Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Gender Statistics
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Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth, per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on fertility, birth attendants, and HIV prevalence.
| Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Gender Statistics (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Afghanistan | 1,400 |
| 2 | Chad | 1,200 |
| 3 | Somalia | 1,200 |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,000 |
| 5 | Liberia | 990 |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 970 |
| 7 | Burundi | 970 |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 850 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 840 |
| 10 | Mali | 830 |
| 11 | Niger | 820 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 790 |
| 13 | Tanzania | 790 |
| 14 | Sudan | 750 |
| 15 | Guinea | 680 |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 670 |
| 17 | Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 650 |
| 18 | Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | 644.83 |
| 19 | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 640 |
| 20 | Angola | 610 |
| 21 | Cameroon | 600 |
| 22 | Least developed countries: UN classification | 590 |
| 23 | Republic of the Congo | 580 |
| 24 | Low income | 580 |
| 25 | Laos | 580 |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 560 |
| 27 | Mauritania | 550 |
| 28 | Mozambique | 550 |
| 29 | Rwanda | 540 |
| 30 | Lesotho | 530 |
| 31 | Kenya | 530 |
| 32 | Malawi | 510 |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 470 |
| 34 | Zambia | 470 |
| 35 | Ivory Coast | 470 |
| 36 | Madagascar | 440 |
| 37 | Uganda | 430 |
| 38 | Swaziland | 420 |
| 39 | Senegal | 410 |
| 40 | Benin | 410 |
| 41 | South Africa | 410 |
| 42 | Gambia | 400 |
| 43 | Nepal | 380 |
| 44 | Timor-Leste | 370 |
| 45 | Togo | 350 |
| 46 | Ghana | 350 |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 340 |
| 48 | Comoros | 340 |
| 49 | Haiti | 300 |
| 50 | Djibouti | 300 |
| 51 | South Asia | 290 |
| 52 | Cambodia | 290 |
| 53 | Low & middle income | 290 |
| 54 | Eritrea | 280 |
| 55 | Equatorial Guinea | 280 |
| 56 | Guyana | 270 |
| 57 | Gabon | 260 |
| 58 | Pakistan | 260 |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 250 |
| 60 | Arab World | 240 |
| 61 | Burma | 240 |
| 62 | Indonesia | 240 |
| 63 | India | 230 |
| 64 | Lower middle income | 230 |
| 65 | Yemen | 210 |
| 66 | Bhutan | 200 |
| 67 | Middle income | 200 |
| 68 | Botswana | 190 |
| 69 | Bolivia | 180 |
| 70 | Namibia | 180 |
| 71 | Ecuador | 140 |
| 72 | Algeria | 120 |
| 73 | Morocco | 110 |
| 74 | Guatemala | 110 |
| 75 | Honduras | 110 |
| 76 | El Salvador | 110 |
| 77 | Solomon Islands | 100 |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 100 |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 100 |
| 80 | Suriname | 100 |
| 81 | Peru | 98 |
| 82 | Paraguay | 95 |
| 83 | Belize | 94 |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 94 |
| 85 | Philippines | 94 |
| 86 | Jamaica | 89 |
| 87 | East Asia & Pacific (developing only) | 88.73 |
| 88 | Middle East & North Africa (developing only) | 87.55 |
| 89 | Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) | 85.53 |
| 90 | Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) | 85.13 |
| 91 | Colombia | 85 |
| 92 | Mexico | 85 |
| 93 | East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) | 84.10 |
| 94 | Upper middle income | 82.10 |
| 95 | Egypt | 82 |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 81 |
| 97 | Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) | 80.10 |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 77 |
| 99 | Iraq | 75 |
| 100 | Panama | 71 |
| 101 | Argentina | 70 |
| 102 | Venezuela | 68 |
| 103 | Mongolia | 65 |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 64 |
| 105 | Libya | 64 |
| 106 | Barbados | 64 |
| 107 | Tunisia | 60 |
| 108 | Jordan | 59 |
| 109 | Brazil | 58 |
| 110 | Vietnam | 56 |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55 |
| 112 | Cuba | 53 |
| 113 | Bahamas | 49 |
| 114 | Thailand | 48 |
| 115 | Georgia | 48 |
| 116 | Syria | 46 |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 45 |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 44 |
| 119 | Russia | 39 |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 39 |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 38 |
| 122 | China | 38 |
| 123 | Maldives | 37 |
| 124 | Mauritius | 36 |
| 125 | Europe & Central Asia (developing only) | 32 |
| 126 | Moldova | 32 |
| 127 | Albania | 31 |
| 128 | Malaysia | 31 |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 30 |
| 130 | Iran | 30 |
| 131 | Armenia | 29 |
| 132 | Romania | 27 |
| 133 | Uruguay | 27 |
| 134 | Ukraine | 26 |
| 135 | Lebanon | 26 |
| 136 | Fiji | 26 |
| 137 | Chile | 26 |
| 138 | OECD members | 24.85 |
| 139 | High income: nonOECD | 24.78 |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 24 |
| 141 | United States | 24 |
| 142 | Turkey | 23 |
| 143 | North America | 22.78 |
| 144 | Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) | 21.39 |
| 145 | Brunei Darussalam | 21 |
| 146 | Oman | 20 |
| 147 | Latvia | 20 |
| 148 | Bahrain | 19 |
| 149 | Slovenia | 18 |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 18 |
| 151 | South Korea | 18 |
| 152 | North Korea | 18 |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 17 |
| 154 | High income | 15.19 |
| 155 | Montenegro | 15 |
| 156 | Belarus | 15 |
| 157 | High income: OECD | 14.20 |
| 158 | New Zealand | 14 |
| 159 | Croatia | 14 |
| 160 | Lithuania | 13 |
| 161 | Hungary | 13 |
| 162 | Bulgaria | 13 |
| 163 | Estonia | 12 |
| 164 | Canada | 12 |
| 165 | United Kingdom | 12 |
| 166 | Cyprus | 10 |
| 167 | United Arab Emirates | 10 |
| 168 | Switzerland | 10 |
| 169 | Netherlands | 9 |
| 170 | Macedonia | 9 |
| 171 | Kuwait | 9 |
| 172 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 |
| 173 | Singapore | 9 |
| 174 | European Union | 8.53 |
| 175 | Finland | 8 |
| 176 | Czech Republic | 8 |
| 177 | Malta | 8 |
| 178 | Australia | 8 |
| 179 | Serbia | 8 |
| 180 | Qatar | 8 |
| 181 | France | 8 |
| 182 | Portugal | 7 |
| 183 | Norway | 7 |
| 184 | Israel | 7 |
| 185 | Germany | 7 |
| 186 | Euro area | 6.66 |
| 187 | Spain | 6 |
| 188 | Japan | 6 |
| 189 | Slovakia | 6 |
| 190 | Poland | 6 |
| 191 | Italy | 5 |
| 192 | Sweden | 5 |
| 193 | Iceland | 5 |
| 194 | Denmark | 5 |
| 195 | Belgium | 5 |
| 196 | Austria | 5 |
| 197 | Ireland | 3 |
| 198 | Greece | 2 |
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