List of countries by maternal mortality ratio
Maternal death, also called maternal mortality, is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." The maternal mortality ratio, on the other hand, is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The maternal mortality ratio is used as a criterion for the quality of medical care in a country. The global rate is 211 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.[2]
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data sources are in citations.
Rank | Country | Maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) |
---|---|---|
1 | Belarus | 2 |
Poland | 2 | |
Italy | 2 | |
Norway | 2 | |
5 | Greece | 3 |
Israel | 3 | |
Finland | 3 | |
Czech Republic | 3 | |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | |
10 | Spain | 4 |
Sweden | 4 | |
Denmark | 4 | |
Iceland | 4 | |
14 | Belgium | 5 |
Luxembourg | 5 | |
Japan | 5 | |
Netherlands | 5 | |
Switzerland | 5 | |
Slovakia | 5 | |
Austria | 5 | |
Ireland | 5 | |
22 | Montenegro | 6 |
Malta | 6 | |
Cyprus | 6 | |
Australia | 6 | |
26 | United Kingdom | 7 |
Turkmenistan | 7 | |
Slovenia | 7 | |
North Macedonia | 7 | |
Germany | 7 | |
31 | Lithuania | 8 |
Croatia | 8 | |
Portugal | 8 | |
France | 8 | |
Singapore | 8 | |
36 | Estonia | 9 |
New Zealand | 9 | |
Qatar | 9 | |
39 | Bulgaria | 10 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | |
Canada | 10 | |
Kazakhstan | 10 | |
Taiwan | 10 | |
44 | South Korea | 11 |
45 | Serbia | 12 |
Hungary | 12 | |
Kuwait | 12 | |
48 | Chile | 13 |
49 | Bahrain | 14 |
50 | Albania | 15 |
51 | Iran | 16 |
52 | Russia | 17 |
Uruguay | 17 | |
Tajikistan | 17 | |
Turkey | 17 | |
Saudi Arabia | 17 | |
57 | Romania | 19 |
Oman | 19 | |
Moldova | 19 | |
United States | 19[3] | |
Latvia | 19 | |
Ukraine | 19 | |
63 | Puerto Rico (US) | 21 |
63 | Georgia | 25 |
Grenada | 25 | |
66 | Azerbaijan | 26 |
Armenia | 26 | |
68 | Barbados | 27 |
Palestine | 27 | |
Costa Rica | 27 | |
71 | Uzbekistan | 29 |
Malaysia | 29 | |
China | 29 | |
Lebanon | 29 | |
76 | Brunei | 31 |
Syria | 31 | |
77 | Mexico | 33 |
78 | Fiji | 34 |
80 | Belize | 36 |
Cuba | 36 | |
Sri Lanka | 36 | |
83 | Egypt | 37 |
Thailand | 37 | |
85 | Argentina | 39 |
86 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42 |
87 | Samoa | 43 |
Vietnam | 43 | |
Tunisia | 43 | |
90 | Mongolia | 45 |
91 | El Salvador | 46 |
Jordan | 46 | |
93 | Tonga | 52 |
Panama | 52 | |
95 | Maldives | 53 |
Seychelles | 53 | |
97 | Cape Verde | 58 |
98 | Ecuador | 59 |
99 | Brazil | 60 |
Kyrgyzstan | 60 | |
101 | Mauritius | 61 |
102 | Honduras | 65 |
103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 67 |
104 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68 |
105 | Bahamas | 70 |
Morocco | 70 | |
107 | Vanuatu | 72 |
Libya | 72 | |
109 | Iraq | 79 |
110 | Jamaica | 80 |
111 | Colombia | 83 |
112 | Peru | 88 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 88 | |
114 | North Korea | 89 |
115 | Kiribati | 92 |
116 | Guatemala | 95 |
Dominican Republic | 95 | |
118 | Nicaragua | 98 |
119 | Solomon Islands | 104 |
120 | Algeria | 112 |
India | 112[4] | |
121 | Saint Lucia | 117 |
122 | South Africa | 119 |
123 | Suriname | 120 |
124 | Philippines | 121 |
125 | Venezuela | 125 |
126 | Paraguay | 129 |
127 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 130 |
128 | Timor-Leste | 142 |
129 | Botswana | 144 |
130 | Papua New Guinea | 145 |
131 | Bolivia | 155 |
132 | Cambodia | 160 |
133 | Yemen | 164 |
134 | Guyana | 169 |
135 | Bangladesh | 173 |
136 | Indonesia | 177 |
137 | Bhutan | 183 |
138 | Laos | 185 |
139 | Nepal | 186 |
Pakistan | 186[5] | |
141 | Namibia | 195 |
142 | Zambia | 213 |
143 | Angola | 241 |
144 | Rwanda | 248 |
Djibouti | 248 | |
146 | Myanmar | 250 |
147 | Gabon | 252 |
148 | Comoros | 273 |
149 | Mozambique | 289 |
150 | Sudan | 295 |
151 | Equatorial Guinea | 301 |
152 | Ghana | 308 |
153 | Senegal | 315 |
154 | Burkina Faso | 320 |
155 | Madagascar | 335 |
156 | Kenya | 342 |
157 | Malawi | 349 |
158 | Uganda | 375 |
159 | Republic of the Congo | 378 |
160 | Togo | 396 |
161 | Benin | 397 |
162 | Ethiopia | 401 |
163 | Eswatini (Swaziland) | 437 |
164 | Zimbabwe | 458 |
165 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 473 |
166 | Haiti | 480 |
Eritrea | 480 | |
168 | Niger | 509 |
169 | Tanzania | 524 |
170 | Cameroon | 529 |
171 | Lesotho | 544 |
172 | Burundi | 548 |
173 | Mali | 562 |
174 | Guinea | 576 |
175 | Gambia | 597 |
176 | Ivory Coast | 617 |
177 | Afghanistan | 638 |
178 | Liberia | 661 |
179 | Guinea-Bissau | 667 |
180 | Mauritania | 766 |
181 | Somalia | 829 |
Central African Republic | 829 | |
183 | Nigeria | 917 |
184 | Sierra Leone | 1,120 |
185 | Chad | 1,140 |
186 | South Sudan | 1,150 |
World | 211 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Maternal mortality ratio". Our World in Data. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) | Data". Retrieved 2018-06-27. Scroll down for country list.
- ^ https://www.who.int/gho/maternal_health/countries/usa.pdf?ua=1[bare URL]
- ^ "Maternal health". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Maternal mortality decreased to 186 deaths per 100,000 live births". UNFPA Pakistan. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
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