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Health > Births and maternity > Maternal death rate: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Number of mothers who died giving birth, out of 100,000 births.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Chad 1,100 per 100,000 live births 2010
2 Somalia 1,000 per 100,000 live births 2010
=3 Central African Republic 890 per 100,000 live births 2010
=3 Sierra Leone 890 per 100,000 live births 2010
5 Burundi 800 per 100,000 live births 2010
6 Guinea-Bissau 790 per 100,000 live births 2010
7 Liberia 770 per 100,000 live births 2010
8 Cameroon 690 per 100,000 live births 2010
9 Nigeria 630 per 100,000 live births 2010
10 Lesotho 620 per 100,000 live births 2010
11 Guinea 610 per 100,000 live births 2010
12 Niger 590 per 100,000 live births 2010
13 Zimbabwe 570 per 100,000 live births 2010
=14 Mali 540 per 100,000 live births 2010
=14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 540 per 100,000 live births 2010
16 Mauritania 510 per 100,000 live births 2010
17 Mozambique 490 per 100,000 live births 2010
18 Laos 470 per 100,000 live births 2010
=19 Tanzania 460 per 100,000 live births 2010
=19 Afghanistan 460 per 100,000 live births 2010
=19 Malawi 460 per 100,000 live births 2010
22 Angola 450 per 100,000 live births 2010
23 Zambia 440 per 100,000 live births 2010
24 Cote d'Ivoire 400 per 100,000 live births 2010
25 Senegal 370 per 100,000 live births 2010
=26 Kenya 360 per 100,000 live births 2010
=26 Gambia 360 per 100,000 live births 2010
=28 Ethiopia 350 per 100,000 live births 2010
=28 Ghana 350 per 100,000 live births 2010
=28 Benin 350 per 100,000 live births 2010
=28 Haiti 350 per 100,000 live births 2010
32 Rwanda 340 per 100,000 live births 2010
33 Swaziland 320 per 100,000 live births 2010
34 Uganda 310 per 100,000 live births 2010
=35 East Timor 300 per 100,000 live births 2010
=35 Burkina Faso 300 per 100,000 live births 2010
=35 Togo 300 per 100,000 live births 2010
=35 South Africa 300 per 100,000 live births 2010
=39 Guyana 280 per 100,000 live births 2010
=39 Comoros 280 per 100,000 live births 2010
41 Pakistan 260 per 100,000 live births 2010
42 Cambodia 250 per 100,000 live births 2010
=43 Madagascar 240 per 100,000 live births 2010
=43 Bangladesh 240 per 100,000 live births 2010
=43 Equatorial Guinea 240 per 100,000 live births 2010
=43 Eritrea 240 per 100,000 live births 2010
=47 Papua New Guinea 230 per 100,000 live births 2010
=47 Gabon 230 per 100,000 live births 2010
49 Indonesia 220 per 100,000 live births 2010
=50 Yemen 200 per 100,000 live births 2010
=50 India 200 per 100,000 live births 2010
=50 Djibouti 200 per 100,000 live births 2010
=50 Burma 200 per 100,000 live births 2010
=50 Namibia 200 per 100,000 live births 2010
55 Bolivia 190 per 100,000 live births 2010
56 Bhutan 180 per 100,000 live births 2010
57 Nepal 170 per 100,000 live births 2010
58 Botswana 160 per 100,000 live births 2010
59 Dominican Republic 150 per 100,000 live births 2010
60 Suriname 130 per 100,000 live births 2010
61 Guatemala 120 per 100,000 live births 2010
=62 Vanuatu 110 per 100,000 live births 2010
=62 Ecuador 110 per 100,000 live births 2010
=62 Jamaica 110 per 100,000 live births 2010
=62 Tonga 110 per 100,000 live births 2010
=66 Morocco 100 per 100,000 live births 2010
=66 Samoa 100 per 100,000 live births 2010
=66 Federated States of Micronesia 100 per 100,000 live births 2010
=66 Honduras 100 per 100,000 live births 2010
=70 Philippines 99 per 100,000 live births 2010
=70 Paraguay 99 per 100,000 live births 2010
72 Algeria 97 per 100,000 live births 2010
73 Nicaragua 95 per 100,000 live births 2010
74 Solomon Islands 93 per 100,000 live births 2010
=75 Colombia 92 per 100,000 live births 2010
=75 Venezuela 92 per 100,000 live births 2010
=75 Panama 92 per 100,000 live births 2010
78 El Salvador 81 per 100,000 live births 2010
79 Cape Verde 79 per 100,000 live births 2010
80 Argentina 77 per 100,000 live births 2010
81 Cuba 73 per 100,000 live births 2010
82 Kyrgyzstan 71 per 100,000 live births 2010
=83 Syria 70 per 100,000 live births 2010
=83 Sao Tome and Principe 70 per 100,000 live births 2010
=85 Turkmenistan 67 per 100,000 live births 2010
=85 Georgia 67 per 100,000 live births 2010
=85 Peru 67 per 100,000 live births 2010
88 Egypt 66 per 100,000 live births 2010
89 Tajikistan 65 per 100,000 live births 2010
90 Palestine 64 per 100,000 live births 2010
=91 Jordan 63 per 100,000 live births 2010
=91 Mongolia 63 per 100,000 live births 2010
=91 Iraq 63 per 100,000 live births 2010
=94 Mauritius 60 per 100,000 live births 2010
=94 Maldives 60 per 100,000 live births 2010
96 Vietnam 59 per 100,000 live births 2010
97 Libya 58 per 100,000 live births 2010
=98 Brazil 56 per 100,000 live births 2010
=98 Tunisia 56 per 100,000 live births 2010
100 Belize 53 per 100,000 live births 2010
=101 Barbados 51 per 100,000 live births 2010
=101 Kazakhstan 51 per 100,000 live births 2010
103 Mexico 50 per 100,000 live births 2010
=104 Thailand 48 per 100,000 live births 2010
=104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48 per 100,000 live births 2010
106 The Bahamas 47 per 100,000 live births 2010
107 Trinidad and Tobago 46 per 100,000 live births 2010
108 Azerbaijan 43 per 100,000 live births 2010
109 Moldova 41 per 100,000 live births 2010
110 Costa Rica 40 per 100,000 live births 2010
111 China 37 per 100,000 live births 2010
=112 Sri Lanka 35 per 100,000 live births 2010
=112 Saint Lucia 35 per 100,000 live births 2010
=114 Latvia 34 per 100,000 live births 2010
=114 Russia 34 per 100,000 live births 2010
=116 Ukraine 32 per 100,000 live births 2010
=116 Oman 32 per 100,000 live births 2010
118 Armenia 30 per 100,000 live births 2010
=119 Uruguay 29 per 100,000 live births 2010
=119 Malaysia 29 per 100,000 live births 2010
121 Uzbekistan 28 per 100,000 live births 2010
=122 Romania 27 per 100,000 live births 2010
=122 Albania 27 per 100,000 live births 2010
124 Fiji 26 per 100,000 live births 2010
=125 Chile 25 per 100,000 live births 2010
=125 Lebanon 25 per 100,000 live births 2010
=127 Grenada 24 per 100,000 live births 2010
=127 Brunei 24 per 100,000 live births 2010
=127 Saudi Arabia 24 per 100,000 live births 2010
=130 Iran 21 per 100,000 live births 2010
=130 United States 21 per 100,000 live births 2010
=130 Hungary 21 per 100,000 live births 2010
=133 Puerto Rico 20 per 100,000 live births 2010
=133 Luxembourg 20 per 100,000 live births 2010
=133 Bahrain 20 per 100,000 live births 2010
=133 Turkey 20 per 100,000 live births 2010
137 Croatia 17 per 100,000 live births 2010
138 South Korea 16 per 100,000 live births 2010
139 New Zealand 15 per 100,000 live births 2010
140 Kuwait 14 per 100,000 live births 2010
=141 United Arab Emirates 12 per 100,000 live births 2010
=141 Slovenia 12 per 100,000 live births 2010
=141 United Kingdom 12 per 100,000 live births 2010
=141 Serbia 12 per 100,000 live births 2010
=141 Denmark 12 per 100,000 live births 2010
=141 Canada 12 per 100,000 live births 2010
147 Bulgaria 11 per 100,000 live births 2010
=148 Republic of Macedonia 10 per 100,000 live births 2010
=148 Cyprus 10 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 France 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 Montenegro 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 Portugal 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 Lithuania 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 Belgium 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 Switzerland 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=150 Malta 8 per 100,000 live births 2010
=158 Norway 7 per 100,000 live births 2010
=158 Australia 7 per 100,000 live births 2010
=158 Qatar 7 per 100,000 live births 2010
=158 Israel 7 per 100,000 live births 2010
=158 Germany 7 per 100,000 live births 2010
=163 Netherlands 6 per 100,000 live births 2010
=163 Slovakia 6 per 100,000 live births 2010
=163 Ireland 6 per 100,000 live births 2010
=163 Spain 6 per 100,000 live births 2010
=167 Finland 5 per 100,000 live births 2010
=167 Czech Republic 5 per 100,000 live births 2010
=167 Japan 5 per 100,000 live births 2010
=167 Iceland 5 per 100,000 live births 2010
=167 Poland 5 per 100,000 live births 2010
=172 Italy 4 per 100,000 live births 2010
=172 Sweden 4 per 100,000 live births 2010
=172 Austria 4 per 100,000 live births 2010
=172 Belarus 4 per 100,000 live births 2010
=176 Greece 3 per 100,000 live births 2010
=176 Singapore 3 per 100,000 live births 2010
178 Estonia 2 per 100,000 live births 2010

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