Number of maternal deaths - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: A maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.
Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 67,000.00 | 2017 |
| 2 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 16,000.00 | 2017 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 14,000.00 | 2017 |
| 4 | Tanzania | 11,000.00 | 2017 |
| 5 | Chad | 7,300.00 | 2017 |
| 6 | Uganda | 6,000.00 | 2017 |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,400.00 | 2017 |
| 8 | Niger | 5,100.00 | 2017 |
| 8 | Somalia | 5,100.00 | 2017 |
| 10 | Kenya | 5,000.00 | 2017 |
| 11 | Cameroon | 4,700.00 | 2017 |
| 12 | Mali | 4,400.00 | 2017 |
| 13 | Sudan | 3,900.00 | 2017 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 3,100.00 | 2017 |
| 15 | Angola | 3,000.00 | 2017 |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 2,900.00 | 2017 |
| 17 | Madagascar | 2,800.00 | 2017 |
| 18 | Ghana | 2,700.00 | 2017 |
| 19 | Guinea | 2,600.00 | 2017 |
| 20 | Burundi | 2,400.00 | 2017 |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 2,400.00 | 2017 |
| 22 | Malawi | 2,100.00 | 2017 |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 2,100.00 | 2017 |
| 24 | Senegal | 1,700.00 | 2017 |
| 25 | Benin | 1,600.00 | 2017 |
| 26 | Central African Republic | 1,400.00 | 2017 |
| 26 | South Africa | 1,400.00 | 2017 |
| 28 | Zambia | 1,300.00 | 2017 |
| 29 | Algeria | 1,200.00 | 2017 |
| 30 | Mauritania | 1,100.00 | 2017 |
| 31 | Liberia | 1,000.00 | 2017 |
| 31 | Togo | 1,000.00 | 2017 |
| 33 | Rwanda | 960.00 | 2017 |
| 33 | Egypt | 960.00 | 2017 |
| 35 | Congo | 650.00 | 2017 |
| 36 | The Gambia | 520.00 | 2017 |
| 37 | Eritrea | 510.00 | 2017 |
| 38 | Morocco | 480.00 | 2017 |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 440.00 | 2017 |
| 40 | Lesotho | 310.00 | 2017 |
| 41 | Gabon | 170.00 | 2017 |
| 42 | Namibia | 140.00 | 2017 |
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 130.00 | 2017 |
| 43 | Eswatini | 130.00 | 2017 |
| 45 | Libya | 92.00 | 2017 |
| 46 | Tunisia | 90.00 | 2017 |
| 47 | Botswana | 81.00 | 2017 |
| 48 | Comoros | 72.00 | 2017 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 51.00 | 2017 |
| 50 | São Tomé and Principe | 9.00 | 2017 |
| 51 | Mauritius | 8.00 | 2017 |
| 52 | Cabo Verde | 6.00 | 2017 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 1.00 | 2017 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
