Maternal mortality ratio

The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.

Country Comparison Ranking

• Afghanistan

  638 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Albania

  15 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Algeria

  112 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Angola

  241 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Argentina

  39 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Armenia

  26 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Australia

  6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Austria

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  26 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  70 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Bahrain

  14 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Bangladesh

  173 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Barbados

  27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Belarus

  2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Belgium

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Belize

  36 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Benin

  397 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Bhutan

  183 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Bolivia

  155 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Botswana

  144 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Brazil

  60 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Brunei

  31 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Bulgaria

  10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  320 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Burma

  250 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Burundi

  548 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  58 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Cambodia

  160 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Cameroon

  529 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Canada

  10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Central African Republic

  829 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Chad

  1,140 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Chile

  13 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• China

  29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Colombia

  83 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Comoros

  273 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  473 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  378 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Costa Rica

  27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  617 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Croatia

  8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Cuba

  36 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Cyprus

  6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Czechia

  3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Denmark

  4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Djibouti

  248 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  95 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Ecuador

  59 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Egypt

  37 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• El Salvador

  46 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  301 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Eritrea

  480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Estonia

  9 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Eswatini

  437 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Ethiopia

  401 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Fiji

  34 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Finland

  3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• France

  8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Gabon

  252 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Gambia, The

  597 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
  
  note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• Georgia

  25 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Germany

  7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Ghana

  308 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Greece

  3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Grenada

  25 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Guatemala

  95 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Guinea

  576 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  667 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Guyana

  667 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Haiti

  480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Honduras

  65 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Hungary

  12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Iceland

  4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• India

  145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Indonesia

  177 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Iran

  16 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Iraq

  79 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Ireland

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Israel

  3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Italy

  2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Jamaica

  80 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Japan

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Jordan

  46 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Kenya

  342 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Kiribati

  92 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Korea, North

  89 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Korea, South

  11 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Kuwait

  12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  60 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Laos

  185 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Latvia

  19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Lebanon

  29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Lesotho

  544 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Liberia

  661 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Libya

  72 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Lithuania

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Luxembourg

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Madagascar

  335 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Malawi

  349 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Malaysia

  29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Maldives

  53 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Mali

  562 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Malta

  6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Mauritania

  766 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Mauritius

  61 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Mexico

  33 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  88 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Moldova

  19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Mongolia

  45 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Montenegro

  6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Morocco

  70 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  289 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Namibia

  195 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Nepal

  186 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Netherlands

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• New Zealand

  9 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Nicaragua

  198 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Niger

  509 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Nigeria

  917 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• North Macedonia

  7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Norway

  2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Oman

  19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Pakistan

  140 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Panama

  52 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Paraguay

  84 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Peru

  88 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Philippines

  121 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Poland

  2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Portugal

  8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  21 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Qatar

  9 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Romania

  19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Russia

  17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Rwanda

  248 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  117 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  98 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Samoa

  43 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  130 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Senegal

  315 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Serbia

  12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  1,120 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Singapore

  8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Slovakia

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Slovenia

  7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  104 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Somalia

  829 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• South Africa

  119 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• South Sudan

  1,150 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Spain

  4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  36 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Sudan

  295 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Suriname

  120 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Sweden

  4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Switzerland

  5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Syria

  31 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Tajikistan

  17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Tanzania

  524 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Thailand

  37 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  142 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Togo

  396 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Tonga

  52 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  67 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Tunisia

  43 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Turkey

  17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Uganda

  375 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Ukraine

  19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• United Kingdom

  7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• United States

  19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Uruguay

  17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Vanuatu

  72 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Venezuela

  125 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Vietnam

  43 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• West Bank

  27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
  
  note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• World

  211 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Yemen

  164 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Zambia

  213 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  458 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)