Data for 2000

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2000, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000 covers 195 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 1,657.76; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.33. The middle country reads 70.99.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2000

HighestSouth Sudan

1,657.76

LowestCook Islands

0.33

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

195countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
193distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000, as published. MMEIG ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,657.76
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,603.14
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,489.75
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,371.65
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,295.44
6	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,207.78
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,150.38
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,135.67
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	951.42
10	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	885.24
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	870.46
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	860.22
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	844.76
14	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	810.37
15	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	796.13
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	785.76
17	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	741.44
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	741.25
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	678.04
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	659.34
21	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	645.48
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	644.12
23	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	638.28
24	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	609.09
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	585.37
26	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	580.98
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	567.51
28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	529.47
29	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	525.41
30	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	524.29
31	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	522.65
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	509.50
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	506.35
34	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	501.04
35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	495.51
36	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	479.59
37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	476.32
38	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	476.02
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	475.10
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	472.50
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	445.12
42	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	439.62
43	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	419.21
44	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	412.62
45	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	405.62
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	404.54
47	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	383.55
48	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	377.66
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	374.93
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	362.30
51	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	360.74
52	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	340.18
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	323.72
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	323.27
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	311.24
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	286.92
57	Suriname`SUR`South America	281.55
58	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	278.34
59	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	271.40
60	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	250.65
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	240.88
62	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	237.30
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	213.31
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	206.76
65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	203.94
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	180.15
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	178.11
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	174.75
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	170.55
70	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	166.26
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	165.81
72	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	145.62
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	143.90
74	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	143.32
75	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	135.66
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	133.49
77	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	128.86
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	126.76
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	122.74
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	122.62
81	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	118.60
82	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	118.50
83	Peru`PER`South America	115.34
84	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	110.21
85	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99.72
86	Colombia`COL`South America	95.11
87	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	93.64
88	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	92.95
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	86.20
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	82.84
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	82.52
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	81.86
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	81.66
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	78.13
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	75.60
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	75.50
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	71.99
98	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.99
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.65
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.64
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.08
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.37
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	61.06
104	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	58.88
105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	57.91
106	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.85
107	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.81
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.39
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.75
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.67
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.81
112	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	51.27
113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	51.00
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.52
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	48.20
116	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	47.97
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	47.70
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.05
119	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	46.17
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	45.66
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	45.53
122	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	45.25
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	44.60
124	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.34
125	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.02
126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42.58
127	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.37
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	39.57
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	38.76
130	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	38.27
131	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37.27
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	37.06
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35.52
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33.64
135	Chile`CHL`South America	32.94
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.04
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.67
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.68
139	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	27.20
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25.23
141	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	24.96
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23.62
143	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.47
144	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	21.80
145	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.23
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20.04
147	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18.91
148	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.55
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.58
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	17.16
151	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.93
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	15.56
153	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	15.46
154	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.42
155	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.02
156	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13.95
157	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.82
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.31
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.65
160	United States`USA`Northern America	12.09
161	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.04
162	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.81
163	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.50
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11.46
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.33
166	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	11.24
167	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11.13
168	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.68
169	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.62
170	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.19
171	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.43
172	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.42
173	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.99
=174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.81
=174	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.81
176	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.77
177	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.66
178	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.31
179	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.22
180	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.04
181	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.02
182	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.56
183	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.20
184	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.18
185	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6.97
186	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.73
187	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.67
188	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.62
=189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.53
=189	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	6.53
191	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.46
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.42
193	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.70
194	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.55
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.33

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Sudan1,657.76
2Sierra Leone1,603.14
3Central African Republic1,489.75
4Afghanistan1,371.65
5Guinea-Bissau1,295.44

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.33
194Greece3.55
193Spain4.70
192Norway5.42
191Sweden5.46

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 70.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from MMEIG’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.
193 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 8.81. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
MMEIG publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 195 countries has every column.

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UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2000). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2000

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