Data for 2008

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2008

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2008
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2008, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2008 covers 195 countries. Chad is highest, at 1,264.22; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 55.75. Against 2007, 194 values changed (53 up, 141 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2008

HighestChad

1,264.22

LowestCook Islands

0.18

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

195countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,264.22
2	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,233.97
3	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,205.46
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,092.88
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,081.43
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,035.26
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	955.24
8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	857.60
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	801.98
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	772.40
11	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	766.13
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	677.69
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	668.62
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	662.93
15	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	652.91
16	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	634.57
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	619.63
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	591.67
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	572.55
20	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	563.38
21	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	562.18
22	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	537.15
23	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	529.90
24	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	525.92
25	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	518.00
26	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	510.53
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	510.32
28	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	505.94
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	483.96
30	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	463.15
31	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	457.38
32	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	453.87
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	429.57
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	428.56
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	426.43
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	394.61
37	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	394.09
38	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	393.55
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	380.10
40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	374.43
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	372.20
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	334.21
43	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	328.39
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	324.47
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	314.52
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	310.04
47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	301.70
48	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	301.58
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	285.78
50	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	275.77
51	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	272.58
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	271.82
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	271.63
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	253.82
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	250.90
56	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	226.06
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	222.70
58	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	218.76
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	214.34
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	198.73
61	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	187.61
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	173.58
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	165.82
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	160.72
65	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	158.17
66	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	157.71
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	153.31
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	153.28
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	152.93
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	133.39
71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	132.65
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	122.63
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	116.76
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	109.04
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	103.26
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	101.34
77	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	100.37
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.94
79	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	94.85
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93.62
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	90.95
82	Peru`PER`South America	90.72
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	87.53
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	86.53
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	83.32
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	83.24
87	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	80.45
88	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.44
89	Colombia`COL`South America	78.16
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	77.14
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	73.33
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.75
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	71.40
94	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	68.14
95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	67.87
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64.89
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.32
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.75
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	55.39
100	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.15
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.12
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	54.01
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.00
104	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	52.52
105	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	51.42
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.64
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.78
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	49.38
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47.79
110	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	47.74
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.23
112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	43.63
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.25
114	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41.50
115	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	41.27
116	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	40.42
117	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.97
118	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.84
119	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.07
120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	35.31
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.20
122	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	31.31
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30.42
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	30.29
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.95
126	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	29.54
127	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.49
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.46
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.76
130	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	28.49
131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.56
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	26.06
133	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.68
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	24.65
135	Chile`CHL`South America	24.41
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.01
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.24
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.94
139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18.82
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.62
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	18.14
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	17.58
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15.48
144	United States`USA`Northern America	13.85
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.13
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.12
147	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.63
148	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.34
149	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.21
150	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.90
151	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11.60
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	11.40
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.33
154	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.09
155	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.60
156	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.57
157	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.88
158	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.82
159	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.75
160	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.74
161	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.70
162	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.60
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9.29
164	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.21
165	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.83
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.73
167	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	8.26
168	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.25
169	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.77
170	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7.67
171	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.36
172	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.34
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.32
174	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.28
175	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.78
176	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.39
177	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.35
178	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.34
179	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.10
180	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5.67
181	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.54
182	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.53
183	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.48
184	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.15
185	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.96
186	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.72
187	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.47
188	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.39
189	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.37
190	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.34
191	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.64
192	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.24
193	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.21
194	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.15
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.18

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad1,264.22
2Central African Republic1,233.97
3Lesotho1,205.46
4Sierra Leone1,092.88
5Nigeria1,081.43

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.18
194United Arab Emirates3.15
193Poland3.21
192Greece3.24
191Israel3.64

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 55.75. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
53 · 141rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho891.42 → 1,205.46+314.04
Eswatini646.81 → 766.13+119.32
Malawi333.04 → 429.57+96.53
Zambia323.86 → 393.55+69.69
Benin500.85 → 563.38+62.53

Fell most

Afghanistan1,032.01 → 955.24−76.77
South Sudan932.54 → 857.60−74.94
Timor-Leste558.87 → 518.00−40.87
Rwanda493.62 → 453.87−39.75
Sierra Leone1,132.43 → 1,092.88−39.55

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 2008.
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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.

05The files

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UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2008). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2008

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