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Maternal mortality ratio

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

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

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1BelarusVery High1 per 100k 2NorwayVery High2 per 100k 3PolandVery High2 per 100k 4IcelandVery High3 per 100k 5IsraelVery High3 per 100k 6MaltaVery High3 per 100k 7AustraliaVery High3 per 100k 8North MacedoniaVery High3 per 100k 9SeychellesVery High3 per 100k 10CzechiaVery High3 per 100k 11SpainVery High3 per 100k 12NetherlandsVery High4 per 100k 13JapanVery High4 per 100k 14GermanyVery High4 per 100k 15SwedenVery High5 per 100k 16SloveniaVery High5 per 100k 17ItalyVery High5 per 100k 18DenmarkVery High5 per 100k 19BelgiumVery High5 per 100k 20CroatiaVery High5 per 100k 21SlovakiaVery High5 per 100k 22IrelandVery High5 per 100k 23EstoniaVery High5 per 100k 24AustriaVery High5 per 100k 25Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High6 per 100k 26MontenegroVery High6 per 100k 27LuxembourgVery High6 per 100k 28New ZealandVery High7 per 100k 29BulgariaVery High7 per 100k 30KuwaitVery High7 per 100k 31SwitzerlandVery High7 per 100k 32SingaporeVery High7 per 100k 33QatarVery High8 per 100k 34GreeceVery High8 per 100k 35FranceVery High8 per 100k 36Korea (Republic of)Very High8 per 100k 37AlbaniaVery High8 per 100k 38FinlandVery High8 per 100k 39LithuaniaVery High9 per 100k 40United Arab EmiratesVery High9 per 100k 41United KingdomVery High10 per 100k 42RomaniaVery High10 per 100k 43SerbiaVery High10 per 100k 44CanadaVery High11 per 100k 45PortugalVery High12 per 100k 46KazakhstanVery High13 per 100k 47Russian FederationVery High14 per 100k 48ChileVery High15 per 100k 49HungaryVery High15 per 100k 50BahrainVery High16 per 100k 51Saudi ArabiaVery High16 per 100k 52OmanVery High17 per 100k 53TürkiyeVery High17 per 100k 54LatviaVery High18 per 100k 55UruguayVery High19 per 100k 56United StatesVery High21 per 100k 57MalaysiaVery High21 per 100k 58Antigua and BarbudaVery High21 per 100k 59Costa RicaVery High22 per 100k 60Trinidad and TobagoVery High27 per 100k 61ArmeniaVery High27 per 100k 62GeorgiaVery High28 per 100k 63BarbadosVery High39 per 100k 64Brunei DarussalamVery High44 per 100k 65ArgentinaVery High45 per 100k 66PanamaVery High50 per 100k 67CyprusVery High68 per 100k 68BahamasVery High77 per 100k 69MauritiusVery High84 per 100k