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Estimated maternal mortality ratio

Name: Estimated maternal mortality ratio by country, 2020
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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deaths per 100,000 live births · 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 mortality ratio league table
#	Country	deaths per 100,000 live births	Region	Income
1	Belarus	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
2	Norway	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Poland	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Iceland	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Israel	2.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
6	Malta	2.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
7	Australia	2.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	North Macedonia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
9	Seychelles	3.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
10	Czechia	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Spain	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Netherlands	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Japan	4.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Germany	4.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Sweden	4.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Slovenia	4.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Italy	4.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Denmark	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Belgium	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Croatia	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Slovak Republic	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Ireland	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Turkmenistan	5.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
24	Estonia	5.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Austria	5.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Montenegro	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
28	Luxembourg	6.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	New Zealand	7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
30	Bulgaria	7.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Kuwait	7.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
32	Switzerland	7.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Singapore	7.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
34	Qatar	7.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
35	Greece	7.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	France	7.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Korea, Rep.	8.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
38	Albania	8.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Finland	8.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Lithuania	8.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	United Arab Emirates	9.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
42	United Kingdom	9.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Romania	10.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Serbia	10.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
45	Canada	11	North America	High income
46	Portugal	11.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Moldova	12.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Kazakhstan	13.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
49	Russian Federation	13.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Chile	15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
51	Hungary	15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Bahrain	15.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
53	Saudi Arabia	16.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
54	Ukraine	16.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	Tajikistan	16.6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
56	Egypt, Arab Rep.	16.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
57	Oman	17	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
58	Turkiye	17.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
59	Latvia	18.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Uruguay	18.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	West Bank and Gaza	20.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
62	Lebanon	20.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
63	United States	21.1	North America	High income
64	Malaysia	21.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
65	Grenada	21.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Antigua and Barbuda	21.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Costa Rica	22	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
68	Iran, Islamic Rep.	22	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
69	China	23	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Trinidad and Tobago	26.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Armenia	27.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Georgia	27.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Thailand	28.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
74	Sri Lanka	28.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
75	Syrian Arab Republic	29.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
76	Uzbekistan	30.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
77	Puerto Rico (US)	34.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
78	Tunisia	36.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
79	Fiji	38	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Barbados	39.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Cuba	39.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Mongolia	39.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
83	Azerbaijan	40.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Jordan	41.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
85	Cabo Verde	42.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
86	El Salvador	42.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Brunei Darussalam	44.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
88	Argentina	44.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Viet Nam	45.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Panama	49.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
91	Kyrgyz Republic	50.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
92	Maldives	56.7	South Asia	Upper middle income
93	Samoa	59.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Mexico	59.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Bhutan	59.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
96	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	61.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Ecuador	65.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Cyprus	68.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Peru	68.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Paraguay	71.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Honduras	71.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
102	Morocco	71.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
103	Libya	72.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
104	Brazil	72.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	St. Lucia	73.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	74.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	Colombia	74.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Iraq	76.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
109	Kiribati	76.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
110	Bahamas, The	77.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Algeria	77.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
112	Nicaragua	77.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
113	Philippines	78.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Mauritius	84.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
115	Vanuatu	94.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
116	Guatemala	95.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Suriname	96.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Jamaica	98.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	India	102.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
120	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	106.7	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
121	Dominican Republic	107.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	Guyana	111.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Solomon Islands	122.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
124	Bangladesh	123	South Asia	Lower middle income
125	Tonga	125.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Lao PDR	126.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
127	South Africa	126.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	Mozambique	127.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
129	Belize	129.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Zambia	134.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Sao Tome and Principe	146.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Pakistan	154.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
133	Bolivia	160.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
134	Indonesia	172.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Nepal	174.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
136	Myanmar	178.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
137	Yemen, Rep.	183.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
138	Botswana	185.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
139	Papua New Guinea	191.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
140	Timor-Leste	203.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
141	Equatorial Guinea	212.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
142	Namibia	214.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
143	Comoros	217	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Cambodia	218	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
145	Angola	221.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	Gabon	226.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
147	Djibouti	234.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
148	Tanzania	238.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Eswatini	239.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Rwanda	258.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Venezuela, RB	259.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
152	Senegal	260.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
153	Ghana	263.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Burkina Faso	263.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Ethiopia	266.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
156	Sudan	270.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Congo, Rep.	282.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
158	Uganda	284.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Eritrea	321.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Haiti	350.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
161	Zimbabwe	356.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Malawi	380.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Madagascar	391.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Togo	399	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
165	Cameroon	437.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166	Mali	440.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Niger	441.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Sierra Leone	442.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Gambia, The	458.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Mauritania	463.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Cote d'Ivoire	479.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	Burundi	494.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Benin	522.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Kenya	530	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Congo, Dem. Rep.	547.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Guinea	553.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Lesotho	566.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Afghanistan	620.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
179	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	620.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
180	Liberia	652.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
181	Guinea-Bissau	725.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Central African Republic	835.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
183	Nigeria	1,047.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
184	Chad	1,063.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	South Sudan	1,222.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Estimated maternal mortality ratio