Malawi - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2002
404.00
−43.00 from 2001
Malawi's maternal mortality ratio was 404.00 in 2002, decreased +43.00 from 447.00 in 2001. This was the 154th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 5.00 | -28.6% |
| 3rd | Spain | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Norway | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Poland | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 6th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Australia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Austria | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Czechia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Germany | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Slovenia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Belgium | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 13th | Finland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Croatia | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Ireland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Iceland | 7.00 | 16.7% |
| 17th | Israel | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Slovak Republic | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 19th | Japan | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Switzerland | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 21st | Denmark | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | France | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Portugal | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | European Union | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 25th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 26th | Canada | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Italy | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Monaco | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | North Macedonia | 10.00 | 11.1% |
| 30th | Montenegro | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Kuwait | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | New Zealand | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 34th | Qatar | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 35th | United Kingdom | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Hungary | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Korea | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 38th | Malta | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 39th | Netherlands | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | United States | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Albania | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Andorra | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 14.00 | -12.5% |
| 44th | San Marino | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Serbia | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 46th | Bulgaria | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 47th | Belarus | 16.00 | -11.1% |
| 48th | Singapore | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Luxembourg | 17.00 | -10.5% |
| 50th | Oman | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 51st | Saudi Arabia | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.00 | -9.5% |
| 53rd | Turkmenistan | 20.00 | -9.1% |
| 54th | Lebanon | 21.00 | -4.5% |
| 55th | Estonia | 22.00 | -12.0% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 58th | Syrian Arab Republic | 26.00 | -10.3% |
| 59th | Ukraine | 28.00 | -6.7% |
| 60th | Latvia | 29.00 | -9.4% |
| 61st | Chile | 30.00 | -6.3% |
| 62nd | Türkiye | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 63rd | Moldova | 31.00 | -11.4% |
| 64th | Costa Rica | 34.00 | -2.9% |
| 65th | Malaysia | 34.00 | -5.6% |
| 66th | Armenia | 36.00 | -5.3% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 36.00 | 0.0% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 36.00 | -2.7% |
| 69th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 38.00 | -5.0% |
| 70th | Romania | 38.00 | -7.3% |
| 71st | Azerbaijan | 40.00 | -11.1% |
| 72nd | El Salvador | 40.00 | -11.1% |
| 73rd | Uzbekistan | 41.00 | -2.4% |
| 74th | Grenada | 42.00 | -6.7% |
| 75th | Mauritius | 42.00 | 0.0% |
| 76th | Barbados | 43.00 | -6.5% |
| 77th | Thailand | 44.00 | -6.4% |
| 78th | Cuba | 45.00 | -2.2% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 45.00 | 4.7% |
| 80th | Bahamas, The | 46.00 | -4.2% |
| 81st | Brunei Darussalam | 46.00 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Georgia | 46.00 | 2.2% |
| 83rd | Russian Federation | 47.00 | -2.1% |
| 84th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 48.00 | -4.0% |
| 85th | Fiji | 48.00 | 4.3% |
| 86th | Kazakhstan | 48.00 | -9.4% |
| 87th | Tajikistan | 48.00 | -17.2% |
| 88th | China | 50.00 | -3.8% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 53.00 | -3.6% |
| 90th | Mexico | 55.00 | 0.0% |
| 91st | Dominica | 56.00 | -3.4% |
| 92nd | Jordan | 58.00 | -3.3% |
| 93rd | West Bank and Gaza | 58.00 | -3.3% |
| 94th | Argentina | 59.00 | -1.7% |
| 95th | Panama | 59.00 | -4.8% |
| 96th | St. Lucia | 62.00 | -11.4% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 98th | Brazil | 66.00 | 0.0% |
| 99th | Belize | 68.00 | -10.5% |
| 100th | Dominican Republic | 68.00 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Libya | 69.00 | -2.8% |
| 102nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.00 | -4.2% |
| 103rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 74.00 | 2.8% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 74.00 | -5.1% |
| 105th | Honduras | 75.00 | -3.8% |
| 106th | Maldives | 76.00 | -6.2% |
| 107th | Jamaica | 81.00 | -1.2% |
| 108th | Samoa | 89.00 | -4.3% |
| 109th | Colombia | 91.00 | -3.2% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | 92.00 | -8.9% |
| 111th | Tonga | 98.00 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Algeria | 102.00 | -9.7% |
| 113th | Peru | 106.00 | -2.8% |
| 114th | Ecuador | 109.00 | -6.0% |
| 115th | Kiribati | 109.00 | -3.5% |
| 116th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 115.00 | -12.2% |
| 117th | Palau | 117.00 | -0.8% |
| 118th | Mongolia | 120.00 | -7.7% |
| 119th | Philippines | 126.00 | -4.5% |
| 120th | Iraq | 128.00 | -6.6% |
| 121st | Vanuatu | 128.00 | -3.0% |
| 122nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 131.00 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Botswana | 140.00 | 1.4% |
| 124th | Gabon | 151.00 | -5.6% |
| 125th | Guatemala | 153.00 | -5.6% |
| 126th | Guyana | 164.00 | 0.6% |
| 127th | Solomon Islands | 168.00 | 0.6% |
| 128th | Nicaragua | 170.00 | -12.4% |
| 129th | São Tomé and Principe | 179.00 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Kenya | 182.00 | -3.2% |
| 131st | Paraguay | 206.00 | -0.5% |
| 132nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 214.00 | 9.2% |
| 133rd | Yemen, Republic of | 218.00 | -5.6% |
| 134th | Marshall Islands | 223.00 | -3.5% |
| 135th | South Africa | 225.00 | 17.2% |
| 136th | Tuvalu | 234.00 | -0.4% |
| 137th | Morocco | 238.00 | -6.3% |
| 138th | Suriname | 253.00 | -6.3% |
| 139th | Bhutan | 257.00 | -10.1% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 262.00 | -5.1% |
| 141st | Zambia | 274.00 | -10.5% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | 283.00 | -5.7% |
| 143rd | Namibia | 313.00 | -16.8% |
| 144th | Nauru | 321.00 | 7.4% |
| 145th | Papua New Guinea | 329.00 | 1.2% |
| 146th | India | 330.00 | -5.4% |
| 147th | Eswatini | 331.00 | 7.8% |
| 148th | Myanmar | 347.00 | -3.9% |
| 149th | Equatorial Guinea | 364.00 | -6.2% |
| 150th | Pakistan | 380.00 | -5.0% |
| 151st | Mozambique | 398.00 | -15.9% |
| 152nd | Cambodia | 399.00 | -8.7% |
| 153rd | Djibouti | 404.00 | -8.4% |
| 154th | Malawi | 404.00 | -9.6% |
| 155th | Haiti | 410.00 | -4.2% |
| 156th | Nepal | 414.00 | -6.5% |
| 157th | Uganda | 416.00 | -5.5% |
| 158th | Zimbabwe | 418.00 | -10.5% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | 427.00 | 5.4% |
| 160th | Comoros | 428.00 | -2.7% |
| 161st | Ghana | 434.00 | -5.7% |
| 162nd | Togo | 447.00 | -6.5% |
| 163rd | Tanzania | 454.00 | -7.9% |
| 164th | Congo, Republic of | 464.00 | -5.1% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | 465.00 | -6.1% |
| 166th | Lesotho | 484.00 | 4.1% |
| 167th | Burkina Faso | 508.00 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Senegal | 531.00 | -5.2% |
| 169th | Benin | 534.00 | 0.4% |
| 170th | Lao PDR | 550.00 | -4.2% |
| 171st | Sudan | 588.00 | -4.5% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | 590.00 | -4.2% |
| 173rd | Madagascar | 593.00 | -2.9% |
| 174th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 601.00 | 2.2% |
| 175th | Angola | 602.00 | -4.3% |
| 176th | Eritrea | 636.00 | -2.3% |
| 177th | Mali | 649.00 | -6.5% |
| 178th | Cameroon | 658.00 | -2.1% |
| 179th | Rwanda | 677.00 | -12.0% |
| 180th | Liberia | 700.00 | -2.8% |
| 181st | Timor-Leste | 724.00 | -4.9% |
| 182nd | Burundi | 743.00 | -7.0% |
| 183rd | Gambia, The | 772.00 | -2.8% |
| 184th | Niger | 835.00 | -0.9% |
| 185th | Guinea | 916.00 | -3.2% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 1,117.00 | -1.2% |
| 187th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,121.00 | -0.7% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | 1,141.00 | -6.6% |
| 189th | Chad | 1,199.00 | -0.4% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 1,263.00 | -3.7% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | 1,492.00 | -1.7% |
| 192nd | Central African Republic | 1,496.00 | -0.5% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 1,521.00 | -3.7% |
FAQ
What was Malawi's maternal mortality ratio in 2002?▾
Malawi's maternal mortality ratio in 2002 was 404.00. This ranked 154th globally.
How did Malawi's maternal mortality ratio change in 2002?▾
Malawi's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 9.6% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2002?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2002 at 1,521.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Malawi in 2002?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Malawi in 2002 was 404.00. This ranked 154th globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Malawi's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Malawi's maternal mortality ratio went from 447.00 in 2001 to 404.00 in 2002, a 9.6% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Malawi matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2002. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.4%. View full analysis →
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