Data for 2012

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2012

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2012
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2012, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2012 covers 195 countries. Chad is highest, at 1,244.88; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 54.56. Against 2011, 194 values changed (36 up, 158 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2012

HighestChad

1,244.88

LowestCook Islands

0.14

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

195countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,244.88
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,124.14
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,092.50
4	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,000.06
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	914.88
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	894.10
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	809.75
8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	755.07
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	728.19
10	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	703.70
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	703.03
12	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	628.02
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	617.88
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	612.69
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	578.09
16	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	575.09
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	566.34
18	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	557.83
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	553.94
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	549.04
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	545.38
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	506.40
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	499.85
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	496.62
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	496.20
26	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	486.94
27	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	457.77
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	447.98
29	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	446.79
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	439.42
31	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	404.69
32	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	385.30
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	376.04
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	374.38
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	374.24
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	350.70
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	340.48
38	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	330.76
39	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	288.06
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	285.07
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	277.80
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	274.44
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	272.25
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	256.78
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	255.91
46	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	254.66
47	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	244.71
48	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	244.18
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	242.85
50	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	240.82
51	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	227.01
52	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	221.40
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	220.28
54	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	206.97
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	196.76
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	193.80
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	191.05
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	180.32
59	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	180.10
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	172.58
61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	168.27
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	160.07
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	158.44
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	145.62
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	137.33
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	132.98
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	122.01
68	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	121.03
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	114.71
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	112.89
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	110.43
72	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	109.27
73	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	100.75
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	99.94
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.71
76	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	97.65
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	88.92
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	88.52
79	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	88.10
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	88.08
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85.99
82	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	83.73
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.71
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	81.08
85	Peru`PER`South America	78.77
86	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	75.64
87	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	74.03
88	Colombia`COL`South America	72.97
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.44
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.75
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	67.21
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.36
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	62.64
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	61.22
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	60.42
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.73
97	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.39
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.56
99	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.49
100	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	51.43
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51.03
102	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.00
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	49.27
104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.80
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.29
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.13
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	45.79
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	43.65
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.38
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.49
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41.64
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.26
113	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	40.04
114	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	39.53
115	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.42
116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.24
117	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	35.57
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34.88
119	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	32.78
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.71
121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30.47
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.96
123	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.75
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	28.10
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.47
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.57
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.15
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.31
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22.93
130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.38
131	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.43
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	20.47
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.74
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.09
135	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.60
136	Chile`CHL`South America	18.38
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.71
138	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	17.26
139	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.87
140	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16.53
141	Uruguay`URY`South America	16.49
142	United States`USA`Northern America	15.68
143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.54
144	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.26
145	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.24
146	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.22
147	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.69
148	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.47
149	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11.05
150	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.04
151	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.99
152	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.96
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.86
154	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.80
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.35
=156	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.27
=156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.27
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.08
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.93
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.38
161	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.16
162	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.79
163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.77
164	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.72
165	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.64
166	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.43
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.39
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.97
169	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.83
170	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.82
171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.77
172	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.18
173	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.06
174	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.99
175	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.81
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.78
177	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.71
178	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.51
179	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.33
180	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.29
181	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5.04
182	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.00
183	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.97
184	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.94
185	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.87
186	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.99
187	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.90
188	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.86
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.65
190	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.58
191	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.31
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.09
193	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.19
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.10
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.14

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad1,244.88
2Nigeria1,124.14
3Central African Republic1,092.50
4Lesotho1,000.06
5Sierra Leone914.88

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.14
194Belarus2.10
193Poland2.19
192Norway3.09
191Israel3.31

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 54.56. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
36 · 158rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau678.28 → 703.70+25.42
Gabon148.55 → 172.58+24.03
Botswana269.04 → 288.06+19.02
Nigeria1,107.97 → 1,124.14+16.17
Venezuela104.08 → 112.89+8.81

Fell most

Lesotho1,209.53 → 1,000.06−209.47
Eswatini765.07 → 612.69−152.38
Somalia972.33 → 894.10−78.23
Namibia497.65 → 439.42−58.23
Sierra Leone967.12 → 914.88−52.24

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 2012.
194 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 9.27. 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) (2012). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2012

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