Country Comparison > Maternal mortality rate

Rank	Country	Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births)
1	Sierra Leone	1,360
2	Central African Republic	882
3	Chad	856
4	Nigeria	814
5	South Sudan	789
6	Somalia	732
7	Liberia	725
8	Burundi	712
9	Gambia, The	706
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	693
11	Guinea	679
12	Cote d'Ivoire	645
13	Malawi	634
14	Mauritania	602
15	Cameroon	596
16	Mali	587
17	Niger	553
18	Guinea-Bissau	549
19	Kenya	510
20	Eritrea	501
21	Mozambique	489
22	Lesotho	487
23	Angola	477
24	Zimbabwe	443
25	Congo, Republic of the	442
26	Benin	405
27	Tanzania	398
28	Afghanistan	396
29	Swaziland	389
30	Yemen	385
31	Burkina Faso	371
32	Togo	368
33	Haiti	359
34	Ethiopia	353
35	Madagascar	353
36	Uganda	343
37	Equatorial Guinea	342
38	Comoros	335
39	Ghana	319
40	Senegal	315
41	Sudan	311
42	Gabon	291
43	Rwanda	290
44	Namibia	265
45	Nepal	258
46	Guyana	229
47	Djibouti	229
48	Zambia	224
49	East Timor	215
50	Papua New Guinea	215
51	Bolivia	206
52	Laos	197
53	Pakistan	178
54	Burma	178
55	Bangladesh	176
56	India	174
57	Cambodia	161
58	Sao Tome and Principe	156
59	Suriname	155
60	Nicaragua	150
61	Bhutan	148
62	Algeria	140
63	South Africa	138
64	Paraguay	132
65	Botswana	129
66	Honduras	129
67	Indonesia	126
68	Tonga	124
69	Morocco	121
70	Philippines	114
71	Solomon Islands	114
72	Micronesia, Federated States of	100
73	Venezuela	95
74	Panama	94
75	Dominican Republic	92
76	Kiribati	90
77	Jamaica	89
78	Guatemala	88
79	Korea, North	82
80	Bahamas, The	80
81	Vanuatu	78
82	Kyrgyzstan	76
83	Maldives	68
84	Peru	68
85	Syria	68
86	Ecuador	64
87	Colombia	64
88	Trinidad and Tobago	63
89	Tunisia	62
90	Jordan	58
91	El Salvador	54
92	Vietnam	54
93	Mauritius	53
94	Argentina	52
95	Samoa	51
96	Iraq	50
97	Saint Lucia	48
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	45
99	Mongolia	44
100	Brazil	44
101	Cape Verde	42
102	Turkmenistan	42
103	Malaysia	40
104	Cuba	39
105	Mexico	38
106	Georgia	36
107	Uzbekistan	36
108	Egypt	33
109	Tajikistan	32
110	Romania	31
111	Fiji	30
112	Sri Lanka	30
113	Albania	29
114	Belize	28
115	Barbados	27
116	China	27
117	Grenada	27
118	Costa Rica	25
119	Armenia	25
120	Azerbaijan	25
121	Russia	25
122	Iran	25
123	Ukraine	24
124	Moldova	23
125	Brunei	23
126	Chile	22
127	Thailand	20
128	Latvia	18
129	Hungary	17
130	Serbia	17
131	Oman	17
132	Turkey	16
133	Uruguay	15
134	Lebanon	15
135	Bahrain	15
136	Puerto Rico	14
137	United States	14
138	Qatar	13
139	Saudi Arabia	12
140	Kazakhstan	12
141	Korea, South	11
142	New Zealand	11
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11
144	Bulgaria	11
145	Portugal	10
146	Lithuania	10
147	Luxembourg	10
148	Singapore	10
149	Slovenia	9
150	United Kingdom	9
151	Libya	9
152	Malta	9
153	Estonia	9
154	Ireland	8
155	France	8
156	Croatia	8
157	Macedonia	8
158	Netherlands	7
159	Montenegro	7
160	Canada	7
161	Belgium	7
162	Australia	6
163	Germany	6
164	Denmark	6
165	Slovakia	6
166	United Arab Emirates	6
167	Switzerland	5
168	Spain	5
169	Japan	5
170	Israel	5
171	Norway	5
172	Italy	4
173	Kuwait	4
174	Czech Republic	4
175	Austria	4
176	Belarus	4
177	Sweden	4
178	Finland	3
179	Greece	3
180	Iceland	3
181	Poland	3

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, 2018