Maternal Mortality Rate by Country
Central African Republic has the highest maternal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in the world at 835.0 deaths.
Note: This list uses the latest available data from sources such as The World Factbook. The data is updated regularly.
| Rank | Country | Maternal Mortality Rate (deaths) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Central African Republic
|
835.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 2 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
725.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 3 |
Liberia
|
652.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 4 |
Somalia
|
621.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 5 |
Afghanistan
|
620.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 6 |
Lesotho
|
566.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 7 |
Guinea
|
553.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 8 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
547.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 9 |
Kenya
|
530.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 10 |
Benin
|
523.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 11 |
Burundi
|
494.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 12 |
Cote d'Ivoire
|
480.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 13 |
Mauritania
|
465.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 14 |
Gambia
|
458.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 15 |
Sierra Leone
|
443.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 16 |
Niger
|
441.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 17 |
Mali
|
440.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 18 |
Cameroon
|
438.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 19 |
Swaziland
|
437.0 deaths | 2017 |
| 20 |
Togo
|
399.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 21 |
Madagascar
|
392.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 22 |
Malawi
|
381.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 23 |
Zimbabwe
|
357.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 24 |
Haiti
|
350.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 25 |
Eritrea
|
322.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 26 |
Uganda
|
284.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 27 |
Republic of the Congo
|
282.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 28 |
Sudan
|
270.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 29 |
Ethiopia
|
267.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 30 |
Burkina Faso
|
264.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 31 |
Ghana
|
263.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 32 |
Senegal
|
261.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 33 |
Rwanda
|
259.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 34 |
Venezuela
|
259.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 35 |
Tanzania
|
238.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 36 |
Djibouti
|
234.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 37 |
Gabon
|
227.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 38 |
Angola
|
222.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 39 |
Cambodia
|
218.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 40 |
Comoros
|
217.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 41 |
Namibia
|
215.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 42 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
212.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 43 |
Timor-Leste
|
204.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 44 |
Papua New Guinea
|
192.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 45 |
Botswana
|
186.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 46 |
Yemen
|
183.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 47 |
Burma
|
179.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 48 |
Nepal
|
174.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 49 |
Indonesia
|
173.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 50 |
Bolivia
|
161.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 51 |
Pakistan
|
154.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 52 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
146.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 53 |
Zambia
|
135.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 54 |
Belize
|
130.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 55 |
Mozambique
|
127.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 56 |
South Africa
|
127.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 57 |
Tonga
|
126.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 58 |
Laos
|
126.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 59 |
Vietnam
|
124.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 60 |
Bangladesh
|
123.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 61 |
Solomon Islands
|
122.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 62 |
Guyana
|
112.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 63 |
Dominican Republic
|
107.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 64 |
North Korea
|
107.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 65 |
India
|
103.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 66 |
Jamaica
|
99.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 67 |
Guatemala
|
96.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 68 |
Suriname
|
96.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 69 |
Vanuatu
|
94.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 70 |
Mauritius
|
84.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 71 |
Algeria
|
78.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 72 |
Nicaragua
|
78.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 73 |
Philippines
|
78.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 74 |
Bahamas
|
77.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 75 |
Kiribati
|
76.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 76 |
Iraq
|
76.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 77 |
Colombia
|
75.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 78 |
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
74.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 79 |
Saint Lucia
|
73.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 80 |
Libya
|
72.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 81 |
Morocco
|
72.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 82 |
Honduras
|
72.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 83 |
Brazil
|
72.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 84 |
Paraguay
|
71.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 85 |
Peru
|
69.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 86 |
Cyprus
|
68.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 87 |
Ecuador
|
66.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 88 |
Chad
|
63.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 89 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
62.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 90 |
Bhutan
|
60.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 91 |
Samoa
|
59.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 92 |
Mexico
|
59.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 93 |
Maldives
|
57.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 94 |
Panama
|
50.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 95 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
50.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 96 |
Nigeria
|
47.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 97 |
Argentina
|
45.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 98 |
Brunei
|
44.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 99 |
El Salvador
|
43.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 100 |
Cabo Verde
|
42.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 101 |
Azerbaijan
|
41.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 102 |
Jordan
|
41.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 103 |
Barbados
|
39.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 104 |
Cuba
|
39.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 105 |
Mongolia
|
39.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 106 |
Fiji
|
38.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 107 |
Tunisia
|
37.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 108 |
Puerto Rico
|
34.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 109 |
Uzbekistan
|
30.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 110 |
Syria
|
30.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 111 |
Thailand
|
29.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 112 |
Sri Lanka
|
29.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 113 |
Georgia
|
28.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 114 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
27.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 115 |
Armenia
|
27.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 116 |
China
|
23.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 117 |
Costa Rica
|
22.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 118 |
Iran
|
22.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 119 |
Grenada
|
21.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 120 |
Malaysia
|
21.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 121 |
Lebanon
|
21.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 122 |
United States
|
21.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 123 |
Uruguay
|
19.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 124 |
Latvia
|
18.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 125 |
Egypt
|
17.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 126 |
Tajikistan
|
17.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 127 |
Ukraine
|
17.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 128 |
Oman
|
17.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 129 |
Turkey
|
17.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 130 |
Bahrain
|
16.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 131 |
Saudi Arabia
|
16.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 132 |
Hungary
|
15.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 133 |
Chile
|
15.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 134 |
Russia
|
14.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 135 |
Kazakhstan
|
13.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 136 |
Moldova
|
12.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 137 |
Portugal
|
12.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 138 |
Canada
|
11.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 139 |
Romania
|
10.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 140 |
Serbia
|
10.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 141 |
United Kingdom
|
10.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 142 |
Lithuania
|
9.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 143 |
United Arab Emirates
|
9.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 144 |
South Korea
|
8.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 145 |
Albania
|
8.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 146 |
Finland
|
8.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 147 |
France
|
8.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 148 |
Greece
|
8.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 149 |
Qatar
|
8.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 150 |
New Zealand
|
7.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 151 |
Singapore
|
7.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 152 |
Bulgaria
|
7.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 153 |
Switzerland
|
7.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 154 |
Kuwait
|
7.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 155 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
6.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 156 |
Luxembourg
|
6.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 157 |
Montenegro
|
6.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 158 |
Turkmenistan
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 159 |
Austria
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 160 |
Belgium
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 161 |
Croatia
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 162 |
Denmark
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 163 |
Estonia
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 164 |
Ireland
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 165 |
Italy
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 166 |
Slovakia
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 167 |
Slovenia
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 168 |
Sweden
|
5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 169 |
Japan
|
4.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 170 |
Germany
|
4.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 171 |
Netherlands
|
4.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 172 |
Australia
|
3.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 173 |
Czech Republic
|
3.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 174 |
Iceland
|
3.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 175 |
Macedonia
|
3.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 176 |
Malta
|
3.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 177 |
Spain
|
3.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 178 |
Israel
|
3.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 179 |
Norway
|
2.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 180 |
Poland
|
2.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 181 |
Belarus
|
1.0 deaths | 2020 |
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