Maternal mortality ratio
Deaths of women from causes related to pregnancy or its management, during pregnancy or within 42 days of its end, per 100,000 live births in the year (SDG indicator 3.1.1). Accidental and incidental causes are excluded. Estimates of the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UN DESA), published by WHO.
Modelled estimates that adjust registered deaths for misclassification and under-reporting, so they differ from national vital statistics, often by a wide margin. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
Key facts
- Maternal mortality ratio in the United States was 17 per 100,000 live births in 2023, according to World Health Organization.
- Nigeria had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 195 countries in 2023, at 993 per 100,000 live births, and Cook Islands the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 195 places, with figures from 1985 to 2023.
Rankings
Countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2023
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Moldova
- Andorra
- Montenegro
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