Dataset · MMEIG
Maternal Mortality Ratio
24 years, 2000–2023 · 195 countries
The maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth for every 100,000 live births. It is the clearest single measure of whether a health system reaches women when they need it most.
This site holds every year from 2000 to 2023, read from MMEIG’s own data and stored exactly as published.
Maternal Mortality Ratio · the file
- Newest
- Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2023
- Held
- 24 years · 4,680 rows
- Licence
- CC BY 3.0 IGO
0124 years
Every year
Every year comes from MMEIG’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2023Newest | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2022 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2021 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2020 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2019 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2018 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2017 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2016 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2015 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2014 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2013 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2012 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
Show all 24 years
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2011 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2010 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2009 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2008 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2007 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2006 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2005 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2004 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2003 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2002 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2001 | 195 | ±0 | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
| Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000 | 195 | — | September 11, 2026 | CSV |
Every year in one file, one row per country per year: maternal-mortality-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
023 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2023 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 195 | 0 | |
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 195 | 0 | |
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live birthsmaternal_mortalityHeadline | The headline figure: Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. | Number · up to 2 decimals | 0.11 | 193 | 0 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.
03195 countries across every year
Who is covered
How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 |
| Americas | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Asia | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Europe | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Oceania | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| All | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 |
The newest 12 of 24 years.
The same 195 countries in every year.
Not in this dataset · 30 places this site covers
MMEIG gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
2 · Their file
MMEIG 2025 — maternal mortality ratio, 2023
3 · Read by this site
September 11, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
24 files, one per year
Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as maternal-mortality-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
/statistics/maternal-mortalityA key for Development & Human Capital in the Country Index.
Precision
The headline is stored to 2 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
From UNICEF’s SDMX data warehouse, which serves the MMEIG estimate unrounded under CC BY 3.0 IGO — rather than from WHO, whose terms are non-commercial, or the World Bank, which rounds.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked September 12, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
- Credit the publisher
- Say what you changed
The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.
A credit line
Source: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), Maternal Mortality Ratio, via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000–2023 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality
The publisher’s own citation: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA). Trends in maternal mortality, 2025 round. Read from UNICEF’s data warehouse.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Questions
Maternal Mortality Ratio: questions and answers
What is the Maternal Mortality Ratio?
The maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth for every 100,000 live births. It is the clearest single measure of whether a health system reaches women when they need it most.
Which years of the Maternal Mortality Ratio can I download?
All 24, from 2000 to 2023, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.
Does MMEIG rank countries on it?
No. MMEIG publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under CC BY 3.0 IGO, with credit to MMEIG. The licence text is linked on this page.