For 2023, Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) is led by Nigeria at 993.00. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.
Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 993.00 |
| 2 | Chad | 748.00 |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 692.00 |
| 4 | South Sudan | 692.00 |
| 5 | Liberia | 628.00 |
| 6 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 563.00 |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 521.00 |
| 8 | Benin | 518.00 |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 505.00 |
| 10 | Guinea | 494.00 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 478.00 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 445.00 |
| 13 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 427.00 |
| 14 | Burundi | 392.00 |
| 15 | Mauritania | 381.00 |
| 16 | Mali | 367.00 |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 359.00 |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 358.00 |
| 19 | Gambia, The | 354.00 |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 354.00 |
| 21 | Niger | 350.00 |
| 22 | Togo | 349.00 |
| 23 | Haiti | 328.00 |
| 24 | Eritrea | 291.00 |
| 25 | Tanzania | 276.00 |
| 26 | Naoero | 273.00 |
| 27 | Cameroon | 258.00 |
| 28 | Sudan | 256.00 |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 242.00 |
| 30 | Congo, Rep. | 241.00 |
| 31 | Senegal | 237.00 |
| 32 | Ghana | 234.00 |
| 33 | Gabon | 233.00 |
| 34 | Rwanda | 229.00 |
| 35 | Venezuela, RB | 227.00 |
| 36 | Malawi | 225.00 |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 195.00 |
| 38 | Timor-Leste | 192.00 |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 189.00 |
| 40 | Myanmar | 185.00 |
| 41 | Angola | 183.00 |
| 42 | Comoros | 179.00 |
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 174.00 |
| 44 | Tuvalu | 170.00 |
| 45 | Uganda | 170.00 |
| 46 | Djibouti | 162.00 |
| 47 | Botswana | 155.00 |
| 48 | Marshall Islands | 155.00 |
| 49 | Pakistan | 155.00 |
| 50 | Kenya | 149.00 |