Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Reproductive health - Health - World 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. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on fertility, birth attendants, and HIV prevalence.

Rank	Country	Value
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators (2005)
1	Sierra Leone	2,100
2	Afghanistan	1,800
3	Niger	1,800
4	Chad	1,500
5	Angola	1,400
6	Somalia	1,400
7	Rwanda	1,300
8	Liberia	1,200
9	Malawi	1,100
10	Burundi	1,100
11	Guinea-Bissau	1,100
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,100
13	Nigeria	1,100
14	Cameroon	1,000
15	Senegal	980
16	Central African Republic	980
17	Mali	970
18	Lesotho	960
19	Tanzania	950
20	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	930
21	Guinea	910
22	Sub-Saharan Africa	900
23	Zimbabwe	880
24	Least developed countries: UN classification	870
25	Benin	840
26	Nepal	830
27	Zambia	830
28	Mauritania	820
29	Ivory Coast	810
30	Low income	790
31	Republic of the Congo	740
32	Ethiopia	720
33	Burkina Faso	700
34	Gambia	690
35	Equatorial Guinea	680
36	Haiti	670
37	Laos	660
38	Djibouti	650
39	Bangladesh	570
40	Kenya	560
41	Ghana	560
42	Uganda	550
43	Cambodia	540
44	Mozambique	520
45	Gabon	520
46	Madagascar	510
47	Togo	510
48	South Asia	500
49	Papua New Guinea	470
50	Guyana	470
51	Sudan	450
52	India	450
53	Eritrea	450
54	Low & middle income	440
55	Bhutan	440
56	Yemen	430
57	Indonesia	420
58	South Africa	400
59	Comoros	400
60	Swaziland	390
61	Timor-Leste	380
62	Botswana	380
63	Burma	380
64	Lower middle income	370
65	Pakistan	320
66	Middle income	320
67	Iraq	300
68	Guatemala	290
69	Bolivia	290
70	Honduras	280
71	Peru	240
72	Morocco	240
73	Philippines	230
74	Solomon Islands	220
75	Fiji	210
76	Cape Verde	210
77	Ecuador	210
78	Namibia	210
79	Middle East & North Africa	200
80	Algeria	180
81	Nicaragua	170
82	Tajikistan	170
83	El Salvador	170
84	Jamaica	170
85	Vietnam	150
86	Dominican Republic	150
87	Kyrgyzstan	150
88	East Asia & Pacific	150
89	Lebanon	150
90	Paraguay	150
91	Kazakhstan	140
92	Iran	140
93	Colombia	130
94	Latin America & Caribbean	130
95	Turkmenistan	130
96	Panama	130
97	Syria	130
98	Egypt	130
99	Maldives	120
100	Brazil	110
101	Thailand	110
102	Upper middle income	110
103	Tunisia	100
104	Libya	97
105	Albania	92
106	Azerbaijan	82
107	Argentina	77
108	Armenia	76
109	Suriname	72
110	Georgia	66
111	Oman	64
112	Malaysia	62
113	Jordan	62
114	Mexico	60
115	Sri Lanka	58
116	Venezuela	57
117	Belize	52
118	Mongolia	46
119	Cuba	45
120	China	45
121	Trinidad and Tobago	45
122	Europe & Central Asia	45
123	Turkey	44
124	United Arab Emirates	37
125	Bahrain	32
126	Costa Rica	30
127	Russia	28
128	Estonia	25
129	Romania	24
130	Uzbekistan	24
131	Moldova	22
132	Uruguay	20
133	Puerto Rico	18
134	Belarus	18
135	Ukraine	18
136	Saudi Arabia	18
137	Barbados	16
138	Chile	16
139	Bahamas	16
140	Mauritius	15
141	Singapore	14
142	North Korea	14
143	South Korea	14
144	Brunei Darussalam	13
145	Luxembourg	12
146	Qatar	12
147	Portugal	11
148	Lithuania	11
149	United States	11
150	Bulgaria	11
151	Cyprus	10
152	Latvia	10
153	Macedonia	10
154	High income	10
155	New Zealand	9
156	Malta	8
157	Poland	8
158	High income: OECD	8
159	France	8
160	United Kingdom	8
161	Belgium	8
162	Canada	7
163	Norway	7
164	Finland	7
165	Croatia	7
166	Hungary	6
167	Slovakia	6
168	Slovenia	6
169	Japan	6
170	Netherlands	6
171	Euro area	5
172	Switzerland	5
173	Iceland	4
174	Israel	4
175	Austria	4
176	Australia	4
177	Spain	4
178	Kuwait	4
179	Germany	4
180	Czech Republic	4
181	Sweden	3
182	Italy	3
183	Denmark	3
184	Greece	3
185	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
186	Ireland	1

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Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators

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