Data for 2007

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2007

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2007
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2007, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2007 covers 195 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 1,271.24; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 56.81. Against 2006, 192 values changed (49 up, 143 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2007

HighestCentral African Republic

1,271.24

LowestCook Islands

0.18

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

195countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
195distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,271.24
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,240.36
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,132.43
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,074.48
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,063.35
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,032.01
7	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	932.54
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	891.42
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	801.79
10	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	791.61
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	704.34
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	704.15
13	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	674.62
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	659.10
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	654.54
16	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	646.81
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	630.50
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	604.79
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	574.46
20	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	567.47
21	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	558.87
22	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	541.41
23	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	521.73
24	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	518.99
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	516.43
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	500.85
27	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	493.62
28	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	488.73
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	474.92
30	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	457.14
31	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	452.98
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	452.77
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	448.14
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	444.89
35	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	401.93
36	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	401.30
37	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	382.60
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	377.21
39	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	370.44
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	351.57
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	344.59
42	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	334.09
43	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	333.04
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	325.95
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	323.86
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	308.73
47	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	302.67
48	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	296.77
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	290.47
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	290.02
51	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	288.92
52	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	284.90
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	271.95
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	265.50
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	256.65
56	India`IND`Southern Asia	240.29
57	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	228.97
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	224.06
59	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	222.05
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	201.24
61	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	187.60
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	176.90
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	173.85
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	173.26
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	172.90
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	169.28
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	162.83
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	161.16
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	157.52
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	148.96
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	135.02
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	123.32
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	119.76
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	117.23
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	106.08
76	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	100.69
77	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.01
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	96.27
79	Peru`PER`South America	94.22
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.59
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	90.01
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	88.55
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	88.16
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	85.85
85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	84.97
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	83.49
87	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	81.30
88	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	80.36
89	Colombia`COL`South America	79.84
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	78.24
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	75.11
92	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	73.02
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	72.51
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.11
95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	67.06
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	65.80
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.74
98	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	56.81
99	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.41
100	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54.93
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.30
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	53.11
103	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	52.11
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.58
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	51.55
106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.57
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	50.47
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.60
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	49.15
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.33
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	45.80
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.95
113	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41.90
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.89
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	40.91
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	39.84
117	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.91
118	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37.87
119	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.58
120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	36.52
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.19
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	33.15
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.35
124	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.79
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	31.07
126	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	30.68
127	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.32
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.27
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.15
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.79
131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.69
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27.41
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	26.76
134	Chile`CHL`South America	25.69
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.82
136	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.81
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	24.35
138	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	19.25
139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.15
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.94
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	18.45
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.29
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15.88
144	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.70
145	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.57
146	United States`USA`Northern America	13.49
147	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.43
148	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	13.15
149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.98
150	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.76
151	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.25
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.10
153	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11.74
154	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.40
155	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.14
156	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.55
157	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.44
158	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.41
159	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.40
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.29
161	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.08
162	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.59
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9.51
164	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.30
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.03
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.51
167	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.47
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.20
169	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	8.07
170	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7.99
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.49
172	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.47
173	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.35
174	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.34
175	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	6.84
176	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.74
177	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.48
178	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.42
179	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.37
180	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.26
181	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.67
182	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.64
183	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.57
184	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.50
185	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.20
186	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.05
187	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.03
188	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.58
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.38
190	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.36
191	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.77
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.49
193	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.23
194	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.13
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.18

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Central African Republic1,271.24
2Chad1,240.36
3Sierra Leone1,132.43
4Somalia1,074.48
5Nigeria1,063.35

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.18
194United Arab Emirates3.13
193Greece3.23
192Poland3.49
191Israel3.77

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 56.81. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 195 in both
49 · 143rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho696.19 → 891.42+195.23
Eswatini511.28 → 646.81+135.53
Tanzania365.83 → 452.77+86.94
Namibia407.53 → 488.73+81.20
Zambia262.20 → 323.86+61.66

Fell most

South Sudan1,005.15 → 932.54−72.61
Central African Republic1,336.85 → 1,271.24−65.61
Uganda408.66 → 344.59−64.07
Timor-Leste599.52 → 558.87−40.65
Sudan485.42 → 444.89−40.53

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 2007.
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MMEIG publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 195 countries has every column.

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UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2007). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2007

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