Maternal Mortality Ratio - Ranking 2021
Year
In 2021, Belarus (2.00), Norway (2.00), and Poland (2.00) ranked highest in maternal mortality ratio among all countries. Central African Republic ranked lowest at 1,127.00.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Belarus | 2.00 | +0.0% |
| 2nd | Norway | 2.00 | +0.0% |
| 3rd | Poland | 2.00 | -33.3% |
| 4th | Israel | 3.00 | +0.0% |
| 5th | Australia | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 7th | Czechia | 4.00 | +33.3% |
| 8th | Germany | 4.00 | +0.0% |
| 9th | Spain | 4.00 | +0.0% |
| 10th | Japan | 4.00 | +0.0% |
| 11th | Iceland | 5.00 | -58.3% |
| 12th | Korea | 5.00 | -58.3% |
| 13th | Monaco | 5.00 | -79.2% |
| 14th | Netherlands | 5.00 | +25.0% |
| 15th | Sweden | 5.00 | +0.0% |
| 16th | United Arab Emirates | 6.00 | +0.0% |
| 17th | Austria | 6.00 | +0.0% |
| 18th | Ireland | 6.00 | +0.0% |
| 19th | Luxembourg | 6.00 | +0.0% |
| 20th | Turkmenistan | 6.00 | +20.0% |
| 21st | Belgium | 7.00 | +75.0% |
| 22nd | Italy | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 23rd | Qatar | 7.00 | +16.7% |
| 24th | Denmark | 8.00 | +100.0% |
| 25th | Estonia | 8.00 | +33.3% |
| 26th | Finland | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 27th | New Zealand | 8.00 | +0.0% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 8.00 | -33.3% |
| 29th | European Union | 8.00 | +14.3% |
| 30th | Bulgaria | 9.00 | +0.0% |
| 31st | France | 9.00 | +0.0% |
| 32nd | Greece | 9.00 | +28.6% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 9.00 | +12.5% |
| 34th | Bahrain | 10.00 | +42.9% |
| 35th | Malta | 10.00 | +0.0% |
| 36th | Croatia | 12.00 | +140.0% |
| 37th | North Macedonia | 12.00 | +71.4% |
| 38th | Saudi Arabia | 12.00 | +9.1% |
| 39th | Slovak Republic | 12.00 | +200.0% |
| 40th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.00 | +85.7% |
| 41st | United Kingdom | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 42nd | Albania | 14.00 | +100.0% |
| 43rd | Canada | 14.00 | -17.6% |
| 44th | Chile | 14.00 | +16.7% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 15.00 | +0.0% |
| 46th | Andorra | 18.00 | -62.5% |
| 47th | Portugal | 19.00 | +35.7% |
| 48th | Romania | 20.00 | +25.0% |
| 49th | Singapore | 20.00 | +53.8% |
| 50th | Türkiye | 20.00 | +5.3% |
| 51st | China | 21.00 | +5.0% |
| 52nd | Russian Federation | 21.00 | +10.5% |
| 53rd | Kazakhstan | 23.00 | +27.8% |
| 54th | Moldova | 24.00 | -17.2% |
| 55th | Tajikistan | 25.00 | +0.0% |
| 56th | Serbia | 26.00 | +62.5% |
| 57th | Ukraine | 26.00 | +44.4% |
| 58th | Uzbekistan | 28.00 | -3.4% |
| 59th | West Bank and Gaza | 29.00 | +45.0% |
| 60th | Hungary | 30.00 | +66.7% |
| 61st | Syrian Arab Republic | 30.00 | +30.4% |
| 62nd | United States | 31.00 | +40.9% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.00 | -8.6% |
| 64th | Sri Lanka | 34.00 | +47.8% |
| 65th | San Marino | 35.00 | -23.9% |
| 66th | Barbados | 38.00 | -2.6% |
| 67th | Thailand | 38.00 | +5.6% |
| 68th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.00 | +35.5% |
| 69th | Latvia | 42.00 | +100.0% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 44.00 | +12.8% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 44.00 | +29.4% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 49.00 | +145.0% |
| 73rd | Bhutan | 50.00 | -2.0% |
| 74th | Puerto Rico (US) | 50.00 | +354.5% |
| 75th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 51.00 | +50.0% |
| 76th | Grenada | 52.00 | +2.0% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 52.00 | +79.3% |
| 78th | Viet Nam | 52.00 | +2.0% |
| 79th | Lebanon | 54.00 | +100.0% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.00 | +54.3% |
| 81st | Azerbaijan | 55.00 | +161.9% |
| 82nd | Cabo Verde | 56.00 | +0.0% |
| 83rd | Armenia | 57.00 | +32.6% |
| 84th | El Salvador | 58.00 | +20.8% |
| 85th | Panama | 59.00 | -20.3% |
| 86th | Georgia | 60.00 | +100.0% |
| 87th | Maldives | 60.00 | +25.0% |
| 88th | Mongolia | 63.00 | +34.0% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 65.00 | +62.5% |
| 90th | Fiji | 68.00 | +100.0% |
| 91st | Kyrgyz Republic | 70.00 | +27.3% |
| 92nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 72.00 | +9.1% |
| 93rd | Oman | 74.00 | +131.3% |
| 94th | Seychelles | 74.00 | +45.1% |
| 95th | Kuwait | 75.00 | +127.3% |
| 96th | Argentina | 76.00 | +90.0% |
| 97th | Tonga | 76.00 | +2.7% |
| 98th | Iraq | 77.00 | +22.2% |
| 99th | Algeria | 79.00 | -18.6% |
| 100th | Jordan | 79.00 | +92.7% |
| 101st | Mauritius | 80.00 | +37.9% |
| 102nd | Honduras | 88.00 | +54.4% |
| 103rd | Morocco | 92.00 | +13.6% |
| 104th | Ecuador | 93.00 | +2.2% |
| 105th | St. Lucia | 94.00 | +118.6% |
| 106th | Cyprus | 98.00 | +12.6% |
| 107th | Libya | 98.00 | +38.0% |
| 108th | São Tomé and Principe | 98.00 | +6.5% |
| 109th | Mexico | 104.00 | +70.5% |
| 110th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 105.00 | +84.2% |
| 111th | Palau | 109.00 | -6.8% |
| 112th | Dominica | 110.00 | +134.0% |
| 113th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 111.00 | +38.8% |
| 114th | Samoa | 115.00 | +0.9% |
| 115th | Kiribati | 122.00 | +37.1% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | 124.00 | +42.5% |
| 117th | Vanuatu | 124.00 | +15.9% |
| 118th | Guatemala | 125.00 | +22.5% |
| 119th | Brazil | 128.00 | +50.6% |
| 120th | Lao PDR | 139.00 | +5.3% |
| 121st | Paraguay | 140.00 | +102.9% |
| 122nd | Zambia | 140.00 | +41.4% |
| 123rd | Peru | 141.00 | +88.0% |
| 124th | Suriname | 144.00 | +53.2% |
| 125th | Colombia | 147.00 | +56.4% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | 153.00 | +26.4% |
| 127th | Philippines | 153.00 | +73.9% |
| 128th | Solomon Islands | 153.00 | +16.8% |
| 129th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 155.00 | +3.3% |
| 130th | India | 155.00 | +53.5% |
| 131st | Yemen, Republic of | 156.00 | +15.6% |
| 132nd | Belize | 157.00 | +78.4% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 157.00 | -23.8% |
| 134th | Tanzania | 162.00 | +1.3% |
| 135th | Botswana | 165.00 | +68.4% |
| 136th | Cuba | 172.00 | +330.0% |
| 137th | Nepal | 173.00 | +13.1% |
| 138th | Bahamas, The | 174.00 | +107.1% |
| 139th | Mozambique | 180.00 | +46.3% |
| 140th | Kenya | 183.00 | -0.5% |
| 141st | Jamaica | 186.00 | +47.6% |
| 142nd | Guyana | 189.00 | +73.4% |
| 143rd | Cambodia | 189.00 | +15.2% |
| 144th | South Africa | 191.00 | +61.9% |
| 145th | Pakistan | 193.00 | +8.4% |
| 146th | Bangladesh | 194.00 | +27.6% |
| 147th | Equatorial Guinea | 202.00 | +3.1% |
| 148th | Marshall Islands | 206.00 | +15.7% |
| 149th | Angola | 211.00 | +8.2% |
| 150th | Comoros | 215.00 | +8.6% |
| 151st | Uganda | 216.00 | +3.3% |
| 152nd | Eswatini | 219.00 | +114.7% |
| 153rd | Djibouti | 221.00 | +15.1% |
| 154th | Papua New Guinea | 223.00 | +14.9% |
| 155th | Indonesia | 226.00 | +22.8% |
| 156th | Myanmar | 231.00 | +16.7% |
| 157th | Gabon | 249.00 | +28.4% |
| 158th | Namibia | 254.00 | +77.6% |
| 159th | Rwanda | 254.00 | +0.8% |
| 160th | Senegal | 263.00 | +4.4% |
| 161st | Timor-Leste | 263.00 | +2.3% |
| 162nd | Ghana | 264.00 | +4.3% |
| 163rd | Nauru | 266.00 | -13.9% |
| 164th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 270.00 | +23.9% |
| 165th | Malawi | 286.00 | +11.7% |
| 166th | Congo, Republic of | 301.00 | +21.9% |
| 167th | Sudan | 305.00 | +11.7% |
| 168th | Eritrea | 338.00 | +1.2% |
| 169th | Cameroon | 342.00 | +8.2% |
| 170th | Burkina Faso | 354.00 | +6.0% |
| 171st | Haiti | 385.00 | +11.3% |
| 172nd | Niger | 396.00 | +2.1% |
| 173rd | Togo | 397.00 | -0.3% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | 403.00 | -4.5% |
| 175th | Mali | 415.00 | +2.5% |
| 176th | Gambia, The | 420.00 | +5.0% |
| 177th | Mauritania | 425.00 | +2.9% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 446.00 | +17.4% |
| 179th | Burundi | 447.00 | +1.4% |
| 180th | Côte d'Ivoire | 459.00 | +2.7% |
| 181st | Madagascar | 467.00 | +4.5% |
| 182nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 507.00 | +3.7% |
| 183rd | Guinea | 533.00 | +0.9% |
| 184th | Lesotho | 577.00 | +9.1% |
| 185th | Benin | 584.00 | +1.0% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 617.00 | +2.3% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 660.00 | +4.1% |
| 188th | Liberia | 667.00 | +0.5% |
| 189th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 726.00 | +10.8% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 749.00 | +2.7% |
| 191st | Chad | 869.00 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | Nigeria | 1,046.00 | -1.8% |
| 193rd | Central African Republic | 1,127.00 | -13.0% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2021?▾
Belarus has the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2021 at 2.00.
Which country has the lowest maternal mortality ratio in 2021?▾
Central African Republic has the lowest maternal mortality ratio in 2021 at 1,127.00.
How many countries are ranked by maternal mortality ratio?▾
193 countries have maternal mortality ratio data for 2021.
What are the top 3 countries by maternal mortality ratio?▾
1. Belarus (2.00), 2. Norway (2.00), 3. Poland (2.00).