South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1992
152.00
−10.00 from 1991
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 152.00 in 1992, decreased +10.00 from 162.00 in 1991. This was the 113th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1992▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Spain | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Greece | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | United Kingdom | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Canada | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Finland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Norway | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Sweden | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Australia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Austria | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 11th | Germany | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 12th | Croatia | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Ireland | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Kuwait | 10.00 | 25.0% |
| 15th | Montenegro | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | San Marino | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | United States | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 18th | Denmark | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Iceland | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 20th | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Switzerland | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 22nd | Czechia | 13.00 | -13.3% |
| 23rd | Japan | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Qatar | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Slovenia | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | North Macedonia | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Monaco | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | New Zealand | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 30th | Serbia | 15.00 | 7.1% |
| 31st | Slovak Republic | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 32nd | Poland | 16.00 | -11.1% |
| 33rd | Portugal | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 34th | Singapore | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Andorra | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 36th | France | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 37th | Italy | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 38th | Malta | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | European Union | 18.00 | -10.0% |
| 40th | United Arab Emirates | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Hungary | 24.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 25.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Albania | 26.00 | -7.1% |
| 44th | Korea | 26.00 | -7.1% |
| 45th | Luxembourg | 26.00 | 4.0% |
| 46th | Oman | 26.00 | -7.1% |
| 47th | Israel | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | 27.00 | 3.8% |
| 49th | Saudi Arabia | 27.00 | -6.9% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 28.00 | -3.4% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.00 | 30.4% |
| 52nd | Belarus | 32.00 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.00 | -5.7% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 33.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 34.00 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Lebanon | 36.00 | -5.3% |
| 57th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 37.00 | -2.6% |
| 58th | Georgia | 38.00 | 5.6% |
| 59th | Costa Rica | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Antigua and Barbuda | 40.00 | -4.8% |
| 61st | Estonia | 40.00 | -4.8% |
| 62nd | Türkiye | 40.00 | -2.4% |
| 63rd | Ukraine | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Uzbekistan | 46.00 | -2.1% |
| 65th | Latvia | 48.00 | 4.3% |
| 66th | Malaysia | 48.00 | -2.0% |
| 67th | Armenia | 50.00 | 6.4% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 50.00 | -7.4% |
| 69th | Chile | 52.00 | -3.7% |
| 70th | Sri Lanka | 54.00 | -5.3% |
| 71st | Moldova | 55.00 | 3.8% |
| 72nd | Azerbaijan | 56.00 | 30.2% |
| 73rd | Grenada | 56.00 | -5.1% |
| 74th | St. Lucia | 58.00 | -18.3% |
| 75th | Thailand | 58.00 | -1.7% |
| 76th | Turkmenistan | 58.00 | -3.3% |
| 77th | Barbados | 61.00 | 1.7% |
| 78th | Libya | 61.00 | -4.7% |
| 79th | Brunei Darussalam | 62.00 | -4.6% |
| 80th | Jamaica | 62.00 | 6.9% |
| 81st | Russian Federation | 62.00 | 8.8% |
| 82nd | Fiji | 64.00 | -4.5% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 65.00 | -3.0% |
| 84th | Kazakhstan | 65.00 | 1.6% |
| 85th | Cuba | 66.00 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Bahamas, The | 67.00 | 0.0% |
| 87th | Jordan | 72.00 | -2.7% |
| 88th | Mexico | 73.00 | -5.2% |
| 89th | Mauritius | 73.00 | -2.7% |
| 90th | West Bank and Gaza | 73.00 | -2.7% |
| 91st | Belize | 74.00 | -1.3% |
| 92nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 74.00 | 4.2% |
| 93rd | Dominica | 80.00 | -1.2% |
| 94th | Tunisia | 82.00 | -1.2% |
| 95th | Tajikistan | 84.00 | 6.3% |
| 96th | Panama | 85.00 | -2.3% |
| 97th | Trinidad and Tobago | 85.00 | 3.7% |
| 98th | China | 86.00 | -6.5% |
| 99th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 86.00 | -8.5% |
| 100th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 89.00 | 25.4% |
| 101st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 93.00 | -7.0% |
| 102nd | Romania | 95.00 | -8.7% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 97.00 | -2.0% |
| 104th | Palau | 113.00 | 6.6% |
| 105th | Brazil | 118.00 | -7.8% |
| 106th | El Salvador | 121.00 | -6.2% |
| 107th | Samoa | 124.00 | -5.3% |
| 108th | Iraq | 126.00 | -19.7% |
| 109th | Tonga | 129.00 | -3.7% |
| 110th | Honduras | 138.00 | -6.8% |
| 111th | Viet Nam | 139.00 | -2.1% |
| 112th | Vanuatu | 140.00 | 0.0% |
| 113th | South Africa | 152.00 | -6.2% |
| 114th | Philippines | 160.00 | -7.0% |
| 115th | São Tomé and Principe | 164.00 | -1.2% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 172.00 | -2.8% |
| 117th | Solomon Islands | 174.00 | -2.2% |
| 118th | Kiribati | 175.00 | -6.9% |
| 119th | Dominican Republic | 185.00 | -4.1% |
| 120th | Algeria | 193.00 | -2.5% |
| 121st | Peru | 195.00 | -3.0% |
| 122nd | Paraguay | 195.00 | 1.6% |
| 123rd | Mongolia | 199.00 | -12.3% |
| 124th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 205.00 | -1.4% |
| 125th | Guyana | 208.00 | -5.0% |
| 126th | Nauru | 217.00 | 0.5% |
| 127th | Cabo Verde | 255.00 | -7.9% |
| 128th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 255.00 | -8.9% |
| 129th | Botswana | 263.00 | -7.1% |
| 130th | Guatemala | 269.00 | 0.4% |
| 131st | Nicaragua | 272.00 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Maldives | 281.00 | -9.4% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 312.00 | 8.0% |
| 134th | Marshall Islands | 322.00 | 8.4% |
| 135th | Yemen, Republic of | 330.00 | -3.2% |
| 136th | Zimbabwe | 333.00 | 0.3% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | 340.00 | -4.0% |
| 138th | Namibia | 346.00 | 2.7% |
| 139th | Suriname | 346.00 | -0.3% |
| 140th | Indonesia | 359.00 | -5.0% |
| 141st | Gabon | 371.00 | 0.5% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 375.00 | -4.1% |
| 143rd | Kenya | 419.00 | -15.0% |
| 144th | Morocco | 458.00 | -6.5% |
| 145th | Pakistan | 459.00 | 3.6% |
| 146th | India | 482.00 | -3.2% |
| 147th | Uganda | 530.00 | -3.5% |
| 148th | Congo, Republic of | 531.00 | 3.3% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 542.00 | -4.2% |
| 150th | Côte d'Ivoire | 546.00 | -6.5% |
| 151st | Eswatini | 580.00 | 6.4% |
| 152nd | Zambia | 581.00 | -4.9% |
| 153rd | Cameroon | 595.00 | 1.9% |
| 154th | Senegal | 598.00 | -2.9% |
| 155th | Lesotho | 601.00 | -6.2% |
| 156th | Benin | 625.00 | -6.2% |
| 157th | Bhutan | 656.00 | -2.2% |
| 158th | Cambodia | 667.00 | -2.1% |
| 159th | Comoros | 675.00 | -4.1% |
| 160th | Equatorial Guinea | 682.00 | -0.9% |
| 161st | Togo | 692.00 | 2.4% |
| 162nd | Madagascar | 699.00 | 1.2% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | 703.00 | -4.0% |
| 164th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 709.00 | -3.5% |
| 165th | Ghana | 718.00 | -3.6% |
| 166th | Nepal | 768.00 | -9.6% |
| 167th | Djibouti | 780.00 | 6.7% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | 781.00 | -2.1% |
| 169th | Haiti | 793.00 | -4.6% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 811.00 | -4.0% |
| 171st | Bangladesh | 827.00 | -7.1% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 863.00 | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Tanzania | 864.00 | -1.0% |
| 174th | Angola | 877.00 | 6.2% |
| 175th | Niger | 926.00 | -3.2% |
| 176th | Central African Republic | 956.00 | 5.1% |
| 177th | Mali | 1,024.00 | -3.7% |
| 178th | Malawi | 1,042.00 | -3.5% |
| 179th | Mozambique | 1,046.00 | -4.4% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 1,115.00 | -4.5% |
| 181st | Chad | 1,119.00 | 2.4% |
| 182nd | Guinea | 1,124.00 | -1.7% |
| 183rd | Eritrea | 1,149.00 | -17.0% |
| 184th | Nigeria | 1,246.00 | -2.8% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,339.00 | -6.4% |
| 186th | Timor-Leste | 1,368.00 | -4.9% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 1,443.00 | -5.9% |
| 188th | Burundi | 1,464.00 | -3.2% |
| 189th | Rwanda | 1,530.00 | 10.4% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | 1,633.00 | -1.8% |
| 191st | Liberia | 1,643.00 | 1.0% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 1,681.00 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 7,597.00 | 59.5% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1992?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1992 was 152.00. This ranked 113th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 1992?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 6.2% in 1992 compared to 1991.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1992?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1992 at 7,597.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1992?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1992 was 152.00. This ranked 113th globally.
How does 1992 compare to 1991 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 162.00 in 1991 to 152.00 in 1992, a 6.2% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1992. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.9%. View full analysis →
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