Data for 2016

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2016

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2016
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2016, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2016 covers 195 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 1,629.40; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.15. The middle country reads 50.62. Against 2015, 191 values changed (46 up, 145 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2016

HighestSouth Sudan

1,629.40

LowestCook Islands

0.15

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

195countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
191distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,629.40
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,155.24
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,133.24
4	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	962.47
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	754.07
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	702.24
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	690.06
8	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	632.90
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	616.95
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	606.02
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	604.18
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	526.48
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	517.54
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	500.51
15	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	489.51
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	487.74
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	471.71
18	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	469.88
19	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	460.12
20	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	455.97
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	450.27
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	440.93
23	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	411.35
24	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	395.55
25	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	394.55
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	393.34
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	364.01
28	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	356.14
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	345.10
30	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	313.02
31	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	311.83
32	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	296.10
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	288.21
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	286.69
35	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	278.14
36	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	272.46
37	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	262.74
38	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	249.62
39	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	248.40
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	235.69
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	225.45
42	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	216.29
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	215.24
44	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	214.82
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	213.78
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	213.51
47	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	212.87
48	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	204.50
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	193.04
50	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	191.03
51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	183.49
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	181.75
53	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	172.58
54	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	170.38
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	169.82
56	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	164.84
57	Venezuela`VEN`South America	162.20
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	162.13
59	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	159.18
60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	158.10
61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	142.73
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	141.17
63	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	133.80
64	India`IND`Southern Asia	120.75
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	119.42
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	114.12
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	110.11
68	Suriname`SUR`South America	108.56
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	107.74
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	107.32
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	105.72
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	102.14
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	97.96
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	94.25
75	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	88.10
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	87.09
77	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	79.87
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	78.69
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	77.93
80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	77.21
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	76.77
82	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	74.57
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	74.04
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	72.26
85	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	71.31
86	Colombia`COL`South America	68.82
87	Peru`PER`South America	68.76
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	64.71
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.64
90	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.31
91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.40
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.63
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	56.05
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.65
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	53.16
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	52.05
97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.40
98	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	50.62
99	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.13
100	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	47.79
101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	46.99
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	46.57
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	45.81
104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	44.26
105	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	44.04
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.40
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.16
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.97
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.46
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.38
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.51
112	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	39.38
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.92
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.56
115	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	36.26
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.15
117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.57
118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.59
=119	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	27.94
=119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	27.94
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.03
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.78
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	24.59
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.27
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	22.94
=126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.60
=126	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.60
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.34
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21.60
130	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.30
131	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.60
132	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	20.00
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.28
134	United States`USA`Northern America	17.79
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.17
136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.61
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.50
138	Uruguay`URY`South America	16.14
139	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.37
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.81
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.49
142	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.75
143	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.38
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.31
=145	Chile`CHL`South America	13.17
=145	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.17
147	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	12.18
148	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.16
149	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.00
150	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.57
151	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	9.83
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.59
153	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9.41
154	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.27
155	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.76
156	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.47
157	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.20
158	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.91
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.78
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.70
161	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.67
162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.44
163	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.39
164	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.16
165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.93
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.67
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.53
168	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.49
169	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.07
170	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.03
171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.93
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.70
173	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.53
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.40
175	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.26
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.17
177	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.99
178	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.97
=179	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.92
=179	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.92
181	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.84
182	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.55
183	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.44
184	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.36
185	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.88
186	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.72
187	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.39
188	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.35
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.22
190	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.13
191	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.12
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.06
193	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.86
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.30
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.15

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Sudan1,629.40
2Nigeria1,155.24
3Chad1,133.24
4Central African Republic962.47
5Somalia754.07

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.15
194Belarus1.30
193Poland1.86
192Norway2.06
191United Arab Emirates3.12

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 50.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 195 in both
46 · 145rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan1,435.58 → 1,629.40+193.82
Venezuela136.26 → 162.20+25.94
Belize47.15 → 51.40+4.25
Zambia154.41 → 158.10+3.69
Dominican Republic102.26 → 105.72+3.46

Fell most

Sierra Leone730.11 → 632.90−97.21
Liberia784.24 → 690.06−94.18
Lesotho593.86 → 517.54−76.32
Eswatini282.95 → 212.87−70.08
Botswana140.53 → 72.26−68.27

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 2016.
191 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 27.94. 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.

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UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2016). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2016

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