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Maternal mortality ratio

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

184 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 23TurkmenistanHigh5 per 100k 24EstoniaVery High5 per 100k 25AustriaVery High5 per 100k 26Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High6 per 100k 27MontenegroVery High6 per 100k 28LuxembourgVery High6 per 100k 29New ZealandVery High7 per 100k 30BulgariaVery High7 per 100k 31KuwaitVery High7 per 100k 32SwitzerlandVery High7 per 100k 33SingaporeVery High7 per 100k 34QatarVery High8 per 100k 35GreeceVery High8 per 100k 36FranceVery High8 per 100k 37Korea (Republic of)Very High8 per 100k 38AlbaniaVery High8 per 100k 39FinlandVery High8 per 100k 40LithuaniaVery High9 per 100k 41United Arab EmiratesVery High9 per 100k 42United KingdomVery High10 per 100k 43RomaniaVery High10 per 100k 44SerbiaVery High10 per 100k 45CanadaVery High11 per 100k 46PortugalVery High12 per 100k 47Moldova (Republic of)High12 per 100k 48KazakhstanVery High13 per 100k 49Russian FederationVery High14 per 100k 50ChileVery High15 per 100k 51HungaryVery High15 per 100k 52BahrainVery High16 per 100k 53Saudi ArabiaVery High16 per 100k 54UkraineHigh17 per 100k 55TajikistanMedium17 per 100k 56EgyptHigh17 per 100k 57OmanVery High17 per 100k 58TürkiyeVery High17 per 100k 59LatviaVery High18 per 100k 60UruguayVery High19 per 100k 61Palestine, State ofMedium20 per 100k 62LebanonHigh21 per 100k 63United StatesVery High21 per 100k 64MalaysiaVery High21 per 100k 65GrenadaHigh21 per 100k 66Antigua and BarbudaVery High21 per 100k 67Costa RicaVery High22 per 100k 68Iran (Islamic Republic of)High22 per 100k 69ChinaHigh23 per 100k 70Trinidad and TobagoVery High27 per 100k 71ArmeniaVery High27 per 100k 72GeorgiaVery High28 per 100k 73ThailandHigh29 per 100k 74Sri LankaHigh29 per 100k 75Syrian Arab RepublicMedium30 per 100k 76UzbekistanHigh30 per 100k 77TunisiaHigh37 per 100k 78FijiHigh38 per 100k 79BarbadosVery High39 per 100k 80CubaHigh39 per 100k 81MongoliaHigh39 per 100k 82AzerbaijanHigh41 per 100k 83JordanHigh41 per 100k 84Cabo VerdeMedium42 per 100k 85El SalvadorMedium43 per 100k 86Brunei DarussalamVery High44 per 100k 87ArgentinaVery High45 per 100k 88Viet NamHigh46 per 100k 89PanamaVery High50 per 100k 90KyrgyzstanHigh50 per 100k 91MaldivesHigh57 per 100k 92SamoaHigh59 per 100k 93MexicoHigh59 per 100k 94BhutanMedium60 per 100k 95Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh62 per 100k 96EcuadorHigh66 per 100k 97CyprusVery High68 per 100k 98PeruHigh69 per 100k 99ParaguayHigh71 per 100k 100HondurasMedium72 per 100k 101MoroccoHigh72 per 100k 102LibyaHigh72 per 100k 103BrazilHigh72 per 100k 104Saint LuciaHigh73 per 100k 105Micronesia (Federated States of)Medium74 per 100k 106ColombiaHigh75 per 100k 107IraqMedium76 per 100k 108KiribatiMedium76 per 100k 109BahamasVery High77 per 100k 110AlgeriaHigh78 per 100k 111NicaraguaHigh78 per 100k 112PhilippinesHigh78 per 100k 113MauritiusVery High84 per 100k 114VanuatuMedium94 per 100k 115GuatemalaMedium96 per 100k 116SurinameHigh96 per 100k 117JamaicaHigh99 per 100k 118IndiaMedium103 per 100k 119Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)Other Countries or Territories107 per 100k 120Dominican RepublicHigh107 per 100k 121GuyanaHigh112 per 100k 122Solomon IslandsMedium122 per 100k 123BangladeshMedium123 per 100k 124TongaHigh126 per 100k 125Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium126 per 100k 126South AfricaHigh127 per 100k 127MozambiqueLow127 per 100k 128BelizeHigh130 per 100k 129ZambiaMedium135 per 100k 130Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium146 per 100k 131PakistanLow154 per 100k 132Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High161 per 100k 133IndonesiaHigh173 per 100k 134NepalMedium174 per 100k 135MyanmarMedium179 per 100k 136YemenLow183 per 100k 137BotswanaHigh186 per 100k 138Papua New GuineaMedium192 per 100k 139Timor-LesteMedium204 per 100k 140Equatorial GuineaMedium212 per 100k 141NamibiaMedium215 per 100k 142ComorosMedium217 per 100k 143CambodiaMedium218 per 100k 144AngolaMedium222 per 100k 145GabonHigh227 per 100k 146DjiboutiLow234 per 100k 147Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium238 per 100k 148Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium240 per 100k 149RwandaMedium259 per 100k 150Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High259 per 100k 151SenegalLow261 per 100k 152GhanaMedium263 per 100k 153Burkina FasoLow264 per 100k 154EthiopiaLow267 per 100k 155SudanLow270 per 100k 156CongoMedium282 per 100k 157UgandaMedium284 per 100k 158EritreaLow322 per 100k 159HaitiMedium350 per 100k 160ZimbabweMedium357 per 100k 161MalawiLow381 per 100k 162MadagascarLow392 per 100k 163TogoMedium399 per 100k 164CameroonMedium438 per 100k 165MaliLow440 per 100k 166NigerLow441 per 100k 167Sierra LeoneLow443 per 100k 168GambiaLow458 per 100k 169MauritaniaMedium464 per 100k 170Côte d'IvoireMedium480 per 100k 171BurundiLow494 per 100k 172BeninLow523 per 100k 173KenyaMedium530 per 100k 174Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low547 per 100k 175GuineaLow553 per 100k 176LesothoMedium566 per 100k 177AfghanistanLow620 per 100k 178SomaliaLow621 per 100k 179LiberiaLow652 per 100k 180Guinea-BissauLow725 per 100k 181Central African RepublicLow835 per 100k 182NigeriaMedium1,047 per 100k 183ChadLow1,063 per 100k 184South SudanLow1,223 per 100k