São Tomé and Principe - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2023
75.00
−7.00 from 2022
São Tomé and Principe's maternal mortality ratio was 75.00 in 2023, decreased +7.00 from 82.00 in 2022. This was the 120th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Belarus | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Norway | 1.00 | -66.7% |
| 3rd | Australia | 2.00 | -50.0% |
| 4th | Israel | 2.00 | -33.3% |
| 5th | Poland | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | United Arab Emirates | 3.00 | 50.0% |
| 7th | Czechia | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Spain | 3.00 | -25.0% |
| 9th | Croatia | 3.00 | -50.0% |
| 10th | Iceland | 3.00 | -40.0% |
| 11th | Japan | 3.00 | -40.0% |
| 12th | North Macedonia | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Slovenia | 3.00 | -80.0% |
| 14th | Belgium | 4.00 | -63.6% |
| 15th | Germany | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Denmark | 4.00 | -33.3% |
| 17th | Ireland | 4.00 | -42.9% |
| 18th | Korea | 4.00 | -42.9% |
| 19th | Netherlands | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Qatar | 4.00 | -50.0% |
| 21st | Slovak Republic | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 22nd | Sweden | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 23rd | Switzerland | 5.00 | 25.0% |
| 24th | Estonia | 5.00 | -28.6% |
| 25th | Greece | 5.00 | -50.0% |
| 26th | Monaco | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Turkmenistan | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | European Union | 5.00 | -28.6% |
| 29th | Austria | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 30th | Bulgaria | 6.00 | -40.0% |
| 31st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.00 | -50.0% |
| 32nd | Italy | 6.00 | -40.0% |
| 33rd | Montenegro | 6.00 | -53.8% |
| 34th | Singapore | 6.00 | -82.4% |
| 35th | Albania | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 36th | France | 7.00 | -22.2% |
| 37th | New Zealand | 7.00 | -69.6% |
| 38th | Saudi Arabia | 7.00 | -22.2% |
| 39th | Finland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | United Kingdom | 8.00 | -46.7% |
| 41st | Kuwait | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 43rd | Malta | 8.00 | -20.0% |
| 44th | San Marino | 8.00 | -63.6% |
| 45th | Russian Federation | 9.00 | -30.8% |
| 46th | Chile | 10.00 | -16.7% |
| 47th | Kazakhstan | 10.00 | -28.6% |
| 48th | Andorra | 11.00 | -35.3% |
| 49th | Luxembourg | 11.00 | 83.3% |
| 50th | Puerto Rico (US) | 11.00 | -80.0% |
| 51st | Serbia | 11.00 | -21.4% |
| 52nd | Canada | 12.00 | -20.0% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 12.00 | -14.3% |
| 54th | Romania | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 55th | Oman | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Cyprus | 14.00 | -73.6% |
| 57th | Tajikistan | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Lebanon | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Portugal | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 60th | Türkiye | 15.00 | -28.6% |
| 61st | Ukraine | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 62nd | Uruguay | 15.00 | -25.0% |
| 63rd | China | 16.00 | -11.1% |
| 64th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.00 | -23.8% |
| 65th | West Bank and Gaza | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 66th | Bahrain | 17.00 | 240.0% |
| 67th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 17.00 | -29.2% |
| 68th | United States | 17.00 | -15.0% |
| 69th | Azerbaijan | 18.00 | -43.8% |
| 70th | Sri Lanka | 18.00 | -18.2% |
| 71st | Armenia | 19.00 | -29.6% |
| 72nd | Latvia | 19.00 | -34.5% |
| 73rd | Moldova | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Georgia | 20.00 | -9.1% |
| 75th | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 76th | Costa Rica | 24.00 | -11.1% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 26.00 | -31.6% |
| 78th | Uzbekistan | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 79th | Fiji | 30.00 | -6.3% |
| 80th | Jordan | 31.00 | -11.4% |
| 81st | Maldives | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 82nd | Argentina | 33.00 | -15.4% |
| 83rd | Thailand | 34.00 | -69.6% |
| 84th | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 85th | Barbados | 35.00 | -7.9% |
| 86th | Cuba | 35.00 | -14.6% |
| 87th | Brunei Darussalam | 36.00 | -59.1% |
| 88th | Dominica | 36.00 | -18.2% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 36.00 | -5.3% |
| 90th | Panama | 37.00 | -7.5% |
| 91st | El Salvador | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Cabo Verde | 40.00 | -4.8% |
| 93rd | Mongolia | 41.00 | 0.0% |
| 94th | Kyrgyz Republic | 42.00 | -4.5% |
| 95th | Mexico | 42.00 | -6.7% |
| 96th | Seychelles | 42.00 | -52.8% |
| 97th | St. Lucia | 44.00 | -8.3% |
| 98th | Bhutan | 47.00 | -4.1% |
| 99th | Honduras | 47.00 | -2.1% |
| 100th | Grenada | 48.00 | -4.0% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 48.00 | -2.0% |
| 102nd | Peru | 51.00 | -37.0% |
| 103rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.00 | 80.0% |
| 104th | Ecuador | 55.00 | -20.3% |
| 105th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.00 | 0.0% |
| 106th | Paraguay | 58.00 | -25.6% |
| 107th | Colombia | 59.00 | -20.3% |
| 108th | Libya | 59.00 | -1.7% |
| 109th | Nicaragua | 60.00 | -1.6% |
| 110th | Algeria | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 111th | Iraq | 66.00 | 11.9% |
| 112th | Mauritius | 66.00 | 8.2% |
| 113th | Belize | 67.00 | -39.1% |
| 114th | Brazil | 67.00 | -35.6% |
| 115th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 67.00 | 0.0% |
| 116th | Tonga | 67.00 | -6.9% |
| 117th | Morocco | 70.00 | -1.4% |
| 118th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 74.00 | -25.3% |
| 119th | Guyana | 75.00 | -9.6% |
| 120th | São Tomé and Principe | 75.00 | -8.5% |
| 121st | Bahamas, The | 76.00 | -5.0% |
| 122nd | India | 80.00 | -11.1% |
| 123rd | Kiribati | 80.00 | -7.0% |
| 124th | Philippines | 84.00 | -8.7% |
| 125th | Suriname | 84.00 | -4.5% |
| 126th | Zambia | 85.00 | -4.5% |
| 127th | Palau | 89.00 | -26.4% |
| 128th | Guatemala | 94.00 | -3.1% |
| 129th | Mozambique | 99.00 | -4.8% |
| 130th | Vanuatu | 100.00 | -4.8% |
| 131st | Samoa | 101.00 | -8.2% |
| 132nd | Lao PDR | 112.00 | -6.7% |
| 133rd | Bangladesh | 115.00 | -12.2% |
| 134th | Eswatini | 118.00 | 5.4% |
| 135th | Yemen, Republic of | 118.00 | -5.6% |
| 136th | South Africa | 118.00 | -8.5% |
| 137th | Solomon Islands | 123.00 | -2.4% |
| 138th | Dominican Republic | 124.00 | 0.0% |
| 139th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 129.00 | -10.4% |
| 140th | Jamaica | 130.00 | -5.8% |
| 141st | Cambodia | 137.00 | -13.8% |
| 142nd | Namibia | 139.00 | 9.4% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | 140.00 | -5.4% |
| 144th | Nepal | 142.00 | 2.2% |
| 145th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 146.00 | -11.0% |
| 146th | Kenya | 149.00 | -3.9% |
| 147th | Botswana | 155.00 | 29.2% |
| 148th | Marshall Islands | 155.00 | -10.9% |
| 149th | Pakistan | 155.00 | -3.1% |
| 150th | Djibouti | 162.00 | -6.9% |
| 151st | Tuvalu | 170.00 | -22.7% |
| 152nd | Uganda | 170.00 | -7.6% |
| 153rd | Equatorial Guinea | 174.00 | -4.9% |
| 154th | Comoros | 179.00 | -3.8% |
| 155th | Angola | 183.00 | -1.1% |
| 156th | Myanmar | 185.00 | -4.1% |
| 157th | Papua New Guinea | 189.00 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Timor-Leste | 192.00 | -18.3% |
| 159th | Malawi | 225.00 | -5.9% |
| 160th | Rwanda | 229.00 | -2.1% |
| 161st | Gabon | 233.00 | 7.9% |
| 162nd | Ghana | 234.00 | -2.1% |
| 163rd | Senegal | 237.00 | 3.9% |
| 164th | Congo, Republic of | 241.00 | 0.0% |
| 165th | Burkina Faso | 242.00 | -23.4% |
| 166th | Sudan | 256.00 | -2.7% |
| 167th | Cameroon | 258.00 | -6.5% |
| 168th | Nauru | 273.00 | -13.9% |
| 169th | Tanzania | 276.00 | 81.6% |
| 170th | Eritrea | 291.00 | -3.3% |
| 171st | Haiti | 328.00 | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Togo | 349.00 | -3.6% |
| 173rd | Niger | 350.00 | -3.0% |
| 174th | Gambia, The | 354.00 | -3.0% |
| 175th | Sierra Leone | 354.00 | -4.3% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 358.00 | -2.7% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 359.00 | -12.2% |
| 178th | Mali | 367.00 | -3.7% |
| 179th | Mauritania | 381.00 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Burundi | 392.00 | -4.9% |
| 181st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 427.00 | -6.4% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 445.00 | 1.4% |
| 183rd | Lesotho | 478.00 | 0.2% |
| 184th | Guinea | 494.00 | -1.2% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | 505.00 | -6.3% |
| 186th | Benin | 518.00 | -5.3% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 521.00 | -5.4% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 563.00 | -9.5% |
| 189th | Liberia | 628.00 | -0.9% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | 692.00 | -17.7% |
| 191st | South Sudan | 692.00 | -1.7% |
| 192nd | Chad | 748.00 | -3.5% |
| 193rd | Nigeria | 993.00 | -2.3% |
FAQ
What was São Tomé and Principe's maternal mortality ratio in 2023?▾
São Tomé and Principe's maternal mortality ratio in 2023 was 75.00. This ranked 120th globally.
How did São Tomé and Principe's maternal mortality ratio change in 2023?▾
São Tomé and Principe's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 8.5% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2023?▾
Nigeria had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2023 at 993.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of São Tomé and Principe in 2023?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of São Tomé and Principe in 2023 was 75.00. This ranked 120th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for São Tomé and Principe's maternal mortality ratio?▾
São Tomé and Principe's maternal mortality ratio went from 82.00 in 2022 to 75.00 in 2023, a 8.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
São Tomé and Principe matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2023. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). View full analysis →
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