Data for 2018

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2018

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2018
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2018, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2018 covers 195 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 1,118.38; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 49.33. Against 2017, 193 values changed (50 up, 143 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2018

HighestNigeria

1,118.38

LowestCook Islands

0.17

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

195countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,118.38
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,020.29
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	912.84
4	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	881.35
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	726.88
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	707.01
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	629.24
8	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	585.48
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	584.74
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	560.38
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	508.13
12	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	491.50
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	491.13
14	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	465.69
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	463.55
16	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	450.41
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	449.05
18	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	437.17
19	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	435.35
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	434.28
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	428.00
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	419.72
23	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	385.52
24	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	363.32
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	358.46
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	354.40
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	318.94
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	305.37
29	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	296.56
30	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	286.08
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	275.56
32	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	268.86
33	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	268.73
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	268.45
35	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	267.41
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	259.05
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	250.68
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	231.97
39	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	209.48
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	208.38
41	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	204.72
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	204.59
43	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	204.01
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	200.95
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	199.02
46	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	197.95
47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	182.91
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	178.44
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	175.78
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	168.11
51	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	167.93
52	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	167.22
53	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	163.46
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	157.30
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	152.73
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	151.19
57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	144.79
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	136.48
59	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	134.10
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	132.61
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	132.49
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	127.52
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	117.17
64	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	112.23
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	110.17
66	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	107.53
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	107.11
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	107.01
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	106.73
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	105.12
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	101.17
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	100.27
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.18
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.42
75	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	86.88
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	83.13
77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	82.15
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	81.52
79	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	77.82
80	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	75.58
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	75.43
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	73.95
83	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	68.99
84	Colombia`COL`South America	67.34
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	66.82
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	66.64
87	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	66.42
88	Peru`PER`South America	66.17
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	62.33
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.93
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.97
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.69
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	56.22
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.23
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.19
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.61
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.75
98	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	49.33
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.61
100	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	46.42
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	44.59
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.00
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.42
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.82
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.75
106	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	42.63
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	41.33
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.52
109	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	39.22
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.18
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	38.48
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.55
113	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	36.71
114	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	36.22
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.53
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.64
117	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30.63
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29.18
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.93
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.37
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	24.35
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.59
123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.14
124	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.96
125	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.18
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	20.70
127	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.62
128	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.21
129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.04
130	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.43
131	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.33
132	United States`USA`Northern America	17.55
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.45
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.33
135	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.31
136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.17
137	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.98
138	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.40
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.71
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.11
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	14.01
142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.00
143	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.70
144	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.58
145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.50
146	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.29
147	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.03
148	Chile`CHL`South America	11.40
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.34
150	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	10.78
151	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.52
152	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9.36
153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.01
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.94
155	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.59
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8.00
157	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.93
158	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.71
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.51
=160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.48
=160	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.48
162	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.38
163	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.26
164	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.93
165	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.81
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.76
167	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.69
168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.26
169	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.53
=170	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.35
=170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5.35
172	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.33
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.31
174	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.06
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.81
176	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.79
177	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.73
178	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.71
=179	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.68
=179	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.68
181	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.65
182	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.51
183	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.21
184	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.13
185	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.96
186	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.37
187	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.32
188	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.20
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.00
190	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.80
191	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.74
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.83
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.67
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.21
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.17

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nigeria1,118.38
2Chad1,020.29
3South Sudan912.84
4Central African Republic881.35
5Somalia726.88

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.17
194Belarus1.21
193Norway1.67
192Poland1.83
191Israel2.74

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 49.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
193values changed, of 195 in both
50 · 143rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Botswana46.26 → 99.18+52.92
Lesotho468.27 → 491.13+22.86
Somalia715.91 → 726.88+10.97
Venezuela194.89 → 204.59+9.70
Nauru259.43 → 268.86+9.43

Fell most

South Sudan1,661.52 → 912.84−748.68
Central African Republic1,093.46 → 881.35−212.11
Sierra Leone578.40 → 491.50−86.90
Chad1,084.99 → 1,020.29−64.70
Ethiopia327.11 → 296.56−30.55

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 2018.
192 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 7.48. 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) (2018). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2018

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