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Maternal mortality ratio

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

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

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1TajikistanMedium17 per 100k 2Palestine, State ofMedium20 per 100k 3Syrian Arab RepublicMedium30 per 100k 4Cabo VerdeMedium42 per 100k 5El SalvadorMedium43 per 100k 6BhutanMedium60 per 100k 7HondurasMedium72 per 100k 8Micronesia (Federated States of)Medium74 per 100k 9IraqMedium76 per 100k 10KiribatiMedium76 per 100k 11VanuatuMedium94 per 100k 12GuatemalaMedium96 per 100k 13IndiaMedium103 per 100k 14Solomon IslandsMedium122 per 100k 15BangladeshMedium123 per 100k 16Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium126 per 100k 17ZambiaMedium135 per 100k 18Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium146 per 100k 19NepalMedium174 per 100k 20MyanmarMedium179 per 100k 21Papua New GuineaMedium192 per 100k 22Timor-LesteMedium204 per 100k 23Equatorial GuineaMedium212 per 100k 24NamibiaMedium215 per 100k 25ComorosMedium217 per 100k 26CambodiaMedium218 per 100k 27AngolaMedium222 per 100k 28Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium238 per 100k 29Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium240 per 100k 30RwandaMedium259 per 100k 31GhanaMedium263 per 100k 32CongoMedium282 per 100k 33UgandaMedium284 per 100k 34HaitiMedium350 per 100k 35ZimbabweMedium357 per 100k 36TogoMedium399 per 100k 37CameroonMedium438 per 100k 38MauritaniaMedium464 per 100k 39Côte d'IvoireMedium480 per 100k 40KenyaMedium530 per 100k 41LesothoMedium566 per 100k 42NigeriaMedium1,047 per 100k