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Estimated maternal deaths

Name: Estimated maternal deaths by country, 2020
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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deaths · lower is better · 185 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020

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185 countries · 2020

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Estimated maternal deaths league table
#	Country	deaths	Region	Income
1	Seychelles	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
2	Iceland	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Malta	0.14	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
4	Antigua and Barbuda	0.21	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
5	Luxembourg	0.39	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Grenada	0.42	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Montenegro	0.43	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
8	North Macedonia	0.61	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
9	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.62	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
10	Estonia	0.73	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Slovenia	0.86	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Norway	0.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Belarus	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
14	Barbados	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
15	St. Lucia	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
16	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	1.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
18	Croatia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Lithuania	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Qatar	2.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
21	Albania	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
22	Tonga	2.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
23	Brunei Darussalam	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Slovak Republic	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Denmark	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Ireland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Bahrain	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
28	Kiribati	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
29	Singapore	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
30	Latvia	3.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Samoa	3.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
32	Czechia	3.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Kuwait	3.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
34	Finland	3.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Bahamas, The	3.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	Maldives	4	South Asia	Upper middle income
37	Cabo Verde	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
38	Bulgaria	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Austria	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	New Zealand	4.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
41	Moldova	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Trinidad and Tobago	4.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
43	Israel	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Sweden	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Belgium	5.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Bhutan	6	South Asia	Lower middle income
47	Greece	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Switzerland	6.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Uruguay	6.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
50	Fiji	6.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
51	Serbia	7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
52	Turkmenistan	7.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
53	Poland	7.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Netherlands	7.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Vanuatu	8.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
56	Australia	8.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
57	Sao Tome and Principe	8.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Cyprus	8.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Belize	9.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	United Arab Emirates	9.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
61	Puerto Rico (US)	9.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
62	Armenia	9.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
63	Portugal	9.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Suriname	10.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Mauritius	11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
66	Spain	12.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Georgia	13.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Costa Rica	13.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
69	Hungary	14	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Oman	14.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
71	Guyana	17.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
72	Lebanon	18.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
73	Italy	18.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Romania	20	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Korea, Rep.	23.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
76	Solomon Islands	25.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
77	Mongolia	29.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
78	West Bank and Gaza	29.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
79	Jamaica	32.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Germany	33.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Chile	34.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
82	Japan	35.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
83	Panama	38.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Canada	40.9	North America	High income
85	Cuba	41.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	El Salvador	43.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Tajikistan	43.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
88	Comoros	52.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Azerbaijan	53.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	France	53.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Ukraine	56.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Djibouti	56.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Kazakhstan	57.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	United Kingdom	66.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Timor-Leste	67.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
96	Eswatini	69.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	Tunisia	74	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	Kyrgyz Republic	81.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
99	Libya	88	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
100	Sri Lanka	89.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
101	Paraguay	98.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
102	Jordan	100.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
103	Equatorial Guinea	106.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
104	Saudi Arabia	107.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
105	Malaysia	108	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
106	Nicaragua	109.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
107	Botswana	115.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
108	Syrian Arab Republic	121.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
109	Gabon	142.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
110	Namibia	148.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
111	Honduras	155.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
112	Thailand	187.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
113	Ecuador	196.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Russian Federation	197.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Lao PDR	206.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
116	Turkiye	219.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Dominican Republic	222.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Uzbekistan	251.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
119	Iran, Islamic Rep.	273.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
120	Argentina	285.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
121	Eritrea	328	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Lesotho	334.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Guatemala	362	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	368.1	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
125	Gambia, The	398.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
126	Peru	406.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Egypt, Arab Rep.	416.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	Bolivia	423.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
129	Guinea-Bissau	464.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Morocco	472.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
131	Papua New Guinea	485.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
132	Congo, Rep.	502.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
133	Colombia	548	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
134	Viet Nam	677.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Mauritania	695.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
136	Cambodia	710.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
137	Algeria	757.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
138	United States	773.8	North America	High income
139	Zambia	891.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
140	Iraq	897.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
141	Haiti	949.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
142	Rwanda	1,033.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Liberia	1,050.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Nepal	1,051.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
145	Togo	1,089.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	Mexico	1,159.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Sierra Leone	1,164.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Venezuela, RB	1,207.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
149	Senegal	1,416.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Mozambique	1,465.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	South Africa	1,515.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
152	Myanmar	1,658.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
153	Zimbabwe	1,733.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Yemen, Rep.	1,852.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
155	Central African Republic	1,887.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
156	Philippines	1,934.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
157	Brazil	2,010.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
158	Burkina Faso	2,049.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Burundi	2,150.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Ghana	2,373.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	Benin	2,451	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Malawi	2,451.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Guinea	2,556.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	China	2,821.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
165	Angola	2,913.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166	Madagascar	3,464.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Bangladesh	3,719.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
168	South Sudan	3,789.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Mali	3,926.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Sudan	4,112.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Cameroon	4,119.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	Cote d'Ivoire	4,400.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	4,518.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Uganda	4,699.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
175	Niger	4,895.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Tanzania	5,390.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Kenya	7,716.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Chad	7,763.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	Indonesia	7,826.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
180	Afghanistan	8,698.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
181	Pakistan	9,809.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
182	Ethiopia	10,246.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
183	Congo, Dem. Rep.	21,511.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	India	23,753.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
185	Nigeria	81,747.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

Estimated maternal deaths