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Countries by maternal mortality ratio

The Central African Republic had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 195 countries in 2020, at 1,296 per 100,000 live births. Cook Islands had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 live births. The median was 56 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest1,296Central African Republic
Lowest0Cook Islands
Median56195 countries

Top 40 countries, 2020

Central African Republic: 1,296 per 100,000 live birthsCentral African Republic1,296Nigeria: 1,065 per 100,000 live birthsNigeria1,065Chad: 877 per 100,000 live birthsChad877South Sudan: 729 per 100,000 live birthsSouth Sudan729Liberia: 664 per 100,000 live birthsLiberia664Somalia: 655 per 100,000 live birthsSomalia655Afghanistan: 634 per 100,000 live birthsAfghanistan634Guinea-Bissau: 603 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea-Bissau603Benin: 578 per 100,000 live birthsBenin578Lesotho: 529 per 100,000 live birthsLesotho529Guinea: 528 per 100,000 live birthsGuinea528Democratic Republic of the Congo: 489 per 100,000 live birthsDemocratic Republic of the Congo489Madagascar: 447 per 100,000 live birthsMadagascar447Côte d’Ivoire: 447 per 100,000 live birthsCôte d’Ivoire447Burundi: 441 per 100,000 live birthsBurundi441Sierra Leone: 422 per 100,000 live birthsSierra Leone422Kenya: 421 per 100,000 live birthsKenya421Mauritania: 413 per 100,000 live birthsMauritania413Mali: 405 per 100,000 live birthsMali405Gambia: 400 per 100,000 live birthsGambia400Togo: 398 per 100,000 live birthsTogo398Niger: 388 per 100,000 live birthsNiger388Zimbabwe: 380 per 100,000 live birthsZimbabwe380Haiti: 346 per 100,000 live birthsHaiti346Burkina Faso: 334 per 100,000 live birthsBurkina Faso334Eritrea: 334 per 100,000 live birthsEritrea334Cameroon: 316 per 100,000 live birthsCameroon316Nauru: 309 per 100,000 live birthsNauru309Sudan: 273 per 100,000 live birthsSudan273Timor-Leste: 257 per 100,000 live birthsTimor-Leste257Malawi: 256 per 100,000 live birthsMalawi256Ghana: 253 per 100,000 live birthsGhana253Senegal: 252 per 100,000 live birthsSenegal252Rwanda: 252 per 100,000 live birthsRwanda252Republic of the Congo: 247 per 100,000 live birthsRepublic of the Congo247Ethiopia: 244 per 100,000 live birthsEthiopia244Bolivia: 218 per 100,000 live birthsBolivia218Uganda: 209 per 100,000 live birthsUganda209Venezuela: 207 per 100,000 live birthsVenezuela207Tuvalu: 206 per 100,000 live birthsTuvalu206
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

RankCountries2020
per 100,000 live births		Change on 2019
1Central African Republic1,296-354
2Nigeria1,065-26.3
3Chad877-80.5
4South Sudan729-15.8
5Liberia664-25.3
6Somalia655-0.8
7Afghanistan634+32.6
8Guinea-Bissau603+5.3
9Benin578+5.6
10Lesotho529+61.7
11Guinea528-19.9
12Democratic Republic of the Congo489-3.5
13Madagascar447-14.7
14Côte d’Ivoire447+17.8
15Burundi441-8.5
16Sierra Leone422-41.3
17Kenya421+6.3
18Mauritania413-10.7
19Mali405-11.3
20Gambia400-21.9
21Togo398-18.2
22Niger388-17.7
23Zimbabwe380-7.6
24Haiti346-4.4
25Burkina Faso334+59.8
26Eritrea334-17
27Cameroon316-20.5
28Nauru309+42.5
29Sudan273+11.2
30Timor-Leste257+19.9
31Malawi256-3.1
32Ghana253-7
33Senegal252-34
34Rwanda252-9.2
35Republic of the Congo247+2
36Ethiopia244-24.9
37Bolivia218+61.3
38Uganda209-9.2
39Venezuela207+4.3
40Tuvalu206+51.1
41Comoros198-4
42Myanmar198+3.3
43Equatorial Guinea196-2.4
44Angola195-6.8
45Papua New Guinea194-5
46Gabon194+14.5
47Djibouti192-2.4
48Indonesia184+23.2
49Pakistan178+4.5
50Marshall Islands178+9.7
51Cambodia164+15.1
52Tanzania160-131.8
53Nepal153-17.5
54Bangladesh152-5.4
55Micronesia150-3.6
56Namibia143-31.5
57Yemen135+3.8
58Laos132-4.5
59Solomon Islands131-3.8
60Jamaica126+6.1
61Dominican Republic121+3.4
62South Africa118-1.2
63Palau117+33.5
64Samoa114+3.1
65Mozambique110-1.1
66Guyana109+1.6
67Vanuatu107+1.9
68Guatemala102-3.7
69Eswatini102+6
70India101-0.5
71Zambia99-4.1
72Botswana98-2.3
73Algeria97+23.6
74Suriname94-2.7
75Colombia94+27.5
76São Tomé and Príncipe92-2.3
77Ecuador91+30
78Kiribati89-0.2
79Belize88+27.2
80Philippines88-3.5
81Cyprus87+73.8
82Nicaragua87+17.3
83Brazil85+20.2
84Bahamas84+2.2
85Morocco81+2.1
86Saint Kitts and Nevis80+5.2
87Peru75+14.8
88Panama74+33.5
89Tonga74+1.4
90Libya71+6.2
91Paraguay69+11.1
92North Korea66-0.2
93Iraq63-11.2
94Mexico61+18.1
95Mauritius58-9
96Saint Vincent and the Grenadines57-0.6
97Honduras57+6
98Cape Verde56+15.3
99Kyrgyzstan55+8.2
100Bhutan51-1
101Vietnam51-0.9
102Seychelles51+3.2
103Grenada51+2.2
104Andorra48+37.8
105El Salvador48+7.7
106Maldives48+8.2
107Mongolia47+2
108Dominica47+5.8
109San Marino46+38.5
110Armenia43+20
111Saint Lucia43+0.3
112Jordan41+6.1
113Cuba40+0.2
114Tunisia40+2.4
115Argentina40+3.3
116Barbados39+2.2
117Brunei390
118Thailand36+2.4
119Trinidad and Tobago35-18.4
120Antigua and Barbuda35+2.6
121Iran34+15.8
122Costa Rica34+8.4
123Fiji34-0.4
124Kuwait33+25.4
125Oman32+18.2
126Egypt31+12.1
127Georgia30+7.5
128Uzbekistan29-0.5
129Malaysia29+0.2
130Moldova29+7.9
131Lebanon27+12.4
132Tajikistan25+9.3
133Monaco24+18.1
134Syria23-1.4
135Sri Lanka23+2.5
136United States22+4.9
137Latvia21-1
138Azerbaijan21+0.1
139China20-1.3
140Uruguay20+3.6
141Palestine20+1.8
142Türkiye19+2.5
143Russia19+7
144Hungary18+5.4
145Ukraine18+2.2
146Kazakhstan18+7
147Canada17+4.4
148Romania16+1.8
149Serbia16+3.6
150Montenegro15+8.4
151Portugal14-1
152United Kingdom14+4.5
153Singapore13+5.3
154Chile12+1.2
155Slovenia12+7.9
156Iceland12+7.7
157South Korea12+6.6
158Saudi Arabia11+3.3
159Puerto Rico11-2.6
160Malta10+1.5
161France9+0.5
162Bulgaria9+2.4
163Finland9+0.1
164Lithuania8-0.8
165Italy8+0.4
166New Zealand8+0.1
167Bosnia and Herzegovina7+1
168Greece7+2
169North Macedonia7+3.9
170Albania7-0.1
171Bahrain7-9.7
172United Arab Emirates6+3.7
173Qatar6+1.8
174Luxembourg6-6.6
175Estonia6-0.1
176Ireland6+1.3
177Austria6-1.1
178Switzerland5-0.6
179Turkmenistan5+0.1
180Croatia5+1.7
181Sweden5+0.7
182Australia5-0.2
183Spain4+1.3
184Japan4-0.3
185Germany4+0.3
186Belgium4-0.2
187Slovakia4-0.7
188Denmark4-0.1
189Netherlands4-1
190Czechia3+0.1
191Israel3+0.4
192Poland3+1.1
193Norway2+0.6
194Belarus2+0.5
195Cook Islands0-0

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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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Which country has the highest maternal mortality ratio?

The Central African Republic, with 1,296 per 100,000 live births in 2020, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio?

Cook Islands, with 0 per 100,000 live births in 2020.

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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