Countries with the highest
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

In 2023, Nigeria leads Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) with 993.00. Chad follows at 748.00, and the gap between the top two positions is 245.00. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.0248497745993NigeriaNigeria: 993.00993ChadChad: 748.00748Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 692.00692South SudanSouth Sudan: 692.00692LiberiaLiberia: 628.00628Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 563.00563AfghanistanAfghanistan: 521.00521BeninBenin: 518.00518Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 505.00505GuineaGuinea: 494.00494LesothoLesotho: 478.00478MadagascarMadagascar: 445.00445

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Mexico 42.00
102 Seychelles 42.00
103 Mongolia 41.00
104 Cabo Verde 40.00
105 El Salvador 39.00
106 Panama 37.00
107 Brunei Darussalam 36.00
108 Dominica 36.00
109 Tunisia 36.00
110 Antigua and Barbuda 35.00
111 Barbados 35.00
112 Cuba 35.00
113 Thailand 34.00
114 Argentina 33.00
115 Maldives 32.00
116 Jordan 31.00
117 Fiji 30.00
118 Malaysia 26.00
119 Uzbekistan 26.00
120 Costa Rica 24.00
121 Georgia 20.00
122 Syrian Arab Republic 20.00
123 Armenia 19.00
124 Latvia 19.00
125 Moldova 19.00
126 Azerbaijan 18.00
127 Sri Lanka 18.00
128 Bahrain 17.00
129 Egypt, Arab Rep. 17.00
130 United States 17.00
131 China 16.00
132 Iran, Islamic Rep. 16.00
133 West Bank and Gaza 16.00
134 Lebanon 15.00
135 Portugal 15.00
136 Turkiye 15.00
137 Ukraine 15.00
138 Uruguay 15.00
139 Cyprus 14.00
140 Tajikistan 14.00
141 Oman 13.00
142 Canada 12.00
143 Hungary 12.00
144 Romania 12.00
145 Andorra 11.00
146 Luxembourg 11.00
147 Puerto Rico (US) 11.00
148 Serbia 11.00
149 Chile 10.00
150 Kazakhstan 10.00

Analytical takeaways

  • Nigeria leads the global ranking for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in 2023, with a lead of 245.00 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Madagascar at 445.00.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.