Data for 2004

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2004

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2004
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2004, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2004 covers 195 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 1,449.51; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 63.04. Against 2003, 195 values changed (40 up, 155 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2004

HighestCentral African Republic

1,449.51

LowestCook Islands

0.14

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

195countries
1measure
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,449.51
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,365.91
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,167.11
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,166.47
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,149.62
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,104.06
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,075.12
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	979.51
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	868.70
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	789.92
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	763.86
12	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	718.73
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	686.61
14	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	683.25
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	644.85
16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	633.33
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	606.67
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	591.71
19	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	588.25
20	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	557.21
21	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	554.85
22	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	535.54
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	530.59
24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	500.52
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	498.91
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	498.60
27	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	492.45
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	480.97
29	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	459.93
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	456.22
31	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	451.08
32	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	450.92
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	431.21
34	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	427.27
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	426.04
36	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	406.05
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	402.65
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	399.88
39	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	385.07
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	384.35
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	365.34
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	364.48
43	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	363.52
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	344.00
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	332.82
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	326.40
47	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	324.40
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	323.63
49	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	322.80
50	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	303.68
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	300.20
52	India`IND`Southern Asia	296.37
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	283.31
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	282.39
55	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	259.57
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	258.88
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	250.56
58	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	237.79
59	Suriname`SUR`South America	218.73
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	213.26
61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	208.78
62	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	207.18
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	198.88
64	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	194.22
65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	190.47
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	177.46
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	163.84
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	162.31
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	151.26
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	148.05
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	142.49
72	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	140.04
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	130.78
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	121.62
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	121.52
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	107.83
77	Peru`PER`South America	106.66
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	106.44
79	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	105.57
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	104.30
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	96.85
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	93.56
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	92.06
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	90.71
85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	86.12
86	Colombia`COL`South America	84.15
87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	79.92
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	77.85
89	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.44
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	77.07
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	74.29
92	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.27
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.24
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.58
95	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68.85
96	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	66.79
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	64.85
98	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.04
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.76
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.44
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.42
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	56.17
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	55.19
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54.50
105	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	54.47
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	54.35
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	53.06
108	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	52.37
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.28
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	48.47
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.95
112	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.65
113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.13
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.55
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	43.53
116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.40
117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42.77
118	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42.72
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.71
120	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	41.22
121	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	40.95
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.65
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.44
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.08
125	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.44
126	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.62
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.31
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	33.69
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	33.67
130	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.86
131	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32.60
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	32.39
133	Chile`CHL`South America	28.10
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	28.03
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.86
136	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	27.75
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27.43
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.44
139	Uruguay`URY`South America	21.42
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.04
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.93
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.21
143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.02
144	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.68
145	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16.56
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.50
147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.49
148	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.15
149	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.52
150	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.26
151	United States`USA`Northern America	13.22
152	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.10
153	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.87
154	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	12.84
155	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.35
156	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.29
157	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.22
158	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11.68
159	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	11.58
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.04
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.99
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.72
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.67
164	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.65
165	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.37
166	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.34
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9.56
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.27
169	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.08
170	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.30
=171	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.21
=171	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.21
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.08
174	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.04
175	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.37
176	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.36
177	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.08
178	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.69
179	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.64
180	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.20
181	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.85
182	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.83
183	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.78
184	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.68
185	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.58
186	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.26
187	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.17
188	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.13
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.12
190	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.65
191	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.59
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.46
193	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.13
194	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.08
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.14

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Central African Republic1,449.51
2Sierra Leone1,365.91
3Chad1,167.11
4Afghanistan1,166.47
5South Sudan1,149.62

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.14
194Greece3.08
193United Arab Emirates4.13
192Poland4.46
191Spain4.59

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 63.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
40 · 155rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini392.18 → 450.92+58.74
Haiti384.71 → 427.27+42.56
Marshall Islands221.31 → 237.79+16.48
South Africa245.00 → 258.88+13.88
Bahamas57.31 → 68.85+11.54

Fell most

Liberia758.62 → 644.85−113.77
Rwanda551.06 → 459.93−91.13
Guinea-Bissau1,069.16 → 979.51−89.65
Sierra Leone1,432.74 → 1,365.91−66.83
Sudan592.74 → 535.54−57.20

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 2004.
194 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 8.21. 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) (2004). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2004

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