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The maternal mortality ratio in the World

223 per 100,000 live births in 2020

Between 2001 and 2020, maternal mortality ratio of World was declining at a moderating rate to shrink from 334 per 100,000 live births in 2001 to 222 per 100,000 live births in 2020.

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Macro Region
Africa 54 timeseries
Asia 21 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 19 timeseries
Europe 39 timeseries
Middle East 16 timeseries
North America 20 per 100,000 live births in 2020 WB
Oceania 10 timeseries
South America 12 timeseries
Southeast Asia 11 timeseries
Country (per 100,000 live births in 2020)

South Sudan is the top country by maternal mortality ratio in the world. As of 2020, maternal mortality ratio in South Sudan was 1,223 per 100,000 live births. The top 5 countries also includes Chad, Nigeria, Central African Republic, and Guinea Bissau.

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South Sudan 1,223 WB
Chad 1,063 WB
Nigeria 1,047 WB
Central African Republic 835 WB
Guinea Bissau 725 WB
Liberia 652 WB
Somalia 621 WB
Afghanistan 620 WB
Lesotho 566 WB
Guinea 553 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 547 WB
Kenya 530 WB
Benin 523 WB
Burundi 494 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 480 WB
Mauritania 464 WB
Gambia 458 WB
Sierra Leone 443 WB
Niger 441 WB
Mali 440 WB
Cameroon 438 WB
Togo 399 WB
Madagascar 392 WB
Malawi 381 WB
Zimbabwe 357 WB
Haiti 350 WB
Eritrea 322 WB
Uganda 284 WB
Congo 282 WB
Sudan 270 WB
Ethiopia 267 WB
Burkina Faso 264 WB
Ghana 263 WB
Senegal 261 WB
Rwanda 259 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 259 WB
Eswatini 240 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 238 WB
Djibouti 234 WB
Gabon 227 WB
Angola 222 WB
Cambodia 218 WB
Comoros 217 WB
Namibia 215 WB
Equatorial Guinea 212 WB
Timor-Leste 204 WB
Papua New Guinea 192 WB
Botswana 186 WB
Yemen 183 WB
Myanmar 179 WB
Nepal 174 WB
Indonesia 173 WB
Bolivia 161 WB
Pakistan 154 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 146 WB
Zambia 135 WB
Belize 130 WB
Mozambique 127 WB
South Africa 127 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 126 WB
Tonga 126 WB
Bangladesh 123 WB
Solomon Islands 122 WB
Guyana 112 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 107 WB
Dominican Republic 107 WB
India 103 WB
Jamaica 99 WB
Guatemala 96 WB
Suriname 96 WB
Vanuatu 94 WB
Mauritius 84 WB
Algeria 78 WB
Nicaragua 78 WB
Philippines 78 WB
Bahamas 77 WB
Iraq 76 WB
Kiribati 76 WB
Colombia 75 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 74 WB
Saint Lucia 73 WB
Brazil 72 WB
Honduras 72 WB
Libya 72 WB
Morocco 72 WB
Paraguay 71 WB
Peru 69 WB
Cyprus 68 WB
Ecuador 66 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 62 WB
Bhutan 60 WB
Mexico 59 WB
Samoa 59 WB
Maldives 57 WB
Kyrgyzstan 50 WB
Panama 50 WB
Viet Nam 46 WB
Argentina 45 WB
Brunei Darussalam 44 WB
El Salvador 43 WB
Cabo Verde 42 WB
Azerbaijan 41 WB
Jordan 41 WB
Barbados 39 WB
Cuba 39 WB
Mongolia 39 WB
Fiji 38 WB
Tunisia 37 WB
Puerto Rico 34 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 30 WB
Uzbekistan 30 WB
Sri Lanka 29 WB
Thailand 29 WB
Georgia 28 WB
Armenia 27 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 27 WB
China 23 WB
Costa Rica 22 WB
Iran 22 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 21 WB
Grenada 21 WB
Lebanon 21 WB
Malaysia 21 WB
United States of America 21 WB
Palestine 20 WB
Uruguay 19 WB
Latvia 18 WB
Egypt 17 WB
Oman 17 WB
Tajikistan 17 WB
Turkey 17 WB
Ukraine 17 WB
Bahrain 16 WB
Saudi Arabia 16 WB
Chile 15 WB
Hungary 15 WB
Russian Federation 14 WB
Kazakhstan 13 WB
Portugal 12 WB
Republic of Moldova 12 WB
Canada 11 WB
Romania 10 WB
Serbia 10 WB
United Kingdom 10 WB
Lithuania 9 WB
United Arab Emirates 9 WB
Albania 8 WB
Finland 8 WB
France 8 WB
Greece 8 WB
Qatar 8 WB
Republic of Korea 8 WB
Bulgaria 7 WB
Kuwait 7 WB
New Zealand 7 WB
Singapore 7 WB
Switzerland 7 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 WB
Luxembourg 6 WB
Montenegro 6 WB
Austria 5 WB
Belgium 5 WB
Croatia 5 WB
Denmark 5 WB
Estonia 5 WB
Ireland 5 WB
Italy 5 WB
Slovakia 5 WB
Slovenia 5 WB
Sweden 5 WB
Turkmenistan 5 WB
Germany 4 WB
Japan 4 WB
Netherlands 4 WB
Australia 3 WB
Czech Republic 3 WB
Iceland 3 WB
Israel 3 WB
Malta 3 WB
North Macedonia 3 WB
Seychelles 3 WB
Spain 3 WB
Norway 2 WB
Poland 2 WB
Belarus 1 WB
Maternal Mortality