EU countries by maternal mortality ratio

Latvia had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 23 per 100,000 live births. Poland had the lowest, at 2 per 100,000 live births. The median was 6 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest23Latvia

Lowest2Poland

Median627 EU countries

All EU countries, 2016

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

Rank	EU countries	2016 per 100,000 live births	Change on 2015
1	Latvia	23	+1.2
2	Romania	17	-0.5
3	Luxembourg	13	+0.4
4	Hungary	13	-0.2
5	Portugal	12	+1.1
6	Cyprus	12	+0.3
7	Malta	10	+2.5
8	Lithuania	9	-0.6
9	France	9	-0
10	Italy	8	-0.2
11	Finland	7	+0.3
12	Estonia	7	+0.8
13	Bulgaria	7	-0.3
14	Austria	6	-0.1
15	Netherlands	5	+0.1
16	Denmark	5	+0.2
17	Slovakia	5	+0.4
18	Slovenia	5	-0.2
19	Greece	5	+0.2
20	Belgium	5	-0.2
21	Sweden	5	0
22	Germany	4	-0.1
23	Ireland	4	-0.4
24	Croatia	4	-0.2
25	Spain	3	-0.1
26	Czechia	3	+0.1
27	Poland	2	-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 EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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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World Health Organization. (2026). Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026) (EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1

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Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026), EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2016. World Health Organization, 18 May 2026, https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/maternal-mortality-ratio/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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World Health Organization. 2026. Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026). EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/maternal-mortality-ratio/eu-countries?period=2016.

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World Health Organization (2026) Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026), EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/maternal-mortality-ratio/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{world_eu_countries_by_maternal_2016,
  author = {{World Health Organization}},
  title = {{Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG\_0000000026): EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/maternal-mortality-ratio/eu-countries?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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 EU country has the highest maternal mortality ratio?

Latvia, with 23 per 100,000 live births in 2016, according to World Health Organization.

Which EU country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio?

Poland, with 2 per 100,000 live births in 2016.

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