Maternal death, also called maternal mortality, is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." The maternal mortality ratio, on the other hand, is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The maternal mortality ratio is used as a criterion for the quality of medical care in a country. The global rate is 211 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017 (2017 or latest available year for some countries).^[2]

Table

• Note: Year listed indicates latest available data as of that year. Year can vary by country.
• Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

* indicates "Healthcare in LOCATION" or "Health in LOCATION" links.

Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births

Location	2000[1]	2017[1]	2020[3][4]
Afghanistan *	1450	638	620
Albania *	23	15	8.3
Algeria *	161	112	78
Angola *	827	241	222
Antigua and Barbuda	44	42	21
Argentina *	66	39	45
Armenia *	43	26	27
Australia *	7	6	2.9
Austria *	6	5	5.2
Azerbaijan *	47	26	41
Bahamas	75	70	77
Bahrain *	27	14	16
Bangladesh *	434	173	123
Barbados *	50	27	39
Belarus *	22	2	1.1
Belgium *	8	5	4.8
Belize *	89	36	130
Benin *	520	397	523
Bhutan *	423	183	60
Bolivia *	331	155	161
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	17	10	5.7
Botswana *	262	144	186
Brazil *	69	60	72
Brunei *	28	31	44
Bulgaria *	19	10	7.1
Burkina Faso *	516	320	264
Burundi *	1010	548	494
Cambodia *	488	160	218
Cameroon *	886	529	438
Canada *	9	10	11
Cape Verde *	118	58	42
Central African Republic *	1280	829	835
Chad *	1420	1140	1063
Chile *	31	13	15
China *	59	29	23
Colombia *	94	83	75
Comoros *	444	273	217
Congo *	739	378	282
Costa Rica *	40	27	22
Ivory Coast *	704	617	480
Croatia *	11	8	4.8
Cuba *	46	36	39
Cyprus *	14	6	68
Czech Republic *	7	3	3.4
DR Congo *	760	473	547
Denmark *	8	4	4.7
Djibouti *	507	248	234
Dominican Republic *	80	95	107
East Asia and Pacific	114	69
Ecuador *	122	59	66
Egypt *	64	37	17
El Salvador *	73	46	43
Equatorial Guinea *	454	301	212
Eritrea *	1280	480	322
Estonia *	29	9	5.2
Eswatini *	521	437
Ethiopia *	1030	401	267
Europe and Central Asia	27	13
European Union	10	6
Fiji *	51	34	38
Finland *	6	3	8.3
France *	10	8	7.9
Gabon *	380	252	227
Gambia	932	597	458
Georgia *	31	25	28
Germany *	7	7	4.4
Ghana *	484	308	263
Greece *	3	3	7.7
Grenada *	38	25	21
Guatemala *	161	95	96
Guinea *	1020	576	553
Guinea-Bissau *	1210	667	725
Guyana *	231	169	112
Haiti *	437	480	350
High income	11	11
Honduras *	85	65	72
Hungary *	16	12	15
Iceland *	6	4	2.7
India *	370	145	103
Indonesia *	272	177	173
Iran *	48	16	22
Iraq *	79	79	76
Ireland *	7	5	5
Israel *	7	3	2.8
Italy *	4	2	4.6
Jamaica *	77	80	99
Japan *	9	5	4.3
Jordan *	70	46	41
Kazakhstan *	61	10	13
Kenya *	708	342	530
Kiribati *	136	92	76
Kuwait *	10	12	7.2
Kyrgyzstan *	79	60	50
Laos *	544	185	126
Latin America and Caribbean	96	74
Latvia *	34	19	18
Lebanon *	28	29	21
Lesotho *	614	544	566
Liberia *	894	661	652
Libya *	70	72	72
Lithuania *	17	8	8.7
Low and middle income	378	231
Low income	854	460
Lower middle income	424	253
Luxembourg *	10	5	6.5
Madagascar *	559	335	392
Malawi *	749	349	381
Malaysia *	38	29	21
Maldives *	125	53	57
Mali *	836	562	440
Malta *	9	6	2.9
Mauritania *	834	766	464
Mauritius *	59	61	84
Mexico *	55	33	59
Micronesia *	154	88	74
Middle East and North Africa	96	57
Middle income	302	183
Maldives *	44	19
Mongolia *	155	45	39
Montenegro *	12	6	6.2
Morocco *	188	70	71
Mozambique *	798	289	127
Myanmar *	340	250	179
Namibia *	348	195	215
Nepal *	553	186	174
Netherlands *	13	5	4.3
New Zealand *	12	9	7
Nicaragua *	162	98	78
Niger *	813	509	441
Nigeria *	1200	917	1047
North America	12	18
North Korea *	139	89	107
North Macedonia *	13	7	3
Norway *	6	2	1.7
Oman *	20	19	17
Pakistan *	286	140	154
Palestine *	70	27	20
Panama *	91	52	50
Papua New Guinea *	249	145	192
Paraguay *	194	129	71
Peru *	144	88	69
Philippines *	160	121	78
Poland *	7	2	2
Portugal *	10	8	12
Puerto Rico *	26	21	34
Qatar *	14	9	7.6
Romania *	54	19	10
Russia *	56	17	14
Rwanda *	1160	248	259
Saint Lucia *	86	117	73
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *	80	68	62
Samoa *	88	43	59
São Tomé and Príncipe *	179	130	146
Saudi Arabia *	24	17	16
Senegal *	553	315	261
Serbia *	13	12	10
Seychelles *	53	53	3.3
Sierra Leone *	2480	1120	443
Singapore *	13	8	7.5
Slovakia *	8	5	4.8
Slovenia *	12	7	4.5
Solomon Islands *	245	104	122
Somalia *	1210	829	621
South Africa *	160	119	127
South Asia	395	163
South Korea *	17	11	8.1
South Sudan *	1730	1150	1223
Spain *	5	4	3.4
Sri Lanka *	56	36	29
Sub-Saharan Africa	870	534
Sudan *	667	295	270
Suriname *	221	120	96
Sweden *	5	4	4.5
Switzerland *	7	5	7.4
Syria *	26	31	30
Tajikistan *	53	17	17
Tanzania *	854	524	238
Thailand *	43	37	29
East Timor *	745	142	204
Togo *	489	396	399
Tonga *	77	52	126
Trinidad and Tobago *	81	67	27
Tunisia *	66	43	37
Turkey *	42	17	17
Turkmenistan *	29	7	5.1
Uganda *	578	375	284
Ukraine *	35	19	17
United Arab Emirates *	6	3	9.3
United Kingdom *	10	7	9.8
United States *	12	19	21
Upper middle income	67	41
Uruguay *	26	17	19
Uzbekistan *	41	29	30
Vanuatu *	140	72	94
Venezuela *	119	125	259
Vietnam *	68	43	124
World	342	211
Yemen *	301	164	183
Zambia *	528	213	135
Zimbabwe *	579	458	357