Maternal Mortality by Country (2023)

World rankings for Maternal Mortality. Lower values rank higher. Based on latest available data.

# Country Value CAGR 1Y
1 Belarus 1 -8.6% 0.0% 2 Norway 1 -5.6% -66.7% 3 Australia 2 -3.9% -50.0% 4 Israel 2 -7.3% -33.3% 5 Poland 2 -5.8% 0.0% 6 Croatia 3 -3.1% -50.0% 7 Czechia 3 -4.1% 0.0% 8 Iceland 3 -3.4% -40.0% 9 Japan 3 -4.7% -40.0% 10 North Macedonia 3 -4.5% 0.0% 11 Slovenia 3 -4.5% -80.0% 12 Spain 3 -1.8% -25.0% 13 United Arab Emirates 3 -4.7% 50.0% 14 Belgium 4 -2.1% -63.6% 15 Denmark 4 -2.8% -33.3% 16 Germany 4 -3.2% 0.0% 17 Ireland 4 -2.6% -42.9% 18 Netherlands 4 -2.8% 0.0% 19 Qatar 4 -3.7% -50.0% 20 Slovakia 4 -4.0% -20.0% 21 South Korea 4 -5.8% -42.9% 22 Sweden 4 -1.8% -20.0% 23 Estonia 5 -6.2% -28.6% 24 Greece 5 -1.5% -50.0% 25 Monaco 5 -4.5% 0.0% 26 Switzerland 5 -2.8% 25.0% 27 Turkmenistan 5 -6.9% 0.0% 28 Austria 6 -2.2% -14.3% 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 -4.5% -50.0% 30 Bulgaria 6 -3.8% -40.0% 31 Italy 6 -3.4% -40.0% 32 Montenegro 6 -1.6% -53.9% 33 Singapore 6 -2.8% -82.4% 34 Albania 7 -4.4% -12.5% 35 France 7 -2.7% -22.2% 36 New Zealand 7 -2.6% -69.6% 37 Saudi Arabia 7 -4.5% -22.2% 38 Finland 8 0.4% 0.0% 39 Kuwait 8 -0.8% 0.0% 40 Lithuania 8 -3.8% -11.1% 41 Malta 8 -2.5% -20.0% 42 San Marino 8 -1.1% -63.6% 43 United Kingdom 8 3.7% -46.7% 44 Russia 9 -5.6% -30.8% 45 Chile 10 -5.1% -16.7% 46 Kazakhstan 10 -4.9% -28.6% 47 Andorra 11 -1.7% -35.3% 48 Luxembourg 11 -2.0% 83.3% 49 Serbia 11 -0.8% -21.4% 50 Canada 12 1.4% -20.0% 51 Hungary 12 -2.0% -14.3% 52 Romania 12 -6.9% -7.7% 53 Oman 13 -3.1% 0.0% 54 Cyprus 14 -0.8% -73.6% 55 Tajikistan 14 -5.0% 0.0% 56 Lebanon 15 -3.5% 0.0% 57 Portugal 15 -0.8% -6.3% 58 Turkey 15 -3.4% -28.6% 59 Ukraine 15 -3.3% -6.3% 60 Uruguay 15 -2.6% -25.0% 61 China 16 -5.3% -11.1% 62 Iran 16 -5.9% -23.8% 63 Palestine 16 -4.8% -5.9% 64 Bahrain 17 -2.0% 240.0% 65 Egypt 17 -5.4% -29.2% 66 United States 17 1.2% -15.0% 67 Azerbaijan 18 -2.4% -43.8% 68 Sri Lanka 18 -3.4% -18.2% 69 Armenia 19 -2.8% -29.6% 70 Latvia 19 -2.6% -34.5% 71 Moldova 19 -3.1% 0.0% 72 Georgia 20 -1.4% -9.1% 73 Syria 20 -2.6% -4.8% 74 Costa Rica 24 -1.5% -11.1% 75 Malaysia 26 -2.3% -31.6% 76 Uzbekistan 26 -2.6% -3.7% 77 Fiji 30 -2.5% -6.3% 78 Jordan 31 -3.0% -11.4% 79 Maldives 32 -7.2% -5.9% 80 Argentina 33 -2.3% -15.4% 81 Thailand 34 -2.5% -69.6% 82 Antigua and Barbuda 35 -0.2% -2.8% 83 Barbados 35 -1.2% -7.9% 84 Cuba 35 -1.8% -14.6% 85 Brunei 36 -2.0% -59.1% 86 Dominica 36 -1.4% -18.2% 87 Panama 37 -2.5% -7.5% 88 El Salvador 39 -4.1% 0.0% 89 Cape Verde 40 -6.0% -4.8% 90 Mongolia 41 -5.5% 0.0% 91 Kyrgyzstan 42 -1.7% -4.6% 92 Mexico 42 -2.4% -6.7% 93 Seychelles 42 -1.3% -52.8% 94 Saint Lucia 44 -0.6% -8.3% 95 Bhutan 47 -7.7% -4.1% 96 Honduras 47 -3.7% -2.1% 97 Grenada 48 -1.0% -4.0% 98 Vietnam 48 -3.5% -2.0% 99 Peru 51 -3.5% -37.0% 100 Trinidad and Tobago 54 -1.2% 80.0% 101 Ecuador 55 -3.2% -20.3% 102 Saint Vincent 56 -0.8% 0.0% 103 Paraguay 58 -3.6% -25.6% 104 Colombia 59 -2.3% -20.3% 105 Libya 59 -1.0% -1.7% 106 Nicaragua 60 -4.3% -1.6% 107 Algeria 62 -4.0% -3.1% 108 Iraq 66 -2.2% 11.9% 109 Mauritius 66 -1.4% 8.2% 110 Belize 67 -1.0% -39.1% 111 Brazil 67 -2.7% -35.6% 112 North Korea 67 -0.3% 0.0% 113 Tonga 67 -2.1% -6.9% 114 Morocco 70 -6.1% -1.4% 115 Saint Kitts and Nevis 74 -3.5% -25.3% 116 Guyana 75 -3.0% -9.6% 117 Sao Tome and Principe 75 -2.0% -8.5% 118 Bahamas 76 0.2% -5.0% 119 India 80 -5.4% -11.1% 120 Kiribati 80 -2.9% -7.0% 121 Philippines 84 -2.3% -8.7% 122 Suriname 84 -3.9% -4.6% 123 Zambia 85 -5.0% -4.5% 124 Palau 89 -0.2% -26.5% 125 Guatemala 94 -3.0% -3.1% 126 Mozambique 99 -6.8% -4.8% 127 Vanuatu 100 -1.9% -4.8% 128 Samoa 101 -1.2% -8.2% 129 Laos 112 -5.6% -6.7% 130 Bangladesh 115 -5.3% -12.2% 131 Eswatini 118 -4.1% 5.4% 132 South Africa 118 -1.5% -8.5% 133 Yemen 118 -3.3% -5.6% 134 Solomon Islands 123 -1.4% -2.4% 135 Dominican Republic 124 -1.8% 0.0% 136 Micronesia 129 -1.4% -10.4% 137 Jamaica 130 2.8% -5.8% 138 Cambodia 137 -4.8% -13.8% 139 Namibia 139 -2.4% 9.5% 140 Indonesia 140 -3.2% -5.4% 141 Nepal 142 -5.4% 2.2% 142 Bolivia 146 -3.3% -11.0% 143 Kenya 149 -5.7% -3.9% 144 Botswana 155 -1.8% 29.2% 145 Marshall Islands 155 -1.3% -10.9% 146 Pakistan 155 -2.7% -3.1% 147 Djibouti 162 -4.2% -6.9% 148 Tuvalu 170 -0.8% -22.7% 149 Uganda 170 -4.1% -7.6% 150 Equatorial Guinea 174 -3.4% -4.9% 151 Comoros 179 -4.0% -3.8% 152 Angola 183 -4.0% -1.1% 153 Myanmar 185 -3.3% -4.2% 154 Papua New Guinea 189 -1.9% 0.0% 155 Timor-Leste 192 -5.9% -18.3% 156 Ethiopia 195 -4.9% -5.8% 157 Malawi 225 -4.1% -5.9% 158 Venezuela 227 2.7% 3.7% 159 Rwanda 229 -4.1% -2.1% 160 Gabon 233 -1.2% 7.9% 161 Ghana 234 -3.6% -2.1% 162 Senegal 237 -3.4% 4.0% 163 Congo Republic 241 -2.1% 0.0% 164 Burkina Faso 242 -3.3% -23.4% 165 Sudan 256 -3.5% -2.7% 166 Cameroon 258 -2.1% -6.5% 167 Nauru 273 0.9% -13.9% 168 Tanzania 276 -3.3% 81.6% 169 Eritrea 291 -4.5% -3.3% 170 Haiti 328 -2.9% -0.9% 171 Togo 349 -1.7% -3.6% 172 Niger 350 -3.1% -3.1% 173 Gambia 354 -3.6% -3.0% 174 Sierra Leone 354 -3.7% -4.3% 175 Ivory Coast 359 -2.0% -12.2% 176 Mali 367 -3.1% -3.7% 177 Mauritania 381 -2.5% -1.0% 178 Burundi 392 -3.3% -4.9% 179 DR Congo 427 -2.0% -6.4% 180 Madagascar 445 -1.4% 1.4% 181 Lesotho 478 -1.0% 0.2% 182 Guinea 494 -2.4% -1.2% 183 Guinea-Bissau 505 -3.4% -6.3% 184 Benin 518 -1.5% -5.3% 185 Afghanistan 521 -3.8% -5.4% 186 Somalia 563 -2.5% -9.5% 187 Liberia 628 -2.7% -1.0% 188 Central African Republic 692 -0.4% -17.7% 189 South Sudan 692 -4.4% -1.7% 190 Chad 748 -1.1% -3.5% 191 Nigeria 993 -0.8% -2.3%

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