Data for 2011

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2011

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2011
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2011, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2011 covers 195 countries. Chad is highest, at 1,264.20; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 54.98. Against 2010, 193 values changed (40 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2011

HighestChad

1,264.20

LowestCook Islands

0.14

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

195countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,264.20
2	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,209.53
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,131.48
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,107.97
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	972.33
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	967.12
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	838.24
8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	770.19
9	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	765.07
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	727.56
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	725.92
12	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	678.28
13	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	634.40
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	613.38
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	597.05
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	589.27
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	587.66
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	584.93
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	569.38
20	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	564.02
21	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	553.26
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	540.62
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	501.34
24	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	497.65
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	494.75
26	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	493.56
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	491.55
28	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	486.06
29	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	477.54
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	474.61
31	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	414.71
32	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	409.28
33	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	403.53
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	387.59
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	378.10
36	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	358.48
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	356.63
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	356.37
39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	300.59
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	294.53
41	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	291.15
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	290.81
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	285.71
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	270.78
45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	269.04
46	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	267.32
47	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	259.97
48	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	258.33
49	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	253.80
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	248.55
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	236.57
52	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	233.61
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	230.46
54	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	229.46
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	214.25
56	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	209.31
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	202.03
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	187.15
59	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	180.52
60	India`IND`Southern Asia	173.39
61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	168.50
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	164.33
63	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	148.55
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	147.07
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	139.99
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	135.16
67	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	130.19
68	Suriname`SUR`South America	125.69
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	120.28
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	120.03
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	115.27
72	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	111.84
73	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	104.97
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	104.08
75	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	98.48
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	95.77
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	92.88
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	92.51
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	90.67
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	89.88
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	89.42
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	83.76
83	Peru`PER`South America	83.21
84	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	82.55
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	80.71
86	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	80.62
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	76.63
88	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.34
89	Colombia`COL`South America	75.07
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.34
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	69.82
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	67.54
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.26
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.86
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	61.06
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	58.56
97	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.24
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.98
99	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.78
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	54.54
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	53.14
102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	49.72
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	49.29
104	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.47
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.24
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.43
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.28
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	43.93
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.77
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	43.59
111	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41.18
112	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	39.71
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39.27
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.82
115	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.71
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	37.04
117	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.00
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.43
119	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.42
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.51
121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30.95
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.69
123	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.85
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.44
125	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	27.50
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27.25
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.19
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.38
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.13
130	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.07
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	22.37
132	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.68
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.14
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.98
135	Chile`CHL`South America	19.97
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	19.50
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	19.04
138	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18.81
139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18.19
140	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.25
141	Uruguay`URY`South America	16.63
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.82
143	United States`USA`Northern America	15.34
144	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.54
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.51
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.46
147	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.67
148	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.33
149	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	10.94
150	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.55
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.52
152	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.46
153	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.07
154	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.94
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.93
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.85
157	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9.67
158	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.53
159	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.45
160	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.27
161	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.85
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.47
163	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.34
164	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.05
165	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.02
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.94
167	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.92
168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.45
=169	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.22
=169	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7.22
171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.20
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.07
173	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.59
174	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.38
175	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.25
=176	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.22
=176	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.22
178	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.86
179	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.82
180	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.71
181	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.22
182	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.21
183	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.12
184	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.91
185	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4.72
186	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.04
=187	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.81
=187	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.81
189	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.76
190	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.63
191	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.52
192	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.38
193	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.46
194	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.35
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.14

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad1,264.20
2Lesotho1,209.53
3Central African Republic1,131.48
4Nigeria1,107.97
5Somalia972.33

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.14
194Poland2.35
193Belarus2.46
192Israel3.38
191United Arab Emirates3.52

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 54.98. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
193values changed, of 195 in both
40 · 153rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Botswana228.43 → 269.04+40.61
Nigeria1,093.74 → 1,107.97+14.23
Liberia712.20 → 725.92+13.72
Eswatini752.11 → 765.07+12.96
Haiti396.40 → 409.28+12.88

Fell most

Lesotho1,311.06 → 1,209.53−101.53
Central African Republic1,230.09 → 1,131.48−98.61
Somalia1,062.47 → 972.33−90.14
Afghanistan892.74 → 838.24−54.50
Sierra Leone1,018.05 → 967.12−50.93

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 2011.
192 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 7.22. 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) (2011). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2011

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