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Countries by maternal mortality ratio

South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 195 countries in 2014, at 1,216 per 100,000 live births. Cook Islands had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 live births. The median was 53 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest1,216South Sudan
Lowest0Cook Islands
Median53195 countries

Top 40 countries, 2014

South Sudan: 1,216 per 100,000 live birthsSouth Sudan1,216Chad: 1,198 per 100,000 live birthsChad1,198Nigeria: 1,155 per 100,000 live birthsNigeria1,155Central African Republic: 1,034 per 100,000 live birthsCentral African Republic1,034Sierra Leone: 821 per 100,000 live birthsSierra Leone821Somalia: 816 per 100,000 live birthsSomalia816Liberia: 801 per 100,000 live birthsLiberia801Afghanistan: 755 per 100,000 live birthsAfghanistan755Lesotho: 707 per 100,000 live birthsLesotho707Guinea: 664 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea664Guinea-Bissau: 662 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea-Bissau662Benin: 605 per 100,000 live birthsBenin605Gambia: 561 per 100,000 live birthsGambia561Democratic Republic of the Congo: 558 per 100,000 live birthsDemocratic Republic of the Congo558Burundi: 533 per 100,000 live birthsBurundi533Côte d’Ivoire: 522 per 100,000 live birthsCôte d’Ivoire522Mali: 507 per 100,000 live birthsMali507Niger: 497 per 100,000 live birthsNiger497Togo: 490 per 100,000 live birthsTogo490Mauritania: 484 per 100,000 live birthsMauritania484Madagascar: 477 per 100,000 live birthsMadagascar477Kenya: 472 per 100,000 live birthsKenya472Zimbabwe: 468 per 100,000 live birthsZimbabwe468Tanzania: 454 per 100,000 live birthsTanzania454Ethiopia: 444 per 100,000 live birthsEthiopia444Cameroon: 440 per 100,000 live birthsCameroon440Eritrea: 430 per 100,000 live birthsEritrea430Senegal: 373 per 100,000 live birthsSenegal373Haiti: 373 per 100,000 live birthsHaiti373Namibia: 369 per 100,000 live birthsNamibia369Eswatini: 369 per 100,000 live birthsEswatini369Malawi: 367 per 100,000 live birthsMalawi367Burkina Faso: 344 per 100,000 live birthsBurkina Faso344Timor-Leste: 327 per 100,000 live birthsTimor-Leste327Ghana: 317 per 100,000 live birthsGhana317Uganda: 311 per 100,000 live birthsUganda311Sudan: 309 per 100,000 live birthsSudan309Republic of the Congo: 302 per 100,000 live birthsRepublic of the Congo302Rwanda: 301 per 100,000 live birthsRwanda301Gabon: 273 per 100,000 live birthsGabon273
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

RankCountries2014
per 100,000 live births		Change on 2013
1South Sudan1,216+444.2
2Chad1,198-18.3
3Nigeria1,155+9.4
4Central African Republic1,034-57.3
5Sierra Leone821-21.5
6Somalia816-38.4
7Liberia801+76.1
8Afghanistan755-23.8
9Lesotho707-147.8
10Guinea664-18.6
11Guinea-Bissau662-44.8
12Benin605-2
13Gambia561-45.6
14Democratic Republic of the Congo558-8.6
15Burundi533-22
16Côte d’Ivoire522-22.1
17Mali507-18.4
18Niger497-28.3
19Togo490-10.1
20Mauritania484-12.3
21Madagascar477-4.1
22Kenya472-13.2
23Zimbabwe468-57.4
24Tanzania454-25.5
25Ethiopia444-49.6
26Cameroon440-29
27Eritrea430-13.7
28Senegal373-12.6
29Haiti373-7.6
30Namibia369-32.6
31Eswatini369-122.6
32Malawi367-42.8
33Burkina Faso344-17.1
34Timor-Leste327-21.9
35Ghana317-21.6
36Uganda311+3.6
37Sudan309-18.1
38Republic of the Congo302-17.9
39Rwanda301-15.5
40Gabon273+38.5
41Angola262-5.1
42Comoros247-12.7
43Nepal245-13.8
44Nauru240-7.5
45Papua New Guinea232-11.5
46Myanmar228-9.3
47Equatorial Guinea227-8.6
48Bangladesh217-13.7
49Botswana212-9.7
50Djibouti212-7.4
51Pakistan211-8.9
52Marshall Islands199-1.3
53Indonesia198-10.1
54Laos193-22.6
55Mozambique180+9.8
56Micronesia178-3.6
57Zambia174-39.6
58Cambodia172-9.9
59Bolivia171-4.5
60Tuvalu168+0.5
61South Africa162-17.6
62Solomon Islands147-0.4
63São Tomé and Príncipe138-11.3
64India137-11.2
65Yemen134-0.8
66Venezuela133+9.9
67Guyana121-7.6
68Suriname120-1.7
69Guatemala111-0.6
70Vanuatu110+0.2
71Samoa106+5.8
72Morocco106-6.9
73Philippines106-4.2
74Jamaica100+5.9
75Dominican Republic95+4.3
76Kiribati91-1.5
77Iraq90-6.3
78Nicaragua83-3.1
79Saint Kitts and Nevis82-0.3
80Algeria80-0.1
81Tonga80-0.6
82Palau78-7.1
83Bahamas78+3.5
84Libya77+2.7
85Bhutan73-5.8
86North Korea73-1.7
87Peru73-2.1
88Colombia71-1
89Paraguay70-13.2
90Ecuador65-3.2
91Saint Vincent and the Grenadines64-8.9
92Brazil63+2.4
93Kyrgyzstan62-1.8
94Mauritius60+2.2
95Honduras60-2.1
96Vietnam59-0.6
97Mongolia56-2.6
98Dominica53+3
99Trinidad and Tobago50-0.3
100Saint Lucia49-4.1
101Panama49-2.8
102Cape Verde48-1.9
103Seychelles46-2.4
104Grenada45+0.5
105Mexico44-1.3
106Belize44+2.3
107Argentina43-3.3
108Jordan43-1.2
109Maldives43-4.8
110Cuba42-0.1
111Tunisia42-1
112El Salvador41+2
113Brunei40-0.1
114Barbados39-1.1
115Fiji38-2.3
116Thailand34-0.6
117Antigua and Barbuda32-0.2
118Georgia32-1.9
119Uzbekistan32-0.5
120Malaysia30+0.6
121Palestine29-2.2
122China28-1.7
123Costa Rica27-0
124Egypt26-1.7
125Armenia26-0.5
126Syria25-0.1
127Iran23-0.9
128Sri Lanka23-0.6
129Azerbaijan23-1.2
130Latvia22-1.9
131Tajikistan21-0.4
132Türkiye20-0.4
133Moldova20+0.8
134Ukraine19-0.8
135Romania18+0.3
136United States17+0.5
137Bahrain16-0.5
138Uruguay16+0.1
139Puerto Rico16+0.1
140Russia16-0.6
141Chile16-1.2
142Oman15-0.4
143Lebanon14+0.7
144Kazakhstan14-1.2
145Hungary13+0.2
146Luxembourg13-2.5
147Serbia13+0.2
148Canada12+0.4
149Cyprus11+0.6
150Portugal11+0.5
151Albania10-0.2
152Andorra10+0.2
153Lithuania9-0.9
154United Kingdom9+0.3
155France9-0.1
156Singapore9-0.5
157Saudi Arabia8-0.4
158Malta8+0.7
159Kuwait8-0
160Italy8-0.3
161San Marino8-0.3
162New Zealand7-0.8
163Bulgaria7+0.2
164Finland7-0.9
165Estonia7+0.4
166Montenegro7-0.3
167Bosnia and Herzegovina7-0
168South Korea7-0.6
169Austria7+0.4
170Turkmenistan6-0.5
171Switzerland6-0.3
172Qatar6-0.3
173Australia6+0.1
174Slovenia6-0.1
175Netherlands5-0.1
176Monaco5+0.1
177Denmark5+0.1
178Japan5-0.1
179Belgium5-0.3
180Sweden5-0.1
181Slovakia5-0.2
182Ireland5-0.3
183Germany5-0.4
184Croatia4-0.2
185Greece4+0.3
186North Macedonia4-0.3
187Iceland40
188Spain4-0.1
189United Arab Emirates3-0.2
190Israel3+0.1
191Czechia3-0.2
192Norway2-0.5
193Poland2-0.1
194Belarus2-0.2
195Cook Islands00

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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.

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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, 2014}},
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Which country has the highest maternal mortality ratio?

South Sudan, with 1,216 per 100,000 live births in 2014, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio?

Cook Islands, with 0 per 100,000 live births in 2014.

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.

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