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Maternal mortality ratio

deaths per 100,000 live births · lower is better · 187 countries

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League table

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  1. 1Belarus1.1
  2. 2Norway1.7
  3. 3Poland2
  4. 4Iceland2.7
  5. 5Israel2.8
  6. 6Malta2.9
  7. 7Australia2.9
  8. 8North Macedonia3
  9. 9Seychelles3.3
  10. 10Czechia3.4
  11. 11Spain3.4
  12. 12Netherlands4.3
  13. 13Japan4.3
  14. 14Germany4.4
  15. 15Sweden4.5
  16. 16Slovenia4.5
  17. 17Italy4.6
  18. 18Denmark4.7
  19. 19Belgium4.8
  20. 20Croatia4.8
  21. 21Slovak Republic4.8
  22. 22Ireland5
  23. 23Turkmenistan5.1
  24. 24Estonia5.2
  25. 25Austria5.2
  26. 26Bosnia and Herzegovina5.7
  27. 27Montenegro6.2
  28. 28Luxembourg6.5
  29. 29New Zealand7
  30. 30Bulgaria7.1
  31. 31Kuwait7.2
  32. 32Switzerland7.4
  33. 33Singapore7.5
  34. 34Qatar7.6
  35. 35Greece7.7
  36. 36France7.9
  37. 37Korea, Rep.8.1
  38. 38Albania8.3
  39. 39Finland8.3
  40. 40Lithuania8.7
  41. 41United Arab Emirates9.3
  42. 42United Kingdom9.8
  43. 43Romania10.1
  44. 44Serbia10.2
  45. 45Canada11
  46. 46Portugal11.8
  47. 47Moldova12.3
  48. 48Kazakhstan13.4
  49. 49Russian Federation13.7
  50. 50Chile15
  51. 51Hungary15
  52. 52Bahrain15.9
  53. 53Saudi Arabia16.2
  54. 54Ukraine16.5
  55. 55Tajikistan16.6
  56. 56Egypt, Arab Rep.16.8
  57. 57Oman17
  58. 58Turkiye17.3
  59. 59Latvia18.3
  60. 60Uruguay18.6
  61. 61West Bank and Gaza20.4
  62. 62Lebanon20.6
  63. 63United States21.1
  64. 64Malaysia21.1
  65. 65Grenada21.1
  66. 66Antigua and Barbuda21.2
  67. 67Costa Rica22
  68. 68Iran, Islamic Rep.22
  69. 69China23
  70. 70Trinidad and Tobago26.6
  71. 71Armenia27.2
  72. 72Georgia27.6
  73. 73Thailand28.6
  74. 74Sri Lanka28.8
  75. 75Syrian Arab Republic29.9
  76. 76Uzbekistan30.2
  77. 77Puerto Rico (US)34.3
  78. 78Tunisia36.6
  79. 79Fiji38
  80. 80Barbados39.1
  81. 81Cuba39.3
  82. 82Mongolia39.5
  83. 83Azerbaijan40.8
  84. 84Jordan41.3
  85. 85Cabo Verde42.2
  86. 86El Salvador42.8
  87. 87Brunei Darussalam44.2
  88. 88Argentina44.9
  89. 89Viet Nam45.5
  90. 90Panama49.5
  91. 91Kyrgyz Republic50.4
  92. 92Maldives56.7
  93. 93Samoa59.1
  94. 94Mexico59.1
  95. 95Bhutan59.9
  96. 96St. Vincent and the Grenadines61.8
  97. 97Ecuador65.7
  98. 98Cyprus68.4
  99. 99Peru68.5
  100. 100Paraguay71.1
  101. 101Honduras71.8
  102. 102Morocco71.9
  103. 103Libya72.1
  104. 104Brazil72.1
  105. 105St. Lucia73.3
  106. 106Micronesia, Fed. Sts.74.3
  107. 107Colombia74.8
  108. 108Iraq76.1
  109. 109Kiribati76.3
  110. 110Bahamas, The77.1
  111. 111Algeria77.7
  112. 112Nicaragua77.9
  113. 113Philippines78.2
  114. 114Mauritius84.4
  115. 115Vanuatu94.4
  116. 116Guatemala95.5
  117. 117Suriname96.5
  118. 118Jamaica98.9
  119. 119India102.7
  120. 120Korea, Dem. People's Rep.106.7
  121. 121Dominican Republic107.3
  122. 122Guyana111.9
  123. 123Solomon Islands122.2
  124. 124Bangladesh123
  125. 125Tonga125.6
  126. 126Lao PDR126.1
  127. 127South Africa126.8
  128. 128Mozambique127.1
  129. 129Belize129.8
  130. 130Zambia134.7
  131. 131Sao Tome and Principe146.2
  132. 132Pakistan154.2
  133. 133Bolivia160.9
  134. 134Indonesia172.9
  135. 135Nepal174.4
  136. 136Myanmar178.7
  137. 137Yemen, Rep.183.4
  138. 138Botswana185.9
  139. 139Papua New Guinea191.8
  140. 140Timor-Leste203.9
  141. 141Equatorial Guinea212.3
  142. 142Namibia214.6
  143. 143Comoros217
  144. 144Cambodia218
  145. 145Angola221.9
  146. 146Gabon226.6
  147. 147Djibouti234.5
  148. 148Tanzania238.3
  149. 149Eswatini239.6
  150. 150Rwanda258.9
  151. 151Venezuela, RB259.2
  152. 152Senegal260.9
  153. 153Ghana263.1
  154. 154Burkina Faso263.8
  155. 155Ethiopia266.7
  156. 156Sudan270.4
  157. 157Congo, Rep.282.4
  158. 158Uganda284.1
  159. 159Eritrea321.6
  160. 160Haiti350.4
  161. 161Zimbabwe356.8
  162. 162Malawi380.7
  163. 163Madagascar391.5
  164. 164Togo399
  165. 165Cameroon437.8
  166. 166Mali440.2
  167. 167Niger441.1
  168. 168Sierra Leone442.8
  169. 169Gambia, The458.2
  170. 170Mauritania463.8
  171. 171Cote d'Ivoire479.9
  172. 172Burundi494.4
  173. 173Benin522.6
  174. 174Kenya530
  175. 175Congo, Dem. Rep.547.4
  176. 176Guinea553.4
  177. 177Lesotho566.2
  178. 178Afghanistan620.4
  179. 179Somalia, Fed. Rep.620.7
  180. 180Liberia652.3
  181. 181Guinea-Bissau725.1
  182. 182Central African Republic835.3
  183. 183Nigeria1,047.2
  184. 184Chad1,063.5
  185. 185South Sudan1,222.5

Maternal mortality ratio