Canada - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1990
7.00
−1.00 from 1989
Canada's maternal mortality ratio was 7.00 in 1990, decreased +1.00 from 8.00 in 1989. This was the 3rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1990▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Spain | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 2nd | United Kingdom | 6.00 | 20.0% |
| 3rd | Canada | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 4th | Greece | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Finland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Sweden | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 7th | Australia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Norway | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Croatia | 10.00 | 11.1% |
| 11th | Montenegro | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Ireland | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 13th | San Marino | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 14th | Austria | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Germany | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Denmark | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 17th | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | United States | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Iceland | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 20th | Qatar | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 21st | Switzerland | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Japan | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 23rd | Serbia | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Slovenia | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 25th | Cyprus | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 26th | Czechia | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Andorra | 16.00 | -20.0% |
| 28th | Kuwait | 16.00 | 60.0% |
| 29th | Monaco | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | North Macedonia | 16.00 | 14.3% |
| 31st | Malta | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Portugal | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 33rd | Singapore | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 34th | France | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 35th | Italy | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 36th | New Zealand | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Poland | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Slovak Republic | 18.00 | 5.9% |
| 39th | United Arab Emirates | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | European Union | 21.00 | -16.0% |
| 41st | Luxembourg | 24.00 | 14.3% |
| 42nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 43rd | Hungary | 25.00 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Bulgaria | 27.00 | 8.0% |
| 45th | Korea | 28.00 | -3.4% |
| 46th | Israel | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 29.00 | -6.5% |
| 48th | Oman | 29.00 | -9.4% |
| 49th | Albania | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 30.00 | -6.3% |
| 51st | Puerto Rico (US) | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 52nd | Belarus | 33.00 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Georgia | 34.00 | -5.6% |
| 54th | Bahrain | 35.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 56th | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.00 | -9.8% |
| 57th | Costa Rica | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Ukraine | 40.00 | -4.8% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Azerbaijan | 41.00 | -4.7% |
| 61st | Türkiye | 42.00 | -4.5% |
| 62nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 43.00 | -12.2% |
| 63rd | Estonia | 44.00 | -8.3% |
| 64th | Armenia | 47.00 | 2.2% |
| 65th | Latvia | 47.00 | 2.2% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 48.00 | -2.0% |
| 67th | Uzbekistan | 50.00 | -5.7% |
| 68th | Malaysia | 51.00 | -1.9% |
| 69th | Moldova | 53.00 | 1.9% |
| 70th | Seychelles | 53.00 | -13.1% |
| 71st | Jamaica | 54.00 | 8.0% |
| 72nd | Chile | 56.00 | -9.7% |
| 73rd | Russian Federation | 58.00 | -4.9% |
| 74th | Barbados | 59.00 | 3.5% |
| 75th | Sri Lanka | 59.00 | -3.3% |
| 76th | Thailand | 60.00 | -6.3% |
| 77th | Grenada | 61.00 | -4.7% |
| 78th | Turkmenistan | 62.00 | -4.6% |
| 79th | Kazakhstan | 64.00 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Bahamas, The | 65.00 | 0.0% |
| 81st | Cuba | 66.00 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Libya | 67.00 | -4.3% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 68.00 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 68.00 | -4.2% |
| 85th | Fiji | 70.00 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Jordan | 72.00 | -8.9% |
| 87th | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.00 | 1.4% |
| 88th | St. Lucia | 72.00 | 9.1% |
| 89th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.00 | 2.9% |
| 90th | Belize | 77.00 | -3.8% |
| 91st | Dominica | 77.00 | 11.6% |
| 92nd | Mauritius | 77.00 | -9.4% |
| 93rd | West Bank and Gaza | 78.00 | -4.9% |
| 94th | Tajikistan | 80.00 | -5.9% |
| 95th | Mexico | 81.00 | -4.7% |
| 96th | Trinidad and Tobago | 84.00 | -2.3% |
| 97th | Tunisia | 85.00 | -2.3% |
| 98th | Panama | 89.00 | -7.3% |
| 99th | Palau | 100.00 | 7.5% |
| 100th | China | 102.00 | -1.9% |
| 101st | Colombia | 102.00 | -3.8% |
| 102nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 107.00 | -6.1% |
| 103rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 107.00 | -5.3% |
| 104th | Romania | 118.00 | -17.5% |
| 105th | Samoa | 135.00 | -0.7% |
| 106th | Tonga | 138.00 | -0.7% |
| 107th | Brazil | 140.00 | -6.7% |
| 108th | El Salvador | 145.00 | -6.5% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 147.00 | -3.3% |
| 110th | Vanuatu | 151.00 | -6.8% |
| 111th | Honduras | 159.00 | -5.9% |
| 112th | São Tomé and Principe | 164.00 | -1.8% |
| 113th | Ecuador | 168.00 | 1.2% |
| 114th | South Africa | 170.00 | -4.0% |
| 115th | Philippines | 173.00 | -2.3% |
| 116th | Solomon Islands | 184.00 | -2.1% |
| 117th | Peru | 191.00 | 0.5% |
| 118th | Iraq | 195.00 | 2.6% |
| 119th | Nauru | 195.00 | -1.5% |
| 120th | Paraguay | 198.00 | -5.3% |
| 121st | Kiribati | 199.00 | -6.1% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 202.00 | -6.0% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 203.00 | -4.7% |
| 124th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 209.00 | -0.9% |
| 125th | Guyana | 224.00 | -1.3% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 270.00 | -0.4% |
| 127th | Mongolia | 276.00 | -11.3% |
| 128th | Nicaragua | 281.00 | -1.7% |
| 129th | Tuvalu | 291.00 | -1.7% |
| 130th | Botswana | 296.00 | -1.3% |
| 131st | Cabo Verde | 298.00 | -7.5% |
| 132nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 302.00 | -4.4% |
| 133rd | Marshall Islands | 311.00 | 4.0% |
| 134th | Namibia | 325.00 | 6.2% |
| 135th | Maldives | 346.00 | -9.2% |
| 136th | Suriname | 350.00 | -2.8% |
| 137th | Zimbabwe | 353.00 | -7.6% |
| 138th | Yemen, Republic of | 359.00 | -3.2% |
| 139th | Papua New Guinea | 360.00 | -2.4% |
| 140th | Gabon | 368.00 | 0.5% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 392.00 | -2.5% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 407.00 | -5.3% |
| 143rd | Pakistan | 434.00 | -1.1% |
| 144th | Congo, Republic of | 505.00 | -0.2% |
| 145th | India | 516.00 | -4.1% |
| 146th | Eswatini | 520.00 | 3.0% |
| 147th | Morocco | 522.00 | -6.6% |
| 148th | Cameroon | 570.00 | 1.1% |
| 149th | Uganda | 575.00 | -5.6% |
| 150th | Kenya | 586.00 | -11.6% |
| 151st | Myanmar | 586.00 | -2.8% |
| 152nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 619.00 | -4.0% |
| 153rd | Zambia | 625.00 | -1.6% |
| 154th | Senegal | 640.00 | -3.3% |
| 155th | Togo | 657.00 | 2.0% |
| 156th | Lesotho | 665.00 | -2.2% |
| 157th | Cambodia | 681.00 | -3.0% |
| 158th | Equatorial Guinea | 689.00 | 0.1% |
| 159th | Benin | 692.00 | -5.5% |
| 160th | Madagascar | 692.00 | 1.2% |
| 161st | Bhutan | 704.00 | -5.8% |
| 162nd | Djibouti | 725.00 | -2.8% |
| 163rd | Comoros | 737.00 | -4.0% |
| 164th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 755.00 | -4.6% |
| 165th | Burkina Faso | 759.00 | -3.6% |
| 166th | Ghana | 769.00 | -3.8% |
| 167th | Lao PDR | 834.00 | -2.6% |
| 168th | Sudan | 840.00 | -4.7% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 858.00 | -2.8% |
| 170th | Central African Republic | 866.00 | 3.7% |
| 171st | Bangladesh | 870.00 | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Haiti | 874.00 | -2.9% |
| 173rd | Angola | 876.00 | -0.9% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 900.00 | -2.9% |
| 175th | Nepal | 920.00 | -5.4% |
| 176th | Niger | 983.00 | -2.7% |
| 177th | Mali | 1,087.00 | -1.7% |
| 178th | Malawi | 1,112.00 | -2.1% |
| 179th | Chad | 1,113.00 | 2.8% |
| 180th | Mozambique | 1,150.00 | -4.9% |
| 181st | Guinea | 1,162.00 | -2.2% |
| 182nd | Gambia, The | 1,207.00 | -4.1% |
| 183rd | Nigeria | 1,285.00 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 1,309.00 | 5.7% |
| 185th | Eritrea | 1,352.00 | -8.2% |
| 186th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,358.00 | -2.7% |
| 187th | Timor-Leste | 1,477.00 | -2.3% |
| 188th | Burundi | 1,515.00 | 0.3% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 1,550.00 | 2.0% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 1,572.00 | -0.2% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 1,709.00 | 0.6% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 2,146.00 | 31.4% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 4,877.00 | -4.4% |
FAQ
What was Canada's maternal mortality ratio in 1990?▾
Canada's maternal mortality ratio in 1990 was 7.00. This ranked 3rd globally.
How did Canada's maternal mortality ratio change in 1990?▾
Canada's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 12.5% in 1990 compared to 1989.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1990?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1990 at 4,877.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Canada in 1990?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Canada in 1990 was 7.00. This ranked 3rd globally.
How does 1990 compare to 1989 for Canada's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Canada's maternal mortality ratio went from 8.00 in 1989 to 7.00 in 1990, a 12.5% decrease.
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