Maternal mortality ratio, national estimate (per 100,000 live births) - Human development - Development outcomes - 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: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International.
Maternal mortality ratio, national estimate (per 100,000 live births) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Sierra Leone (2000)1,800
2Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)1,289
3Chad (2004)1,099
4Somalia (2006)1,044
5Eritrea (1995)998
6Guinea (2005)980
7Malawi (2006)807
8Republic of the Congo (2005)781
9Lesotho (2004)762
10Rwanda (2004)750
11Mauritania (2001)747
12Gambia (2001)730
13Zambia (2001)729
14Ethiopia (2004)673
15Cameroon (2004)669
16Niger (2006)648
17Burundi (2005)615
18Swaziland (2007)589
19Tanzania (2004)578
20Zimbabwe (2006)555
21Ivory Coast (2005)543
22Central African Republic (2006)543
23Gabon (2000)519
24Burkina Faso (1998)484
25Togo (1998)478
26Madagascar (2003)469
27Mali (2006)464
28Uganda (2006)435
29Kenya (2003)414
30Mozambique (2003)408
31Guinea-Bissau (2006)405
32Senegal (2005)401
33Benin (2006)397
34Comoros (2003)380
35Namibia (2000)271
36Morocco (2003)227
37South Africa (2003)165.5
38Sao Tome and Principe (2006)148
39Algeria (1999)117.4
40Egypt (2000)84
41Libya (1995)77
42Seychelles (2004)57.4
43Mauritius (2003)22
44Cape Verde (2005)14.6
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