# EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2023

All 27 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-health-organization
- 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/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 live births |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Latvia | 19 |
| 2 | Portugal | 15 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 14 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 12 |
| 5 | Romania | 12 |
| 6 | Hungary | 12 |
| 7 | Malta | 8 |
| 8 | Finland | 8 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 8 |
| 10 | France | 7 |
| 11 | Italy | 6 |
| 12 | Austria | 6 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 6 |
| 14 | Estonia | 5 |
| 15 | Greece | 5 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 4 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 4 |
| 18 | Sweden | 4 |
| 19 | Belgium | 4 |
| 20 | Ireland | 4 |
| 21 | Denmark | 4 |
| 22 | Germany | 4 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 3 |
| 24 | Croatia | 3 |
| 25 | Spain | 3 |
| 26 | Czechia | 3 |
| 27 | Poland | 2 |