New Zealand - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1989
18.00
−1.00 from 1988
New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio was 18.00 in 1989, decreased +1.00 from 19.00 in 1988. This was the 32nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1989▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Kingdom | 5.00 | 25.0% |
| 2nd | Spain | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Greece | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Canada | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 5th | Finland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Australia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Croatia | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 9th | Norway | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Sweden | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Ireland | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 12th | Kuwait | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Montenegro | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Austria | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 15th | Germany | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 16th | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | San Marino | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | United States | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Denmark | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Switzerland | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 21st | Iceland | 14.00 | 27.3% |
| 22nd | North Macedonia | 14.00 | -12.5% |
| 23rd | Qatar | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 24th | Serbia | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Czechia | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 26th | Japan | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 27th | Slovenia | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 29th | Monaco | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Malta | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Slovak Republic | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 33rd | Poland | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Portugal | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Singapore | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | France | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Italy | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 39th | Andorra | 20.00 | 11.1% |
| 40th | Luxembourg | 21.00 | -12.5% |
| 41st | Bulgaria | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 25.00 | 4.2% |
| 43rd | European Union | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.00 | -10.3% |
| 45th | Korea | 29.00 | -6.5% |
| 46th | Israel | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 47th | Albania | 31.00 | -3.1% |
| 48th | Lithuania | 31.00 | 10.7% |
| 49th | Oman | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 51st | Belarus | 33.00 | 3.1% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 34.00 | 13.3% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 54th | Georgia | 36.00 | 9.1% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 36.00 | -7.7% |
| 56th | Costa Rica | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.00 | 7.9% |
| 58th | Syrian Arab Republic | 41.00 | -6.8% |
| 59th | Ukraine | 42.00 | -4.5% |
| 60th | Azerbaijan | 43.00 | -4.4% |
| 61st | Türkiye | 44.00 | -6.4% |
| 62nd | Armenia | 46.00 | -16.4% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 46.00 | 9.5% |
| 64th | Estonia | 48.00 | 11.6% |
| 65th | Lebanon | 49.00 | -24.6% |
| 66th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 49.00 | -10.9% |
| 67th | Jamaica | 50.00 | 4.2% |
| 68th | Moldova | 52.00 | -1.9% |
| 69th | Malaysia | 52.00 | -5.5% |
| 70th | Uzbekistan | 53.00 | -8.6% |
| 71st | Barbados | 57.00 | 3.6% |
| 72nd | Sri Lanka | 61.00 | -1.6% |
| 73rd | Russian Federation | 61.00 | -3.2% |
| 74th | Seychelles | 61.00 | 1.7% |
| 75th | Chile | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 76th | Grenada | 64.00 | 4.9% |
| 77th | Kazakhstan | 64.00 | -1.5% |
| 78th | Thailand | 64.00 | -4.5% |
| 79th | Bahamas, The | 65.00 | -1.5% |
| 80th | Turkmenistan | 65.00 | -5.8% |
| 81st | Cuba | 66.00 | -2.9% |
| 82nd | St. Lucia | 66.00 | -7.0% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 68.00 | -2.9% |
| 84th | Dominica | 69.00 | 1.5% |
| 85th | Fiji | 70.00 | -1.4% |
| 86th | Libya | 70.00 | -5.4% |
| 87th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.00 | 4.5% |
| 88th | Brunei Darussalam | 71.00 | -2.7% |
| 89th | Kyrgyz Republic | 71.00 | -2.7% |
| 90th | Jordan | 79.00 | -3.7% |
| 91st | Belize | 80.00 | -2.4% |
| 92nd | West Bank and Gaza | 82.00 | -3.5% |
| 93rd | Mexico | 85.00 | -3.4% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 85.00 | -8.6% |
| 95th | Tajikistan | 85.00 | 2.4% |
| 96th | Trinidad and Tobago | 86.00 | -1.1% |
| 97th | Tunisia | 87.00 | -9.4% |
| 98th | Palau | 93.00 | -3.1% |
| 99th | Panama | 96.00 | 3.2% |
| 100th | China | 104.00 | -3.7% |
| 101st | Colombia | 106.00 | -6.2% |
| 102nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 113.00 | -10.3% |
| 103rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 114.00 | -5.8% |
| 104th | Samoa | 136.00 | -4.9% |
| 105th | Tonga | 139.00 | -4.1% |
| 106th | Romania | 143.00 | -10.1% |
| 107th | Brazil | 150.00 | -6.8% |
| 108th | Viet Nam | 152.00 | -1.9% |
| 109th | El Salvador | 155.00 | -10.4% |
| 110th | Vanuatu | 162.00 | -5.8% |
| 111th | Ecuador | 166.00 | 0.0% |
| 112th | São Tomé and Principe | 167.00 | 6.4% |
| 113th | Honduras | 169.00 | -4.5% |
| 114th | Philippines | 177.00 | -3.8% |
| 115th | South Africa | 177.00 | -3.8% |
| 116th | Solomon Islands | 188.00 | -2.6% |
| 117th | Iraq | 190.00 | 9.2% |
| 118th | Peru | 190.00 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Nauru | 198.00 | -2.0% |
| 120th | Paraguay | 209.00 | -5.0% |
| 121st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 211.00 | -3.7% |
| 122nd | Kiribati | 212.00 | -3.6% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 213.00 | -3.6% |
| 124th | Algeria | 215.00 | -5.3% |
| 125th | Guyana | 227.00 | -1.3% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 271.00 | -0.7% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | 286.00 | -5.0% |
| 128th | Tuvalu | 296.00 | -1.3% |
| 129th | Marshall Islands | 299.00 | 8.3% |
| 130th | Botswana | 300.00 | -6.0% |
| 131st | Namibia | 306.00 | -10.5% |
| 132nd | Mongolia | 311.00 | -7.2% |
| 133rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 316.00 | 2.6% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 322.00 | -6.9% |
| 135th | Suriname | 360.00 | -1.1% |
| 136th | Gabon | 366.00 | -0.3% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | 369.00 | -2.1% |
| 138th | Yemen, Republic of | 371.00 | -4.4% |
| 139th | Maldives | 381.00 | -10.1% |
| 140th | Zimbabwe | 382.00 | -11.4% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 402.00 | -6.7% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 430.00 | -5.9% |
| 143rd | Pakistan | 439.00 | -0.5% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 505.00 | 2.2% |
| 145th | Congo, Republic of | 506.00 | -0.8% |
| 146th | India | 538.00 | -4.3% |
| 147th | Morocco | 559.00 | -7.1% |
| 148th | Cameroon | 564.00 | 0.9% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 603.00 | -2.1% |
| 150th | Uganda | 609.00 | -7.0% |
| 151st | Zambia | 635.00 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Togo | 644.00 | 2.5% |
| 153rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 645.00 | -3.9% |
| 154th | Senegal | 662.00 | -6.6% |
| 155th | Kenya | 663.00 | -12.3% |
| 156th | Lesotho | 680.00 | 0.0% |
| 157th | Madagascar | 684.00 | -0.4% |
| 158th | Equatorial Guinea | 688.00 | 1.9% |
| 159th | Cambodia | 702.00 | -5.4% |
| 160th | Benin | 732.00 | -4.3% |
| 161st | Djibouti | 746.00 | -2.9% |
| 162nd | Bhutan | 747.00 | -6.4% |
| 163rd | Comoros | 768.00 | -2.9% |
| 164th | Burkina Faso | 787.00 | -2.4% |
| 165th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 791.00 | -4.0% |
| 166th | Ghana | 799.00 | -4.2% |
| 167th | Central African Republic | 835.00 | 2.5% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | 856.00 | -4.7% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | 877.00 | -0.5% |
| 170th | Sudan | 881.00 | 0.5% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 883.00 | -0.5% |
| 172nd | Angola | 884.00 | -1.2% |
| 173rd | Haiti | 900.00 | -3.1% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 927.00 | -2.3% |
| 175th | Nepal | 973.00 | -6.3% |
| 176th | Niger | 1,010.00 | -2.9% |
| 177th | Chad | 1,083.00 | -0.9% |
| 178th | Mali | 1,106.00 | -2.0% |
| 179th | Malawi | 1,136.00 | -1.6% |
| 180th | Guinea | 1,188.00 | -1.2% |
| 181st | Mozambique | 1,209.00 | -4.0% |
| 182nd | Rwanda | 1,238.00 | 4.2% |
| 183rd | Gambia, The | 1,258.00 | -3.4% |
| 184th | Nigeria | 1,304.00 | -2.1% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,395.00 | -2.0% |
| 186th | Eritrea | 1,473.00 | -1.7% |
| 187th | Burundi | 1,511.00 | -0.5% |
| 188th | Timor-Leste | 1,511.00 | -13.3% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 1,520.00 | -3.3% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 1,575.00 | 1.7% |
| 191st | Liberia | 1,633.00 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | 1,698.00 | -3.5% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 5,103.00 | -7.8% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio in 1989?▾
New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio in 1989 was 18.00. This ranked 32nd globally.
How did New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio change in 1989?▾
New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 5.3% in 1989 compared to 1988.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1989?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1989 at 5,103.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of New Zealand in 1989?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of New Zealand in 1989 was 18.00. This ranked 32nd globally.
How does 1989 compare to 1988 for New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio?▾
New Zealand's maternal mortality ratio went from 19.00 in 1988 to 18.00 in 1989, a 5.3% decrease.
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