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Maternal mortality ratio

Deaths from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes per 100,000 live births.

46 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked lowest to highest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

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1TurkmenistanHigh5 per 100k 2Moldova (Republic of)High12 per 100k 3UkraineHigh17 per 100k 4EgyptHigh17 per 100k 5LebanonHigh21 per 100k 6GrenadaHigh21 per 100k 7Iran (Islamic Republic of)High22 per 100k 8ChinaHigh23 per 100k 9ThailandHigh29 per 100k 10Sri LankaHigh29 per 100k 11UzbekistanHigh30 per 100k 12TunisiaHigh37 per 100k 13FijiHigh38 per 100k 14CubaHigh39 per 100k 15MongoliaHigh39 per 100k 16AzerbaijanHigh41 per 100k 17JordanHigh41 per 100k 18Viet NamHigh46 per 100k 19KyrgyzstanHigh50 per 100k 20MaldivesHigh57 per 100k 21SamoaHigh59 per 100k 22MexicoHigh59 per 100k 23Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh62 per 100k 24EcuadorHigh66 per 100k 25PeruHigh69 per 100k 26ParaguayHigh71 per 100k 27MoroccoHigh72 per 100k 28LibyaHigh72 per 100k 29BrazilHigh72 per 100k 30Saint LuciaHigh73 per 100k 31ColombiaHigh75 per 100k 32AlgeriaHigh78 per 100k 33NicaraguaHigh78 per 100k 34PhilippinesHigh78 per 100k 35SurinameHigh96 per 100k 36JamaicaHigh99 per 100k 37Dominican RepublicHigh107 per 100k 38GuyanaHigh112 per 100k 39TongaHigh126 per 100k 40South AfricaHigh127 per 100k 41BelizeHigh130 per 100k 42Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High161 per 100k 43IndonesiaHigh173 per 100k 44BotswanaHigh186 per 100k 45GabonHigh227 per 100k 46Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High259 per 100k