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Countries by maternal mortality ratio

The Central African Republic had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 195 countries in 2019, at 1,650 per 100,000 live births. Cook Islands had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 live births. The median was 48 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest1,650Central African Republic
Lowest0Cook Islands
Median48195 countries

Top 40 countries, 2019

Central African Republic: 1,650 per 100,000 live birthsCentral African Republic1,650Nigeria: 1,091 per 100,000 live birthsNigeria1,091Chad: 958 per 100,000 live birthsChad958South Sudan: 745 per 100,000 live birthsSouth Sudan745Liberia: 689 per 100,000 live birthsLiberia689Somalia: 656 per 100,000 live birthsSomalia656Afghanistan: 601 per 100,000 live birthsAfghanistan601Guinea-Bissau: 598 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea-Bissau598Benin: 572 per 100,000 live birthsBenin572Guinea: 548 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea548Democratic Republic of the Congo: 493 per 100,000 live birthsDemocratic Republic of the Congo493Lesotho: 467 per 100,000 live birthsLesotho467Sierra Leone: 464 per 100,000 live birthsSierra Leone464Madagascar: 462 per 100,000 live birthsMadagascar462Burundi: 449 per 100,000 live birthsBurundi449Côte d’Ivoire: 429 per 100,000 live birthsCôte d’Ivoire429Mauritania: 424 per 100,000 live birthsMauritania424Gambia: 422 per 100,000 live birthsGambia422Togo: 416 per 100,000 live birthsTogo416Mali: 416 per 100,000 live birthsMali416Kenya: 415 per 100,000 live birthsKenya415Niger: 406 per 100,000 live birthsNiger406Zimbabwe: 388 per 100,000 live birthsZimbabwe388Eritrea: 351 per 100,000 live birthsEritrea351Haiti: 351 per 100,000 live birthsHaiti351Cameroon: 336 per 100,000 live birthsCameroon336Tanzania: 292 per 100,000 live birthsTanzania292Senegal: 286 per 100,000 live birthsSenegal286Burkina Faso: 274 per 100,000 live birthsBurkina Faso274Ethiopia: 269 per 100,000 live birthsEthiopia269Nauru: 267 per 100,000 live birthsNauru267Sudan: 262 per 100,000 live birthsSudan262Rwanda: 261 per 100,000 live birthsRwanda261Ghana: 260 per 100,000 live birthsGhana260Malawi: 260 per 100,000 live birthsMalawi260Republic of the Congo: 245 per 100,000 live birthsRepublic of the Congo245Timor-Leste: 237 per 100,000 live birthsTimor-Leste237Uganda: 219 per 100,000 live birthsUganda219Comoros: 202 per 100,000 live birthsComoros202Venezuela: 202 per 100,000 live birthsVenezuela202
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

RankCountries2019
per 100,000 live births		Change on 2018
1Central African Republic1,650+768.8
2Nigeria1,091-27.4
3Chad958-62.5
4South Sudan745-168
5Liberia689-17.6
6Somalia656-71.1
7Afghanistan601-28.2
8Guinea-Bissau598+12.8
9Benin572-13.3
10Guinea548-12.3
11Democratic Republic of the Congo493-15.2
12Lesotho467-24.1
13Sierra Leone464-27.9
14Madagascar462-3.6
15Burundi449-14.1
16Côte d’Ivoire429-19.6
17Mauritania424-13.6
18Gambia422-28.3
19Togo416-19.4
20Mali416-18.3
21Kenya415-13.1
22Niger406-14.1
23Zimbabwe388+2.1
24Eritrea351-12.6
25Haiti351-7.8
26Cameroon336-18.4
27Tanzania292-27.3
28Senegal286-19.1
29Burkina Faso274-11.8
30Ethiopia269-27.8
31Nauru267-2.3
32Sudan262-6.6
33Rwanda261-7.4
34Ghana260-15.8
35Malawi260-7.9
36Republic of the Congo245-13.8
37Timor-Leste237-13.2
38Uganda219-13.3
39Comoros202-7
40Venezuela202-2.4
41Angola202-6.8
42Papua New Guinea199-5.7
43Equatorial Guinea198-6
44Myanmar195-6
45Djibouti194-5
46Gabon179+3.6
47Namibia175-23
48Pakistan173-5
49Nepal170-12.9
50Marshall Islands168+0.7
51Indonesia161-6.9
52Bangladesh157-10.7
53Bolivia156-0.8
54Tuvalu155+2.3
55Micronesia154-9.6
56Cambodia149-2.3
57Laos137-8.2
58Solomon Islands135-1.4
59Yemen131-2.9
60Jamaica120+7.9
61South Africa119-8.1
62Dominican Republic118+11.4
63Mozambique111-21.1
64Samoa111+0.3
65Guyana107+1.8
66Guatemala106-1
67Vanuatu105-2.4
68Zambia103-14.4
69India101-6
70Botswana100+0.9
71Suriname97-4
72Eswatini96-36.4
73São Tomé and Príncipe95-5.5
74Philippines92-0.5
75Kiribati89+2.3
76Palau84+2
77Bahamas82-0
78Morocco79-3.9
79Saint Kitts and Nevis74-3.4
80Iraq74-1.3
81Algeria73-2.3
82Tonga73-1.3
83Nicaragua69+2.7
84Mauritius67+0.5
85North Korea66-2.5
86Colombia66-1.1
87Libya65-1.7
88Brazil65+2.3
89Ecuador62+0.6
90Belize61+1.3
91Peru60-6
92Saint Vincent and the Grenadines58+1.6
93Paraguay58-0.1
94Trinidad and Tobago53+0.8
95Bhutan52-2.9
96Vietnam52-1
97Honduras51-0.6
98Grenada48+2
99Seychelles48-0.7
100Kyrgyzstan47-2.4
101Mongolia45+0.2
102Mexico43-0.7
103Saint Lucia43+1.4
104Dominica41-1.8
105Panama41-2.7
106Cape Verde41-2.1
107El Salvador40-2.5
108Cuba40+0.5
109Maldives39-0.1
110Brunei38-0.7
111Tunisia37-0.3
112Barbados36-0.2
113Argentina36-2.1
114Jordan35-1.5
115Fiji34-0.6
116Thailand34+0.2
117Antigua and Barbuda32+1.6
118Uzbekistan290
119Malaysia28-0.5
120Costa Rica26-2.6
121Syria24+3.3
122Armenia23-0.3
123Georgia22-2.1
124Latvia22-1
125China21-0.9
126Azerbaijan21+0.3
127Moldova21+0.4
128Sri Lanka20-0.3
129Egypt19-0.9
130Iran18-0.9
131Palestine18-1.6
132United States18-0
133Türkiye17-0.6
134Bahrain17+0.4
135Tajikistan16-0.2
136Uruguay16-0
137Ukraine16-0.4
138Portugal15+0.7
139Lebanon15-0.1
140Romania14-1.4
141Oman14-0.2
142Cyprus13+0.6
143Hungary13-0.6
144Puerto Rico13-0.9
145Luxembourg13+3.1
146Canada12-0.3
147Serbia12-0.2
148Russia12-0.3
149Chile11-0.3
150Kazakhstan11-0.4
151Andorra11-0.1
152United Kingdom9-0.3
153Lithuania9-0.1
154Malta8-0.5
155Finland8+0.5
156France8-0.2
157Saudi Arabia8-0.2
158New Zealand80
159Kuwait7-0
160Singapore7-0.3
161San Marino7+0.1
162Italy7-0.2
163Albania7-0.3
164Austria7-0.3
165Bosnia and Herzegovina6-0.4
166Montenegro6-0.4
167Bulgaria6-0.3
168Estonia6+0.7
169Switzerland6-0.3
170Monaco60
171Australia5-0.1
172Greece5+0.2
173Turkmenistan5-0.2
174South Korea5-0.4
175Netherlands50
176Slovakia5+0.2
177Japan5-0.1
178Qatar5-0.3
179Sweden4-0.1
180Belgium4-0.4
181Ireland4-0.4
182Denmark4-0.4
183Iceland4+0.1
184Germany4-0.2
185Slovenia4-0.3
186Croatia4+0.2
187North Macedonia3-0.2
188Czechia3+0.1
189Spain3-0.2
190Israel30
191United Arab Emirates3-0.1
192Poland2-0
193Norway2-0.1
194Belarus1-0
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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Which country has the highest maternal mortality ratio?

The Central African Republic, with 1,650 per 100,000 live births in 2019, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio?

Cook Islands, with 0 per 100,000 live births in 2019.

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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