Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics
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Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth, per 100,000 live births.
Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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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