FromOur World in Data (usingWorld Health Organization definition): "The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period. It depicts the risk of maternal death relative to the number of live births and essentially captures the risk of death in a single pregnancy or a single live birth. Maternal deaths: The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a specified time period. (ICD-10)."[1] See the reference for a detailed definition of a live birth. SeeInternational Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
The global rate is 224 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020 (latest available year for some countries).[1]
Asterisk (*) indicates"Healthcare in LOCATION" or"Health in LOCATION" links.
| Location | 2020 | 2010 | 2000 | 1985 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan * | 620.4 | 898.7 | 1,346.1 | 1,910.3 |
| Africa (WHO) | 531.5 | 647.4 | 788.1 | 1,007.1 |
 Albania * | 8.3 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 47.7 |
 Algeria * | 77.7 | 111.7 | 159.2 | 255.6 |
| Americas (WHO) | 68.0 | 59.9 | 68.4 | 147.8 |
 Angola * | 221.9 | 367.3 | 859.9 | 1,098.0 |
 Antigua and Barbuda * | 21.2 | 30.8 | 51.3 | 59.0 |
 Argentina * | 44.9 | 55.1 | 71.5 | 97.9 |
 Armenia * | 27.2 | 33.2 | 50.2 | 54.0 |
 Australia * | 2.9 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
 Austria * | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 10.5 |
 Azerbaijan * | 40.8 | 32.8 | 55.5 | 52.8 |
 Bahamas | 77.1 | 78.9 | 60.8 | 55.6 |
 Bahrain * | 15.9 | 19.8 | 24.3 | 37.0 |
 Bangladesh * | 123.0 | 300.8 | 441.2 | 907.5 |
 Barbados * | 39.1 | 53.3 | 48.4 | 52.7 |
 Belarus * | 1.1 | 2.7 | 24.3 | 42.3 |
 Belgium * | 4.8 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 8.5 |
 Belize * | 129.8 | 32.7 | 85.9 | 113.8 |
 Benin * | 522.6 | 598.2 | 469.3 | 718.7 |
 Bhutan * | 59.9 | 116.6 | 304.7 | 835.1 |
 Bolivia * | 160.9 | 184.1 | 284.0 | 586.5 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 5.7 | 7.7 | 15.6 | 47.4 |
 Botswana * | 185.9 | 155.9 | 181.6 | 228.8 |
 Brazil * | 72.1 | 63.9 | 68.4 | 227.0 |
 Brunei * | 44.2 | 41.8 | 49.5 | 58.4 |
 Bulgaria * | 7.1 | 10.3 | 21.9 | 25.4 |
 Burkina Faso * | 263.8 | 357.4 | 505.6 | 795.3 |
 Burundi * | 494.4 | 608.0 | 873.6 | 1,343.3 |
 Cambodia * | 218.0 | 276.4 | 605.6 | 687.8 |
 Cameroon * | 437.8 | 526.7 | 650.7 | 694.3 |
 Canada * | 11.0 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 7.0 |
 Cape Verde * | 42.2 | 53.9 | 125.1 | 399.8 |
 Central African Republic * | 835.3 | 1,051.6 | 1,315.2 | 1,003.1 |
 Chad * | 1,063.5 | 1,303.3 | 1,365.5 | 1,420.0 |
 Chile * | 15.0 | 23.4 | 32.6 | 75.5 |
 China * | 23.0 | 33.2 | 58.1 | 114.5 |
 Colombia * | 74.8 | 70.6 | 92.6 | 130.0 |
 Comoros * | 217.0 | 316.2 | 455.7 | 656.2 |
 Congo * | 282.4 | 389.1 | 659.8 | 630.6 |
 Costa Rica * | 22.0 | 26.6 | 38.5 | 49.6 |
 Ivory Coast * | 479.9 | 604.1 | 473.5 | 667.0 |
 Croatia * | 4.8 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 12.9 |
 Cuba * | 39.3 | 41.1 | 47.0 | 69.1 |
 Cyprus * | 68.4 | 26.8 | 33.2 | 38.2 |
 Czech Republic * | 3.4 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 13.1 |
 DR Congo * | 547.4 | 601.5 | 667.7 | 1,171.5 |
 Denmark * | 4.7 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 11.5 |
 Djibouti * | 234.5 | 273.8 | 512.5 | 707.2 |
 Dominican Republic * | 107.3 | 91.8 | 79.1 | 154.1 |
 Timor-Leste * | 203.9 | 376.3 | 749.7 | 1,671.8 |
| Eastern Mediterranean (WHO) | 179.2 | 231.5 | 355.9 | 414.4 |
 Ecuador * | 65.7 | 76.2 | 120.1 | 238.6 |
 Egypt * | 16.8 | 38.2 | 79.4 | 152.8 |
 El Salvador * | 42.8 | 35.8 | 48.8 | 210.5 |
 Equatorial Guinea * | 212.3 | 211.3 | 426.6 | 1,302.5 |
 Eritrea * | 321.6 | 479.7 | 734.6 | 1,557.6 |
 Estonia * | 5.2 | 8.1 | 24.8 | 49.1 |
 Eswatini * | 239.6 | 671.5 | 588.3 | 484.3 |
 Ethiopia * | 266.7 | 634.7 | 952.8 | 1,297.3 |
| Europe (WHO) | 13.2 | 15.4 | 26.3 | 56.2 |
 Fiji * | 38.0 | 41.6 | 49.0 | 64.9 |
 Finland * | 8.3 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 5.6 |
 France * | 7.9 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 18.3 |
 Gabon * | 226.6 | 192.9 | 248.5 | 450.6 |
 Gambia | 458.2 | 619.8 | 777.7 | 1,202.2 |
 Georgia * | 27.6 | 41.0 | 52.8 | 44.3 |
 Germany * | 4.4 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 10.3 |
 Ghana * | 263.1 | 336.9 | 498.9 | 848.0 |
 Greece * | 7.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 7.3 |
 Grenada * | 21.1 | 27.3 | 42.1 | 53.9 |
 Guatemala * | 95.5 | 123.3 | 151.8 | 267.6 |
 Guinea * | 553.4 | 740.7 | 970.9 | 1,238.3 |
 Guinea-Bissau * | 725.1 | 794.5 | 1,300.2 | 1,651.9 |
 Guyana * | 111.9 | 147.9 | 190.1 | 275.1 |
 Haiti * | 350.4 | 402.9 | 399.7 | 710.4 |
 Honduras * | 71.8 | 73.2 | 81.9 | 223.6 |
 Hungary * | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 25.4 |
 Iceland * | 2.7 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
 India * | 102.7 | 178.7 | 384.4 | 646.9 |
 Indonesia * | 172.9 | 218.8 | 298.6 | 495.3 |
 Iran * | 22.0 | 31.6 | 43.5 | 102.3 |
 Iraq * | 76.1 | 114.9 | 116.9 | 201.9 |
 Ireland * | 5.0 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 11.1 |
 Israel * | 2.8 | 3.0 | 8.6 | 40.3 |
 Italy * | 4.6 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 18.1 |
 Jamaica * | 98.9 | 87.7 | 83.0 | 45.1 |
 Japan * | 4.3 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 17.4 |
 Jordan * | 41.3 | 46.6 | 64.3 | 96.3 |
 Kazakhstan * | 13.4 | 19.6 | 56.3 | 99.8 |
 Kenya * | 530.0 | 475.5 | 563.8 | 580.1 |
 Kiribati * | 76.3 | 130.6 | 115.9 | 213.2 |
 Kuwait * | 7.2 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 13.2 |
 Kyrgyzstan * | 50.4 | 71.7 | 86.9 | 97.0 |
 Laos * | 126.1 | 283.6 | 579.2 | 878.0 |
 Latvia * | 18.3 | 25.4 | 32.0 | 50.4 |
 Lebanon * | 20.6 | 18.0 | 31.9 | 66.9 |
 Lesotho * | 566.2 | 1,040.2 | 544.6 | 565.3 |
 Liberia * | 652.3 | 634.2 | 777.4 | 1,365.4 |
 Libya * | 72.1 | 57.5 | 56.7 | 57.5 |
 Lithuania * | 8.7 | 9.7 | 17.5 | 31.1 |
 Luxembourg * | 6.5 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 12.6 |
 Madagascar * | 391.5 | 496.8 | 658.1 | 810.4 |
 Malawi * | 380.7 | 512.9 | 573.5 | 891.8 |
 Malaysia * | 21.1 | 25.5 | 39.7 | 55.1 |
 Maldives * | 56.7 | 59.8 | 114.3 | 364.6 |
 Mali * | 440.2 | 546.8 | 742.3 | 1,341.2 |
 Malta * | 2.9 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 16.2 |
 Mauritania * | 463.8 | 586.1 | 683.6 | 781.3 |
 Mauritius * | 84.4 | 55.1 | 52.2 | 141.7 |
 Mexico * | 59.1 | 51.2 | 56.5 | 97.2 |
 Micronesia * | 74.3 | 45.7 | 60.1 | 112.0 |
 Moldova * | 12.3 | 18.1 | 48.9 | 75.2 |
 Mongolia * | 39.5 | 65.5 | 157.8 | 211.5 |
 Montenegro * | 6.2 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
 Morocco * | 71.9 | 133.9 | 244.2 | 673.7 |
 Mozambique * | 127.1 | 321.5 | 532.1 | 1,240.3 |
 Myanmar * | 178.7 | 292.7 | 371.4 | 572.5 |
 Namibia * | 214.6 | 481.6 | 450.3 | 328.4 |
 Nepal * | 174.4 | 349.2 | 504.0 | 1,171.5 |
 Netherlands * | 4.3 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 11.4 |
 New Zealand * | 7.0 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 16.9 |
 Nicaragua * | 77.9 | 97.8 | 168.8 | 269.9 |
 Niger * | 441.1 | 593.9 | 866.8 | 1,128.7 |
 Nigeria * | 1,047.2 | 1,122.7 | 1,147.5 | 1,283.0 |
 North Korea * | 106.7 | 130.2 | 185.6 | 115.1 |
 North Macedonia * | 3.0 | 6.3 | 12.3 | 17.9 |
 Norway * | 1.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 7.0 |
 Oman * | 17.0 | 18.1 | 19.8 | 31.1 |
 Pakistan * | 154.2 | 230.5 | 387.4 | 368.1 |
 Palestine * | 20.4 | 43.4 | 62.0 | 110.3 |
 Panama * | 49.5 | 54.9 | 65.5 | 87.9 |
 Papua New Guinea * | 191.8 | 288.9 | 311.9 | 354.3 |
 Paraguay * | 71.1 | 100.5 | 148.5 | 251.9 |
 Peru * | 68.5 | 76.4 | 113.3 | 274.0 |
 Philippines * | 78.2 | 105.0 | 129.0 | 255.9 |
 Poland * | 2.0 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 17.5 |
 Portugal * | 11.8 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 15.6 |
 Puerto Rico * | 34.3 | 21.2 | 21.9 | 31.8 |
 Qatar * | 7.6 | 10.1 | 28.1 | 23.9 |
 Romania * | 10.1 | 22.2 | 50.2 | 212.4 |
 Russia * | 13.7 | 17.2 | 52.3 | 106.8 |
 Rwanda * | 258.9 | 385.8 | 1,006.5 | 952.1 |
 Saint Lucia * | 73.3 | 73.3 | 86.7 | 48.6 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | 61.8 | 44.6 | 76.4 | 77.8 |
 Samoa * | 59.1 | 61.6 | 74.5 | 116.4 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe * | 146.2 | 160.2 | 179.5 | 257.0 |
 Saudi Arabia * | 16.2 | 15.3 | 21.5 | 35.8 |
 Senegal * | 260.9 | 450.1 | 638.4 | 760.0 |
 Serbia * | 10.2 | 14.2 | 17.8 | 16.9 |
 Seychelles * | 3.3 | 8.2 | 44.3 | 56.8 |
 Sierra Leone * | 442.8 | 837.4 | 1,682.4 | 1,427.5 |
 Singapore * | 7.5 | 8.3 | 15.1 | 17.7 |
 Slovakia * | 4.8 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
 Slovenia * | 4.5 | 6.0 | 11.9 | 16.0 |
 Solomon Islands * | 122.2 | 147.1 | 150.1 | 179.2 |
 Somalia * | 620.7 | 963.2 | 1,096.9 | 1,199.0 |
 South Africa * | 126.8 | 219.1 | 173.0 | 168.0 |
 South Korea * | 8.1 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 39.3 |
 South Sudan * | 1,222.5 | 1,059.8 | 1,686.6 | 3,291.8 |
| South-East Asia (WHO) | 116.8 | 197.4 | 372.0 | 643.8 |
 Spain * | 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
 Sri Lanka * | 28.8 | 37.3 | 61.1 | 69.8 |
 Sudan * | 270.4 | 383.4 | 642.2 | 1,165.5 |
 Suriname * | 96.5 | 138.3 | 278.2 | 415.5 |
 Sweden * | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
 Switzerland * | 7.4 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 9.7 |
 Syria * | 29.9 | 21.3 | 33.7 | 55.6 |
 Tajikistan * | 16.6 | 31.9 | 67.5 | 113.6 |
 Tanzania * | 238.3 | 485.9 | 760.1 | 843.9 |
 Thailand * | 28.6 | 35.3 | 48.2 | 77.6 |
 Togo * | 399.0 | 530.3 | 479.3 | 680.0 |
 Tonga * | 125.6 | 93.2 | 94.1 | 129.0 |
 Trinidad and Tobago * | 26.6 | 46.8 | 73.9 | 108.9 |
 Tunisia * | 36.6 | 43.9 | 61.5 | 124.7 |
 Turkey * | 17.3 | 22.1 | 31.7 | 53.2 |
 Turkmenistan * | 5.1 | 8.8 | 26.1 | 94.0 |
 Uganda * | 284.1 | 372.0 | 461.5 | 757.2 |
 Ukraine * | 16.5 | 16.9 | 35.8 | 66.2 |
 United Arab Emirates * | 9.3 | 9.2 | 21.8 | 21.6 |
 United Kingdom * | 9.8 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 8.4 |
 United States * | 21.1 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
 Uruguay * | 18.6 | 17.8 | 26.6 | 48.6 |
 Uzbekistan * | 30.2 | 37.8 | 42.6 | 92.9 |
 Vanuatu * | 94.4 | 93.1 | 108.7 | 161.1 |
 Venezuela * | 259.2 | 112.2 | 92.4 | 105.4 |
 Vietnam * | 45.5 | 60.0 | 88.5 | 143.2 |
| Western Pacific (WHO) | 44.3 | 49.1 | 76.4 | 131.0 |
| World | 223.5 | 253.8 | 339.0 | 441.3 |
 Yemen * | 183.4 | 156.6 | 275.0 | 466.1 |
 Zambia * | 134.7 | 268.5 | 418.7 | 555.4 |
 Zimbabwe * | 356.8 | 618.3 | 387.8 | 431.5 |
