Ghana - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2013
338.00
−13.00 from 2012
Ghana's maternal mortality ratio was 338.00 in 2013, decreased +13.00 from 351.00 in 2012. This was the 161st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Belarus | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Poland | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Czechia | 3.00 | -25.0% |
| 4th | Israel | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Norway | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | United Arab Emirates | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Spain | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Greece | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Iceland | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Germany | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Denmark | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 12th | Croatia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Ireland | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 14th | Japan | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 15th | Monaco | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | North Macedonia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Slovak Republic | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Australia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Austria | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Belgium | 6.00 | 20.0% |
| 22nd | Estonia | 6.00 | -25.0% |
| 23rd | Netherlands | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Qatar | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 25th | Slovenia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Bulgaria | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Korea | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 30th | Malta | 7.00 | -22.2% |
| 31st | Montenegro | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Turkmenistan | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | European Union | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Finland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Italy | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Kuwait | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | New Zealand | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 38th | San Marino | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Andorra | 9.00 | -18.2% |
| 40th | France | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | United Kingdom | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Saudi Arabia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Singapore | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 44th | Albania | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Cyprus | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 46th | Lithuania | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Portugal | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Canada | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Hungary | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Lebanon | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 51st | Serbia | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Kazakhstan | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 53rd | Luxembourg | 15.00 | 15.4% |
| 54th | Oman | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 56th | Russian Federation | 16.00 | -11.1% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | United States | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Bahrain | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Chile | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 61st | Romania | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 62nd | Moldova | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Türkiye | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 64th | Ukraine | 20.00 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Tajikistan | 21.00 | -8.7% |
| 66th | Sri Lanka | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 67th | Azerbaijan | 24.00 | -14.3% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 69th | Latvia | 24.00 | 20.0% |
| 70th | Syrian Arab Republic | 25.00 | 13.6% |
| 71st | Armenia | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 27.00 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 27.00 | -6.9% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 29.00 | 0.0% |
| 75th | China | 30.00 | -6.3% |
| 76th | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.00 | 6.7% |
| 77th | West Bank and Gaza | 32.00 | -11.1% |
| 78th | Uzbekistan | 32.00 | -3.0% |
| 79th | Georgia | 34.00 | -2.9% |
| 80th | Thailand | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 81st | El Salvador | 39.00 | 8.3% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Brunei Darussalam | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Fiji | 40.00 | -4.8% |
| 85th | Belize | 41.00 | 2.5% |
| 86th | Cuba | 42.00 | 0.0% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 43.00 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Grenada | 44.00 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Jordan | 44.00 | -6.4% |
| 90th | Mexico | 45.00 | -2.2% |
| 91st | Argentina | 47.00 | -4.1% |
| 92nd | Maldives | 47.00 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Seychelles | 48.00 | -2.0% |
| 94th | Cabo Verde | 50.00 | -2.0% |
| 95th | Dominica | 50.00 | -2.0% |
| 96th | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.00 | -2.0% |
| 97th | Panama | 52.00 | -1.9% |
| 98th | St. Lucia | 53.00 | -3.6% |
| 99th | Mauritius | 58.00 | 5.5% |
| 100th | Mongolia | 59.00 | -6.3% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 60.00 | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Brazil | 61.00 | 1.7% |
| 103rd | Honduras | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 104th | Kyrgyz Republic | 64.00 | -4.5% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 68.00 | -5.6% |
| 106th | Colombia | 72.00 | -1.4% |
| 107th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.00 | 19.7% |
| 108th | Bahamas, The | 74.00 | 4.2% |
| 109th | Libya | 75.00 | 1.4% |
| 110th | Peru | 75.00 | -5.1% |
| 111th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 75.00 | -1.3% |
| 112th | Bhutan | 79.00 | -8.1% |
| 113th | Tonga | 80.00 | -3.6% |
| 114th | Algeria | 81.00 | 0.0% |
| 115th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 82.00 | -6.8% |
| 116th | Paraguay | 84.00 | -16.0% |
| 117th | Palau | 85.00 | 1.2% |
| 118th | Nicaragua | 86.00 | -2.3% |
| 119th | Dominican Republic | 91.00 | 2.2% |
| 120th | Kiribati | 93.00 | -5.1% |
| 121st | Jamaica | 94.00 | 5.6% |
| 122nd | Iraq | 96.00 | -4.0% |
| 123rd | Samoa | 100.00 | -1.0% |
| 124th | Philippines | 110.00 | 0.0% |
| 125th | Vanuatu | 110.00 | 0.9% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 111.00 | -3.5% |
| 127th | Morocco | 113.00 | -6.6% |
| 128th | Suriname | 121.00 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Guyana | 128.00 | -3.8% |
| 130th | Yemen, Republic of | 135.00 | -1.5% |
| 131st | Solomon Islands | 147.00 | 0.7% |
| 132nd | India | 148.00 | -7.5% |
| 133rd | São Tomé and Principe | 150.00 | -5.1% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | 168.00 | 0.0% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 175.00 | -2.8% |
| 136th | South Africa | 180.00 | -7.2% |
| 137th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 181.00 | 0.6% |
| 138th | Cambodia | 182.00 | -7.6% |
| 139th | Mozambique | 196.00 | -10.1% |
| 140th | Marshall Islands | 201.00 | -2.9% |
| 141st | Kenya | 206.00 | -3.7% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | 208.00 | -5.5% |
| 143rd | Zambia | 213.00 | -16.8% |
| 144th | Lao PDR | 215.00 | -10.8% |
| 145th | Djibouti | 219.00 | -0.9% |
| 146th | Pakistan | 220.00 | -3.1% |
| 147th | Botswana | 221.00 | -23.3% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | 230.00 | -5.7% |
| 149th | Gabon | 235.00 | 35.8% |
| 150th | Equatorial Guinea | 236.00 | -3.7% |
| 151st | Myanmar | 237.00 | -2.5% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 243.00 | -5.4% |
| 153rd | Nauru | 247.00 | -3.1% |
| 154th | Nepal | 258.00 | -5.1% |
| 155th | Comoros | 260.00 | -5.1% |
| 156th | Angola | 267.00 | -4.0% |
| 157th | Uganda | 308.00 | 8.1% |
| 158th | Rwanda | 317.00 | -4.2% |
| 159th | Congo, Republic of | 320.00 | -14.4% |
| 160th | Sudan | 327.00 | -3.8% |
| 161st | Ghana | 338.00 | -3.7% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | 349.00 | -6.7% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | 361.00 | -4.0% |
| 164th | Haiti | 380.00 | -1.3% |
| 165th | Senegal | 385.00 | -4.9% |
| 166th | Namibia | 402.00 | -8.4% |
| 167th | Malawi | 410.00 | -8.3% |
| 168th | Eritrea | 443.00 | -3.3% |
| 169th | Cameroon | 469.00 | -6.2% |
| 170th | Tanzania | 479.00 | 6.9% |
| 171st | Madagascar | 481.00 | -1.2% |
| 172nd | Eswatini | 491.00 | -19.9% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 496.00 | 0.0% |
| 174th | Togo | 500.00 | -1.2% |
| 175th | Mali | 525.00 | -4.4% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 525.00 | -5.9% |
| 177th | Niger | 526.00 | -5.1% |
| 178th | Côte d'Ivoire | 544.00 | -3.9% |
| 179th | Burundi | 555.00 | -3.5% |
| 180th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 567.00 | -1.9% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 606.00 | -3.5% |
| 182nd | Benin | 607.00 | -1.8% |
| 183rd | Guinea | 682.00 | -3.0% |
| 184th | Guinea-Bissau | 707.00 | 0.4% |
| 185th | Liberia | 725.00 | -0.4% |
| 186th | South Sudan | 771.00 | 2.1% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 778.00 | -4.0% |
| 188th | Sierra Leone | 842.00 | -8.0% |
| 189th | Lesotho | 855.00 | -14.5% |
| 190th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 855.00 | -4.4% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 1,092.00 | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Nigeria | 1,146.00 | 2.0% |
| 193rd | Chad | 1,216.00 | -2.3% |
FAQ
What was Ghana's maternal mortality ratio in 2013?▾
Ghana's maternal mortality ratio in 2013 was 338.00. This ranked 161st globally.
How did Ghana's maternal mortality ratio change in 2013?▾
Ghana's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 3.7% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2013?▾
Chad had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2013 at 1,216.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Ghana in 2013?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Ghana in 2013 was 338.00. This ranked 161st globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Ghana's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Ghana's maternal mortality ratio went from 351.00 in 2012 to 338.00 in 2013, a 3.7% decrease.
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