Country Comparison > Maternal mortality rate

Rank	Country	Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births)
1	South Sudan	1,150
2	Chad	1,140
3	Sierra Leone	1,120
4	Nigeria	917
5	Central African Republic	829
6	Somalia	829
7	Mauritania	766
8	Guinea-Bissau	667
9	Guyana	667
10	Liberia	661
11	Afghanistan	638
12	Gambia, The	597
13	Guinea	576
14	Mali	562
15	Burundi	548
16	Lesotho	544
17	Cameroon	529
18	Tanzania	524
19	Niger	509
20	Haiti	480
21	Eritrea	480
22	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	473
23	Zimbabwe	458
24	Swaziland	437
25	Ethiopia	401
26	Benin	397
27	Togo	396
28	Congo, Republic of the	378
29	Uganda	375
30	Malawi	349
31	Kenya	342
32	Madagascar	335
33	Burkina Faso	320
34	Senegal	315
35	Ghana	308
36	Equatorial Guinea	301
37	Sudan	295
38	Mozambique	289
39	Comoros	273
40	Gabon	252
41	Burma	250
42	Djibouti	248
43	Rwanda	248
44	Angola	241
45	Zambia	213
46	Nicaragua	198
47	Namibia	195
48	Nepal	186
49	Laos	185
50	Bhutan	183
51	Indonesia	177
52	Bangladesh	173
53	Yemen	164
54	Cambodia	160
55	Bolivia	155
56	India	145
57	Papua New Guinea	145
58	Botswana	144
59	East Timor	142
60	Pakistan	140
61	Sao Tome and Principe	130
62	Venezuela	125
63	Philippines	121
64	Suriname	120
65	South Africa	119
66	Saint Lucia	117
67	Algeria	112
68	Solomon Islands	104
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98
70	Dominican Republic	95
71	Guatemala	95
72	Kiribati	92
73	Korea, North	89
74	Peru	88
75	Micronesia, Federated States of	88
76	Paraguay	84
77	Colombia	83
78	Jamaica	80
79	Iraq	79
80	Libya	72
81	Vanuatu	72
82	Morocco	70
83	Bahamas, The	70
84	Trinidad and Tobago	67
85	Honduras	65
86	Mauritius	61
87	Kyrgyzstan	60
88	Brazil	60
89	Ecuador	59
90	Cape Verde	58
91	Maldives	53
92	Panama	52
93	Tonga	52
94	Jordan	46
95	El Salvador	46
96	Mongolia	45
97	Vietnam	43
98	Tunisia	43
99	Samoa	43
100	Argentina	39
101	Egypt	37
102	Thailand	37
103	Cuba	36
104	Belize	36
105	Sri Lanka	36
106	Fiji	34
107	Mexico	33
108	Brunei	31
109	Syria	31
110	Uzbekistan	29
111	China	29
112	Malaysia	29
113	Lebanon	29
114	Barbados	27
115	Gaza Strip	27
116	Costa Rica	27
117	West Bank	27
118	Armenia	26
119	Azerbaijan	26
120	Grenada	25
121	Georgia	25
122	Puerto Rico	21
123	Romania	19
124	Oman	19
125	Latvia	19
126	Moldova	19
127	Ukraine	19
128	United States	19
129	Turkey	17
130	Uruguay	17
131	Tajikistan	17
132	Saudi Arabia	17
133	Russia	17
134	Iran	16
135	Albania	15
136	Bahrain	14
137	Chile	13
138	Hungary	12
139	Kuwait	12
140	Serbia	12
141	Korea, South	11
142	Kazakhstan	10
143	Canada	10
144	Bulgaria	10
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10
146	Estonia	9
147	Qatar	9
148	New Zealand	9
149	Portugal	8
150	Croatia	8
151	France	8
152	Singapore	8
153	Slovenia	7
154	Turkmenistan	7
155	United Kingdom	7
156	Germany	7
157	Macedonia	7
158	Malta	6
159	Montenegro	6
160	Australia	6
161	Austria	5
162	Belgium	5
163	Ireland	5
164	Luxembourg	5
165	Slovakia	5
166	Lithuania	5
167	Japan	5
168	Netherlands	5
169	Switzerland	5
170	Sweden	4
171	Spain	4
172	Iceland	4
173	Denmark	4
174	Greece	3
175	Czech Republic	3
176	Finland	3
177	Israel	3
178	United Arab Emirates	3
179	Italy	2
180	Norway	2
181	Poland	2
182	Belarus	2

Definition: The maternal mortality ratio (MMRatio) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMRatio includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Maternal mortality rate map

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