Maternal mortality ratio, modelled estimate (per 100,000 live births) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators
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Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth, per 100,000 live births. Source: The data are estimated with a regression model using information on fertility, birth attendants, and HIV prevalence. “Maternal Mortality in 2005: Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank” (2007).
| Maternal mortality ratio, modelled estimate (per 100,000 live births) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (2005) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Sierra Leone | 2,100 |
| 2 | Niger | 1,800 |
| 3 | Chad | 1,500 |
| 4 | Angola | 1,400 |
| 5 | Somalia | 1,400 |
| 6 | Rwanda | 1,300 |
| 7 | Liberia | 1,200 |
| 8 | Burundi | 1,100 |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,100 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 1,100 |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,100 |
| 12 | Malawi | 1,100 |
| 13 | Cameroon | 1,000 |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 980 |
| 15 | Senegal | 980 |
| 16 | Mali | 970 |
| 17 | Lesotho | 960 |
| 18 | Tanzania | 950 |
| 19 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 917.49 |
| 20 | Guinea | 910 |
| 21 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 898.71 |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 880 |
| 23 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 871.28 |
| 24 | Benin | 840 |
| 25 | Zambia | 830 |
| 26 | Mauritania | 820 |
| 27 | Africa | 819.34 |
| 28 | Ivory Coast | 810 |
| 29 | Republic of the Congo | 740 |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 720 |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 700 |
| 32 | Gambia | 690 |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | 680 |
| 34 | Djibouti | 650 |
| 35 | Kenya | 560 |
| 36 | Ghana | 560 |
| 37 | Uganda | 550 |
| 38 | Mozambique | 520 |
| 39 | Gabon | 520 |
| 40 | Togo | 510 |
| 41 | Madagascar | 510 |
| 42 | Sudan | 450 |
| 43 | Eritrea | 450 |
| 44 | Comoros | 400 |
| 45 | South Africa | 400 |
| 46 | Swaziland | 390 |
| 47 | Botswana | 380 |
| 48 | Morocco | 240 |
| 49 | Namibia | 210 |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 210 |
| 51 | Algeria | 180 |
| 52 | North Africa | 156.10 |
| 53 | Egypt | 130 |
| 54 | Tunisia | 100 |
| 55 | Libya | 97 |
| 56 | Mauritius | 15 |
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