Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births)

Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births)

Ratio of the number of maternal deaths to the number of live births in a given year, expressed per 100,000 live births.

Source: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Group (MMEIG) WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank (2013). June 2012 updates. Accessed June, 2013.

http://www.childinfo.org/maternal_mortality_ratio.php

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 November, 2013, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank	Country	1990	2000	2005	2010
..	Very high human development	16	14	14	15
..	High human development	111	65	49	42
..	Medium human development	524	329	249	186
..	Low human development	796	644	535	426
1	Norway	9	8	9	7
2	Australia	10	9	7	7
3	Switzerland	7	6	6	8
4	Netherlands	10	13	8	6
5	United States	12	14	18	21
6	Germany	13	7	7	7
7	New Zealand	18	12	15	15
8	Canada	6	7	11	12
9	Singapore	6	15	9	3
10	Denmark	13	8	7	12
11	Ireland	6	6	2	6
12	Sweden	6	5	4	4
13	Iceland	8	7	6	5
14	United Kingdom	10	12	13	12
15	Korea (Republic of)	18	19	17	16
15	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	..	..	..	..
17	Japan	12	10	7	5
18	Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..
19	Israel	12	9	7	7
20	France	13	10	8	8
21	Luxembourg	6	11	17	20
21	Belgium	10	9	8	8
21	Austria	10	5	5	4
24	Finland	7	5	6	5
25	Slovenia	11	12	14	12
26	Italy	10	4	5	4
27	Spain	7	5	6	6
28	Czech Republic	15	7	7	5
29	Greece	6	5	3	3
30	Brunei Darussalam	29	24	25	24
31	Qatar	15	11	9	7
32	Cyprus	17	15	12	10
33	Estonia	48	28	23	2
34	Saudi Arabia	44	27	25	24
35	Poland	17	8	5	5
35	Lithuania	34	21	11	8
37	Slovakia	15	13	6	6
37	Andorra	..	..	..	..
39	Malta	14	12	10	8
40	United Arab Emirates	24	14	13	12
41	Portugal	15	8	8	8
41	Chile	56	29	26	25
43	Hungary	23	10	10	21
44	Cuba	63	63	67	73
44	Bahrain	23	22	21	20
46	Kuwait	11	9	8	14
47	Croatia	8	11	14	17
48	Latvia	57	43	21	34
49	Argentina	71	63	69	77
50	Uruguay	39	35	31	29
51	Montenegro	8	11	9	8
51	Bahamas	52	56	47	47
53	Belarus	37	31	20	4
54	Romania	170	52	30	27
55	Libya	99	67	61	58
56	Oman	110	51	39	32
57	Russian Federation	74	57	37	34
58	Bulgaria	24	28	13	11
59	Barbados	120	49	41	51
60	Palau	..	..	..	..
61	Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..
62	Malaysia	53	39	34	29
63	Mauritius	68	28	32	60
64	Trinidad and Tobago	86	59	59	46
65	Panama	100	110	100	92
65	Lebanon	52	38	31	25
67	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	94	91	94	92
68	Costa Rica	38	47	50	40
69	Turkey	67	39	28	20
70	Kazakhstan	92	70	50	51
71	Seychelles	..	..	..	..
71	Mexico	92	82	54	50
73	Sri Lanka	85	58	44	35
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..
75	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	120	48	30	21
76	Azerbaijan	56	65	52	43
77	Serbia	23	12	10	12
77	Jordan	110	79	72	63
79	Grenada	34	27	25	24
79	Georgia	63	58	61	67
79	Brazil	120	81	67	56
82	Peru	200	120	90	67
83	Ukraine	49	35	25	32
84	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	16	15	10	10
84	Belize	71	100	77	53
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18	10	9	8
87	Armenia	46	38	34	30
88	Fiji	32	31	29	26
89	Thailand	54	66	54	48
90	Tunisia	130	84	68	56
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	59	88	64	48
91	China	120	61	45	37
93	Dominica	..	..	..	..
93	Algeria	220	140	110	97
95	Albania	48	39	31	27
96	Jamaica	59	83	89	110
97	Saint Lucia	64	46	40	35
98	Ecuador	180	130	110	110
98	Colombia	170	130	100	92
100	Tonga	67	87	100	110
100	Suriname	84	130	110	130
102	Dominican Republic	220	130	130	150
103	Turkmenistan	82	91	76	67
103	Mongolia	120	96	84	63
103	Maldives	830	190	94	60
106	Samoa	260	150	120	100
107	Palestine, State of	90	64	67	64
108	Indonesia	600	340	270	220
109	Botswana	140	350	330	160
110	Egypt	230	100	78	66
111	Paraguay	120	110	110	99
112	Gabon	270	270	260	230
113	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	450	280	240	190
114	Moldova (Republic of)	62	39	25	41
115	El Salvador	150	110	94	81
116	Uzbekistan	59	33	32	28
117	Philippines	170	120	110	99
118	Syrian Arab Republic	240	120	89	70
118	South Africa	250	330	360	300
120	Iraq	89	78	74	63
121	Viet Nam	240	100	74	59
121	Guyana	180	220	280	280
123	Cape Verde	200	170	110	79
124	Micronesia (Federated States of)	140	130	110	100
125	Kyrgyzstan	73	82	77	71
125	Guatemala	160	130	120	120
127	Namibia	200	280	310	200
128	Timor-Leste	1,000	610	410	300
129	Morocco	300	170	130	100
129	Honduras	220	160	130	100
131	Vanuatu	220	120	110	110
132	Nicaragua	170	130	110	95
133	Tajikistan	94	120	79	65
133	Kiribati	..	..	..	..
135	India	600	390	280	200
136	Cambodia	830	510	340	250
136	Bhutan	1,000	430	270	180
138	Ghana	580	550	440	350
139	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1,600	870	650	470
140	Congo	420	540	550	560
141	Zambia	470	540	500	440
142	Sao Tome and Principe	150	110	87	70
142	Bangladesh	800	400	330	240
144	Equatorial Guinea	1,200	450	270	240
145	Nepal	770	360	250	170
146	Pakistan	490	380	310	260
147	Kenya	400	490	450	360
148	Swaziland	300	360	420	320
149	Angola	1,200	890	650	450
150	Myanmar	520	300	230	200
151	Rwanda	910	840	550	340
152	Nigeria	1,100	970	820	630
152	Cameroon	670	730	720	690
154	Yemen	610	380	270	200
155	Madagascar	640	400	310	240
156	Zimbabwe	450	640	690	570
157	Solomon Islands	150	120	110	93
157	Papua New Guinea	390	310	270	230
159	Tanzania (United Republic of)	870	730	610	460
159	Comoros	440	340	310	280
161	Mauritania	760	630	560	510
162	Lesotho	520	690	720	620
163	Senegal	670	500	430	370
164	Uganda	600	530	420	310
165	Benin	770	530	430	350
166	Togo	620	440	370	300
166	Sudan	1,000	870	800	730
168	Haiti	620	460	410	350
169	Afghanistan	1,300	1,000	710	460
170	Djibouti	290	290	220	200
171	Côte d'Ivoire	710	590	510	400
172	Gambia	700	520	430	360
173	Ethiopia	950	700	510	350
174	Malawi	1,100	840	630	460
175	Liberia	1,200	1,300	1,100	770
176	Mali	1,100	740	620	540
177	Guinea-Bissau	1,100	970	890	790
178	Mozambique	910	710	630	490
179	Guinea	1,200	970	800	610
180	Burundi	1,100	1,000	910	800
181	Burkina Faso	700	450	370	300
182	Eritrea	880	390	300	240
183	Sierra Leone	1,300	1,300	1,000	890
184	Chad	920	1,100	1,100	1,100
185	Central African Republic	930	1,000	1,000	890
186	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	930	770	660	540
187	Niger	1,200	870	720	590
..	South Sudan	..	..	..	..
..	Tuvalu	..	..	..	..
..	Somalia	890	1,000	1,000	1,000
..	San Marino	..	..	..	..
..	Nauru	..	..	..	..
..	Monaco	..	..	..	..
..	Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..
..	Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)	97	120	85	81

Footnotes

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(.)	Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points
<	Less than
-	Not applicable
T	Total

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Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births)

Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births)