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.
| 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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