World Poverty by the Numbers

 

Maternal Mortality

 

Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.

 

The World Factbook – Country Comparison

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA

www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/fields/353rank.html

[accessed 22 November 2020]

www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/maternal-mortality-rate/country-comparison

[accessed 19 April 2021]

MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE

SOUTH SUDAN

1,150

1.15%

CHAD

1,140

1.14%

SIERRA LEONE

1,120

1.12%

NIGERIA

917

0.92%

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

829

0.83%

SOMALIA

829

0.83%

MAURITANIA

766

0.77%

GUINEA-BISSAU

667

0.67%

GUYANA

667

0.67%

LIBERIA

661

0.66%

AFGHANISTAN

638

0.64%

COTE D'IVOIRE

617

0.62%

GAMBIA, THE

597

0.60%

GUINEA

576

0.58%

MALI

562

0.56%

BURUNDI

548

0.55%

LESOTHO

544

0.54%

CAMEROON

529

0.53%

TANZANIA

524

0.52%

NIGER

509

0.51%

ERITREA

480

0.48%

HAITI

480

0.48%

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

473

0.47%

ZIMBABWE

458

0.46%

ESWATINI

437

0.44%

ETHIOPIA

401

0.40%

BENIN

397

0.40%

TOGO

396

0.40%

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE

378

0.38%

UGANDA

375

0.38%

MALAWI

349

0.35%

KENYA

342

0.34%

MADAGASCAR

335

0.34%

BURKINA FASO

320

0.32%

SENEGAL

315

0.32%

GHANA

308

0.31%

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

301

0.30%

SUDAN

295

0.30%

MOZAMBIQUE

289

0.29%

COMOROS

273

0.27%

GABON

252

0.25%

BURMA

250

0.25%

DJIBOUTI

248

0.25%

RWANDA

248

0.25%

ANGOLA

241

0.24%

ZAMBIA

213

0.21%

NICARAGUA

198

0.20%

NAMIBIA

195

0.20%

NEPAL

186

0.19%

LAOS

185

0.19%

BHUTAN

183

0.18%

INDONESIA

177

0.18%

BANGLADESH

173

0.17%

YEMEN

164

0.16%

CAMBODIA

160

0.16%

BOLIVIA

155

0.16%

INDIA

145

0.15%

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

145

0.15%

BOTSWANA

144

0.14%

TIMOR-LESTE

142

0.14%

PAKISTAN

140

0.14%

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

130

0.13%

VENEZUELA

125

0.13%

PHILIPPINES

121

0.12%

SURINAME

120

0.12%

SOUTH AFRICA

119

0.12%

SAINT LUCIA

117

0.12%

ALGERIA

112

0.11%

SOLOMON ISLANDS

104

0.10%

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

98

0.10%

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

95

0.10%

GUATEMALA

95

0.10%

KIRIBATI

92

0.09%

KOREA, NORTH

89

0.09%

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

88

0.09%

PERU

88

0.09%

PARAGUAY

84

0.08%

COLOMBIA

83

0.08%

JAMAICA

80

0.08%

IRAQ

79

0.08%

LIBYA

72

0.07%

VANUATU

72

0.07%

BAHAMAS, THE

70

0.07%

MOROCCO

70

0.07%

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

67

0.07%

HONDURAS

65

0.07%

MAURITIUS

61

0.06%

BRAZIL

60

0.06%

KYRGYZSTAN

60

0.06%

ECUADOR

59

0.06%

CABO VERDE

58

0.06%

MALDIVES

53

0.05%

PANAMA

52

0.05%

TONGA

52

0.05%

EL SALVADOR

46

0.05%

JORDAN

46

0.05%

MONGOLIA

45

0.05%

SAMOA

43

0.04%

TUNISIA

43

0.04%

VIETNAM

43

0.04%

ARGENTINA

39

0.04%

EGYPT

37

0.04%

THAILAND

37

0.04%

BELIZE

36

0.04%

CUBA

36

0.04%

SRI LANKA

36

0.04%

FIJI

34

0.03%

MEXICO

33

0.03%

BRUNEI

31

0.03%

SYRIA

31

0.03%

CHINA

29

0.03%

LEBANON

29

0.03%

MALAYSIA

29

0.03%

UZBEKISTAN

29

0.03%

BARBADOS

27

0.03%

COSTA RICA

27

0.03%

GAZA STRIP

27

0.03%

WEST BANK

27

0.03%

ARMENIA

26

0.03%

AZERBAIJAN

26

0.03%

GEORGIA

25

0.03%

GRENADA

25

0.03%

PUERTO RICO

21

0.02%

LATVIA

19

0.02%

MOLDOVA

19

0.02%

OMAN

19

0.02%

ROMANIA

19

0.02%

UKRAINE

19

0.02%

UNITED STATES

19

0.02%

RUSSIA

17

0.02%

SAUDI ARABIA

17

0.02%

TAJIKISTAN

17

0.02%

TURKEY

17

0.02%

URUGUAY

17

0.02%

IRAN

16

0.02%

ALBANIA

15

0.02%

BAHRAIN

14

0.01%

CHILE

13

0.01%

HUNGARY

12

0.01%

KUWAIT

12

0.01%

SERBIA

12

0.01%

KOREA, SOUTH

11

0.01%

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

10

0.01%

BULGARIA

10

0.01%

CANADA

10

0.01%

KAZAKHSTAN

10

0.01%

ESTONIA

9

0.01%

NEW ZEALAND

9

0.01%

QATAR

9

0.01%

CROATIA

8

0.01%

FRANCE

8

0.01%

PORTUGAL

8

0.01%

SINGAPORE

8

0.01%

GERMANY

7

0.01%

MACEDONIA

7

0.01%

SLOVENIA

7

0.01%

TURKMENISTAN

7

0.01%

UNITED KINGDOM

7

0.01%

AUSTRALIA

6

0.01%

CYPRUS

6

0.01%

MALTA

6

0.01%

MONTENEGRO

6

0.01%

AUSTRIA

5

0.01%

BELGIUM

5

0.01%

IRELAND

5

0.01%

JAPAN

5

0.01%

LITHUANIA

5

0.01%

LUXEMBOURG

5

0.01%

NETHERLANDS

5

0.01%

SLOVAKIA

5

0.01%

SWITZERLAND

5

0.01%

DENMARK

4

0.00%

ICELAND

4

0.00%

SPAIN

4

0.00%

SWEDEN

4

0.00%

CZECHIA

3

0.00%

FINLAND

3

0.00%

GREECE

3

0.00%

ISRAEL

3

0.00%

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

3

0.00%

BELARUS

2

0.00%

ITALY

2

0.00%

NORWAY

2

0.00%

POLAND

2

0.00%