Data for 2017

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2017

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2017
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2017, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2017 covers 195 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 1,661.52; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.16. The middle country reads 47.23. Against 2016, 195 values changed (45 up, 150 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2017

HighestSouth Sudan

1,661.52

LowestCook Islands

0.16

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

195countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
192distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,661.52
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,141.81
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,093.46
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,084.99
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	715.91
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	703.16
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	658.57
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	596.94
9	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	591.65
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	582.10
11	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	578.40
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	519.11
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	481.74
14	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	468.66
15	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	468.65
16	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	468.27
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	465.23
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	453.03
19	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	449.91
20	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	443.39
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	432.89
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	427.56
23	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	389.33
24	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	379.07
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	372.20
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	350.62
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	345.29
28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	327.11
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	325.23
30	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	298.38
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	286.92
32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	283.86
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	276.59
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	275.06
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	268.99
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	262.06
37	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	259.43
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	246.26
39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	220.31
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	218.70
41	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	213.12
42	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	211.64
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	209.07
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	206.94
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	201.05
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	197.16
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	194.89
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	184.12
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	183.87
50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	179.12
51	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	179.04
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	173.12
53	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	171.21
54	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	170.57
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	159.76
56	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	155.80
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	154.68
58	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	153.65
59	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	151.42
60	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	141.81
61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	141.40
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	140.18
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	133.69
64	India`IND`Southern Asia	113.01
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	110.63
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	110.20
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	109.87
68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	107.39
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	106.94
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	105.55
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	104.82
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	103.78
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	89.64
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	88.09
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	85.87
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	81.35
77	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	80.49
78	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	78.98
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	77.33
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	76.81
81	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	74.00
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	72.43
83	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	70.08
84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	69.20
85	Colombia`COL`South America	68.04
86	Peru`PER`South America	66.66
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	65.99
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.51
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.02
=90	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	58.41
=90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	58.41
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	58.11
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.85
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	54.73
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.96
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51.24
97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	48.66
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47.23
99	Panama`PAN`Central America	46.61
100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.26
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	45.43
102	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	44.93
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.94
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.87
105	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	43.59
106	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	42.94
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.90
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41.15
109	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	39.33
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.26
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	38.34
112	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.24
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.86
114	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	36.58
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.19
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.88
117	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	31.16
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.07
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.32
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.00
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	26.86
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.94
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.68
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.11
125	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.69
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.88
127	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21.49
128	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.35
129	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	20.75
130	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.48
131	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.18
132	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.26
133	United States`USA`Northern America	17.86
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.92
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.65
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.54
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.52
138	Uruguay`URY`South America	16.41
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.02
140	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.36
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.89
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.35
143	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.70
144	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.47
145	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.76
146	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.26
147	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.25
148	Chile`CHL`South America	12.10
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.98
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.65
151	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11.10
152	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.71
153	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9.15
154	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.45
155	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.99
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.94
=157	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.85
=157	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.85
159	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.80
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.75
161	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.55
162	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7.39
163	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.36
164	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.19
165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.72
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.57
167	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.29
168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.16
169	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.63
170	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.60
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.49
172	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.45
173	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5.32
174	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.24
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.07
176	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.01
177	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.79
178	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.76
=179	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.73
=179	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.73
181	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.65
182	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.54
183	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.24
184	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.21
185	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.58
186	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.53
187	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.36
188	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.11
189	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.98
190	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.97
191	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.94
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.87
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.85
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.23
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.16

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Sudan1,661.52
2Nigeria1,141.81
3Central African Republic1,093.46
4Chad1,084.99
5Somalia715.91

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.16
194Belarus1.23
193Norway1.85
192Poland1.87
191Czechia2.94

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 47.23. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
45 · 150rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic962.47 → 1,093.46+130.99
Venezuela162.20 → 194.89+32.69
South Sudan1,629.40 → 1,661.52+32.12
Liberia690.06 → 703.16+13.10
Nauru248.40 → 259.43+11.03

Fell most

Eswatini212.87 → 151.42−61.45
Sierra Leone632.90 → 578.40−54.50
Tanzania395.55 → 345.29−50.26
Lesotho517.54 → 468.27−49.27
Chad1,133.24 → 1,084.99−48.25

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 2017.
192 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 58.41. 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) (2017). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2017

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