South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1988
184.00
−8.00 from 1987
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 184.00 in 1988, decreased +8.00 from 192.00 in 1987. This was the 116th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Kingdom | 4.00 | 33.3% |
| 2nd | Canada | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Spain | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Greece | 7.00 | -22.2% |
| 5th | Finland | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 6th | Australia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Norway | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Sweden | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 10th | Croatia | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Kuwait | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Montenegro | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Ireland | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 14th | Iceland | 11.00 | -15.4% |
| 15th | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | San Marino | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | United States | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 18th | Austria | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Germany | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Denmark | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 21st | Serbia | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 15.00 | 7.1% |
| 23rd | Qatar | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Czechia | 16.00 | 6.7% |
| 25th | Japan | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 26th | Monaco | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 27th | North Macedonia | 16.00 | 6.7% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Cyprus | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Malta | 17.00 | -10.5% |
| 31st | Andorra | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 32nd | Poland | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 34th | Singapore | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Slovak Republic | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | France | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | New Zealand | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Italy | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 40th | Hungary | 24.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Luxembourg | 24.00 | 4.3% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 26.00 | 4.0% |
| 43rd | European Union | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 28.00 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.00 | -6.5% |
| 46th | Puerto Rico (US) | 30.00 | 3.4% |
| 47th | Israel | 31.00 | 3.3% |
| 48th | Korea | 31.00 | -8.8% |
| 49th | Albania | 32.00 | -3.0% |
| 50th | Belarus | 32.00 | 6.7% |
| 51st | Georgia | 33.00 | 3.1% |
| 52nd | Oman | 34.00 | -8.1% |
| 53rd | Saudi Arabia | 34.00 | -5.6% |
| 54th | Bahrain | 36.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 38.00 | -5.0% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 39.00 | -4.9% |
| 57th | Costa Rica | 40.00 | -2.4% |
| 58th | Latvia | 42.00 | -4.5% |
| 59th | Estonia | 43.00 | 2.4% |
| 60th | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.00 | -8.3% |
| 61st | Ukraine | 44.00 | -4.3% |
| 62nd | Azerbaijan | 45.00 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Türkiye | 47.00 | -6.0% |
| 64th | Jamaica | 48.00 | 4.3% |
| 65th | Moldova | 53.00 | -5.4% |
| 66th | Armenia | 55.00 | 5.8% |
| 67th | Barbados | 55.00 | -3.5% |
| 68th | Malaysia | 55.00 | -1.8% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 55.00 | -11.3% |
| 70th | Uzbekistan | 58.00 | -7.9% |
| 71st | Seychelles | 60.00 | -3.2% |
| 72nd | Grenada | 61.00 | -10.3% |
| 73rd | Sri Lanka | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 74th | Russian Federation | 63.00 | -3.1% |
| 75th | Chile | 64.00 | -4.5% |
| 76th | Kazakhstan | 65.00 | -1.5% |
| 77th | Lebanon | 65.00 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 66.00 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Thailand | 67.00 | -6.9% |
| 80th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.00 | -2.9% |
| 81st | Cuba | 68.00 | -1.4% |
| 82nd | Dominica | 68.00 | 7.9% |
| 83rd | Turkmenistan | 69.00 | -4.2% |
| 84th | Argentina | 70.00 | -4.1% |
| 85th | Fiji | 71.00 | -4.1% |
| 86th | St. Lucia | 71.00 | 2.9% |
| 87th | Brunei Darussalam | 73.00 | -2.7% |
| 88th | Kyrgyz Republic | 73.00 | -1.4% |
| 89th | Libya | 74.00 | -3.9% |
| 90th | Belize | 82.00 | -1.2% |
| 91st | Jordan | 82.00 | -5.7% |
| 92nd | Tajikistan | 83.00 | -8.8% |
| 93rd | West Bank and Gaza | 85.00 | -2.3% |
| 94th | Trinidad and Tobago | 87.00 | 1.2% |
| 95th | Mexico | 88.00 | -5.4% |
| 96th | Mauritius | 93.00 | -9.7% |
| 97th | Panama | 93.00 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Palau | 96.00 | 9.1% |
| 99th | Tunisia | 96.00 | -10.3% |
| 100th | China | 108.00 | -5.3% |
| 101st | Colombia | 113.00 | -5.8% |
| 102nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 121.00 | -5.5% |
| 103rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 126.00 | -7.4% |
| 104th | Samoa | 143.00 | -2.7% |
| 105th | Tonga | 145.00 | -1.4% |
| 106th | Viet Nam | 155.00 | -4.9% |
| 107th | São Tomé and Principe | 157.00 | -2.5% |
| 108th | Romania | 159.00 | -8.1% |
| 109th | Brazil | 161.00 | -3.6% |
| 110th | Ecuador | 166.00 | 26.7% |
| 111th | Vanuatu | 172.00 | -14.0% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 173.00 | -2.8% |
| 113th | Iraq | 174.00 | 20.0% |
| 114th | Honduras | 177.00 | -3.3% |
| 115th | Philippines | 184.00 | -3.7% |
| 116th | South Africa | 184.00 | -4.2% |
| 117th | Peru | 190.00 | -1.0% |
| 118th | Solomon Islands | 193.00 | -3.5% |
| 119th | Nauru | 202.00 | -1.9% |
| 120th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 219.00 | -2.2% |
| 121st | Kiribati | 220.00 | -4.8% |
| 122nd | Paraguay | 220.00 | -2.2% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 221.00 | -4.3% |
| 124th | Algeria | 227.00 | -6.6% |
| 125th | Guyana | 230.00 | -1.7% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 273.00 | -1.4% |
| 127th | Marshall Islands | 276.00 | -2.1% |
| 128th | Tuvalu | 300.00 | 19.0% |
| 129th | Nicaragua | 301.00 | -4.7% |
| 130th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 308.00 | 2.0% |
| 131st | Botswana | 319.00 | 5.6% |
| 132nd | Mongolia | 335.00 | -1.8% |
| 133rd | Namibia | 342.00 | 1.8% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 346.00 | -5.5% |
| 135th | Suriname | 364.00 | -2.2% |
| 136th | Gabon | 367.00 | 0.3% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | 377.00 | -0.5% |
| 138th | Yemen, Republic of | 388.00 | -3.0% |
| 139th | Maldives | 424.00 | -10.0% |
| 140th | Indonesia | 431.00 | -1.4% |
| 141st | Zimbabwe | 431.00 | -10.2% |
| 142nd | Pakistan | 441.00 | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 457.00 | -4.4% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 494.00 | -5.2% |
| 145th | Congo, Republic of | 510.00 | -1.7% |
| 146th | Cameroon | 559.00 | 0.4% |
| 147th | India | 562.00 | -5.1% |
| 148th | Morocco | 602.00 | -7.4% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 616.00 | -2.4% |
| 150th | Togo | 628.00 | -1.3% |
| 151st | Zambia | 635.00 | 0.8% |
| 152nd | Uganda | 655.00 | -7.6% |
| 153rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 671.00 | -3.7% |
| 154th | Equatorial Guinea | 675.00 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Lesotho | 680.00 | -0.9% |
| 156th | Madagascar | 687.00 | -2.1% |
| 157th | Senegal | 709.00 | -6.7% |
| 158th | Cambodia | 742.00 | -3.9% |
| 159th | Kenya | 756.00 | -21.3% |
| 160th | Benin | 765.00 | -6.4% |
| 161st | Djibouti | 768.00 | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 791.00 | -2.5% |
| 163rd | Bhutan | 798.00 | -6.9% |
| 164th | Burkina Faso | 806.00 | -1.7% |
| 165th | Central African Republic | 815.00 | 1.5% |
| 166th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 824.00 | -4.5% |
| 167th | Ghana | 834.00 | -4.5% |
| 168th | Sudan | 877.00 | -4.0% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | 881.00 | -0.3% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 887.00 | -3.0% |
| 171st | Angola | 895.00 | -2.7% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | 898.00 | -3.4% |
| 173rd | Haiti | 929.00 | -2.4% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 949.00 | -1.6% |
| 175th | Nepal | 1,038.00 | -4.6% |
| 176th | Niger | 1,040.00 | -3.2% |
| 177th | Chad | 1,093.00 | -2.7% |
| 178th | Mali | 1,128.00 | -1.2% |
| 179th | Malawi | 1,154.00 | 2.8% |
| 180th | Rwanda | 1,188.00 | 3.8% |
| 181st | Guinea | 1,202.00 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Mozambique | 1,259.00 | -6.6% |
| 183rd | Gambia, The | 1,302.00 | -4.3% |
| 184th | Nigeria | 1,332.00 | -1.4% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,423.00 | 2.2% |
| 186th | Eritrea | 1,499.00 | -3.6% |
| 187th | Burundi | 1,519.00 | 5.0% |
| 188th | Sierra Leone | 1,549.00 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 1,572.00 | -13.7% |
| 190th | Liberia | 1,647.00 | -0.5% |
| 191st | Timor-Leste | 1,743.00 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | 1,759.00 | -2.1% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 5,535.00 | -31.2% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1988?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1988 was 184.00. This ranked 116th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 1988?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 4.2% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1988?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1988 at 5,535.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1988?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1988 was 184.00. This ranked 116th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 192.00 in 1987 to 184.00 in 1988, a 4.2% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1988. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.3%. View full analysis →
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