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Countries by maternal mortality ratio

Chad had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 195 countries in 2012, at 1,245 per 100,000 live births. Cook Islands had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 live births. The median was 55 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest1,245Chad
Lowest0Cook Islands
Median55195 countries

Top 40 countries, 2012

Chad: 1,245 per 100,000 live birthsChad1,245Nigeria: 1,124 per 100,000 live birthsNigeria1,124Central African Republic: 1,092 per 100,000 live birthsCentral African Republic1,092Lesotho: 1,000 per 100,000 live birthsLesotho1,000Sierra Leone: 915 per 100,000 live birthsSierra Leone915Somalia: 894 per 100,000 live birthsSomalia894Afghanistan: 810 per 100,000 live birthsAfghanistan810South Sudan: 755 per 100,000 live birthsSouth Sudan755Liberia: 728 per 100,000 live birthsLiberia728Guinea-Bissau: 704 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea-Bissau704Guinea: 703 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea703Gambia: 628 per 100,000 live birthsGambia628Benin: 618 per 100,000 live birthsBenin618Eswatini: 613 per 100,000 live birthsEswatini613Democratic Republic of the Congo: 578 per 100,000 live birthsDemocratic Republic of the Congo578Burundi: 575 per 100,000 live birthsBurundi575Côte d’Ivoire: 566 per 100,000 live birthsCôte d’Ivoire566Zimbabwe: 558 per 100,000 live birthsZimbabwe558Niger: 554 per 100,000 live birthsNiger554Mali: 549 per 100,000 live birthsMali549Ethiopia: 545 per 100,000 live birthsEthiopia545Togo: 506 per 100,000 live birthsTogo506Cameroon: 500 per 100,000 live birthsCameroon500Kenya: 497 per 100,000 live birthsKenya497Mauritania: 496 per 100,000 live birthsMauritania496Madagascar: 487 per 100,000 live birthsMadagascar487Eritrea: 458 per 100,000 live birthsEritrea458Tanzania: 448 per 100,000 live birthsTanzania448Malawi: 447 per 100,000 live birthsMalawi447Namibia: 439 per 100,000 live birthsNamibia439Senegal: 405 per 100,000 live birthsSenegal405Haiti: 385 per 100,000 live birthsHaiti385Burkina Faso: 376 per 100,000 live birthsBurkina Faso376Timor-Leste: 374 per 100,000 live birthsTimor-Leste374Republic of the Congo: 374 per 100,000 live birthsRepublic of the Congo374Ghana: 351 per 100,000 live birthsGhana351Sudan: 340 per 100,000 live birthsSudan340Rwanda: 331 per 100,000 live birthsRwanda331Botswana: 288 per 100,000 live birthsBotswana288Uganda: 285 per 100,000 live birthsUganda285
per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization, Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2012
per 100,000 live births		Change on 2011
1Chad1,245-19.3
2Nigeria1,124+16.2
3Central African Republic1,092-39
4Lesotho1,000-209.5
5Sierra Leone915-52.2
6Somalia894-78.2
7Afghanistan810-28.5
8South Sudan755-15.1
9Liberia728+2.3
10Guinea-Bissau704+25.4
11Guinea703-24.5
12Gambia628-6.4
13Benin618+4.5
14Eswatini613-152.4
15Democratic Republic of the Congo578-11.2
16Burundi575-22
17Côte d’Ivoire566-3
18Zimbabwe558-6.2
19Niger554-31
20Mali549-4.2
21Ethiopia545-42.3
22Togo506+5.1
23Cameroon500-40.8
24Kenya497+1.9
25Mauritania496+2.6
26Madagascar487-4.6
27Eritrea458-19.8
28Tanzania448-26.6
29Malawi447-39.3
30Namibia439-58.2
31Senegal405-10
32Haiti385-24
33Burkina Faso376-11.6
34Timor-Leste374-29.2
35Republic of the Congo374-3.9
36Ghana351-5.7
37Sudan340-16.2
38Rwanda331-27.7
39Botswana288+19
40Uganda285-9.5
41Angola278-22.8
42Comoros274-16.4
43Nepal272-13.5
44Papua New Guinea257-14
45Zambia256-35.2
46Nauru255-5.3
47Equatorial Guinea245-9.1
48Bangladesh244-14.2
49Myanmar243-5.7
50Laos241-26.5
51Pakistan227-6.6
52Djibouti221-8.1
53Indonesia220-10.2
54Marshall Islands207-2.3
55Cambodia197-17.5
56South Africa194-8.2
57Mozambique191-45.5
58Bolivia180-6.8
59Micronesia180-0.4
60Gabon173+24
61Tuvalu168-0.2
62India160-13.3
63São Tomé and Príncipe158-5.9
64Solomon Islands146-1.5
65Yemen137-2.7
66Guyana133-2.2
67Suriname122-3.7
68Morocco121-9.2
69Guatemala115-5.3
70Venezuela113+8.8
71Philippines110-4.8
72Vanuatu109-2.6
73Samoa101+7.9
74Iraq100-5
75Paraguay100-20.6
76Kiribati98-0.8
77Jamaica89-0.5
78Dominican Republic89-2.1
79Nicaragua88-4.4
80Saint Kitts and Nevis88-1.8
81Bhutan86-9.8
82Palau84+1.2
83Tonga83-1
84Algeria81+0.4
85Peru79-4.4
86North Korea76-0.7
87Libya74-6.6
88Colombia73-2.1
89Ecuador72-4.2
90Bahamas71-3.6
91Kyrgyzstan67-2.6
92Honduras64-3.2
93Mongolia63-4.6
94Saint Vincent and the Grenadines61+2.7
95Vietnam60-0.6
96Brazil60-2.1
97Saint Lucia55-0.9
98Mauritius55-0.4
99Panama53-1.3
100Dominica51+2.1
101Trinidad and Tobago51-2.1
102Cape Verde51-3.5
103Argentina49+0.8
104Seychelles49-0.9
105Maldives47-1
106Jordan47-0.3
107Mexico46-1.5
108Grenada44-0.3
109Tunisia43-0.4
110Cuba42-1.1
111Fiji42+2.8
112Belize40+1
113Brunei40+0.3
114Barbados40-1.6
115Thailand36-0.6
116El Salvador36+0.8
117Palestine36-3.1
118Georgia35-2.2
119Uzbekistan33-0.6
120China32-0.8
121Antigua and Barbuda30-0.5
122Egypt29-1.7
123Malaysia29-0.1
124Azerbaijan28+0.6
125Costa Rica27-1
126Armenia27-0.7
127Iran25-1
128Sri Lanka24-1.1
129Tajikistan23-2.2
130Syria22+1.7
131Türkiye21-1.6
132Latvia20-1.9
133Ukraine20-0.4
134Romania19-0.9
135Moldova19-0.4
136Chile18-1.6
137Russia18-1.8
138Bahrain17-0.9
139Puerto Rico17-0.4
140Kazakhstan17-2.3
141Uruguay16-0.1
142United States16+0.3
143Oman16-0.3
144Lebanon14-0.3
145Luxembourg13-0.2
146Hungary13-0.3
147Serbia130
148Canada11+0.1
149Andorra11+0.1
150Lithuania10-0.4
151Portugal10+0.5
152Cyprus100
153Singapore10-0.1
154Albania10+0.3
155Malta9-1.2
156Saudi Arabia9-0.6
157New Zealand9-0.8
158France9-0.2
159United Kingdom9-0.7
160Kuwait8-0.1
161Italy8+0.1
162South Korea8-0.2
163Estonia8-1.1
164Finland8+0.5
165San Marino8-0.3
166Bulgaria7-0.9
167Turkmenistan7-0.6
168Montenegro7-0.2
169Switzerland7-0.6
170Bosnia and Herzegovina7-0.3
171Qatar7-0.4
172Slovenia6-0.2
173Netherlands6-0.5
174Austria6-0.2
175Australia6-0
176Denmark6-0.5
177Ireland6-0.5
178Japan6-0.2
179Belgium5-0.5
180Monaco5-5.3
181North Macedonia5+0.3
182Sweden5+0.1
183Croatia5-0.3
184Germany5-0.3
185Slovakia5-0.3
186Greece4+0.4
187Spain4-0.1
188Iceland40
189Czechia4-0.2
190United Arab Emirates4+0.1
191Israel3-0.1
192Norway3-0.7
193Poland2-0.2
194Belarus2-0.4
195Cook Islands00

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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.

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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.

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  title = {{Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG\_0000000026): Countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2012}},
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}
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Which country has the highest maternal mortality ratio?

Chad, with 1,245 per 100,000 live births in 2012, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio?

Cook Islands, with 0 per 100,000 live births in 2012.

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