Data for 2020

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2020

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2020
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2020, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2020 covers 195 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 1,296.18; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 56.01. Against 2019, 195 values changed (119 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2020

HighestCentral African Republic

1,296.18

LowestCook Islands

0.14

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

195countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,296.18
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,064.69
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	877.30
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	729.04
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	664.11
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	654.95
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	633.62
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	602.81
9	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	577.72
10	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	528.73
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	528.20
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	489.48
13	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	447.39
14	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	447.32
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	440.99
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	422.26
17	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	421.16
18	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	412.89
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	404.70
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	400.14
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	397.77
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	387.97
23	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	379.97
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	346.26
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	334.05
26	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	333.69
27	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	315.51
28	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	309.02
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	273.10
30	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	257.32
31	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	256.45
32	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	252.78
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	252.22
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	252.12
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	247.22
36	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	243.90
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	217.83
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	209.49
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	206.53
40	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	206.03
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	198.50
42	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	198.20
43	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	195.61
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	194.83
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	194.06
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	193.83
47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	191.59
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	184.44
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	177.92
50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	177.63
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	163.98
52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	159.85
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	152.52
54	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	151.85
55	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	150.28
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	143.45
57	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	135.02
58	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	132.01
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	131.22
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	126.19
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	121.47
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	118.29
63	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	117.00
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	113.57
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	110.25
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	108.56
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	107.06
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	102.47
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	102.26
70	India`IND`Southern Asia	100.53
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	98.63
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.80
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.77
74	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.49
75	Colombia`COL`South America	93.68
76	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	92.44
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	91.50
78	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	88.97
79	Belize`BLZ`Central America	88.49
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	88.46
81	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	86.96
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	86.79
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	84.88
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.36
85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	81.34
86	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	79.64
87	Peru`PER`South America	75.04
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	74.18
89	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	74.06
90	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.84
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.65
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	66.27
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.02
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.48
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.11
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	57.29
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.16
98	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.01
99	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.14
100	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	51.35
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.33
102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	51.12
103	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	50.56
104	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.45
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	48.02
106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.58
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	46.82
108	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	46.64
109	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	45.86
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.30
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	43.04
112	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.85
113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.95
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.69
115	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.68
116	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	38.65
117	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	38.51
118	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.24
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34.97
120	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	34.82
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.34
122	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.09
123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.51
124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	32.92
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.12
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.23
127	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.72
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	28.69
129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.68
130	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	28.51
131	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.99
132	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.44
133	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	23.64
134	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.06
135	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.86
136	United States`USA`Northern America	22.46
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	21.10
138	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.09
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.82
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.56
141	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.52
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.31
143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18.79
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.50
145	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.97
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17.91
147	Canada`CAN`Northern America	16.65
148	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.80
149	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	15.70
150	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.74
151	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.63
152	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.54
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.72
154	Chile`CHL`South America	12.30
155	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.79
156	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.75
157	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.57
158	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.10
159	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.50
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.97
161	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.89
162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.74
163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.55
164	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.11
165	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.64
166	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.59
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.41
168	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.20
169	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.11
170	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.03
171	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.94
172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.46
173	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.30
174	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.02
175	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5.89
176	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.59
177	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.55
178	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.29
179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.26
=180	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.20
=180	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.20
182	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.14
=183	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.29
=183	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.29
185	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.23
186	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.15
=187	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.08
=187	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.08
189	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.82
190	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.24
191	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.19
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.95
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.16
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.70
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.14

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Central African Republic1,296.18
2Nigeria1,064.69
3Chad877.30
4South Sudan729.04
5Liberia664.11

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.14
194Belarus1.70
193Norway2.16
192Poland2.95
191Israel3.19

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 56.01. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
119 · 76rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus13.14 → 86.96+73.82
Lesotho467.01 → 528.73+61.72
Bolivia156.49 → 217.83+61.34
Burkina Faso274.25 → 334.05+59.80
Tuvalu154.98 → 206.03+51.05

Fell most

Central African Republic1,650.19 → 1,296.18−354.01
Tanzania291.68 → 159.85−131.83
Chad957.78 → 877.30−80.48
Sierra Leone463.57 → 422.26−41.31
Senegal286.27 → 252.22−34.05

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 2020.
192 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 5.20. 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) (2020). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2020

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