Which country has the highest Maternal Mortality Rate?

Nigeria has the highest Maternal Mortality Rate in 2023, at 993 per 100k births, followed by Chad (748 per 100k births) and South Sudan (692 per 100k births).

Which country has the lowest Maternal Mortality Rate?

Norway has the lowest Maternal Mortality Rate in 2023, at 1 per 100k births.

What is the median Maternal Mortality Rate across countries?

The median is 47 per 100k births across the 194 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this maternal mortality rate by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Maternal mortality - UNICEF; Maternal mortality ratio - World Bank.

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Maternal Mortality Rate by Country

Name: Maternal Mortality Rate by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Nigeria has the highest Maternal Mortality Rate in 2023 (993 per 100k births), followed by Chad (748 per 100k births) and South Sudan (692 per 100k births). Norway has the lowest (1 per 100k births).

Health194 countries · 1 metricUpdated Jan 3, 2025Original page

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Year

194 of 235 countries

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Maternal Mortality Rate, 2023

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Ranking

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

47 per 100k births

Middle half 11 per 100k births – 154 per 100k births

Average

116 per 100k births

194 countries

Lowest (best)

1 per 100k births

Belarus

Highest (worst)

993 per 100k births

Nigeria

Over time · 2000–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

Median of all countries
Belarus
Norway
Poland
Australia
Israel

Data

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194 countries · # = rank by Maternal Mortality Rate

#
1	Belarus	1 per 100k births
1	Norway	1 per 100k births
3	Poland	2 per 100k births
3	Australia	2 per 100k births
3	Israel	2 per 100k births
6	Japan	3 per 100k births
6	Spain	3 per 100k births
6	United Arab Emirates	3 per 100k births
6	Czechia	3 per 100k births
6	Croatia	3 per 100k births
6	Slovenia	3 per 100k births
6	North Macedonia	3 per 100k births
6	Iceland	3 per 100k births
14	Germany	4 per 100k births
14	South Korea	4 per 100k births
14	Netherlands	4 per 100k births
14	Belgium	4 per 100k births
14	Sweden	4 per 100k births
14	Denmark	4 per 100k births
14	Slovakia	4 per 100k births
14	Ireland	4 per 100k births
14	Qatar	4 per 100k births
23	Greece	5 per 100k births
23	Switzerland	5 per 100k births
23	Turkmenistan	5 per 100k births
23	Estonia	5 per 100k births
23	Monaco	5 per 100k births
28	Italy	6 per 100k births
28	Austria	6 per 100k births
28	Bulgaria	6 per 100k births
28	Singapore	6 per 100k births
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 per 100k births
28	Montenegro	6 per 100k births
34	France	7 per 100k births
34	Saudi Arabia	7 per 100k births
34	New Zealand	7 per 100k births
34	Albania	7 per 100k births
38	United Kingdom	8 per 100k births
38	Finland	8 per 100k births
38	Kuwait	8 per 100k births
38	Lithuania	8 per 100k births
38	Malta	8 per 100k births
38	San Marino	8 per 100k births
44	Russia	9 per 100k births
45	Kazakhstan	10 per 100k births
45	Chile	10 per 100k births
47	Serbia	11 per 100k births
47	Puerto Rico	11 per 100k births
47	Luxembourg	11 per 100k births
47	Andorra	11 per 100k births
51	Canada	12 per 100k births
51	Romania	12 per 100k births
51	Hungary	12 per 100k births
54	Oman	13 per 100k births
55	Tajikistan	14 per 100k births
55	Cyprus	14 per 100k births
57	Turkey	15 per 100k births
57	Ukraine	15 per 100k births
57	Portugal	15 per 100k births
57	Lebanon	15 per 100k births
57	Uruguay	15 per 100k births
62	China	16 per 100k births
62	Iran	16 per 100k births
62	Palestine	16 per 100k births
65	United States	17 per 100k births
65	Egypt	17 per 100k births
65	Bahrain	17 per 100k births
68	Sri Lanka	18 per 100k births
68	Azerbaijan	18 per 100k births
70	Moldova	19 per 100k births
70	Armenia	19 per 100k births
70	Latvia	19 per 100k births
73	Syria	20 per 100k births
73	Georgia	20 per 100k births
75	Costa Rica	24 per 100k births
76	Uzbekistan	26 per 100k births
76	Malaysia	26 per 100k births
78	Fiji	30 per 100k births
79	Jordan	31 per 100k births
80	Maldives	32 per 100k births
81	Argentina	33 per 100k births
82	Thailand	34 per 100k births
83	Cuba	35 per 100k births
83	Barbados	35 per 100k births
83	Antigua and Barbuda	35 per 100k births
86	Tunisia	36 per 100k births
86	Brunei	36 per 100k births
86	Dominica	36 per 100k births
89	Panama	37 per 100k births
90	El Salvador	39 per 100k births
91	Cape Verde	40 per 100k births
92	Mongolia	41 per 100k births
93	Mexico	42 per 100k births
93	Kyrgyzstan	42 per 100k births
93	Seychelles	42 per 100k births
96	Saint Lucia	44 per 100k births
97	Honduras	47 per 100k births
97	Bhutan	47 per 100k births
99	Vietnam	48 per 100k births
99	Grenada	48 per 100k births
101	Peru	51 per 100k births
102	Trinidad and Tobago	54 per 100k births
103	Ecuador	55 per 100k births
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56 per 100k births
105	Paraguay	58 per 100k births
106	Colombia	59 per 100k births
106	Libya	59 per 100k births
108	Nicaragua	60 per 100k births
109	Algeria	62 per 100k births
110	Iraq	66 per 100k births
110	Mauritius	66 per 100k births
112	Brazil	67 per 100k births
112	North Korea	67 per 100k births
112	Belize	67 per 100k births
112	Tonga	67 per 100k births
116	Morocco	70 per 100k births
117	Saint Kitts and Nevis	74 per 100k births
118	Guyana	75 per 100k births
118	Sao Tome and Principe	75 per 100k births
120	Bahamas	76 per 100k births
121	India	80 per 100k births
121	Kiribati	80 per 100k births
123	Philippines	84 per 100k births
123	Suriname	84 per 100k births
125	Zambia	85 per 100k births
126	Palau	89 per 100k births
127	Guatemala	94 per 100k births
128	Mozambique	99 per 100k births
129	Vanuatu	100 per 100k births
130	Samoa	101 per 100k births
131	Laos	112 per 100k births
132	Bangladesh	115 per 100k births
133	South Africa	118 per 100k births
133	Yemen	118 per 100k births
133	Eswatini	118 per 100k births
136	Solomon Islands	123 per 100k births
137	Dominican Republic	124 per 100k births
138	Micronesia	129 per 100k births
139	Jamaica	130 per 100k births
140	Cambodia	137 per 100k births
141	Namibia	139 per 100k births
142	Indonesia	140 per 100k births
143	Nepal	142 per 100k births
144	Bolivia	146 per 100k births
145	Kenya	149 per 100k births
146	Pakistan	155 per 100k births
146	Botswana	155 per 100k births
146	Marshall Islands	155 per 100k births
149	Djibouti	162 per 100k births
150	Uganda	170 per 100k births
150	Tuvalu	170 per 100k births
152	Equatorial Guinea	174 per 100k births
153	Comoros	179 per 100k births
154	Angola	183 per 100k births
155	Myanmar	185 per 100k births
156	Papua New Guinea	189 per 100k births
157	Timor-Leste	192 per 100k births
158	Ethiopia	195 per 100k births
159	Malawi	225 per 100k births
160	Venezuela	227 per 100k births
161	Rwanda	229 per 100k births
162	Gabon	233 per 100k births
163	Ghana	234 per 100k births
164	Senegal	237 per 100k births
165	Republic of the Congo	241 per 100k births
166	Burkina Faso	242 per 100k births
167	Sudan	256 per 100k births
168	Cameroon	258 per 100k births
169	Nauru	273 per 100k births
170	Tanzania	276 per 100k births
171	Eritrea	291 per 100k births
172	Haiti	328 per 100k births
173	Togo	349 per 100k births
174	Niger	350 per 100k births
175	Sierra Leone	354 per 100k births
175	Gambia	354 per 100k births
177	Zimbabwe	358 per 100k births
178	Ivory Coast	359 per 100k births
179	Mali	367 per 100k births
180	Mauritania	381 per 100k births
181	Burundi	392 per 100k births
182	DR Congo	427 per 100k births
183	Madagascar	445 per 100k births
184	Lesotho	478 per 100k births
185	Guinea	494 per 100k births
186	Guinea-Bissau	505 per 100k births
187	Benin	518 per 100k births
188	Afghanistan	521 per 100k births
189	Somalia	563 per 100k births
190	Liberia	628 per 100k births
191	South Sudan	692 per 100k births
191	Central African Republic	692 per 100k births
193	Chad	748 per 100k births
194	Nigeria	993 per 100k births

What correlates with Maternal Mortality Rate (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,410 other country metrics sharing at least 117 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Maternal Mortality Rate tend to score higher on these

Maternal MortalityMost Dangerous Countries for Women
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 194
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Infant Deaths per 1,000 BirthsHealth Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 193
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Infant Mortality RateInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 192
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Neonatal Mortality RateNeonatal Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 191
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Still Birth RateStillbirth Rates by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 193
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Infant Mortality Rate CIAInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 194
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Maternal Mortality Rate tend to score lower on these

LPI Health ScoreBest Healthcare in the World
r = −0.84 · very strong · n = 165
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Basic NeedsSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.84 · very strong · n = 172
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GDI Female Life ExpectancyGender Development Index by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 191
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Female Life Expectancy WBLife Expectancy by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 191
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Female Life Expectancy UNLife Expectancy by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 194
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Nutrition & Medical CareSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 172
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Maternal Mortality Rate?: Nigeria has the highest Maternal Mortality Rate in 2023, at 993 per 100k births, followed by Chad (748 per 100k births) and South Sudan (692 per 100k births).
Which country has the lowest Maternal Mortality Rate?: Norway has the lowest Maternal Mortality Rate in 2023, at 1 per 100k births.
What is the median Maternal Mortality Rate across countries?: The median is 47 per 100k births across the 194 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this maternal mortality rate by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Maternal mortality - UNICEF; Maternal mortality ratio - World Bank.

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