Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)

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The map shows the indicator: Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births). The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: CIA. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

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Color of the countries with the lowest data: blue.

Color of the countries with the highest data: red.

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Ranking of statistics – Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 2010 :

1 - South Sudan - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 2,054 in 2012
2 - Afghanistan - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 1,400 in 2010
3 - Chad - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 1,200 in 2010
4 - Somalia - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 1,200 in 2010
5 - Guinea-Bissau - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 1,000 in 2010

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 2010 :

1 - Greece - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 2 in 2010
2 - Estonia - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 2 in 2011
3 - Singapore - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 3 in 2011
4 - Ireland - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 3 in 2010
5 - Sweden - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) was 4 in 2011

Data table - Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	South Sudan	2054	2013
2	Chad	1100	2013
3	Somalia	1000	2013
4	Central African Republic	890	2013
5	Sierra Leone	890	2013
6	Burundi	800	2013
7	Guinea-Bissau	790	2013
8	Liberia	770	2013
9	Sudan	730	2013
10	Cameroon	690	2013
11	Nigeria	630	2013
12	Lesotho	620	2013
13	Guinea	610	2013
14	Niger	590	2013
15	Zimbabwe	570	2013
16	Republic of the Congo	560	2013
17	Democratic Republic of the Congo	540	2013
18	Mali	540	2013
19	Mauritania	510	2013
20	Mozambique	490	2013
21	Laos	470	2013
22	Afghanistan	460	2013
23	Tanzania	460	2013
24	Malawi	460	2013
25	Angola	450	2013
26	Zambia	440	2013
27	Côte d'Ivoire	400	2013
28	Senegal	370	2013
29	Gambia	360	2013
30	Kenya	360	2013
31	Haiti	350	2013
32	Benin	350	2013
33	Ghana	350	2013
34	Ethiopia	350	2013
35	Rwanda	340	2013
36	Swaziland	320	2013
37	Uganda	310	2013
38	East Timor	300	2013
39	Burkina Faso	300	2013
40	South Africa	300	2013
41	Togo	300	2013
42	Comoros	280	2013
43	Guyana	280	2013
44	Pakistan	260	2013
45	Cambodia	250	2013
46	Madagascar	240	2013
47	Eritrea	240	2013
48	Equatorial Guinea	240	2013
49	Bangladesh	240	2013
50	Gabon	230	2013
51	Papua New Guinea	230	2013
52	Indonesia	220	2013
53	Namibia	200	2013
54	Yemen	200	2013
55	India	200	2013
56	Djibouti	200	2013
57	Myanmar	200	2013
58	Belarus	190	2013
59	Bolivia	180	2013
60	Bhutan	180	2013
61	Nepal	170	2013
62	Botswana	160	2013
63	Dominican Republic	150	2013
64	Suriname	130	2013
65	Guatemala	120	2013
66	Jamaica	110	2013
67	Ecuador	110	2013
68	Vanuatu	110	2013
69	Tonga	110	2013
70	Honduras	100	2013
71	Samoa	100	2013
72	Micronesia	100	2013
73	Morocco	100	2013
74	Philippines	99	2013
75	Paraguay	99	2013
76	Algeria	97	2013
77	Nicaragua	95	2013
78	Solomon Islands	93	2013
79	Colombia	92	2013
80	Panama	92	2013
81	Venezuela	92	2013
82	El Salvador	81	2013
83	North Korea	81	2013
84	Cape Verde	79	2013
85	Argentina	77	2013
86	Cuba	73	2013
87	Kyrgyzstan	71	2013
88	Syria	70	2013
89	São Tomé and Príncipe	70	2013
90	Peru	67	2013
91	Georgia	67	2013
92	Turkmenistan	67	2013
93	Egypt	66	2013
94	Tajikistan	65	2013
95	Mongolia	63	2013
96	Jordan	63	2013
97	Iraq	63	2013
98	Mauritius	60	2013
99	Maldives	60	2013
100	Vietnam	59	2013
101	Libya	58	2013
102	Tunisia	56	2013
103	Brazil	56	2013
104	Belize	53	2013
105	Barbados	51	2013
106	Kazakhstan	51	2013
107	Mexico	50	2013
108	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48	2013
109	Thailand	48	2013
110	Bahamas	47	2013
111	Trinidad and Tobago	46	2013
112	Azerbaijan	43	2013
113	Moldova	41	2013
114	Costa Rica	40	2013
115	China	37	2013
116	Saint Lucia	35	2013
117	Sri Lanka	35	2013
118	Russia	34	2013
119	Latvia	34	2013
120	Ukraine	32	2013
121	Oman	32	2013
122	Armenia	30	2013
123	Uruguay	29	2013
124	Malaysia	29	2013
125	Uzbekistan	28	2013
126	Romania	27	2013
127	Albania	27	2013
128	Fiji	26	2013
129	Chile	25	2013
130	Lebanon	25	2013
131	Brunei	24	2013
132	Saudi Arabia	24	2013
133	Grenada	24	2013
134	Iran	21	2013
135	United States	21	2013
136	Hungary	21	2013
137	Luxembourg	20	2013
138	Bahrain	20	2013
139	Turkey	20	2013
140	Croatia	17	2013
141	South Korea	16	2013
142	New Zealand	15	2013
143	Kuwait	14	2013
144	Canada	12	2013
145	Denmark	12	2013
146	Serbia	12	2013
147	United Kingdom	12	2013
148	United Arab Emirates	12	2013
149	Slovenia	12	2013
150	Bulgaria	11	2013
151	Macedonia	10	2013
152	Cyprus	10	2013
153	Kiribati	9	2013
154	Switzerland	8	2013
155	Montenegro	8	2013
156	Portugal	8	2013
157	Malta	8	2013
158	Lithuania	8	2013
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	2013
160	Belgium	8	2013
161	France	8	2013
162	Germany	7	2013
163	Australia	7	2013
164	Qatar	7	2013
165	Israel	7	2013
166	Norway	7	2013
167	Netherlands	6	2013
168	Spain	6	2013
169	Ireland	6	2013
170	Slovakia	6	2013
171	Finland	5	2013
172	Czech Republic	5	2013
173	Japan	5	2013
174	Iceland	5	2013
175	Poland	5	2013
176	Austria	4	2013
177	Italy	4	2013
178	Sweden	4	2013
179	Greece	3	2013
180	Singapore	3	2013
181	Estonia	2	2013