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WORLD STATISTICS

Health

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)

deaths per 100,000 live births. Produced by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank, UN DESA (MMEIG).
Indicator code
SH.STA.MMRT
Unit
deaths per 100,000 live births
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Estimate
Original producer
WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank, UN DESA (MMEIG)
Distributed by
World Bank — World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0

World trend

1990 – 2023

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Nigeria9932023
  2. 2Chad7482023
  3. 3South Sudan6922023
  4. 5Liberia6282023
  5. 7Afghanistan5212023
  6. 8Benin5182023
  7. 10Guinea4942023

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 194Belarus1.002023
  2. 193Norway1.002023
  3. 192Australia2.002023
  4. 191Israel2.002023
  5. 190Poland2.002023
  6. 189North Macedonia3.002023
  7. 188Japan3.002023
  8. 187Iceland3.002023
  9. 186Czechia3.002023

Revision history

Changes to previously published values detected during imports.

No revisions recorded since the first import.