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Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births · World Bank

68.80 +1.80 from 2024 Global rank: 83rd

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's maternal mortality ratio was 68.80 in 2025. This was the 83rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Maternal Mortality Ratio by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Nigeria	944.20	-4.9%
2nd	South Sudan	671.40	-3.0%
3rd	Chad	636.60	-14.9%
4th	Liberia	595.60	-5.2%
5th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	556.80	-1.1%
6th	Benin	504.20	-2.7%
7th	Afghanistan	496.20	-4.8%
8th	Lesotho	493.60	3.3%
9th	Guinea-Bissau	472.40	-6.5%
10th	Guinea	466.20	-5.6%
11th	Madagascar	435.20	-2.2%
12th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	408.40	-4.4%
13th	Burundi	371.00	-5.4%
14th	Mauritania	360.00	-5.5%
15th	Zimbabwe	359.20	0.3%
16th	Côte d'Ivoire	349.40	-2.7%
17th	Mali	348.00	-5.2%
18th	Niger	324.60	-7.3%
19th	Gambia, The	323.80	-8.5%
20th	Haiti	323.80	-1.3%
21st	Togo	316.40	-9.3%
22nd	Nauru	294.40	7.8%
23rd	Sierra Leone	293.80	-17.0%
24th	Burkina Faso	271.20	12.1%
25th	Gabon	266.20	14.2%
26th	Sudan	263.00	2.7%
27th	Eritrea	261.80	-10.0%
28th	Congo, Republic of	249.40	3.5%
29th	Cameroon	227.20	-11.9%
30th	Ghana	223.60	-4.4%
31st	Malawi	218.40	-2.9%
32nd	Rwanda	213.20	-6.9%
33rd	Senegal	204.40	-13.8%
34th	Tuvalu	199.20	17.2%
35th	Tanzania	192.40	-30.3%
36th	Timor-Leste	192.00	0.0%
37th	Myanmar	190.40	2.9%
38th	Papua New Guinea	188.80	-0.1%
39th	Botswana	180.40	16.4%
40th	Angola	176.00	-3.8%
41st	Central African Republic	172.80	-75.0%
42nd	Comoros	172.80	-3.5%
43rd	Equatorial Guinea	166.20	-4.5%
44th	Marshall Islands	164.20	5.9%
45th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	161.20	10.4%
46th	Djibouti	155.80	-3.8%
47th	Jamaica	152.80	17.5%
48th	Eswatini	151.00	28.0%
49th	Uganda	150.40	-11.5%
50th	Pakistan	150.20	-3.1%
51st	Cambodia	148.00	8.0%
52nd	Indonesia	140.60	0.4%
53rd	South Africa	138.60	17.5%
54th	Kenya	136.20	-8.6%
55th	Dominican Republic	134.00	8.1%
56th	Namibia	132.40	-4.7%
57th	Nepal	127.40	-10.3%
58th	Micronesia, Federated States of	124.00	-3.9%
59th	Solomon Islands	122.00	-0.8%
60th	Yemen, Republic of	118.60	0.5%
61st	Belize	110.20	64.5%
62nd	Palau	109.60	23.1%
63rd	Bangladesh	107.80	-6.3%
64th	Vanuatu	103.40	3.4%
65th	Lao PDR	103.20	-7.9%
66th	Samoa	100.60	-0.4%
67th	Brazil	99.00	47.8%
68th	Philippines	97.00	15.5%
69th	St. Kitts and Nevis	95.20	28.6%
70th	Guatemala	93.20	-0.9%
71st	Bahamas, The	92.80	22.1%
72nd	Mozambique	92.40	-6.7%
73rd	Suriname	88.60	5.5%
74th	Kiribati	84.80	6.0%
75th	Zambia	84.80	-0.2%
76th	India	84.20	5.3%
77th	Paraguay	84.20	45.2%
78th	Thailand	81.20	138.8%
79th	Peru	76.80	50.6%
80th	Guyana	76.60	2.1%
81st	Colombia	74.40	26.1%
82nd	Seychelles	71.20	69.5%
83rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	68.80	2.7%
84th	São Tomé and Principe	68.40	-8.8%
85th	Morocco	67.40	-3.7%
86th	Brunei Darussalam	67.00	86.1%
87th	Mauritius	66.80	1.2%
88th	Tonga	66.80	-0.3%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.40	15.0%
90th	Nicaragua	62.60	4.3%
91st	Cuba	62.00	77.1%
92nd	Libya	61.40	4.1%
93rd	Iraq	59.80	-9.4%
94th	Ecuador	59.60	8.4%
95th	St. Lucia	57.20	30.0%
96th	Algeria	53.00	-14.5%
97th	Mexico	51.80	23.3%
98th	Honduras	51.40	9.4%
99th	Dominica	50.40	40.0%
100th	Grenada	49.40	2.9%
101st	Viet Nam	46.40	-3.3%
102nd	Bhutan	45.00	-4.3%
103rd	Puerto Rico (US)	44.00	300.0%
104th	Trinidad and Tobago	44.00	-18.5%
105th	Kyrgyz Republic	43.20	2.9%
106th	Argentina	42.00	27.3%
107th	Mongolia	41.80	2.0%
108th	Tunisia	41.60	15.6%
109th	Cabo Verde	40.60	1.5%
110th	El Salvador	40.40	3.6%
111th	Cyprus	40.20	187.1%
112th	Jordan	38.60	24.5%
113th	Antigua and Barbuda	36.80	5.1%
114th	Malaysia	36.60	40.8%
115th	Barbados	36.00	2.9%
116th	Fiji	35.60	18.7%
117th	Panama	33.40	-9.7%
118th	Azerbaijan	31.40	74.4%
119th	Maldives	31.40	-1.9%
120th	Latvia	27.40	44.2%
121st	Costa Rica	26.60	10.8%
122nd	Georgia	26.00	30.0%
123rd	Uzbekistan	24.60	-5.4%
124th	Armenia	24.20	27.4%
125th	Singapore	23.60	293.3%
126th	Uruguay	23.20	54.7%
127th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.20	30.6%
128th	Sri Lanka	21.40	18.9%
129th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21.20	32.5%
130th	Oman	20.80	60.0%
131st	Lebanon	20.40	36.0%
132nd	United States	20.00	17.6%
133rd	Syrian Arab Republic	19.60	-2.0%
134th	Türkiye	17.60	17.3%
135th	West Bank and Gaza	17.20	7.5%
136th	Kuwait	17.00	112.5%
137th	Moldova	16.80	-11.6%
138th	Portugal	16.60	10.7%
139th	Ukraine	16.60	10.7%
140th	New Zealand	16.00	128.6%
141st	Hungary	15.00	25.0%
142nd	San Marino	14.80	85.0%
143rd	China	14.40	-10.0%
144th	Serbia	14.20	29.1%
145th	Canada	13.20	10.0%
146th	Kazakhstan	12.80	28.0%
147th	Tajikistan	12.80	-8.6%
148th	Romania	12.20	1.7%
149th	United Kingdom	11.40	42.5%
150th	Chile	11.00	10.0%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.80	80.0%
152nd	Bahrain	10.40	-38.8%
153rd	Montenegro	10.20	70.0%
154th	Russian Federation	10.00	11.1%
155th	Malta	9.20	15.0%
156th	Albania	9.00	28.6%
157th	Belgium	8.80	120.0%
158th	Slovenia	8.80	193.3%
159th	Andorra	8.60	-21.8%
160th	Bulgaria	8.40	40.0%
161st	Greece	8.40	68.0%
162nd	Lithuania	8.20	2.5%
163rd	Finland	7.80	-2.5%
164th	Saudi Arabia	7.80	11.4%
165th	France	7.60	8.6%
166th	Italy	7.60	26.7%
167th	Luxembourg	7.40	-32.7%
168th	Austria	6.00	0.0%
169th	Denmark	6.00	50.0%
170th	Estonia	6.00	20.0%
171st	Qatar	6.00	50.0%
172nd	European Union	5.80	16.0%
173rd	Ireland	5.80	45.0%
174th	Croatia	5.60	86.7%
175th	Slovak Republic	5.60	40.0%
176th	Turkmenistan	5.20	4.0%
177th	Sweden	4.60	15.0%
178th	Germany	4.00	0.0%
179th	North Macedonia	4.00	33.3%
180th	Korea	3.80	-5.0%
181st	Switzerland	3.60	-28.0%
182nd	Spain	3.60	20.0%
183rd	Netherlands	3.60	-10.0%
184th	Czechia	3.20	6.7%
185th	Japan	3.00	0.0%
186th	United Arab Emirates	2.40	-20.0%
187th	Iceland	2.20	-26.7%
188th	Israel	2.00	0.0%
189th	Poland	1.80	-10.0%
190th	Norway	1.60	60.0%
191st	Australia	1.20	-40.0%
192nd	Belarus	1.00	0.0%
193rd	Monaco	0.60	-88.0%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's maternal mortality ratio in 2025?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's maternal mortality ratio in 2025 was 68.80. This ranked 83rd globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's maternal mortality ratio change in 2025?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's maternal mortality ratio increased by 2.7% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2025?▾

Nigeria had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2025 at 944.20.

What is the maternal mortality ratio of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2025?▾

The maternal mortality ratio of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2025 was 68.80. This ranked 83rd globally.

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