Data for 2023

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2023

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2023
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2023, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2023 covers 195 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 992.83; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.11. The middle country reads 46.65. Against 2022, 195 values changed (24 up, 171 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2023

HighestNigeria

992.83

LowestCook Islands

0.11

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

195countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
193distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	992.83
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	747.54
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	691.82
4	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	691.74
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	627.72
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	562.58
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	520.50
8	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	518.23
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	505.37
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	494.12
11	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	478.02
12	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	445.43
13	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	427.05
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	391.97
15	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	381.05
16	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	378.80
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	367.33
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	358.95
19	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	357.61
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	354.35
21	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	353.56
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	350.27
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	348.90
24	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	327.56
25	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	291.36
26	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	275.84
27	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	273.38
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	258.23
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	255.71
30	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	241.79
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	241.09
32	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	237.44
33	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	234.32
34	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	232.66
35	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	229.48
36	Venezuela`VEN`South America	226.69
37	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	224.95
38	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	194.94
39	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	192.36
40	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	188.65
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	184.64
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	183.20
43	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	178.88
44	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	173.66
45	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	170.31
46	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	169.71
47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	161.88
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	155.10
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	155.03
50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	154.79
51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	146.37
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	142.01
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	140.50
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	138.86
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	137.39
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	130.14
57	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	128.75
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	124.47
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	122.59
60	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	118.40
61	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	117.93
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	117.57
63	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	115.11
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	112.15
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	101.49
66	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	100.05
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	93.72
68	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	89.42
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	85.45
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	83.75
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	83.64
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.22
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.48
74	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	79.76
75	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	75.95
76	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	75.36
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	74.73
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	73.52
79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	69.77
80	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.91
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	66.90
82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.80
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	66.78
84	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.99
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	65.90
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	62.49
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	60.35
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	59.50
89	Colombia`COL`South America	59.38
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	58.27
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.84
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.37
93	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	54.08
94	Peru`PER`South America	51.45
95	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	48.25
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	47.61
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.75
98	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	46.65
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	43.96
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.11
101	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	41.90
102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	41.89
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.51
104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.04
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.11
106	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.01
107	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	36.35
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.71
109	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	35.55
110	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	34.88
111	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	34.79
112	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	34.57
113	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.45
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	33.23
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	31.82
116	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30.78
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	30.24
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26.46
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.38
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.12
121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.37
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.69
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.48
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.72
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.68
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18.32
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	17.90
128	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.95
129	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.78
130	United States`USA`Northern America	16.63
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.25
132	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	16.11
133	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15.84
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.31
135	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.98
=136	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.95
=136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14.95
138	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.63
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.86
140	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.62
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.55
142	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.78
143	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.69
144	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	11.68
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.65
146	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.03
147	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10.74
148	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	10.63
149	Chile`CHL`South America	9.88
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	9.58
151	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.40
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.39
153	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.31
154	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.88
155	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.75
156	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7.67
157	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.66
158	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.36
159	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.30
160	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.03
161	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.87
162	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.48
163	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.17
164	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.12
165	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.10
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.83
167	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.56
168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.46
169	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.22
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.96
171	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.79
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.52
173	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.47
174	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.30
175	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.03
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.92
177	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.84
=178	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.79
=178	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.79
180	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.67
181	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.62
182	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.33
183	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.08
184	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.05
185	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.02
186	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.76
187	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.72
188	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.70
189	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.54
190	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.49
191	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.33
192	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.57
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.31
194	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.10
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.11

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nigeria992.83
2Chad747.54
3South Sudan691.82
4Central African Republic691.74
5Liberia627.72

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.11
194Belarus1.10
193Norway1.31
192Poland1.57
191Australia2.33

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 46.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
24 · 171rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tanzania151.65 → 275.84+124.19
Botswana120.42 → 155.10+34.68
Trinidad and Tobago30.42 → 54.08+23.66
Gabon215.84 → 232.66+16.82
Namibia126.86 → 138.86+12.00

Fell most

Central African Republic840.82 → 691.74−149.08
Thailand112.48 → 34.45−78.03
Burkina Faso316.27 → 241.79−74.48
Somalia622.02 → 562.58−59.44
Brunei88.15 → 36.35−51.80

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 2023.
193 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 14.95. 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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Cite this edition

UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2023). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2023

0624 held

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