Maternal mortality ratio by country
United States: 17 in 2023, 34th of 38 OECD members (lowest first). 67th of all 194 with data.
Highest: 
Nigeria (993, 2023) · Lowest: 
Belarus (1, 2023) · 194 countries and territories with data.
Women who die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes per 100,000 live births (UN inter-agency modeled estimates).
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (lowest first).
World ranking (lowest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 1 | 2023 |
| 2 |  Norway | 1 | 2023 |
| 3 |  Australia | 2 | 2023 |
| 4 |  Israel | 2 | 2023 |
| 5 |  Poland | 2 | 2023 |
| 6 |  United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2023 |
| 7 |  Czechia | 3 | 2023 |
| 8 |  Spain | 3 | 2023 |
| 9 |  Croatia | 3 | 2023 |
| 10 |  Iceland | 3 | 2023 |
| 11 |  Japan | 3 | 2023 |
| 12 |  North Macedonia | 3 | 2023 |
| 13 |  Slovenia | 3 | 2023 |
| 14 |  Belgium | 4 | 2023 |
| 15 |  Germany | 4 | 2023 |
| 16 |  Denmark | 4 | 2023 |
| 17 |  Ireland | 4 | 2023 |
| 18 |  South Korea | 4 | 2023 |
| 19 |  Netherlands | 4 | 2023 |
| 20 |  Qatar | 4 | 2023 |
| 21 |  Slovakia | 4 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Sweden | 4 | 2023 |
| 23 |  Switzerland | 5 | 2023 |
| 24 |  Estonia | 5 | 2023 |
| 25 |  Greece | 5 | 2023 |
| 26 |  Monaco | 5 | 2023 |
| 27 |  Turkmenistan | 5 | 2023 |
| 28 |  Austria | 6 | 2023 |
| 29 |  Bulgaria | 6 | 2023 |
| 30 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 2023 |
| 31 |  Italy | 6 | 2023 |
| 32 |  Montenegro | 6 | 2023 |
| 33 |  Singapore | 6 | 2023 |
| 34 |  Albania | 7 | 2023 |
| 35 |  France | 7 | 2023 |
| 36 |  New Zealand | 7 | 2023 |
| 37 |  Saudi Arabia | 7 | 2023 |
| 38 |  Finland | 8 | 2023 |
| 39 |  United Kingdom | 8 | 2023 |
| 40 |  Kuwait | 8 | 2023 |
| 41 |  Lithuania | 8 | 2023 |
| 42 |  Malta | 8 | 2023 |
| 43 |  San Marino | 8 | 2023 |
| 44 |  Russia | 9 | 2023 |
| 45 |  Chile | 10 | 2023 |
| 46 |  Kazakhstan | 10 | 2023 |
| 47 |  Andorra | 11 | 2023 |
| 48 |  Luxembourg | 11 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Puerto Rico | 11 | 2023 |
| 50 |  Serbia | 11 | 2023 |
| 51 |  Canada | 12 | 2023 |
| 52 |  Hungary | 12 | 2023 |
| 53 |  Romania | 12 | 2023 |
| 54 |  Oman | 13 | 2023 |
| 55 |  Cyprus | 14 | 2023 |
| 56 |  Tajikistan | 14 | 2023 |
| 57 |  Lebanon | 15 | 2023 |
| 58 |  Portugal | 15 | 2023 |
| 59 |  Türkiye | 15 | 2023 |
| 60 |  Ukraine | 15 | 2023 |
| 61 |  Uruguay | 15 | 2023 |
| 62 |  China | 16 | 2023 |
| 63 |  Iran | 16 | 2023 |
| 64 |  West Bank and Gaza | 16 | 2023 |
| 65 |  Bahrain | 17 | 2023 |
| 66 |  Egypt | 17 | 2023 |
| 67 |  United States | 17 | 2023 |
| 68 |  Azerbaijan | 18 | 2023 |
| 69 |  Sri Lanka | 18 | 2023 |
| 70 |  Armenia | 19 | 2023 |
| 71 |  Latvia | 19 | 2023 |
| 72 |  Moldova | 19 | 2023 |
| 73 |  Georgia | 20 | 2023 |
| 74 |  Syria | 20 | 2023 |
| 75 |  Costa Rica | 24 | 2023 |
| 76 |  Malaysia | 26 | 2023 |
| 77 |  Uzbekistan | 26 | 2023 |
| 78 |  Fiji | 30 | 2023 |
| 79 |  Jordan | 31 | 2023 |
| 80 |  Maldives | 32 | 2023 |
| 81 |  Argentina | 33 | 2023 |
| 82 |  Thailand | 34 | 2023 |
| 83 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | 2023 |
| 84 |  Barbados | 35 | 2023 |
| 85 |  Cuba | 35 | 2023 |
| 86 |  Brunei | 36 | 2023 |
| 87 |  Dominica | 36 | 2023 |
| 88 |  Tunisia | 36 | 2023 |
| 89 |  Panama | 37 | 2023 |
| 90 |  El Salvador | 39 | 2023 |
| 91 |  Cabo Verde | 40 | 2023 |
| 92 |  Mongolia | 41 | 2023 |
| 93 |  Kyrgyzstan | 42 | 2023 |
| 94 |  Mexico | 42 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Seychelles | 42 | 2023 |
| 96 |  St. Lucia | 44 | 2023 |
| 97 |  Bhutan | 47 | 2023 |
| 98 |  Honduras | 47 | 2023 |
| 99 |  Grenada | 48 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Vietnam | 48 | 2023 |
| 101 |  Peru | 51 | 2023 |
| 102 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 54 | 2023 |
| 103 |  Ecuador | 55 | 2023 |
| 104 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 56 | 2023 |
| 105 |  Paraguay | 58 | 2023 |
| 106 |  Colombia | 59 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Libya | 59 | 2023 |
| 108 |  Nicaragua | 60 | 2023 |
| 109 |  Algeria | 62 | 2023 |
| 110 |  Iraq | 66 | 2023 |
| 111 |  Mauritius | 66 | 2023 |
| 112 |  Belize | 67 | 2023 |
| 113 |  Brazil | 67 | 2023 |
| 114 |  North Korea | 67 | 2023 |
| 115 |  Tonga | 67 | 2023 |
| 116 |  Morocco | 70 | 2023 |
| 117 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 74 | 2023 |
| 118 |  Guyana | 75 | 2023 |
| 119 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 75 | 2023 |
| 120 |  Bahamas | 76 | 2023 |
| 121 |  India | 80 | 2023 |
| 122 |  Kiribati | 80 | 2023 |
| 123 |  Philippines | 84 | 2023 |
| 124 |  Suriname | 84 | 2023 |
| 125 |  Zambia | 85 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Palau | 89 | 2023 |
| 127 |  Guatemala | 94 | 2023 |
| 128 |  Mozambique | 99 | 2023 |
| 129 |  Vanuatu | 100 | 2023 |
| 130 |  Samoa | 101 | 2023 |
| 131 |  Laos | 112 | 2023 |
| 132 |  Bangladesh | 115 | 2023 |
| 133 |  Eswatini | 118 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Yemen | 118 | 2023 |
| 135 |  South Africa | 118 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Solomon Islands | 123 | 2023 |
| 137 |  Dominican Republic | 124 | 2023 |
| 138 |  Micronesia | 129 | 2023 |
| 139 |  Jamaica | 130 | 2023 |
| 140 |  Cambodia | 137 | 2023 |
| 141 |  Namibia | 139 | 2023 |
| 142 |  Indonesia | 140 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Nepal | 142 | 2023 |
| 144 |  Bolivia | 146 | 2023 |
| 145 |  Kenya | 149 | 2023 |
| 146 |  Botswana | 155 | 2023 |
| 147 |  Marshall Islands | 155 | 2023 |
| 148 |  Pakistan | 155 | 2023 |
| 149 |  Djibouti | 162 | 2023 |
| 150 |  Tuvalu | 170 | 2023 |
| 151 |  Uganda | 170 | 2023 |
| 152 |  Equatorial Guinea | 174 | 2023 |
| 153 |  Comoros | 179 | 2023 |
| 154 |  Angola | 183 | 2023 |
| 155 |  Myanmar | 185 | 2023 |
| 156 |  Papua New Guinea | 189 | 2023 |
| 157 |  Timor-Leste | 192 | 2023 |
| 158 |  Ethiopia | 195 | 2023 |
| 159 |  Malawi | 225 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Venezuela | 227 | 2023 |
| 161 |  Rwanda | 229 | 2023 |
| 162 |  Gabon | 233 | 2023 |
| 163 |  Ghana | 234 | 2023 |
| 164 |  Senegal | 237 | 2023 |
| 165 |  Republic of the Congo | 241 | 2023 |
| 166 |  Burkina Faso | 242 | 2023 |
| 167 |  Sudan | 256 | 2023 |
| 168 |  Cameroon | 258 | 2023 |
| 169 |  Nauru | 273 | 2023 |
| 170 |  Tanzania | 276 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Eritrea | 291 | 2023 |
| 172 |  Haiti | 328 | 2023 |
| 173 |  Togo | 349 | 2023 |
| 174 |  Niger | 350 | 2023 |
| 175 |  Gambia | 354 | 2023 |
| 176 |  Sierra Leone | 354 | 2023 |
| 177 |  Zimbabwe | 358 | 2023 |
| 178 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 359 | 2023 |
| 179 |  Mali | 367 | 2023 |
| 180 |  Mauritania | 381 | 2023 |
| 181 |  Burundi | 392 | 2023 |
| 182 |  DR Congo | 427 | 2023 |
| 183 |  Madagascar | 445 | 2023 |
| 184 |  Lesotho | 478 | 2023 |
| 185 |  Guinea | 494 | 2023 |
| 186 |  Guinea-Bissau | 505 | 2023 |
| 187 |  Benin | 518 | 2023 |
| 188 |  Afghanistan | 521 | 2023 |
| 189 |  Somalia | 563 | 2023 |
| 190 |  Liberia | 628 | 2023 |
| 191 |  Central African Republic | 692 | 2023 |
| 192 |  South Sudan | 692 | 2023 |
| 193 |  Chad | 748 | 2023 |
| 194 | Nigeria | 993 | 2023 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.STA.MMRT). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-11-02.
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