Maternal mortality ratio by country, 2023, European Union (27 countries)
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.
27 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Latvia (19 per 100,000 live births). Lowest: Poland (2 per 100,000 live births). The median is 5 per 100,000 live births.
Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group
Highest 10
- 1. Latvia 19 per 100,000 live births
- 2. Portugal 15 per 100,000 live births
- 3. Cyprus 14 per 100,000 live births
- 4. Hungary 12 per 100,000 live births
- 5. Romania 12 per 100,000 live births
- 6. Luxembourg 11 per 100,000 live births
- 7. Finland 8 per 100,000 live births
- 8. Lithuania 8 per 100,000 live births
- 9. Malta 8 per 100,000 live births
- 10. France 7 per 100,000 live births
Lowest 10
- 27. Poland 2 per 100,000 live births
- 26. Spain 3 per 100,000 live births
- 25. Slovenia 3 per 100,000 live births
- 24. Czechia 3 per 100,000 live births
- 23. Croatia 3 per 100,000 live births
- 22. Sweden 4 per 100,000 live births
- 21. Slovakia 4 per 100,000 live births
- 20. Netherlands 4 per 100,000 live births
- 19. Ireland 4 per 100,000 live births
- 18. Germany 4 per 100,000 live births
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 19 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 2 | Portugal | 15 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 3 | Cyprus | 14 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 12 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 5 | Romania | 12 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 11 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 7 | Finland | 8 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 8 | Lithuania | 8 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 9 | Malta | 8 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 10 | France | 7 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 11 | Austria | 6 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 6 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 13 | Italy | 6 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 14 | Estonia | 5 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 15 | Greece | 5 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 16 | Belgium | 4 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 17 | Denmark | 4 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 18 | Germany | 4 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 19 | Ireland | 4 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 20 | Netherlands | 4 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 21 | Slovakia | 4 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 22 | Sweden | 4 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 23 | Croatia | 3 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 24 | Czechia | 3 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 25 | Slovenia | 3 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 26 | Spain | 3 per 100,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 27 | Poland | 2 per 100,000 live births | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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