Uruguay 15 per 100,000 live births
  139. 139 Cyprus 14 per 100,000 live births
  140. 140 Tajikistan 14 per 100,000 live births
  141. 141 Oman 13 per 100,000 live births
  142. 142 Canada 12 per 100,000 live births
  143. 143 Hungary 12 per 100,000 live births
  144. 144 Romania 12 per 100,000 live births
  145. 145 Andorra 11 per 100,000 live births
  146. 146 Luxembourg 11 per 100,000 live births
  147. 147 Puerto Rico (US) 11 per 100,000 live births
  148. 148 Serbia 11 per 100,000 live births
  149. 149 Chile 10 per 100,000 live births
  150. 150 Kazakhstan 10 per 100,000 live births
  151. 151 Russia 9 per 100,000 live births
  152. 152 Finland 8 per 100,000 live births
  153. 153 Kuwait 8 per 100,000 live births
  154. 154 Lithuania 8 per 100,000 live births
  155. 155 Malta 8 per 100,000 live births
  156. 156 San Marino 8 per 100,000 live births
  157. 157 United Kingdom 8 per 100,000 live births
  158. 158 Albania 7 per 100,000 live births
  159. 159 France 7 per 100,000 live births
  160. 160 New Zealand 7 per 100,000 live births
  161. 161 Saudi Arabia 7 per 100,000 live births
  162. 162 Austria 6 per 100,000 live births
  163. 163 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 per 100,000 live births
  164. 164 Bulgaria 6 per 100,000 live births
  165. 165 Italy 6 per 100,000 live births
  166. 166 Montenegro 6 per 100,000 live births
  167. 167 Singapore 6 per 100,000 live births
  168. 168 Estonia 5 per 100,000 live births
  169. 169 Greece 5 per 100,000 live births
  170. 170 Monaco 5 per 100,000 live births
  171. 171 Switzerland 5 per 100,000 live births
  172. 172 Turkmenistan 5 per 100,000 live births
  173. 173 Belgium 4 per 100,000 live births
  174. 174 Denmark 4 per 100,000 live births
  175. 175 Germany 4 per 100,000 live births
  176. 176 Ireland 4 per 100,000 live births
  177. 177 Netherlands 4 per 100,000 live births
  178. 178 Qatar 4 per 100,000 live births
  179. 179 Slovakia 4 per 100,000 live births
  180. 180 South Korea 4 per 100,000 live births
  181. 181 Sweden 4 per 100,000 live births
  182. 182 Croatia 3 per 100,000 live births
  183. 183 Czechia 3 per 100,000 live births
  184. 184 Iceland 3 per 100,000 live births
  185. 185 Japan 3 per 100,000 live births
  186. 186 North Macedonia 3 per 100,000 live births
  187. 187 Slovenia 3 per 100,000 live births
  188. 188 Spain 3 per 100,000 live births
  189. 189 United Arab Emirates 3 per 100,000 live births
  190. 190 Australia 2 per 100,000 live births
  191. 191 Israel 2 per 100,000 live births
  192. 192 Poland 2 per 100,000 live births
  193. 193 Belarus 1 per 100,000 live births
  194. 194 Norway 1 per 100,000 live births
  195. East Asia and Pacific 66 per 100,000 live births
  196. Euro area 5 per 100,000 live births
  197. Europe and Central Asia 11 per 100,000 live births
  198. European Union 5 per 100,000 live births
  199. Latin America and Caribbean 77 per 100,000 live births
  200. Middle East and North Africa 47 per 100,000 live births
  201. North America 16 per 100,000 live births
  202. OECD members 17 per 100,000 live births
  203. South Asia 120 per 100,000 live births
  204. Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100,000 live births
  205. World 197 per 100,000 live births
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