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Number of maternal deaths

Name: Number of maternal deaths by country, 2023
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Deaths · lower is better · 194 countries

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194 countries · 2023

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Number of maternal deaths league table
#	Country	Deaths	Region	Income
1	San Marino	0.02	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Monaco	0.02	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Andorra	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Iceland	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Palau	0.17	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Dominica	0.26	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Malta	0.35	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
8	Antigua and Barbuda	0.38	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
9	Tuvalu	0.38	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
10	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
11	Montenegro	0.41	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
12	North Macedonia	0.47	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
13	Estonia	0.55	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Slovenia	0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Grenada	0.66	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
16	Norway	0.67	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.69	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
18	Belarus	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
19	Seychelles	0.73	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
20	Luxembourg	0.81	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Naoero	0.83	East Asia & Pacific	High income
22	St. Lucia	0.89	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	Croatia	0.96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Barbados	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
25	Qatar	1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
26	Marshall Islands	1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
28	Tonga	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
29	Lithuania	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Maldives	1.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
31	Albania	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
32	Cyprus	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Ireland	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Puerto Rico (US)	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
35	Denmark	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Brunei Darussalam	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
37	Slovak Republic	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Czechia	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Cabo Verde	2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
40	United Arab Emirates	2.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
41	Latvia	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Kiribati	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	Singapore	2.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
44	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	3.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Bahrain	3.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
46	Bahamas, The	3.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
47	Finland	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Bulgaria	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Greece	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Kuwait	3.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
51	Belgium	3.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Sweden	3.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	New Zealand	4.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
54	Israel	4.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
55	Switzerland	4.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Bhutan	4.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
57	Austria	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Sao Tome and Principe	4.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
59	Belize	4.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	Poland	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Fiji	5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
62	Uruguay	5.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
63	Samoa	5.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
64	Moldova	6.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
65	Serbia	6.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
66	Armenia	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Australia	7.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
68	Netherlands	7.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Turkmenistan	7.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Mauritius	7.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
71	Georgia	8.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Trinidad and Tobago	8.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Korea, Rep.	9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
74	Vanuatu	9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
75	Suriname	9.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Spain	9.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Hungary	9.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Oman	10.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
79	Guyana	12.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
80	Costa Rica	12.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Portugal	12.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Lebanon	14	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
83	Chile	17.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Romania	21.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Azerbaijan	22.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
86	Japan	23.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
87	West Bank and Gaza	23.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
88	Italy	24.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Germany	26	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Mongolia	26.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
91	Solomon Islands	26.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
92	Panama	26.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Ukraine	31.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Cuba	33.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Eswatini	34.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
96	Tajikistan	37.6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
97	Djibouti	38.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	El Salvador	38.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Kazakhstan	39.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Saudi Arabia	40.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
101	Canada	42	North America	High income
102	Jamaica	43	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
103	Comoros	43.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	France	46.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
105	United Kingdom	57.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Timor-Leste	58.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
107	Sri Lanka	59.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
108	Tunisia	59.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
109	Kyrgyz Republic	63.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
110	Jordan	72.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
111	Libya	74	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
112	Paraguay	79.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Nicaragua	79.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
114	Equatorial Guinea	95	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
115	Botswana	95.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
116	Syrian Arab Republic	106.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
117	Namibia	106.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
118	Honduras	109.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
119	Malaysia	115	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
120	Russian Federation	122	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Ecuador	149.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	Turkiye	156.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
123	Gabon	159.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
124	Argentina	167.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Lao PDR	182.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
126	Iran, Islamic Rep.	185.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
127	Thailand	203.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	228.8	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
129	Uzbekistan	249.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
130	Dominican Republic	252.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Lesotho	266.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Peru	277.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
133	Eritrea	288.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Gambia, The	290.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Guinea-Bissau	326.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Guatemala	353.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
137	Bolivia	380.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
138	Egypt, Arab Rep.	407.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
139	Colombia	418.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	Morocco	439.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
141	Congo, Rep.	456.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
142	Papua New Guinea	481.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
143	Cambodia	496.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
144	Algeria	566.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
145	Zambia	585.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	United States	608.3	North America	High income
147	Mauritania	658.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
148	Viet Nam	660.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
149	Iraq	765.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
150	Nepal	815.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
151	Haiti	846.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
152	Mexico	858	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
153	Rwanda	907.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Sierra Leone	915.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Venezuela, RB	967.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
156	Togo	1,011	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Mozambique	1,036.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Liberia	1,067.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Senegal	1,262.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
160	South Africa	1,395.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
161	China	1,446.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
162	Malawi	1,489.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Philippines	1,541.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
164	Yemen, Rep.	1,642.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
165	Central African Republic	1,652.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Myanmar	1,668.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
167	Brazil	1,740.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
168	Burkina Faso	1,761.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Zimbabwe	1,777	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
170	Burundi	1,806.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Ghana	2,083	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	South Sudan	2,271.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Guinea	2,409.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Cameroon	2,472.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Benin	2,477.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
176	Angola	2,530.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Uganda	2,917	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Mali	3,495	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	Cote d'Ivoire	3,578.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
180	Niger	3,838.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
181	Bangladesh	4,017.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
182	Sudan	4,301.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
183	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	4,437.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Madagascar	4,459.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	Kenya	5,681.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
186	Chad	6,122.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
187	Indonesia	6,297.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
188	Tanzania	6,472.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
189	Afghanistan	7,646.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
190	Ethiopia	8,003.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
191	Pakistan	10,669.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
192	Congo, Dem. Rep.	18,660.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
193	India	18,687.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
194	Nigeria	74,559.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

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