Countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2023
Nigeria had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 195 countries in 2023, at 993 per 100,000 live births. Cook Islands had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 live births. The median was 47 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.
Top 40 countries, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 993 | -23.5 |
| 2 | Chad | 748 | -28 |
| 3 | South Sudan | 692 | -11.9 |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 692 | -149.1 |
| 5 | Liberia | 628 | -6 |
| 6 | Somalia | 563 | -59.4 |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 521 | -30.2 |
| 8 | Benin | 518 | -28.8 |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 505 | -33.9 |
| 10 | Guinea | 494 | -6.3 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 478 | +1.1 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 445 | +6.7 |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 427 | -28.8 |
| 14 | Burundi | 392 | -20.3 |
| 15 | Mauritania | 381 | -4.1 |
| 16 | Kenya | 379 | -9.6 |
| 17 | Mali | 367 | -13.7 |
| 18 | Côte d’Ivoire | 359 | -50.3 |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 358 | -10.2 |
| 20 | Gambia | 354 | -10.7 |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 354 | -16.1 |
| 22 | Niger | 350 | -10.7 |
| 23 | Togo | 349 | -13.4 |
| 24 | Haiti | 328 | -3.3 |
| 25 | Eritrea | 291 | -10 |
| 26 | Tanzania | 276 | +124.2 |
| 27 | Nauru | 273 | -43.9 |
| 28 | Cameroon | 258 | -17.8 |
| 29 | Sudan | 256 | -7 |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 242 | -74.5 |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 241 | +0.3 |
| 32 | Senegal | 237 | +9.2 |
| 33 | Ghana | 234 | -4.8 |
| 34 | Gabon | 233 | +16.8 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 229 | -4.5 |
| 36 | Venezuela | 227 | +7.8 |
| 37 | Malawi | 225 | -14 |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 195 | -12.5 |
| 39 | Timor-Leste | 192 | -42.6 |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 189 | -0.2 |
| 41 | Myanmar | 185 | -8.3 |
| 42 | Angola | 183 | -1.4 |
| 43 | Comoros | 179 | -7.3 |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 174 | -9.4 |
| 45 | Uganda | 170 | -13.6 |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 170 | -50.5 |
| 47 | Djibouti | 162 | -12.5 |
| 48 | Botswana | 155 | +34.7 |
| 49 | Pakistan | 155 | -5.1 |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 155 | -18.7 |
| 51 | Bolivia | 146 | -18 |
| 52 | Nepal | 142 | +3.3 |
| 53 | Indonesia | 140 | -7.7 |
| 54 | Namibia | 139 | +12 |
| 55 | Cambodia | 137 | -21.2 |
| 56 | Jamaica | 130 | -7.4 |
| 57 | Micronesia | 129 | -15.1 |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 124 | +0.3 |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 123 | -3.3 |
| 60 | Yemen | 118 | -6.5 |
| 61 | Eswatini | 118 | +6.4 |
| 62 | South Africa | 118 | -11.7 |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 115 | -15.4 |
| 64 | Laos | 112 | -7.8 |
| 65 | Samoa | 101 | -8.7 |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 100 | -4.9 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 94 | -2.9 |
| 68 | Palau | 89 | -31.2 |
| 69 | Zambia | 85 | -4 |
| 70 | Philippines | 84 | -8.5 |
| 71 | Suriname | 84 | -4.1 |
| 72 | Mozambique | 82 | -10.5 |
| 73 | India | 80 | -9.2 |
| 74 | Kiribati | 80 | -6.3 |
| 75 | Bahamas | 76 | -4.1 |
| 76 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 75 | -7.1 |
| 77 | Guyana | 75 | -8.2 |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74 | -25.8 |
| 79 | Morocco | 70 | -1.5 |
| 80 | Brazil | 67 | -37.1 |
| 81 | North Korea | 67 | +0.2 |
| 82 | Belize | 67 | -42.8 |
| 83 | Tonga | 67 | -5 |
| 84 | Iraq | 66 | +7.1 |
| 85 | Mauritius | 66 | +5.3 |
| 86 | Algeria | 62 | -2 |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 60 | -0.8 |
| 88 | Libya | 59 | -0.7 |
| 89 | Colombia | 59 | -15 |
| 90 | Paraguay | 58 | -19.4 |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56 | -0.2 |
| 92 | Ecuador | 55 | -13.4 |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54 | +23.7 |
| 94 | Peru | 51 | -29.1 |
| 95 | Grenada | 48 | -1.7 |
| 96 | Vietnam | 48 | -1.5 |
| 97 | Honduras | 47 | -1.3 |
| 98 | Bhutan | 47 | -1.9 |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 44 | -3.6 |
| 100 | Mexico | 42 | -3.3 |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 42 | -1.8 |
| 102 | Seychelles | 42 | -46.7 |
| 103 | Mongolia | 41 | -0.7 |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 40 | -1.6 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 39 | +0.3 |
| 106 | Panama | 37 | -3.2 |
| 107 | Brunei | 36 | -51.8 |
| 108 | Tunisia | 36 | -2.4 |
| 109 | Dominica | 36 | -8.3 |
| 110 | Barbados | 35 | -3.1 |
| 111 | Cuba | 35 | -6.2 |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | -1.5 |
| 113 | Thailand | 34 | -78 |
| 114 | Argentina | 33 | -6.1 |
| 115 | Maldives | 32 | -2.5 |
| 116 | Jordan | 31 | -4.3 |
| 117 | Fiji | 30 | -1.5 |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 26 | -0.9 |
| 119 | Malaysia | 26 | -11.2 |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 24 | -3.3 |
| 121 | Syria | 20 | -0.4 |
| 122 | Georgia | 20 | -2.2 |
| 123 | Armenia | 19 | -7.2 |
| 124 | Latvia | 19 | -10.6 |
| 125 | Moldova | 19 | -0.4 |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 18 | -3.8 |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 18 | -13.8 |
| 128 | Egypt | 17 | -7.1 |
| 129 | Bahrain | 17 | +11.8 |
| 130 | United States | 17 | -3.4 |
| 131 | China | 16 | -2 |
| 132 | Palestine | 16 | -0.5 |
| 133 | Iran | 16 | -5.4 |
| 134 | Uruguay | 15 | -4.4 |
| 135 | Lebanon | 15 | -0.1 |
| 136 | Ukraine | 15 | -0.6 |
| 137 | Portugal | 15 | -1.2 |
| 138 | Türkiye | 15 | -6.6 |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 14 | -0.5 |
| 140 | Cyprus | 14 | -39.4 |
| 141 | Oman | 13 | -0.7 |
| 142 | Canada | 12 | -2.9 |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 12 | +5.6 |
| 144 | Romania | 12 | -1.1 |
| 145 | Hungary | 12 | -1.9 |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 11 | -44.3 |
| 147 | Serbia | 11 | -3.6 |
| 148 | Andorra | 11 | -6 |
| 149 | Chile | 10 | -1.8 |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 10 | -4.5 |
| 151 | Russia | 9 | -3.6 |
| 152 | Malta | 8 | -1.4 |
| 153 | United Kingdom | 8 | -6.9 |
| 154 | Finland | 8 | -0.5 |
| 155 | Kuwait | 8 | 0 |
| 156 | Lithuania | 8 | -1.7 |
| 157 | San Marino | 8 | -14.6 |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 7 | -1.7 |
| 159 | France | 7 | -1.4 |
| 160 | New Zealand | 7 | -15.6 |
| 161 | Albania | 7 | -1.1 |
| 162 | Italy | 6 | -3.3 |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | -5.6 |
| 164 | Singapore | 6 | -27.6 |
| 165 | Austria | 6 | -1.3 |
| 166 | Montenegro | 6 | -7.2 |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 6 | -4.1 |
| 168 | Switzerland | 5 | +1.6 |
| 169 | Monaco | 5 | -0.1 |
| 170 | Estonia | 5 | -2.3 |
| 171 | Greece | 5 | -5.1 |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 5 | -0.1 |
| 173 | Slovakia | 4 | -1 |
| 174 | Netherlands | 4 | -0.1 |
| 175 | Sweden | 4 | -1 |
| 176 | Qatar | 4 | -4.1 |
| 177 | Belgium | 4 | -6.9 |
| 178 | Ireland | 4 | -3 |
| 179 | South Korea | 4 | -2.8 |
| 180 | Denmark | 4 | -1.9 |
| 181 | Germany | 4 | -0.4 |
| 182 | Slovenia | 3 | -11.8 |
| 183 | Japan | 3 | -2.3 |
| 184 | Croatia | 3 | -2.5 |
| 185 | Iceland | 3 | -2.1 |
| 186 | North Macedonia | 3 | +0.2 |
| 187 | Spain | 3 | -1.2 |
| 188 | Czechia | 3 | -0.3 |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | +0.1 |
| 190 | Israel | 2 | -0.7 |
| 191 | Australia | 2 | -1.3 |
| 192 | Poland | 2 | -0.1 |
| 193 | Norway | 1 | -1.4 |
| 194 | Belarus | 1 | 0 |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0 | -0.2 |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Health Organization, data.who.int. Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest maternal mortality ratio?
Nigeria, with 993 per 100,000 live births in 2023, according to World Health Organization.
Which country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio?
Cook Islands, with 0 per 100,000 live births in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026). Retrieved 2026-10-12.