Data for 2003

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2003

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2003
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2003, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2003 covers 195 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 1,487.44; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 66.77. Against 2002, 195 values changed (35 up, 160 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2003

HighestCentral African Republic

1,487.44

LowestCook Islands

0.18

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

195countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
193distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,487.44
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,432.74
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,201.38
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,199.00
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,170.00
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,110.88
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,090.39
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,069.16
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	892.30
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	812.83
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	797.12
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	758.62
13	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	748.76
14	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	713.62
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	704.80
16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	644.78
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	615.67
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	604.70
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	592.74
20	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	587.61
21	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	571.37
22	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	570.92
23	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	551.06
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	538.02
25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	532.27
26	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	524.25
27	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	520.12
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	508.24
29	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	495.42
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	454.86
31	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	450.98
32	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	435.67
33	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	435.52
34	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	431.09
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	428.75
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	409.55
37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	399.87
38	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	396.89
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	394.55
40	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	392.18
41	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	390.73
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	387.43
43	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	384.71
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	365.54
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	358.39
46	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	345.69
47	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	342.90
48	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	338.08
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	335.01
50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	328.37
51	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	322.97
52	India`IND`Southern Asia	312.99
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	289.93
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	278.89
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	256.18
56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	249.85
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	245.00
58	Suriname`SUR`South America	237.92
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	229.25
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	224.18
61	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	221.31
62	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	210.18
63	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	205.14
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	203.00
65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	190.79
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	178.49
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	166.73
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	163.66
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	154.00
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	149.61
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	142.48
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	133.84
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	131.15
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	126.90
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	125.20
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	113.92
77	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	110.58
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	108.26
79	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	105.48
80	Peru`PER`South America	104.18
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	101.79
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	101.01
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	96.98
84	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	95.45
85	Colombia`COL`South America	86.77
86	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	86.65
87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	85.90
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	78.85
89	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.13
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	75.23
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.68
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.36
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.30
94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.28
95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	68.10
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	67.21
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.04
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.77
99	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.93
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	58.87
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.40
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	57.31
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.41
104	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	56.34
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	56.10
106	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	55.23
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.04
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	51.75
109	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47.33
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.14
111	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.05
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.46
113	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	44.95
114	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44.80
115	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.65
116	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.51
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.37
118	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	42.13
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.96
120	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.78
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	41.69
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41.31
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.97
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.95
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.75
126	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.13
127	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.43
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.35
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	34.86
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.56
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	33.46
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.22
133	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.26
134	Chile`CHL`South America	29.27
135	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	29.19
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.86
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27.75
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.04
139	Uruguay`URY`South America	22.56
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.71
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.55
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.28
143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.32
=144	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.00
=144	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	18.00
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.48
147	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.89
148	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.53
149	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.07
150	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.03
151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	13.82
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.72
153	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.56
154	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.41
155	United States`USA`Northern America	13.32
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.22
157	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.12
158	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13.08
159	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.71
160	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.52
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.01
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.87
163	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.85
164	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.83
165	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.45
166	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.26
167	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.01
168	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9.88
169	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.24
170	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.46
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.30
172	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.19
173	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.10
174	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.04
175	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.69
176	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.57
177	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.02
178	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.92
179	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.80
180	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.25
181	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.98
182	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.96
183	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.82
=184	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.54
=184	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.54
186	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.49
187	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.44
188	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.41
189	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.30
190	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.12
191	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.84
192	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.69
193	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.37
194	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.19
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.18

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Central African Republic1,487.44
2Sierra Leone1,432.74
3Afghanistan1,201.38
4South Sudan1,199.00
5Chad1,170.00

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.18
194Greece3.19
193Spain4.37
192United Arab Emirates4.69
191Poland4.84

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 66.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
35 · 160rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini331.27 → 392.18+60.91
Liberia699.95 → 758.62+58.67
Zimbabwe417.66 → 454.86+37.20
Côte d’Ivoire426.74 → 450.98+24.24
Lesotho484.13 → 508.24+24.11

Fell most

South Sudan1,521.04 → 1,199.00−322.04
Rwanda677.23 → 551.06−126.17
Guinea-Bissau1,141.17 → 1,069.16−72.01
Angola602.37 → 538.02−64.35
Afghanistan1,262.52 → 1,201.38−61.14

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 2003.
193 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 18.00. 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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Cite this edition

UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2003). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2003

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