Data for 2022

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2022

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2022
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2022, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2022 covers 195 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 1,016.34; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.33. The middle country reads 53.00. Against 2021, 195 values changed (28 up, 167 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2022

HighestNigeria

1,016.34

LowestCook Islands

0.33

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

195countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
195distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,016.34
2	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	840.82
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	775.50
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	703.69
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	633.70
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	622.02
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	550.73
8	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	547.07
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	539.23
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	500.41
11	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	476.93
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	455.81
13	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	438.69
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	412.29
15	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	409.28
16	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	388.45
17	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	385.14
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	381.05
19	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	369.64
20	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	367.81
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	365.02
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	362.29
23	Niger`NER`Western Africa	360.92
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	330.85
25	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	317.29
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	316.27
27	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	301.35
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	275.99
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	262.68
30	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	240.80
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	239.08
32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	238.96
33	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	234.95
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	233.97
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	228.24
36	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	220.25
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	218.89
38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	215.84
39	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	207.48
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	192.89
41	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	188.81
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	186.16
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	184.59
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	183.90
45	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	183.10
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	174.41
47	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	173.52
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	164.33
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	160.09
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	158.57
51	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	151.65
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	148.24
53	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	143.85
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	138.71
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	137.58
56	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	130.52
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	129.23
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	126.86
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	125.88
60	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	124.95
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	124.12
62	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	120.65
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	120.42
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	119.93
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	112.48
66	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	111.51
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	110.15
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	109.63
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	104.93
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	103.97
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	99.28
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	96.57
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	92.76
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.30
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	89.65
76	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	89.45
77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	88.59
78	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	88.15
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	87.72
80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	86.02
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	82.96
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	82.47
83	Peru`PER`South America	80.57
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	80.07
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	77.71
86	Colombia`COL`South America	74.34
87	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	71.80
88	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	71.23
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	68.73
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	66.71
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	64.46
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	61.13
93	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.57
94	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	60.23
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.92
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	56.04
97	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.33
98	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	53.00
99	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	49.94
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	49.10
101	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	48.57
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.09
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.52
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	45.45
105	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	43.89
106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	43.72
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	41.67
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	41.22
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40.95
110	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.20
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.32
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	38.76
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.12
114	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	37.94
115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37.59
116	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	36.02
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	35.10
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	34.33
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	33.67
120	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	31.72
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31.69
122	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	30.42
123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29.29
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.42
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	27.40
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.73
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	24.03
128	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	22.62
129	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	22.24
130	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.12
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.93
132	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.22
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.21
134	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.73
135	United States`USA`Northern America	20.04
136	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.75
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	19.08
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.30
139	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	16.61
140	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	16.60
141	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.19
142	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.52
143	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.17
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.13
145	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15.11
146	Canada`CAN`Northern America	14.64
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.39
148	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.35
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	14.05
150	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.52
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.22
152	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.05
153	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.00
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.79
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.79
156	Chile`CHL`South America	11.71
157	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.76
158	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.89
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.82
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.79
161	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.66
162	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.41
163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.02
164	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.70
165	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.35
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.02
167	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.00
168	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.73
169	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.45
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.24
171	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.80
172	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.60
173	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.11
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.56
175	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.54
176	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.44
177	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.34
178	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.31
179	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.13
180	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.07
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.94
182	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.59
183	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.41
184	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.03
185	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.88
186	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.87
187	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.60
188	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.15
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.04
190	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.72
191	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.52
192	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.42
193	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.67
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.09
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.33

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nigeria1,016.34
2Central African Republic840.82
3Chad775.50
4South Sudan703.69
5Liberia633.70

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 53.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
28 · 167rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Thailand38.21 → 112.48+74.27
Tuvalu156.65 → 220.25+63.60
Nauru265.66 → 317.29+51.63
Brunei43.84 → 88.15+44.31
New Zealand7.58 → 22.62+15.04

Fell most

Central African Republic1,127.06 → 840.82−286.24
Cuba171.68 → 40.95−130.73
Namibia254.25 → 126.86−127.39
Afghanistan660.22 → 550.73−109.49
Eswatini219.34 → 111.51−107.83

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

Read before you use

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 2022.
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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Cite this edition

UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2022). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2022

0624 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions