Maternal mortality ratio
Deaths from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births. A modelled estimate: most countries do not register every maternal death.
Modelled estimate
Outcome indicator
Source: WHO · via World Bank WDI
How do we know? As the publisher reported it; the platform does not adjust figures.
993 per 100,000 live births for Nigeria — Federal in 2023, published by World Bank Group.
Source
- Published by
- World Bank Group
- Source
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 ↗
- Attribution
- WHO · via World Bank WDI
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026
- Methodology
- Nationally representative household survey
Version
- Value
- 993 per 100,000 live births
- Period
- 2023
- Status
- Observed
- Kind of data
- Modelled estimate
- Country
- Nigeria — Federal
Authority
- Measures
- Deaths from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births. A modelled estimate: most countries do not register every maternal death.
How good is this figure?
Separate dimensions, not one score — an excellent source can still be incomparable across countries.
- Source
- International organisation
- Definition
- Definition from the publisher
- Comparability
- Comparable with care
- Status
- Observed
- Evidence
- Modelled estimate
| Country | Value | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 521.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Albania | 7.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Algeria | 62.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Andorra | 11.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Angola | 183.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 35.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Argentina | 33.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Armenia | 19.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Australia — Commonwealth | 2.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Austria | 6.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Azerbaijan | 18.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Bahamas | 76.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Bahrain | 17.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Bangladesh | 115.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Barbados | 35.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Belarus | 1.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Belgium | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Belize | 67.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Benin | 518.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Bhutan | 47.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Bolivia | 146.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Botswana | 155.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Brazil — Federal | 67.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Brunei | 36.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Bulgaria | 6.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Burkina Faso | 242.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Burundi | 392.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Cabo Verde | 40.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Cambodia | 137.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Cameroon | 258.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Canada — Federal | 12.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Central African Republic | 692.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Chad | 748.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Chile | 10.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| China — National | 16.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Colombia | 59.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Comoros | 179.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Congo, Republic of | 241.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Costa Rica | 24.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Croatia | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Cuba | 35.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Cyprus | 14.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Czechia | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 359.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 427.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Denmark | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Djibouti | 162.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Dominica | 36.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Dominican Republic | 124.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Ecuador | 55.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Egypt | 17.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| El Salvador | 39.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Equatorial Guinea | 174.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Eritrea | 291.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Estonia | 5.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Eswatini | 118.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Ethiopia | 195.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Fiji | 30.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Finland | 8.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| France | 7.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Gabon | 233.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Gambia | 354.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Georgia | 20.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Germany — Bund | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Ghana | 234.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Greece | 5.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Grenada | 48.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Guatemala | 94.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Guinea | 494.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Guinea-Bissau | 505.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Guyana | 75.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Haiti | 328.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Honduras | 47.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Hungary | 12.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Iceland | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| India — Union | 80.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Indonesia | 140.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Iran | 16.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Iraq | 66.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Ireland | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Israel | 2.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Italy | 6.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Jamaica | 130.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Japan | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Jordan | 31.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Kazakhstan | 10.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Kenya | 149.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Kiribati | 80.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Kuwait | 8.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Kyrgyzstan | 42.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Laos | 112.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Latvia | 19.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Lebanon | 15.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Lesotho | 478.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Liberia | 628.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Libya | 59.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Lithuania | 8.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Luxembourg | 11.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Madagascar | 445.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Malawi | 225.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Malaysia | 26.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Maldives | 32.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Mali | 367.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Malta | 8.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Marshall Islands | 155.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Mauritania | 381.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Mauritius | 66.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Mexico — Federal | 42.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 129.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Moldova | 19.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Monaco | 5.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Mongolia | 41.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Montenegro | 6.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Morocco | 70.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Mozambique | 99.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Myanmar | 185.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Namibia | 139.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Nauru | 273.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Nepal | 142.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Netherlands | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| New Zealand | 7.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Nicaragua | 60.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Niger | 350.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Nigeria — Federal | 993.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| North Korea | 67.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| North Macedonia | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Norway | 1.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Oman | 13.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Pakistan | 155.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Palau | 89.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Palestine | 16.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Panama | 37.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Papua New Guinea | 189.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Paraguay | 58.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Peru | 51.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Philippines | 84.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Poland | 2.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Portugal | 15.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Qatar | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Romania | 12.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Russia | 9.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Rwanda | 229.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Saint Lucia | 44.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Samoa | 101.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| San Marino | 8.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Saudi Arabia | 7.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Senegal | 237.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Serbia | 11.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Seychelles | 42.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Sierra Leone | 354.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Singapore | 6.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Slovakia | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Slovenia | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Solomon Islands | 123.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Somalia | 563.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| South Africa | 118.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| South Korea | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| South Sudan | 692.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Spain — Estado | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Sri Lanka | 18.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Sudan | 256.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Suriname | 84.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Sweden | 4.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Switzerland — Confederation | 5.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Syria | 20.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 75.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Tajikistan | 14.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Tanzania | 276.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Thailand | 34.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Timor-Leste | 192.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Togo | 349.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Tonga | 67.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 54.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Tunisia | 36.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Turkmenistan | 5.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| Tuvalu | 170.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Türkiye | 15.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Uganda | 170.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Ukraine | 15.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| United Arab Emirates — Federal | 3.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| United Kingdom | 8.00 | 2023 | Observed |
| United States — Federal | 17.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Uruguay | 15.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Uzbekistan | 26.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Vanuatu | 100.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Venezuela | 227.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Vietnam | 48.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Yemen | 118.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Zambia | 85.0 | 2023 | Observed |
| Zimbabwe | 358.0 | 2023 | Observed |
Sorted by name, not by value: this is a table of evidence, not a league.
Method
Nationally representative household survey — Prevalence measured by interviewing a sample of the population (DHS, MICS and equivalents).