Data for 2005

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2005

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2005
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2005, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2005 covers 195 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 1,388.77; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 60.07. Against 2004, 193 values changed (46 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2005

HighestCentral African Republic

1,388.77

LowestCook Islands

0.14

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

195countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
192distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,388.77
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,294.23
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,188.59
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,108.06
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,086.02
6	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,074.16
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,059.81
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	956.30
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	842.86
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	763.76
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	753.79
12	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	707.28
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	685.08
14	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	647.82
15	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	628.55
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	618.56
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	612.51
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	577.30
19	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	566.55
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	549.49
21	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	540.24
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	535.65
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	528.83
24	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	514.18
25	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	505.44
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	492.45
27	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	488.12
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	466.90
29	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	465.37
30	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	461.90
31	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	458.35
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	453.72
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	434.44
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	433.57
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	416.90
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	389.52
37	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	385.00
38	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	377.53
39	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	372.93
40	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	355.07
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	349.70
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	344.41
43	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	343.79
44	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	327.65
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	326.32
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	322.68
47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	315.41
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	314.54
49	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	312.14
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	311.55
51	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	283.46
52	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	279.29
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	278.81
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	276.53
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	268.07
56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	263.72
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	242.25
58	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	233.92
59	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	229.80
60	Suriname`SUR`South America	202.07
61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	196.49
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	194.03
63	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	188.39
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	186.46
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	181.13
66	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	181.10
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	175.23
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	166.40
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	166.29
70	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	161.02
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	152.85
72	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	127.02
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	124.31
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	117.75
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	117.69
76	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	105.19
77	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	103.55
78	Peru`PER`South America	103.03
79	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	102.27
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.15
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	93.51
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	92.52
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	92.01
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	87.43
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	86.95
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.46
87	Colombia`COL`South America	81.62
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	80.64
89	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	78.11
90	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	74.91
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.46
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.48
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	71.50
94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69.50
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.27
96	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	66.18
97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	60.20
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.07
99	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.46
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.78
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.17
102	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54.69
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	54.31
104	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	53.83
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.46
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	52.77
107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	51.85
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.65
109	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	50.08
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.95
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.47
112	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43.72
113	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.28
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.95
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	42.54
116	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.97
117	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.47
118	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	40.35
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.04
120	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.74
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.45
122	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38.06
123	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.87
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.61
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.78
126	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.02
127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.53
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	32.44
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.29
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31.36
131	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.20
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.89
133	Chile`CHL`South America	27.49
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	26.85
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.73
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	26.69
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	26.37
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.24
139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	20.50
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.32
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	20.24
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.01
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.28
144	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.66
145	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	15.48
146	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	14.78
147	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	14.63
148	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.52
149	United States`USA`Northern America	13.36
150	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.22
151	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.78
152	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.70
153	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.69
154	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.67
155	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	12.36
156	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.30
157	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.19
158	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.35
159	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.17
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.04
161	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.68
162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.59
163	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.30
164	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.21
165	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.20
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.41
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9.27
168	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.17
=169	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	8.39
=169	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.39
171	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.30
172	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.97
173	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.77
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.50
175	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.31
176	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.16
177	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.84
=178	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.63
=178	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.63
180	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.33
181	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.02
182	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.94
183	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.67
184	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.63
185	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.16
186	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.09
=187	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.07
=187	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.07
189	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.83
190	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.56
191	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.48
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.11
193	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.75
194	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.98
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.14

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Central African Republic1,388.77
2Sierra Leone1,294.23
3Chad1,188.59
4Afghanistan1,108.06
5Somalia1,086.02

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.14
194Greece2.98
193United Arab Emirates3.75
192Poland4.11
191Israel4.48

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 60.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
193values changed, of 195 in both
46 · 147rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini450.92 → 528.83+77.91
Namibia282.39 → 343.79+61.40
Lesotho498.60 → 549.49+50.89
Côte d’Ivoire456.22 → 492.45+36.23
Gabon142.49 → 175.23+32.74

Fell most

South Sudan1,149.62 → 1,074.16−75.46
Haiti427.27 → 355.07−72.20
Sierra Leone1,365.91 → 1,294.23−71.68
Central African Republic1,449.51 → 1,388.77−60.74
Afghanistan1,166.47 → 1,108.06−58.41

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 2005.
192 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 8.39. 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) (2005). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2005

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