EU countries by maternal mortality ratio
Latvia had the highest maternal mortality ratio of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 23 per 100,000 live births. Poland had the lowest, at 2 per 100,000 live births. The median was 5 per 100,000 live births. Source: World Health Organization.
All EU countries, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 23 | -0.2 |
| 2 | Romania | 17 | -0.5 |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 15 | +2 |
| 4 | Hungary | 14 | +0.4 |
| 5 | Portugal | 13 | +1.3 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 12 | +0.4 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 10 | +0.4 |
| 8 | France | 8 | -0.3 |
| 9 | Finland | 8 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Italy | 8 | +0.1 |
| 11 | Malta | 7 | -2.2 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 7 | -0.2 |
| 13 | Austria | 6 | -0.2 |
| 14 | Estonia | 5 | -1.8 |
| 15 | Greece | 5 | +0.3 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 5 | -0.3 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 5 | -0.2 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 5 | -0.2 |
| 19 | Belgium | 5 | -0.1 |
| 20 | Denmark | 5 | -0.5 |
| 21 | Sweden | 5 | -0 |
| 22 | Ireland | 4 | -0.1 |
| 23 | Germany | 4 | -0.2 |
| 24 | Croatia | 4 | -0.1 |
| 25 | Spain | 3 | -0 |
| 26 | Czechia | 3 | -0.3 |
| 27 | Poland | 2 | 0 |
Other periods
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.Citation styles
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World Health Organization. (2026). Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026) (EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.
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World Health Organization (2026) Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (MDG_0000000026), EU countries by maternal mortality ratio, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C071DCB/AC597B1, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/maternal-mortality-ratio/eu-countries?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which EU country has the highest maternal mortality ratio?
Latvia, with 23 per 100,000 live births in 2017, according to World Health Organization.
Which EU country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio?
Poland, with 2 per 100,000 live births in 2017.
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.