Data for 2019

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2019

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2019
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2019, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2019 covers 195 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 1,650.19; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 48.40. Against 2018, 194 values changed (46 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2019

HighestCentral African Republic

1,650.19

LowestCook Islands

0.17

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

195countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,650.19
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,090.96
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	957.78
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	744.85
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	689.41
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	655.77
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	601.06
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	597.52
9	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	572.15
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	548.12
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	492.93
12	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	467.01
13	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	463.57
14	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	462.12
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	449.44
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	429.47
17	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	423.59
18	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	422.09
19	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	415.97
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	415.96
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	414.88
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	405.65
23	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	387.60
24	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	350.67
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	350.62
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	335.97
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	291.68
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	286.27
29	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	274.25
30	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	268.80
31	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	266.55
32	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	261.86
33	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	261.31
34	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	259.73
35	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	259.55
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	245.26
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	237.47
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	218.71
39	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	202.45
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	202.19
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	201.59
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	199.06
43	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	198.00
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	194.91
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	194.00
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	179.36
47	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	174.92
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	173.43
49	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	170.05
50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	167.94
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	161.19
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	157.21
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	156.49
54	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	154.98
55	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	153.86
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	148.85
57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	136.54
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	135.04
59	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	131.19
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	120.12
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	119.45
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	118.09
63	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	111.39
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	110.51
65	Guyana`GUY`South America	106.94
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	106.15
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	105.15
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	102.76
69	India`IND`Southern Asia	101.05
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	100.11
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	97.15
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.24
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	94.78
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	91.94
75	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	89.15
76	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	83.51
77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	82.14
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	79.21
79	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	74.41
80	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	74.27
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	73.17
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.70
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	69.50
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.15
85	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	66.46
86	Colombia`COL`South America	66.19
87	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	64.67
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.63
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.53
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.30
91	Peru`PER`South America	60.20
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	57.87
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.57
94	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	53.37
95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	52.34
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	52.20
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.12
98	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	48.40
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47.90
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	46.98
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	44.82
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.34
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	42.71
104	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	40.82
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.73
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.66
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40.29
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.72
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.42
110	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	38.48
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.28
112	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	36.50
113	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.41
114	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	34.74
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.91
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.85
117	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32.27
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29.21
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.48
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.73
121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.48
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.27
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.26
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	22.09
125	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.08
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.02
127	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.58
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.31
129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.13
130	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.50
131	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17.69
132	United States`USA`Northern America	17.52
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.86
134	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.69
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.12
136	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.94
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.79
138	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.65
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.64
140	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.05
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.96
142	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.14
143	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.11
144	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.06
145	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	12.64
146	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.27
147	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.10
148	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11.75
149	Chile`CHL`South America	11.10
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10.93
151	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	10.64
152	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9.09
153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.90
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.48
155	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.41
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.36
157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.85
158	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.53
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.48
160	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.43
161	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.33
162	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.25
163	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.11
164	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.61
165	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.40
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6.37
167	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.35
168	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.01
169	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.93
170	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.56
171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.29
172	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.22
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.12
174	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.93
=175	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.81
=175	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.81
177	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.64
178	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.54
179	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.46
180	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.32
181	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.28
182	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.23
183	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.03
184	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.97
185	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.85
186	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.51
187	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.18
188	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.12
189	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.01
190	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.76
191	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.72
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.80
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.59
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.20
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.17

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Central African Republic1,650.19
2Nigeria1,090.96
3Chad957.78
4South Sudan744.85
5Liberia689.41

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.17
194Belarus1.20
193Norway1.59
192Poland1.80
191United Arab Emirates2.72

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 48.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
46 · 148rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic881.35 → 1,650.19+768.84
Guinea-Bissau584.74 → 597.52+12.78
Dominican Republic106.73 → 118.09+11.36
Jamaica112.23 → 120.12+7.89
Gabon175.78 → 179.36+3.58

Fell most

South Sudan912.84 → 744.85−167.99
Somalia726.88 → 655.77−71.11
Chad1,020.29 → 957.78−62.51
Eswatini132.61 → 96.24−36.37
Gambia450.41 → 422.09−28.32

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 2019.
194 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 4.81. 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) (2019). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2019

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