Papua New Guinea - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2012
257.00
−14.00 from 2011
Papua New Guinea's maternal mortality ratio was 257.00 in 2012, decreased +14.00 from 271.00 in 2011. This was the 152nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Belarus | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Poland | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Israel | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Norway | 3.00 | -25.0% |
| 5th | United Arab Emirates | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Czechia | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Spain | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Greece | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Iceland | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Belgium | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 11th | Germany | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Croatia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Monaco | 5.00 | -54.5% |
| 14th | North Macedonia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Slovak Republic | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Australia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Austria | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Denmark | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Ireland | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Japan | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Netherlands | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 23rd | Slovenia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Bulgaria | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 25th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Switzerland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Montenegro | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Qatar | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Turkmenistan | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 30th | European Union | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Estonia | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 32nd | Finland | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 33rd | Italy | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Korea | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Kuwait | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | San Marino | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | France | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | United Kingdom | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 39th | Malta | 9.00 | -18.2% |
| 40th | New Zealand | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 41st | Saudi Arabia | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 42nd | Albania | 10.00 | 11.1% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Portugal | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 46th | Singapore | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Andorra | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Canada | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Hungary | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 50th | Luxembourg | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 51st | Serbia | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Lebanon | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 53rd | Oman | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 55th | United States | 16.00 | 6.7% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 57th | Kazakhstan | 17.00 | -10.5% |
| 58th | Puerto Rico (US) | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Chile | 18.00 | -10.0% |
| 60th | Russian Federation | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 61st | Moldova | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Romania | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 20.00 | -9.1% |
| 64th | Ukraine | 20.00 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 21.00 | -8.7% |
| 66th | Syrian Arab Republic | 22.00 | 4.8% |
| 67th | Tajikistan | 23.00 | -8.0% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 69th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 70th | Armenia | 27.00 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 72nd | Azerbaijan | 28.00 | 3.7% |
| 73rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 29.00 | -6.5% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 29.00 | 0.0% |
| 75th | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 76th | China | 32.00 | -3.0% |
| 77th | Uzbekistan | 33.00 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Georgia | 35.00 | -5.4% |
| 79th | West Bank and Gaza | 36.00 | -7.7% |
| 80th | El Salvador | 36.00 | 2.9% |
| 81st | Thailand | 36.00 | -2.7% |
| 82nd | Belize | 40.00 | 2.6% |
| 83rd | Barbados | 40.00 | -2.4% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Cuba | 42.00 | -4.5% |
| 86th | Fiji | 42.00 | 7.7% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 43.00 | -2.3% |
| 88th | Grenada | 44.00 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Mexico | 46.00 | -2.1% |
| 90th | Jordan | 47.00 | 0.0% |
| 91st | Maldives | 47.00 | -2.1% |
| 92nd | Argentina | 49.00 | 2.1% |
| 93rd | Seychelles | 49.00 | -2.0% |
| 94th | Cabo Verde | 51.00 | -7.3% |
| 95th | Dominica | 51.00 | 4.1% |
| 96th | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.00 | -3.8% |
| 97th | Panama | 53.00 | -3.6% |
| 98th | St. Lucia | 55.00 | -1.8% |
| 99th | Mauritius | 55.00 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Brazil | 60.00 | -3.2% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 60.00 | -1.6% |
| 102nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.00 | 3.4% |
| 103rd | Mongolia | 63.00 | -6.0% |
| 104th | Honduras | 64.00 | -5.9% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | 67.00 | -4.3% |
| 106th | Bahamas, The | 71.00 | -4.1% |
| 107th | Ecuador | 72.00 | -6.5% |
| 108th | Colombia | 73.00 | -2.7% |
| 109th | Libya | 74.00 | -8.6% |
| 110th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 76.00 | 0.0% |
| 111th | Peru | 79.00 | -4.8% |
| 112th | Algeria | 81.00 | 0.0% |
| 113th | Tonga | 83.00 | -1.2% |
| 114th | Palau | 84.00 | 1.2% |
| 115th | Bhutan | 86.00 | -10.4% |
| 116th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 88.00 | -2.2% |
| 117th | Nicaragua | 88.00 | -5.4% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 89.00 | -2.2% |
| 119th | Jamaica | 89.00 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Kiribati | 98.00 | 0.0% |
| 121st | Iraq | 100.00 | -4.8% |
| 122nd | Paraguay | 100.00 | -16.7% |
| 123rd | Samoa | 101.00 | 8.6% |
| 124th | Vanuatu | 109.00 | -2.7% |
| 125th | Philippines | 110.00 | -4.3% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 115.00 | -4.2% |
| 127th | Morocco | 121.00 | -6.9% |
| 128th | Suriname | 122.00 | -3.2% |
| 129th | Guyana | 133.00 | -1.5% |
| 130th | Yemen, Republic of | 137.00 | -2.1% |
| 131st | Solomon Islands | 146.00 | -0.7% |
| 132nd | São Tomé and Principe | 158.00 | -3.7% |
| 133rd | India | 160.00 | -7.5% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | 168.00 | -0.6% |
| 135th | Gabon | 173.00 | 16.1% |
| 136th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 180.00 | -3.7% |
| 137th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 180.00 | -0.6% |
| 138th | South Africa | 194.00 | -4.0% |
| 139th | Cambodia | 197.00 | -7.9% |
| 140th | Marshall Islands | 207.00 | -1.0% |
| 141st | Kenya | 214.00 | 2.4% |
| 142nd | Mozambique | 218.00 | -18.7% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | 220.00 | -4.3% |
| 144th | Djibouti | 221.00 | -3.5% |
| 145th | Pakistan | 227.00 | -3.0% |
| 146th | Lao PDR | 241.00 | -9.7% |
| 147th | Myanmar | 243.00 | -2.4% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | 244.00 | -5.4% |
| 149th | Equatorial Guinea | 245.00 | -3.5% |
| 150th | Nauru | 255.00 | -1.9% |
| 151st | Zambia | 256.00 | -12.0% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 257.00 | -5.2% |
| 153rd | Nepal | 272.00 | -4.9% |
| 154th | Comoros | 274.00 | -5.8% |
| 155th | Angola | 278.00 | -7.6% |
| 156th | Uganda | 285.00 | -3.4% |
| 157th | Botswana | 288.00 | 7.1% |
| 158th | Rwanda | 331.00 | -7.5% |
| 159th | Sudan | 340.00 | -4.8% |
| 160th | Ghana | 351.00 | -1.4% |
| 161st | Congo, Republic of | 374.00 | -1.1% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | 374.00 | -7.4% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | 376.00 | -3.1% |
| 164th | Haiti | 385.00 | -5.9% |
| 165th | Senegal | 405.00 | -2.4% |
| 166th | Namibia | 439.00 | -11.8% |
| 167th | Malawi | 447.00 | -8.0% |
| 168th | Tanzania | 448.00 | -5.7% |
| 169th | Eritrea | 458.00 | -4.2% |
| 170th | Madagascar | 487.00 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 496.00 | 0.4% |
| 172nd | Cameroon | 500.00 | -7.6% |
| 173rd | Togo | 506.00 | 1.0% |
| 174th | Mali | 549.00 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Niger | 554.00 | -5.3% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 558.00 | -1.1% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 566.00 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Burundi | 575.00 | -3.7% |
| 179th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 578.00 | -1.9% |
| 180th | Eswatini | 613.00 | -19.9% |
| 181st | Benin | 618.00 | 0.8% |
| 182nd | Gambia, The | 628.00 | -0.9% |
| 183rd | Guinea | 703.00 | -3.4% |
| 184th | Guinea-Bissau | 704.00 | 3.8% |
| 185th | Liberia | 728.00 | 0.3% |
| 186th | South Sudan | 755.00 | -1.9% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 810.00 | -3.3% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 894.00 | -8.0% |
| 189th | Sierra Leone | 915.00 | -5.4% |
| 190th | Lesotho | 1,000.00 | -17.4% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 1,092.00 | -3.4% |
| 192nd | Nigeria | 1,124.00 | 1.4% |
| 193rd | Chad | 1,245.00 | -1.5% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's maternal mortality ratio in 2012?▾
Papua New Guinea's maternal mortality ratio in 2012 was 257.00. This ranked 152nd globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's maternal mortality ratio change in 2012?▾
Papua New Guinea's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 5.2% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2012?▾
Chad had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2012 at 1,245.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2012?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2012 was 257.00. This ranked 152nd globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Papua New Guinea's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's maternal mortality ratio went from 271.00 in 2011 to 257.00 in 2012, a 5.2% decrease.
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