Data for 2001

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2001

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2001
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2001, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2001 covers 195 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 1,580.06; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.28. The middle country reads 68.09. Against 2000, 195 values changed (32 up, 163 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2001

HighestSouth Sudan

1,580.06

LowestCook Islands

0.28

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

195countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
194distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,580.06
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,517.59
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,503.94
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,310.95
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,222.14
6	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,204.36
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,129.85
8	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,128.75
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	945.59
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	856.45
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	843.33
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	798.86
13	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	793.74
14	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	769.05
15	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	761.17
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	720.04
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	693.59
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	672.39
19	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	650.89
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	628.61
21	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	616.42
22	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	615.81
23	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	610.71
24	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	588.39
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	573.60
26	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	559.56
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	532.46
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	512.68
29	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	494.80
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	492.58
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	488.96
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	478.03
33	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	467.35
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	464.78
35	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	459.96
36	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	450.42
37	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	446.78
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	443.14
39	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	441.37
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	440.31
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	440.27
42	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	437.21
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	433.38
44	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	428.17
45	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	404.52
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	400.06
47	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	388.03
48	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	376.06
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	361.48
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	349.14
51	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	324.91
52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	306.58
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	305.62
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	300.20
55	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	298.66
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	285.59
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	275.74
58	Suriname`SUR`South America	269.72
59	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	254.09
60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	234.94
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	231.37
62	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	230.55
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	206.85
64	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	195.75
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	194.13
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	192.23
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	178.39
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	166.60
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	162.78
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	162.14
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	159.55
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	137.94
73	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	137.43
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	131.82
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	131.61
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	131.06
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	129.81
78	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	129.63
79	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	118.17
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	116.18
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	113.39
82	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	113.32
83	Peru`PER`South America	109.39
84	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	101.34
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.74
86	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.24
87	Colombia`COL`South America	93.80
88	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	92.71
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	82.33
90	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	80.91
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78.10
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	77.72
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	76.22
94	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	72.48
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	72.20
96	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.67
97	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.47
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	68.09
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.43
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	64.28
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.57
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.25
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	60.23
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	59.57
105	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	58.22
106	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	58.14
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	55.35
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	54.63
109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	52.92
110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.39
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49.91
112	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.24
113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48.21
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.88
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	46.27
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	46.23
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.88
118	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	45.84
119	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.28
120	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	45.09
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	44.97
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44.62
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	42.94
124	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.05
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	41.78
126	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40.81
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.24
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.74
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.26
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35.86
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	35.50
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35.31
133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	34.51
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	32.42
135	Chile`CHL`South America	31.58
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.11
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	29.81
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28.56
139	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	24.86
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.01
141	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	23.59
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.06
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	22.01
144	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	20.76
145	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18.81
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.73
147	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.30
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	17.85
149	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17.14
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	16.21
151	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.80
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.82
153	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.43
154	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	14.03
155	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13.98
156	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.87
157	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.99
158	United States`USA`Northern America	12.66
159	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.61
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.54
161	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.17
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11.62
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	11.18
164	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.11
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.86
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10.76
=167	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.36
=167	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.36
169	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.12
170	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.54
171	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.30
172	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.29
173	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.20
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.77
175	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.48
176	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.26
177	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.04
178	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.64
179	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.45
180	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.37
181	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.33
182	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.95
183	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.71
184	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	6.40
185	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.38
186	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.32
187	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.21
188	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.16
189	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6.09
190	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.81
191	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.44
192	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.23
193	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.74
194	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.29
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.28

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Sudan1,580.06
2Sierra Leone1,517.59
3Central African Republic1,503.94
4Afghanistan1,310.95
5Guinea-Bissau1,222.14

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.28
194Greece3.29
193Spain4.74
192Sweden5.23
191Norway5.44

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 68.09. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
32 · 163rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe404.54 → 467.35+62.81
Lesotho412.62 → 464.78+52.16
Côte d’Ivoire377.66 → 404.52+26.86
Nauru278.34 → 298.66+20.32
South Africa174.75 → 192.23+17.48

Fell most

Rwanda885.24 → 769.05−116.19
Eritrea741.44 → 650.89−90.55
Sierra Leone1,603.14 → 1,517.59−85.55
South Sudan1,657.76 → 1,580.06−77.70
Mozambique525.41 → 450.42−74.99

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 2001.
194 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 10.36. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
MMEIG publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 195 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2001). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2001

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