# Countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2023

All 195 values come from World Health Organization for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `maternal_mortality_ratio`
- Unit: per 100,000 live births
- Definition: 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.
- Source: World Health Organization, Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026) (https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/maternal-mortality-ratio/countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 live births |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Nigeria | 993 |
| 2 | Chad | 748 |
| 3 | South Sudan | 692 |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 692 |
| 5 | Liberia | 628 |
| 6 | Somalia | 563 |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 521 |
| 8 | Benin | 518 |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 505 |
| 10 | Guinea | 494 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 478 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 445 |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 427 |
| 14 | Burundi | 392 |
| 15 | Mauritania | 381 |
| 16 | Kenya | 379 |
| 17 | Mali | 367 |
| 18 | Côte d’Ivoire | 359 |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 358 |
| 20 | Gambia | 354 |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 354 |
| 22 | Niger | 350 |
| 23 | Togo | 349 |
| 24 | Haiti | 328 |
| 25 | Eritrea | 291 |
| 26 | Tanzania | 276 |
| 27 | Nauru | 273 |
| 28 | Cameroon | 258 |
| 29 | Sudan | 256 |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 242 |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 241 |
| 32 | Senegal | 237 |
| 33 | Ghana | 234 |
| 34 | Gabon | 233 |
| 35 | Rwanda | 229 |
| 36 | Venezuela | 227 |
| 37 | Malawi | 225 |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 195 |
| 39 | Timor-Leste | 192 |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 189 |
| 41 | Myanmar | 185 |
| 42 | Angola | 183 |
| 43 | Comoros | 179 |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 174 |
| 45 | Uganda | 170 |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 170 |
| 47 | Djibouti | 162 |
| 48 | Botswana | 155 |
| 49 | Pakistan | 155 |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 155 |
| 51 | Bolivia | 146 |
| 52 | Nepal | 142 |
| 53 | Indonesia | 140 |
| 54 | Namibia | 139 |
| 55 | Cambodia | 137 |
| 56 | Jamaica | 130 |
| 57 | Micronesia | 129 |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 124 |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 123 |
| 60 | Yemen | 118 |
| 61 | Eswatini | 118 |
| 62 | South Africa | 118 |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 115 |
| 64 | Laos | 112 |
| 65 | Samoa | 101 |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 100 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 94 |
| 68 | Palau | 89 |
| 69 | Zambia | 85 |
| 70 | Philippines | 84 |
| 71 | Suriname | 84 |
| 72 | Mozambique | 82 |
| 73 | India | 80 |
| 74 | Kiribati | 80 |
| 75 | Bahamas | 76 |
| 76 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 75 |
| 77 | Guyana | 75 |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74 |
| 79 | Morocco | 70 |
| 80 | Brazil | 67 |
| 81 | North Korea | 67 |
| 82 | Belize | 67 |
| 83 | Tonga | 67 |
| 84 | Iraq | 66 |
| 85 | Mauritius | 66 |
| 86 | Algeria | 62 |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 60 |
| 88 | Libya | 59 |
| 89 | Colombia | 59 |
| 90 | Paraguay | 58 |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56 |
| 92 | Ecuador | 55 |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54 |
| 94 | Peru | 51 |
| 95 | Grenada | 48 |
| 96 | Vietnam | 48 |
| 97 | Honduras | 47 |
| 98 | Bhutan | 47 |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 44 |
| 100 | Mexico | 42 |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 42 |
| 102 | Seychelles | 42 |
| 103 | Mongolia | 41 |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 40 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 39 |
| 106 | Panama | 37 |
| 107 | Brunei | 36 |
| 108 | Tunisia | 36 |
| 109 | Dominica | 36 |
| 110 | Barbados | 35 |
| 111 | Cuba | 35 |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35 |
| 113 | Thailand | 34 |
| 114 | Argentina | 33 |
| 115 | Maldives | 32 |
| 116 | Jordan | 31 |
| 117 | Fiji | 30 |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 26 |
| 119 | Malaysia | 26 |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 24 |
| 121 | Syria | 20 |
| 122 | Georgia | 20 |
| 123 | Armenia | 19 |
| 124 | Latvia | 19 |
| 125 | Moldova | 19 |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 18 |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 18 |
| 128 | Egypt | 17 |
| 129 | Bahrain | 17 |
| 130 | United States | 17 |
| 131 | China | 16 |
| 132 | Palestine | 16 |
| 133 | Iran | 16 |
| 134 | Uruguay | 15 |
| 135 | Lebanon | 15 |
| 136 | Ukraine | 15 |
| 137 | Portugal | 15 |
| 138 | Türkiye | 15 |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 14 |
| 140 | Cyprus | 14 |
| 141 | Oman | 13 |
| 142 | Canada | 12 |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 12 |
| 144 | Romania | 12 |
| 145 | Hungary | 12 |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 11 |
| 147 | Serbia | 11 |
| 148 | Andorra | 11 |
| 149 | Chile | 10 |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 10 |
| 151 | Russia | 9 |
| 152 | Malta | 8 |
| 153 | United Kingdom | 8 |
| 154 | Finland | 8 |
| 155 | Kuwait | 8 |
| 156 | Lithuania | 8 |
| 157 | San Marino | 8 |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 7 |
| 159 | France | 7 |
| 160 | New Zealand | 7 |
| 161 | Albania | 7 |
| 162 | Italy | 6 |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 |
| 164 | Singapore | 6 |
| 165 | Austria | 6 |
| 166 | Montenegro | 6 |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 168 | Switzerland | 5 |
| 169 | Monaco | 5 |
| 170 | Estonia | 5 |
| 171 | Greece | 5 |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 5 |
| 173 | Slovakia | 4 |
| 174 | Netherlands | 4 |
| 175 | Sweden | 4 |
| 176 | Qatar | 4 |
| 177 | Belgium | 4 |
| 178 | Ireland | 4 |
| 179 | South Korea | 4 |
| 180 | Denmark | 4 |
| 181 | Germany | 4 |
| 182 | Slovenia | 3 |
| 183 | Japan | 3 |
| 184 | Croatia | 3 |
| 185 | Iceland | 3 |
| 186 | North Macedonia | 3 |
| 187 | Spain | 3 |
| 188 | Czechia | 3 |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| 190 | Israel | 2 |
| 191 | Australia | 2 |
| 192 | Poland | 2 |
| 193 | Norway | 1 |
| 194 | Belarus | 1 |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0 |